BRIEFLY : VALLEY VOTE TO END DRIVE BY SEPT. 30.A group circulating petitions to launch a study of 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. secession plans to finish collecting signatures by Sept. 30. Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment originally planned an Aug. 27 deadline for its petition drive, which seeks to gather signatures from about 180,000 registered voters and force a state commission to study Valley cityhood. However, Gov. Pete Wilson last week signed a bill that gave the group an extra 90 days to circulate the petitions. Valley VOTE President Jeff Brain said the group will not need all three additional months to reach its goal. The group is approaching 150,000 signatures collected, he said. In its editorial pages, the Daily News has endorsed Valley VOTE's drive for a study of secession to answer such questions as whether a new city would be economically viable. The newspaper also contributed $60,000 to the petition-gathering effort. - Daily News Fire crews discover body of woman, 80 SYLMAR - An 80-year-old woman was found dead inside her home after it caught fire Wednesday night, officials said. The woman, who was not immediately identified, appeared to be bedridden bed·rid·den or bed·rid adj. Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity. in the home in the 13700 block of Shablow Avenue, said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Jim Wells. Twenty firefighters responded to reports of the blaze shortly after 8 p.m., but officials said it burned out by itself before they arrived. The cause was under investigation. - Daily News Names of officers to be memorialized LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Chief Bernard Parks said on Wednesday that the names of 19 officers who are receiving this year's Medal of Valor For other medals of the same name, see . The Medal of Valor (O't Ha'gvora, Hebrew: עיטור הגבורה) is the highest Israeli Military decoration. will be placed on a new monument at the police training center in Westchester, along with the names of all past award winners and those killed on duty. A new LAPD monument, to be dedicated next May, will include the names of this year's award winners in addition to the names of 455 past award winners. The monument, which was completed last December, will also include a granite column with the names of all officers killed in the line of duty In the Line of Duty may refer to:
- Daily News Supervisor names PR exec to post Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky appointed a North Hills woman Wednesday to the county's Commission for Women and reappointed others people to various county commissions and boards. Annie E. Cho, public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most director at KSCI (Channel 18), was appointed to the commission that investigates allegations of discrimination based on gender, marital status marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. and sexual preference. Steven J. Sass of Studio City, senior vice president for business affairs at NBC Studios, was reappointed to the county's Historical Landmarks and Records Commission, which makes recommendations on historical landmarks to state and federal agencies. - City News Service |
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