BRIEFLY : WELLS FARGO GIVING $5 MILLION FOR HALL.Another corporate sponsor is coming forward with a $5 million donation for the stalled Disney Concert Hall 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 , it was announced Friday. Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. Bank will be making the presentation at an intermission during Sunday's concert by the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the United States). The Music Center's other halls include the Mark Taper Forum, Ahmanson Theatre, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. main concert hall, officials said. The gift pushes to $127 million the amount that has been raised or pledged so far to get the project going. ?13- Daily News Canyons preserve will honor Braude Honoring a retiring city councilman for his environmental activism during 32 years in office, 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 Sanitation District announced Friday that Rustic and Sullivan canyons would be declared the Marvin Braude Marvin Braude (August 11, 1920—December 7, 2005)served as Los Angeles City Councilman for the 11th district from 1965 to 1997. At various times Mr. Braude (pronounced BROW-dee) served as chair of the Finance and Revenue Committee, the Environmental Quality and Waste Nature Preserve. The declaration was announced at a City Hall ceremony by county Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky and City Council President John Ferraro, who both serve on the Sanitation District's governing board. ?13-Daily News Abalone abalone (ăbəlō`nē), popular name in the United States for a univalve gastropod mollusk of the genus Haliotis, members of which are also called ear shells, or sea ears, as their shape resembles the human ear. poacher sting nets 3 arrests Three men were arrested and more than a ton of abalone meat was seized following a yearlong sting in which suspected black-market dealers bought the tasty mollusks for shipment to Asia, authorities said Friday. The California Fish and Game Department said 1,700 abalone worth $234,000 were seized Thursday at locations in San Jose and in Los Angeles County. About $20,000 in cash also was taken, investigators said. Commercial abalone fishing is illegal in the North Coast. ?13-Associated Press City charging pair with wrecking nest The Los Angeles city attorney The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official whose job is to prosecute all of the misdemeanor criminal offenses within the city of Los Angeles, California, United States. filed a criminal complaint Friday against two Woodland Hills homeowners who were charged along with officials of a tree service business with destroying the nest of a red-tailed hawk during a tree trimming operation. City Attorney Jim Hahn's office said Robert and Nicole Davis, who own the home, Bruce Howard, the owner of Top Notch tree service in Rowland Heights, and Steve O'Harra, the Top Notch foreman, were charged with destroying the nest of a bird of prey bird of prey Any member of the order Falconiformes (eagles, falcons, hawks, and vultures) or Strigiformes (owls). Falconiforms are also called raptors. They are active during the day, whereas owls are nocturnal. , a violation of the California Fish and Game code. ?13-Daily News Mourners bury slain Simi Valley family ADELANTO - Two dozen mourners buried a family of five at an Islamic cemetery, two days after the out-of-work father killed his wife and his children, then fatally shot himself outside their Simi Valley home. One by one, friends and relatives carried to the mosque the bodies of Ahmad Salman, 44, his wife Nabela, 38, the couple's 5-year-old twins, Zaid and Zain, and 3-year-old son Yezen. The family's neighbors said Salman was out of work and being treated for depression at the time of the slayings. A real estate agent said the family was in the process of selling the $169,000 home when Salman shot his family as they tried to flee the gray stucco house on Hope Street about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. ?13-Associated Press LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. interim chief won't get Reno job Interim Los Angeles Police Chief Bayan Lewis has lost his bid to become chief in Reno, Nev., it was announced Friday. Officials in Reno said City Manager Dave McNalley had recommended the job go to Jerry Hoover, who has been chief in St. Joseph, Mo. The final selection will be up to the Reno City Council. ?13-Daily News Brush fires doused in Griffith Park area Firefighters on the ground and in the air managed to extinguish two brush fires Friday in a rugged area of Griffith Park. The blazes, reported about 2:50 p.m., were in the Western Canyon area of Griffith Park, near Western Canyon Road, and Mount Hollywood Drive, city Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. ?13-City News Service Veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine. vet·er·i·nar·i·an n. seeks restitution from city A Northridge veterinarian, who treated a dog found partially skinned in Encino, said Friday he will seek restitution from the city stemming from a search of his clinic by Los Angeles Animal Services officials. Dr. Melvyn Richkind said he will file a claim Monday against the city, the Department of Animal Services and some of its employees. ?13-City News Service |
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