BRIEFLY FUNDS EARMARKED FOR HANSEN DAM.VAN NUYS - The U.S. House of Representatives allocated $3.2 million for recreation and environmental work at Hansen Dam in Lake View Terrace, Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Van Nuys, announced Thursday. The request was included in the Omnibus Appropriations bill, passed by the House on Thursday, and which the Senate is expected to approve within days. The bill also provides $500,000 for a Park and Ride in Tarzana near the future East-West Valley Busway, said Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks. The 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. transit project is scheduled for completion in 2005. The bill includes $90,000 for the intergenerational in·ter·gen·er·a·tion·al adj. Being or occurring between generations: "These social-insurance programs are intergenerational and all day-care facility run by the Organization for the Needs of the Elderly in Van Nuys, Sherman said. - Daily News Benefits for gays earn council OK Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. members approved a measure that requires contractors doing business with the city to provide benefits to their employees' domestic partners under the city's Equal Benefits Ordinance. ``The city does not discriminate in employment benefits on the basis of sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. or marital status marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. ,'' said City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo after the City Council voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of benefits for domestic partners. Delgadillo met with members of the gay and lesbian community in January 2002 and pledged to expand the city ordinance. The ordinance, which goes into effect April 1, covers contracts of more than $5,000. It does not require companies to offer benefits they don't already offer. - Associated Press Murder suspect captured in AZ KINGMAN, Ariz. - A reputed Los Angeles gang member suspected in the slayings of a dozen people waived his right Thursday to fight extradition to California. Timothy Joseph McGhee, who appeared in a Kingman court via video from the Mohave County Jail, will be held without bond until he can be transported. McGhee was arrested Wednesday in Bullhead bullhead, common name for several species of fish. See catfish; sculpin. bullhead Any of several species of North American freshwater catfish in the genus Ictalurus, valued as food and sport fishes. Bullheads are related to the channel catfish (I. City by Los Angeles police and federal and local authorities after police stopped a car matching a description provided by Los Angeles police. Police said McGhee, 29, disappeared after a warrant for his arrest was issued in June 2000 charging him with the murder of Ryan Gonzalez, a 16-year-old boy police say was killed simply because he shared the same nickname as McGhee. He is suspected in 11 other slayings since 1997, including the killings of innocent bystanders and rival gang members. - Associated Press St. Gen's in line for character spot PANORAMA CITY - St. Genevieve High School St. Genevieve High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Panorama City, Los Angeles, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. History School Name The school is named in honor of the patroness of Paris. is in the running for a National School of Character Award from a Washington, D.C.-based group. The Catholic school began the program Journeys in response to the Columbine High School Columbine High School is a secondary school in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado. The school is located at 6201 South Pierce Street, one mile west of the Littleton city limits and half a mile south of the Denver city/county line. slayings of 1999. Journeys is a ``character education program,'' said SGHS SGHS South Gwinnett High School (Snellville, Georgia) SGHS St. Gertrude High School (Richmond, VA) Principal Dan Horn. The Character Education Partnership selected the school as one of 19 semifinalists for the award. The winners will be announced in May. - City News Service |
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