BRIEFLY : THREE SENIOR CITIZENS FOUND SHOT TO DEATH.EAGLE ROCK - Three senior citizens were found shot to death Wednesday in what appears to be a murder-suicide, police said. The man and two women, who were in their 60s and 80s, were found at a house in the 1800 block of Linda Rose Avenue, Sgt. Roger Deranian said. Authorities made the grisly discovery after receiving a 5 p.m. call about a domestic argument and gunshots emanating from the house. No other details were immediately available. ?13- Daily News Recycling program gets city funding The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. approved $11 million Wednesday to begin a new recycling program that will let residents of the west San Fernando Valley San Fernando ValleyValley, 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. first, and other areas later, put all recyclable materials in one 90-gallon bin. By the autumn of 1998, the new program will be citywide, replacing one that requires residents to separate clean paper newspapers and cardboard and place them next to a 16-gallon bin containing other recyclable materials. ``This single-stream method has proven to be the most customer-friendly and has resulted in reductions of operations and maintenance costs and increased recovery of recyclables,'' said a report by the city Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. Board. ?13- Daily News Charter advisory commission briefed An advisory commission on reform began hearings Wednesday on Los Angeles' 72-year-old City Charter with briefings from top city administrators about its contents. ``We want to take a look at the structure of the current charter,'' said George Kieffer, vice-chair of the Ad Hoc Committee ad hoc committee A committee formed with the purpose of addressing a specific issue or issues, which theoretically is disbanded once its raison d'etre is finished on Charter Reform, which was created by the City Council. Kieffer said the panel hopes to hire an executive director at its meeting Feb. 25, when the commission will also begin to hear testimony from the public. The council asked the commission to recommend charter changes for the 1999 ballot. ?13- Daily News Chamber building to grow in Encino The Encino Chamber of Commerce will officially break ground today on work to nearly triple the size of its building. The 700 square-foot office building will be enlarged to about 2,000 square feet to accommodate the chamber's growing staff and membership, said Pam Campeau, chief executive officer. The ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. at 4933 Balboa Blvd. in Encino. ?13- Daily News Council hopefuls to speak at forum SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - Valley Organized In Community Efforts will hold a public forum for City Council candidates from 7 to 9 tonight at St. Ferdinand Catholic Church. Six candidates will be vying for two open seats in the March 4 election. The forum will be inside the parish hall of the church on the corner of Celis and Maclay avenues. ?13- Daily News Leakey to lecture in free Soka series CALABASAS - World-famous paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey Noun 1. Richard Leakey - English paleontologist (son of Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey) who continued the work of his parents; he was appointed director of a wildlife preserve in Kenya but resigned under political pressure (born in 1944) Leakey, Richard Erskine Leakey will talk about political struggles in Kenya in a lecture titled ``Africa's Perilous Sport: The Hunt for Democracy'' at Soka University of America SUA's educational philosophy was established by Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, the first president of Soka Gakkai, who had worked as the principal of an elementary school in Japan. Makiguchi published the Value Creating Educational System based on his belief that "the purpose of education is to from 7 to 9 p.m. today. Leakey, a longtime advocate of wildlife conservation and human rights, is the chairman of the National Museums of Kenya The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) is a governmental body maintaining museums and monuments in Kenya. It also practices scientific research. Its headquarters and the National Museum (Nairobi museum) are located near Uhuru Highway between Central Business District and Westlands in and the ex-director of the Kenya Wildlife Service Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) was established in 1990. It manages the biodiversity of the country, protecting and conserving the flora and fauna[1]. KWS manages the National Parks and Reserves in Kenya. . The free lecture will be part of Soka University Soka University (創価大学, Sōka Daigaku) is a private university located in Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan. The school was founded in 1969 and opened to undergraduate students in 1971 and opened a graduate school in 1975. of America's Human Rights Lecture Series. The lecture will he held in the Minuteman Hall at Soka University of America, 26800 W. Mulholland Highway  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. in Calabasas. ?13- Daily News Mayor offers help for minority bidders Mayor Richard Riordan announced the opening Wednesday of an office to help minority businesses win contracts for the $2 billion Alameda Corridor project. At a breakfast of the Minority Business Opportunity Committee, Riordan said the new office will serve as an outreach for minority firms to become aware of contracts to be awarded and how they can be involved. ``It is a project that is expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars for minority contracts,'' Riordan said. |
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