BRIEFLY : HOMICIDES EDGE UP, POLICE CHIEF REPORTS.For the first time in 18 months, the number of homicides in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. went up, Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. said Tuesday, but most other serious crimes declined. Parks told the Police Commission that as of Friday, 50 killings had been reported in the city this year, one more than during the comparable period last year. Assaults also were up by 200 incidents compared to 1998, he said, but other major crimes fell by 13.4 percent. Parks said there were 3,000 fewer reports of serious crime than last year during the same period. - City News Service Groups to celebrate Chinese New Year Chinese New Year (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: Chūnjié), or Spring Festival The San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Chinese Cultural Association will hold a Lunar New Year Lunar New Year may refer to the beginning of the year in several calendars. It is commonly assumed that they are all based on a lunar calendar. However, this is not the case. gala event, featuring a seven-course Chinese dinner, at the Universal Hilton in Universal City on Saturday. The celebration of the Year of the Rabbit This article is about the band. For the Chinese Zodiac animal, see Rabbit (zodiac). Year of the Rabbit is a rock band assembled and fronted by Ken Andrews, formerly of Failure and ON. will begin at 6:30 p.m. and include magic shows, opera performances and traditional Chinese dance. A keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work will be delivered by U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Lew. Karaoke and dance will follow. Tickets are $40 per person. The Universal Hilton is located at 555 Universal Terrace Parkway. For tickets call (818) 366-3408. Also, a similar banquet will be hosted by Cal State Northridge's China Institute on Feb. 28 at the Charming Garden Restaurant in Monterey Park Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. . The restaurant is located at 111 N. Atlantic Blvd. Social hour will begin at 5:30 p.m. and dinner will be served at 6 p.m. CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge President Blenda Wilson and other guests are expected to attend. Tickets are $25 per person. For more information call the Institute at (818) 677-2600. - Daily News MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. panel to vote on shuttle funds A Metropolitan Transportation Authority board committee is expected to vote Thursday on a proposal to provide emergency funding of $600,000 for Smart Shuttle service in the San Fernando Valley and other areas. The meeting is at MTA headquarters downtown, and the public may attend and comment on the issue. The four shuttle demonstration projects - in the West Valley, East Valley, MacArthur Park area and South Central - had higher first-year costs, lower ridership and lower revenues than anticipated. MTA staff is recommending approval of the additional funding to avoid an interruption in service. The projects could be funded again in July and a four-month lapse in service in the interim would confuse riders, a staff report said. The matter will go to the full MTA board Feb. 25. - Daily News Domestic partner benefits considered A Los Angeles official called Tuesday for the city to expand its domestic partner law to include pension benefits for survivors of police officers and firefighters. Councilman Mike Feuer said the same rights given to all other city employees should be extended to those of sworn officers. Feuer's proposal is being sent to two City Council committees for further study. - Daily News Two panels at odds on charter adoption Members of the two panels rewriting the City Charter failed again on Tuesday to reach agreement on when a new governing plan for Los Angeles should take effect. The drafting committee of the Elected and Appointed Charter Reform Commissions decided to try on Saturday to reach agreement on whether the plan should be phased in or take effect all at once on July 1, 2001. The panels have been divided on the issue, particularly with backers of Mayor Richard Riordan calling for it to be put into effect as quickly as possible. - Daily News |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion