BRIEFLY COUNTY TERM LIMITS WILL BE UP TO VOTERS.An agreement was filed in court Tuesday to put a measure on the ballot in March 2002 to impose term limits on county supervisors. La Crescenta resident Christopher Skinnell, chairman of Voters Organized for Trustworthy Elections, said his group collected enough signatures - 298,164 - and the county agreed to put the measure on the ballot, which would impose two, four-year term limits on county supervisors. - Daily News School bus driver injured in collision NORTH HOLLYWOOD - At least two people were injured, including one seriously, in a three-vehicle collision involving a school bus early Tuesday, a fire spokesman said. The only person aboard the 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. bus was the driver, who received minor injuries and was transported to a hospital, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . A Pontiac Firebird The Pontiac Firebird was a pony car built by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 1967 and 2002. The Firebird was introduced in the same year with its platform sharing cousin the Chevrolet Camaro. collided with the bus in the 13300 block of Burbank Boulevard shortly after 6:30 a.m., Humphrey said. A 29-year-old female driver of a compact pickup truck was also involved in the crash and received minor injuries, Humphrey said. She was also hospitalized. - Daily News Pressure cooker mishap burns girl NORTH HILLS - A 13-year-old girl suffered second-degree burns over 40 percent of her body Tuesday when something went wrong while her mother was using a pressure cooker, officials said. The Fire Department got a 911 call at 3:40 p.m. and went to the girl's Columbus Avenue home in North Hills, said city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. She was taken to Childrens Hospital 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. in serious condition, officials said. - City News Service LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) , SEIU SEIU Service Employees International Union SEIU Special Education Intake Unit SEIU Secondary Education Interdisciplinary Unit SEIU Software Engineering Institute Union make 2-year agreement The Los Angeles Unified School District reached a tentative agreement this week with the union representing 26,000 bus drivers, teachers aides and special education trainees, district officials said Tuesday. The two-year agreement provides a 6 percent raise this year, plus a 1 percent, one-time signing bonus A signing bonus or sign-on bonus is a sum of money paid to a new employee by a company as an incentive to join that company. These are often given as a way of making a compensation package more attractive to the employee e.g. if the annual salary is lower than they desire. , and a 4 percent raise next year, depending on the availability of state funds, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. John Lade, LAUSD's administrative coordinator of staff relations. It also guarantees that all members of the Service Employees International Union Local 99 make a minimum of $9.46 an hour by the end of the contract. The agreement must still be ratified by the union membership and the board of education. - Daily News Homeowner group will hold toy drive The Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association is holding its annual holiday toy drive between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Sunday in front of Noah's Bagels at 14622 Ventura Boulevard Ventura Boulevard is one of the primary east-west thouroughfares in the San Fernando Valley; as it was originally a part of the El Camino Real (the trail between Spanish missions), Ventura Boulevard is the oldest route in the San Fernando Valley. It was also U.S. . Unwrapped gifts will be collected for distribution by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services. - Daily News |
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