BRIEFLY 5-CENT INCREASE IN GAS TAX HINTED.Assemblywoman Jenny Oropeza, D-Carson, chairwoman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, called Wednesday for a 5-cent increase in the state gasoline tax to help fund state transportation projects. The move follows a report last week from state Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill, who recommended a 6-cent-per-gallon increase to generate about $1 billion and end the state's stop-and-start cycle of transportation funding. The gas tax is currently 18 cents per gallon. ``Our highways are too congested con·gest·ed adj. Affected with or characterized by congestion. congested ENT adjective Referring to a boggy blood-filled tissue. See Nasal congestion. , our roads are too bumpy and our governor's plans to divert billions in what voters said should be dedicated funding for state transportation projects are too short-sighted,'' Oropeza said. - Daily News La Bonge: Start classes hour later Citing studies that show student achievement is hampered by early start times, a Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. member asked the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) Wednesday
to consider starting school an hour later.
``We should do what we can to provide students with the most conducive environment for learning,'' said Councilman Tom LaBonge. In Los Angeles Unified, some schools start as early as 7:30 a.m., when children ``aren't in a frame of mind to concentrate,'' he said. - City News Service 2 critically hurt; driver arrested VAN NUYS - A suspected drunk driver injured three people Tuesday, two critically, in a series of collisions in Van Nuys before being arrested, officials said Wednesday. Jose Reyes, 27, of North Hollywood was driving a 1994 Ford Aerostar minivan when he was involved in a collision that injured Ebishalun, 61, and Mahnaz Yaghoubi, 54, who were walking across Van Nuys Boulevard at Victory Boulevard just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. Detective Bill Bustos of the Valley Traffic Division. - Daily News Man pleads not guilty to murder VAN NUYS - A man arrested last month in Florida pleaded not guilty Wednesday to capital murder and other charges in the 1999 killing of a Woodland Hills entrepreneur kidnapped and forced into the trunk of his Bentley. Boris George Graham, 31, is being held without bail on charges of murder, kidnapping, carjacking The criminal taking of a motor vehicle from its driver by force, violence, or intimidation. The u.s. justice department categorizes the crime of carjacking as a "completed or attempted Robbery of a motor vehicle by a stranger , robbery and burglary in the death of Christopher Rawlings, 30. - City News Service Pierce gets rebate of $1 million The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. presented Pierce College on Wednesday with a $1 million rebate check for the college's use of a solar energy system. Pierce's 191-kilowatt solar system consists of 1,274 photovoltaic solar panels set in the college's performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. parking lot. The solar panels provide shade for parked cars as well as generate electricity. There's also a 360-kilowatt system of six natural-gas fueled microturbines that generate electricity and recover waste heat energy that is used to chill water for the college's air-conditioning system. Both systems will save the campus an estimated $180,000 a year in energy costs. - Daily News Council backs ballot measures The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday endorsed four state ballot measures - Propositions 55, 56, 57 and 58 - and a Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. bond issue - Measure R - on next Tuesday's ballot. - Daily News FBI agent faced with new charge A federal grand jury in Los Angeles issued a superseding indictment Tuesday against an FBI agent already charged with carrying on a love affair with an alleged double agent for China, adding one charge of failing to disclose his relationship with the woman. James J. Smith James J. Smith, aka "JJ" is a retired FBI Supervisory Special agent. He served the FBI from October 1970 to November 2000 and specialized in Chinese counterintelligence. He was based in the FBI's Los Angeles field office. He lives in Westlake Village, California. , 59, is charged with filing false reports to FBI headquarters about the reliability of Katrina Leung as an FBI asset and allowing her access to classified materials. He could face up to 40 years in prison if convicted. Leung, 49, is a naturalized citizen NATURALIZED CITIZEN. One who, being born an alien, has lawfully become a citizen of the United States Under the constitution and laws. 2. He has all the rights of a natural born citizen, except that of being eligible as president or vice-president of the United who was recruited to work for the FBI 20 years ago. - Associated Press Barlow is head of Seaside Park VENTURA - Ed Barlow has been named chief executive officer of Seaside Park, home of the Ventura County Fair, officials announced Wednesday. Barlow, who joined Seaside Park as deputy general manager in 1998, has served as acting CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. for the past year, spokesman James Lockwood said. Before coming to Seaside Park, Barlow was the general manager at Knott's Berry Farm Knott's Berry Farm is a brand name of two separate entities: a theme park in Buena Park, California, and a manufacturer of food specialty products (primarily jams and preserves) based in Placentia, California. , where he worked for 27 years, Lockwood said. - Daily News |
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