BRIEFLY : REFORM COMMISSION TO HOST OPEN HOUSE.STUDIO CITY - Los Angeles' appointed Charter Reform Commission will hold an open house Monday to hear public reactions to its recommendations. The session is scheduled for 6 to 9 p.m. at CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. Studio Center, 4024 Radford Ave. in Studio City. With interactive display boards, a slide presentation and a public comment period, the open house is designed to let the public participate in the development of a new charter to overhaul the structure and organization of city government. It will be the sixth in a series of seven open houses throughout the city, and only the second in 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. . - Daily News Three beaches get F in bacteria levels Malibu Point, Malibu Pier and Surfrider Beach received failing grades last week in Heal the Bay's weekly beach report card, which rates beaches according to their levels of harmful bacteria. The report card measured overall scores for 61 beaches rated weekly throughout the summer. Based on daily and weekly water monitoring data by local regulatory agencies, Heal the Bay Heal the Bay is a U.S. environmental advocacy non-profit organization based in Santa Monica, California. Heal the Bay is dedicated to protecting California's Santa Monica Bay, a region of the Pacific coast encompassed by Malibu's Point Dume on the north and the Palos Verdes assigns beach grades of A-plus to F. Forty-three of the 61 beaches received a grade of A or higher, according to the report, including Leo Carrillo Beach, Las Flores Canyon Creek and Will Rogers State Beach. Topanga State Beach and Paradise Cove received C grades. - Daily News Native plant festival continues in Encino ENCINO - The 28th annual California Native Plant Sale and Fair will conclude today at the Sepulveda Garden Center. The sale, which runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., features more than 2,000 plants, butterfly and songbird songbird Any oscine passerine (suborder Passere), all of which have a complex vocal organ, the syrinx. Some species (e.g., thrushes) produce melodious songs; others (e.g., crows) have a harsh voice; and some do little or no singing. See also birdsong. attractions, expert planting advice, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , and children's activities. The Sepulveda Garden Center is at 16633 Magnolia Blvd. Admission is free. For information, call the California Native Plant Society The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a California not-for-profit organization that seeks to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve that flora. The CNPS was formed in 1965 in the East Bay. at (818) 881-3706. - Daily News No residents injured in Agoura Hills blaze AGOURA HILLS - No one was injured in an Agoura Hills house fire that broke out late Friday night, a Los Angeles County Fire Department Not to be confused with Los Angeles Fire Department. The Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD), serves unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County, as well as 58 cities and towns that choose to have the county provide fire and EMS services, including the City of La dispatcher said Saturday. The blaze in the 27436 block of Revere Way was reported at 11:31 p.m. and firefighters had it out 22 minutes later, the dispatcher said. - City News Service |
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