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 transit project is scheduled for completion in 2005. The bill includes $90,000 for the intergenerational 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 members approved a measure that requires contractors doing business with the city to provide benefits to their employees' domestic partners domestic partners n. unmarried couples, including homosexuals, living together in long-standing relationships, who may be entitled to some of the same benefits as married people, such as job-related health plans. under the city's Equal Benefits Ordinance. ``The city does not discriminate in employment benefits on the basis of sexual orientation or marital status,'' 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 Mohave, indigenous people of North AmericaMohave (mōhä`vē), indigenous people of North America whose language belongs to the Yuman branch of the Hokan-Siouan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the mid-18th cent. they lived on both banks of the Colorado River, in Arizona and California. 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. 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 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 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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