BRIEFLY CITIZEN MEMBER URGED ON LANDFILL.City Attorney James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California and 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. on Tuesday called on the committee overseeing potential expansion of the Sunshine Canyon Landfill to have a community representative appointed to the panel. In a joint letter to Planning Director Con Howe, the officials noted the public has been suspicious of government actions involving the landfill and whether their concerns are being met. ``People living in the vicinity of Sunshine Canyon have very real and serious concerns about the impact this project could have on the environment,'' the officials wrote. ``It is absolutely imperative that we do everything we can to watchdog this project.'' Howe is chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee that is reviewing the project on whether it should be allowed to reopen within the city. - Daily News Youth arts center to accept sign-ups CANOGA PARK - A $1.2 million fine arts center will open its doors Saturday to register children for after-school and weekend classes. The new Canoga Park Youth Arts Center will feature 13 free arts courses from Jan. 23 to March 31 at 7222 Remmet Ave. near Sherman Way. Classes are limited to between eight and 12 students for children 6 to 12 years old. The Youth Arts Center's three studios, garden classroom, photography darkroom darkroom, n a completely lightproof room or cubicle that is used in the processing of photographic, medical, and dental films. See also safe light. and main gallery will feature classes and exhibits ranging from ``Nature and Art'' to ``Introduction to Photography'' to ``Impressionism impressionism, in painting impressionism, in painting, late-19th-century French school that was generally characterized by the attempt to depict transitory visual impressions, often painted directly from nature, and by the use of pure, broken color to to Pop.'' - Daily News Controlled burn Prescribed or controlled burning (back burning) is a technique sometimes used in forest management, farming, prairie restoration or greenhouse gas abatement. Fire is a natural part of both forest and grassland ecology and controlled fire can be a tool for foresters. scheduled for park MALIBU - Weather permitting, county firefighters will set a blaze in a Charmlee County Park today to reduce a buildup of brush in the mountains near Malibu. The fire will be set about 9 a.m. along Encinal Canyon Road, county fire Capt. Brian Jordan Water-dropping helicopters, fire engines and hand crews will be standing by to make sure the blaze stays under control, he said. Smoke from the fire may bother some nearby residents, especially those with respiratory problems, Jordan said. The idea is to reduce fuel in case of a wildfire. - City News Service New D.A. to end execution policy 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's new district attorney has decided to forgo the death penalty and seek life sentences in some murder cases in which foreigners have fled to homelands that refuse extradition in death cases. Prosecutors in the county have followed a strict protocol that prohibited them from formally declaring whether they would seek a death sentence until a suspect was in custody in the United States and had had a preliminary court hearing. Mexico, Canada and some other nations refused to return suspects to the United States unless they were assured that prosecutors had decided not to seek the death penalty. - Associated Press County to pursue high-tech voting The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
- City News Service Hearing is waived in Oscar theft case The brother of the man who claimed a $50,000 reward for finding 52 of the 55 Oscars stolen last year waived his right Tuesday to a preliminary hearing on charges he was involved in the theft of the statuettes. - City News Service Police seek clues to store robberies Police on Tuesday sought public help to find three men who they said robbed a series of Radio Shack and Wherehouse music stores at gunpoint in recent months in the Los Angeles area. The suspects targeted 12 Radio Shack stores and four Wherehouse stores in Los Angeles, along with branches of the same businesses in Alhambra, Monterey Park, Pasadena, Downey, Burbank, South Gate, Chino Chino (chē`nō), city (1990 pop. 59,682), San Bernardino co., S Calif.; founded 1887, inc. 1910. It is the business and processing center of a diversified farming (notably dairying) area. , La Crescenta and Culver City, said Los Angeles police Officer Jason Lee. - City News Service Teen: Stillbirth Stillbirth Definition A stillbirth is defined as the death of a fetus at any time after the twentieth week of pregnancy. Stillbirth is also referred to as intrauterine fetal death (IUFD). came as surprise STUDIO CITY - A 19-year-old woman who said she was unaware she was pregnant delivered a stillborn stillborn /still·born/ (-born) born dead. still·born adj. Dead at birth. stillborn, n an infant who is born dead. stillborn born dead. boy in a toilet at her home Tuesday afternoon, officials said. Los Angeles firefighters were called to the home in the 3000 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard Laurel Canyon Boulevard is a major street in the city of Los Angeles, California. It starts off at Polk Street in Sylmar in the northern San Fernando Valley near the junction of the San Diego (Interstate 405) and the Golden State Freeways (Interstate 5). about 4:45 p.m. after the woman's mother called the Fire Department, said department spokesman Bob Collis. The woman delivered the fetus after feeling like she had to go to the bathroom, Collis said. The fetus appeared to 5 to 8 months old, Collis said. - Daily News |
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