BRIEFLY : SUBWAY EXTENSION FUNDS TO BE RELEASED.The California Transportation Commission voted unanimously to release $134 million in state funds for the North Hollywood subway extension, commission executive director Bob Remen said Thursday. The commission had previously held up the funds after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority suspended three other rail projects in January. In an informal vote at a meeting Wednesday in Nevada City, the commission unanimously agreed to allow the 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. to shift $151 million, previously earmarked for the now suspended Eastside and Mid-City subway extensions and a transit reserve fund, to its accelerated bus procurement program. The program will buy 2,095 buses by July 2005, 800 more than the agency had planned, moving the MTA toward compliance with a court order to reduce overcrowding overcrowding overcrowding of animal accommodation. Many countries now publish codes of practice which define what the appropriate volumetric allowances should be for each species of animal when they are housed indoors. Breaches of these codes is overcrowding. on buses. They will vote formally on the $151 million in January, Remen said. The commission also voted unanimously to hold in suspension $258 million for the Pasadena Blue Line until plans to fully fund construction and operation of the 13.6-mile line between downtown and Pasadena are developed. - Daily News Toy drive to be held in Sherman Oaks The Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association will hold their annual Holiday Toy Drive on Saturday for needy children. All who drop off new, unwrapped gifts for children up to 18 at the Noah's Bagels at 14622 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks will receive free coffee and a bagel. A ceremony will take place at Noah's at 11 a.m. The 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. County Department of Children and Family Services will distribute donated gifts to over 70,000 children in Los Angeles County. - Daily News Community colleges back in the black The financially beleaguered be·lea·guer tr.v. be·lea·guered, be·lea·guer·ing, be·lea·guers 1. To harass; beset: We are beleaguered by problems. 2. To surround with troops; besiege. Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. has dramatically improved its financial condition over the past year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an audit released Thursday. The report by the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse Coopers, LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , confirmed the district's projection of an $8.3 million surplus in its operating budget, according to district spokesperson Blair Sillers. Auditor Don E. Dyer reported that the turnaround of the district's financial condition has been ``remarkable,'' according to Sillers. The report also concluded the district was in compliance with requirements of its major federal programs and says enrollment had increased by more than 2 percent from last year. Two weeks ago, the state chancellor of the California Community Colleges lifted a $2.8 million penalty, citing the district's financial turnaround. ``We are now in a position to move forward on a sound financial footing and improve educational opportunities for our students,'' said LACCD LACCD Los Angeles Community College District board President Elizabeth Garfield. Only months ago, the LACCD projected a $13.1 million-plus deficit. - City News Service UPS presents grant to Boys & Girls Club PACOIMA - The United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. presented 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. Boys & Girls Club with a $25,000 grant Thursday as part of a nationwide grant program that rewards nonprofit organizations for community service. The club will use the money to expand and to buy a vehicle to transport the club's children to and from events, said Victor Franco, manager of business development for UPS. Many of the UPS drivers who work in the company's Sylmar facility grew up using the Boys & Girls club in Pacoima, Franco said. ``The drivers came forward and said it was a great program and that there's a lot of great people there,'' said Franco. - Daily News Groups go to court over Proposition 227 The California Teachers Association The California Teachers Association (CTA), initially established in 1863 as the California Educational Society, is by far the largest teachers' union in the state of California. It is considered by many to be the most powerful union in California. and other groups asked a judge Thursday to strike a provision of Proposition 227 that exposes educators to lawsuits for teaching students in languages other than English LOTE or Languages Other Than English is the name given to language subjects at Australian schools. LOTEs have often historically been related to the policy of multiculturalism, and tend to reflect the predominant non-English languages spoken in a school's local area, the . Section 320 of the proposition is so unconstitutionally vague that teachers cannot determine what actions are prohibited and what conduct is required, the groups claim in court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. Gov. Pete Wilson, the State Board of Education and Ron Unz, a Silicon Valley businessman who authored Prop. 227, are named as defendants. Spokespersons for the defendants could not be reached. Proposition 227, overwhelmingly approved by state voters in June, effectively bars bilingual education in the state's public schools. - City News Service |
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