BRIEFLY ENTERPRISE'S LEE DIES IN KANSAS.Wayne Lee, a former editor and publisher of the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Enterprise, has died. He was 65. Lee worked for the Simi Valley Enterprise from the late 1970s until 1992, when he returned to Kansas to publish the Hutchinson News, the newspaper where he began his career as an investigative reporter in 1961. Lee died Friday at a Kansas hospital after a three-week battle with pneumonia. A memorial service will be held Thursday in Pawnee Rock Pawnee Rock, one of the most famous landmarks on the Santa Fe Trail, is located in Pawnee Rock State Park, just north of Pawnee Rock, Kansas. Originally over 100 feet tall, railroad construction stripped it of some 20 feet in height for road bed material. , Kan. - Daily News Man dies in crash near Point Mugu A Ventura man was killed Monday when his car plunged off Highway 1 south of Point Mugu, authorities said. Officials said Joshua Alamillo, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was alone in the car when it landed about 80 feet below the highway, authorities said. There were no known witnesses to the crash. A jogger spotted the man's vehicle south of Sycamore Canyon Sycamore Canyon is the second largest canyon in the Arizona redrock country, after Oak Creek Canyon. The 21 mile (33.6 km) long scenic canyon reaches a maximum width of about 7 miles (11.2 km) and is located in North Central Arizona below the Mogollon Rim northwest of Sedona. about 8:15 a.m., Ventura County coroner's investigator Armando Chavez said. - Daily News Jan. 23 is magnet schools' deadline Parents who would like their children to attend one of the 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. Unified School District's 161 magnet programs in 2004-05 must have their applications postmarked by Jan. 23. Created in 1977 as a way to integrate the district's students, LAUSD's magnet schools now specialize in a variety of subjects, including law, medicine, architecture and science. About 70,000 students are expected to apply for the 16,000 openings. Parents who live in the district should have received their applications in a CHOICES brochure that was mailed in December. Blank applications should also be available in school front offices. - Daily News Descanso wins accreditation LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Descanso Gardens Descanso Gardens is a 160-acre botanical garden and historical site located at 1418 Descanso Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA. Situated in a natural “bowl” in the San Rafael Hills, this calming, urban retreat is just 14 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. has received a 10-year accreditation from the American Association of Museums The American Association of Museums (AAM) is a non-profit association that has been bringing museums together since its founding in 1906, helping to develop standards and best practices, gathering and sharing knowledge, and providing advocacy on issues of concern to the after an evaluation of the horticultural museum's management. Of the nation's nearly 16,000 museums, about 750 have earned the association's accreditation. Descanso Gardens is owned by Los Angeles County. - City News Service 2 kids wounded in gang shooting A search was under way Monday for an assailant who burst into an apartment and fired about a dozen shots, wounding a 6-year-old girl and 9- year-old boy who had been sleeping in the living room, police said. The possibly gang-related attack appeared to have been a case of mistaken identity mistaken identity n → erreur f d'identité mistaken identity mistake n → Verwechslung f mistaken identity n , said Sgt. Terry Barclay of the Los Angeles Police Department's Newton station. He said the children's wounds were not life-threatening. - City News Service Academy Awards right on schedule BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. - The number of ballots received for the Academy Awards nominations was about the same as usual, despite an earlier deadline, academy officials said Monday. They said about 80 percent of members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences customarily vote to select the nominees. The deadline for ballots to be received was 5 p.m. Saturday. Nominations will be announced Jan. 27. The Academy Awards will be handed out Feb. 29, about a month earlier than usual. ``I won't deny that we were all holding our breath,'' said Bruce Davis This article is about the American football player. For the American businessman, see Bruce Davis (video game industry). Bruce Davis (born June 21, 1956, in Rutherfordton, North Carolina) is a former professional American football player. , the executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ``The accelerated schedule in itself was a new wrinkle Wrinkle A feature of a new product or security intended to entice a buyer. , and on top of that, we had mail delays in Europe and nagging concerns that our East Coast members hadn't absorbed the new schedule. - City News Service |
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