BRIEFLY CHIEF TO DISCUSS GANGS, VIOLENCE.SYLMAR - The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. will meet at Mission College
at 6 p.m. Wednesday, with police Chief William Bratton scheduled to
report on anti-gang violence strategies planned for the northeast 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. . Also on the council's agenda will be Valley-specific issues such as street lighting and maintenance, and the status of ongoing capital improvement projects around the Valley. In addition, council members will consider a motion introduced Friday by Councilwoman Wendy Greuel dealing with a crackdown on automotive repair shops that park vehicles in surrounding neighborhoods for long periods of time. The meeting will be held in the campus center at 13356 Eldridge Ave. - Daily News LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) reverses class size bump The Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. board on Tuesday is to consider reversing its earlier decision to increase class sizes due to a budget deficit, which turned out to be smaller than expected. Class sizes were increased this school year by two students in grades 6-12, and by one student in grades 4-5 in an effort to save $48.3 million. At the time, 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. staff placed the deficit for the fiscal year that began July 1 at $428.5 million. Now board member Jose Huizar - one of three trustees on the seven-member board of education to vote against the class size increase - wants the board to revisit the issue. - City News Service Fire bans lifted after forest rains LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. - Beginning Wednesday, fire restriction will be lifted in most areas of the Los Padres National Forest, the result of recent rains in the region. With the lifting of restrictions, wood campfires and charcoal briquette bri·quette also bri·quet n. A block of compressed coal dust, charcoal, or sawdust and wood chips, used for fuel and kindling. [French, diminutive of brique, brick fires will again be allowed within developed campgrounds, as well as outside developed sites with a California Campfire Permit. Private landowners within the forest will again be able to obtain burning permits, beginning Wednesday. - Daily News Retirement event to be held Dec. 1 THOUSAND OAKS - Conejo Valley Republican Women Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. will honor retiring Ventura County Supervisor Frank Schillo at a Dec. 1 holiday dinner and reception. The gala affair, which includes an installation of new club officers, is open to Women Federated members, spouses and friends. Advance dinner reservations at $25 per person are available by calling (805) 495-6418 or (805) 495-3409. - Daily News |
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