BRIEFLY CITY COUNCIL RACES OFF IN HIDDEN HILLS.HIDDEN HILLS - The community of nearly 2,000 residents has canceled its City Council election on March 6 because of the low turnout of candidates. Only two candidates filed to run for the two open seats - incumbent Larry Gabriel and newcomer Steven Freedland, City Clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". Cherie Paglia said. Councilman H. Brian Herdeg, who served on the council for 17 years, decided not to seek re-election, she said. Rather than spend the money for a costly election, officials decided to appoint the two men to the seats. The two, who will be sworn in March 12, will serve four-year terms. Hidden Hills is nestled between the western foothills of the 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. in 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 and the Ventura County line. - Daily News LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) teachers voting on contract 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. teachers began voting Monday on whether to ratify ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. a proposed contract agreement that grants average raises of 11.5 percent. The voting will take place through Wednesday and results are expected Thursday evening. If the teachers approve, the school board will vote later this month. If either side rejects the contract, negotiators would go back to the bargaining table and start over from scratch, said United Teachers Los Angeles spokesman Steve Weingarten. The tentative strike date set by the union months ago, Feb. 27, is no longer probable, Weingarten said. If the contract is rejected and negotiations fail again, the earliest a strike would happen is April, he said. The UTLA UTLA United Teachers of Los Angeles (California) has about 43,000 members, although not all are expected to vote. - Daily News Officials identify man police shot NORTH HOLLYWOOD - A 29-year-old man shot and killed after police said he threatened to shoot them was identified Monday as Kent Dao of Los Angeles, investigators reported. Dao was shot after officers pulled him over in a parking lot at Victory Boulevard Victory Boulevard is a major thoroughfare on Staten Island, measuring approximately 8.0 miles (12.87 km) and stretching from the west shore community of Travis to the upper east shore communities of St. George and Tompkinsville. and Ethel Avenue, the same lot where a Brinks guard was shot and killed last week. Police say Dao threatened officers and then got out of his car and simulated pointing a gun under his clothing. Officers Mark Guardado, 27, Wesley Albin, 35, and Jon-Christian Healy, 30, feared for their lives and fired rounds at the man, police said. Two officers fired shotguns and one fired his handgun. No gun was found on Dao. The Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery-Homicide Division is continuing its investigation. - Daily News |
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