BRIEFLY FUND-RAISER SET IN NAME OF SISTER.MONTROSE - Although Mary Claire Garcia never knew her sister, Claire E. Domino, the Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. sophomore will host the third annual Bowl for Breath fund-raiser for cystic fibrosis cystic fibrosis (sĭs`tĭk fībrō`sĭs), inherited disorder of the exocrine glands (see gland), affecting children and young people; median survival is 25 years in females and 30 years in males. on Friday in her memory. ``Claire would want all of us to continue to help those people with cystic fibrosis live longer, healthier lives,'' said Mary Claire Garcia, who was born in 1988, a year to the day after her 9-year-old sister died. Bowl for Breath will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at Montrose Bowl, 2334 Honolulu Ave., in the hopes of raising $5,000 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) is a non-profit organization in the United States established to provide the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis. The Foundation provides information about cystic fibrosis (CF) and finances CF research that aims to improve the . Cystic fibrosis, which destroys lung and digestive functions, affects about 30,000 American adults and children. Most of its victims die by age 35. For more information about Bowl for Breath, call (818) 249-8194. - Daily News Hike is planned for Verdugo Hills Hikers from Burbank, Glendale and La Crescenta will explore the Verdugo Hills hiking trails Saturday, rain or shine. Sponsored by the city of Glendale, hikers will leave from La Tuna Canyon, Brand Park or Stough Canyon Nature Center beginning at 8 a.m. Those who wish to run the trails will leave from Brand Park at 7:30 a.m. The fee for the hike is $10, including lunch, which will be served at the summit. For more information to go www.verdugohillshike.org or call the Glendale Park Rangers at (818) 548-3795. - Daily News Health fair is set at hotel in NoHo STUDIO CITY - A health fair will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 15 at Beverly Garland's Holiday Inn 4222 Vineland Ave., sponsored by the Universal City North Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center is a hospital in Burbank, California, USA. The hospital has 455 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. It's adress is: 501 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91505. and the maternity center at Valley Presbyterian Hospital Presbyterian Hospital can refer to several places:
- Daily News MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. offers to aid van pools in area The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Wednesday it will subsidize the lease cost for companies that set up new van pools of 8-15 people to help their employees get to work during the transit strike. It is unclear how much the Metropolitan Transportation Authority expects to spend on the initiative. But companies and vanpoolers will need to meet a number of conditions to qualify for the 100 percent MTA subsidy, said the agency's Dave Sotero. Among them are that at least 20 percent of the riders be people who usually take public transportation, he said. And the MTA will not pay for the fuel costs. MTA chief Roger Snoble said the agency ``understands that the current work stoppage has affected many workers' ability to get to and from work.'' ``We apologize for this inconvenience, and are committed to working with employers to make vanpooling a viable transportation solution,'' he said. Employers will need to lease a van from VPSI VPSI Vanpool Service Inc. Inc. or Enterprise Rent- A-Car, Sotero said. To qualify for the van lease subsidy, employer work sites must be 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 must have several buildings or an industrial complex there, or apply as a collective group, 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. the MTA. For more information on the MTA's emergency program, call (213) 922-2445. - City News Service Benefit concert to help charity A concert will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in Los Angeles to benefit the Society of St. Vincent de Paul's emergency assistance to victims of the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, wildfires, organizers said Wednesday. The concert featuring a variety of musical groups will be held at the band shell of Sycamore Grove, at 4901 Figueroa Street. - Daily News |
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