BRIEFLY : TRUST FUND CREATED TO HELP LANDFILL AREA.As part of its settlement over the Sunshine Canyon landfill, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Friday created a trust fund to enhance
amenities in the Granada Hills area.
Under the program, Browning Ferris Industries will pay $250,000 a year for four years into the fund as part of its settlement with the city that allows it to expand its operations in unincorporated county land. The money will be allocated by a five-member community panel being created by Councilman Hal Bernson Hal Bernson served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 12th district. He was chair of the Transportation Committee. Prior to being on the City Council, he served in the Navy. Preceded by Robert M. for various projects. The panel is scheduled to hold its first meeting next week to review potential projects to be funded. ?13- Daily News Mars spacecraft needs adjustment PASADENA - It looks like the Mars Global Surveyor The Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) was a US spacecraft developed by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and launched November 1996. It began the United States's return to Mars after a 20-year absence. that is en route to the Red Planet will need a bit of tweaking tweaking Vox populi Fine-tuning to produce optimal results , a Jet Propulsion Laboratory “JPL” redirects here. For other uses, see JPL (disambiguation). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a NASA research center located in the cities of Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA. scientist said Friday. Glenn Cunningham Glenn Cunningham may refer to:
The Surveyor is still expected to be pulled into Martian orbit Sept. 17, after a 435-million-mile flight, said Cunningham, who is managing the project. Overnight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), engineers detected that the solar panel had tilted away from its expected angle relative to the main spacecraft's bus structure, Cunningham said. ``We are not overly concerned about this because, if necessary, we can use motor-driven gimbals to place the panel at the desired angle,'' he said. ?13- City News Service Firefighters warn of false soliciting The 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 warned Friday that scam artists are at work again, telephoning people and saying they are collecting donations for firefighters. ``We've been getting several (reports of) calls . . . for the past couple of days,'' said Capt. Steve Valenzuela, spokesman for the Fire Department. Most of the calls have been for ``donations'' of $75, usually in cash, but some have been as low as $30, Valenzuela said. ``There are many charitable causes in Los Angeles County that are worthy of your support. However, the (county Fire Department) is not soliciting money for any purpose over the telephone,'' he said. The scam artists have been asking for money to benefit firefighters injured in the Malibu blaze, or for a county Fire Department magazine or yearbook. ?13- City News Service Another suit filed over truck tragedy A man who claims he was injured trying to get out of the way of a malfunctioning trash truck arm that raked the side of a school bus, killing two boys, sued Los Angeles for negligence Friday. Jesse Rodriguez contends he was driving Dec. 6, 1995, when a trash truck came by and the malfunctioning hydraulic compacting ram caused him to swerve. The arm, or ram, smashed through the wall of the trash truck and raked the driver's side of the school bus waiting to make a left turn. The City Attorney's Office did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment on the lawsuit. The accident, which occurred at Alvarado and Temple streets in downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , already has prompted a flurry of lawsuits. Those who have sued include many of the passengers on the bus, the families of the boys who died at the scene, and the parents of a boy who was seriously injured by the ram. Rodriguez claims that the ram ``nearly decapitated de·cap·i·tate tr.v. de·cap·i·tat·ed, de·cap·i·tat·ing, de·cap·i·tates To cut off the head of; behead. [Late Latin d (him) as he was sitting in his vehicle, requiring plaintiff to dive toward the floor of his vehicle to avoid being struck . . .'' Rodriguez said he hurt his neck, shoulder and lower back, and had to undergo surgery. ?13- City News Service |
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