BRIEFLY L.A. SCHOOL BOARD RATES ROMER WELL.Superintendent Roy Romer received solid marks Tuesday in a closed-door performance evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return by 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. board. Romer was commended for his new program to boost reading and writing skills in the middle and high schools, board members said. He also won accolades for hiring a chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. to help oversee teacher recruitment. - Daily News JDL n. 1. Jewish Defense League. pair denied bail on plot charge Jewish Defense League The Jewish Defense League (JDL) is a militant Jewish organization whose stated goal is to protect Jews from anti-Semitism.[1] Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York City in 1968, its self-described purpose was to protect Hasidic Jews from harassment in Brooklyn, and to Chairman Irv Rubin and a co-defendant, both jailed on charges of plotting to bomb a mosque and a congressman's office, were denied bail Tuesday. Rubin, 56, of Monrovia ``remains a flight risk, and also clearly there is a danger to the community,'' U.S. District Judge Ronald S.W. Lew Ronald S.W. Lew (Chinese name: 刘成威; born 1941) is a U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California in the Ninth Circuit. Outside of Hawaii, Judge Lew was the first Chinese-American appointed to the federal bench after being appointed by ruled during a bail hearing. Lew called co-defendant Earl Krugel, 59, of Reseda a minimal flight risk, but denied him bail because ``there is a danger to the community at this juncture.'' - Associated Press Union federation against secession The County Federation of Labor has unanimously voted to oppose San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. secession, officials announced Tuesday. The federation, an umbrella group representing unions with some 750,000 members, is now planning to mobilize its resources to work against secession because its leaders fear the loss of city jobs and a decrease in political clout for the city. - Daily News State university gifts set record NORTHRIDGE - The California State University system California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. raised a record $916.4 million in charitable donations, grants and other external support during the 2000-01 academic year, officials announced Tuesday. The amount, a 4 percent increase over the previous year, includes $248.2 million in voluntary support from donors and $668.2 million in special revenue from sponsorships, bequests, pledges, contracts, grants of property and endowments to the 22 campuses in the statewide university system. California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , also set a fund-raising record, jumping to $12.4 million in 2000-01 from $7.8 million in the previous academic year. - Daily News Plea postponed in cat, dog mess SANTA MONICA - Arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted was continued Tuesday for a West Hills woman facing felony animal-cruelty charges filed after county officials found 60 cats and one dog living in filthy conditions at her Dayton Canyon mobile home, officials said. Margaret Weems, 57, who operates Angel Puss and Pooch Rescue in Canoga Park and Eagle Rock, is now scheduled to be arraigned on Feb. 15 in Santa Monica, officials said. Outside of court, Weems has denied the allegations against her. - Daily News Aunt faces trial in death of child VAN NUYS - A North Hollywood woman was held for trial Tuesday on a murder charge in the beating death of her 4-year-old niece last year. Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nash also ruled there was sufficient evidence to require Arcelia Chavez, 47, to stand trial on the murder charge and a charge of child assault that caused death. Chavez is accused of killing Maria Isabel Cervantes and then taking her body to the North Hollywood police station Sept. 28. - City News Service DNA evidence cracks 1995 rape TORRANCE - A Lancaster man arrested through a new program that uses DNA evidence to crack unsolved sexual assaults was convicted Tuesday of rape and other charges for a 1995 attack on a 14-year-old girl. The Torrance Superior Court jury deliberated a day before finding Michael Dwight Hill, 36, guilty. - City News Service Jewish duo can't claim deduction A Los Angeles-area couple cannot use their Jewish school tuition payments as a tax write-off similar to deductions members of the Church of Scientology Church of Scientology: see Scientology, Church of. receive from the Internal Revenue Service, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The three-member panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a federal tax court's ruling that Michael and Marla Sklar of Los Angeles are not eligible to deduct 55 percent of the tuition they paid for their four children to attend two Jewish schools. In 1993, the couple filed an amendment to their 1991 tax return seeking the deduction based on the amount of secular and religious instruction their children received. They argued 55 percent of their children's time at school was spent on religious study and should therefore be tax-deductible. The couple based their argument on tax deduction allowances made by the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. for members of the Church of Scientology. - Associated Press 405 car-pool lane helps save time The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Tuesday that the new 7.8-mile car-pool lane on the southbound San Diego Freeway The San Diego Freeway (Interstate 405, and the part of Interstate 5 south of the El Toro Y[1]) is one of the principal north-south highways in Southern California, and the major beltway of I-5 running through Southern California. is saving commuters about 15 minutes per trip on average. ``Thanks to the new lane, those commuters have been traveling through the Sepulveda Pass at speeds between 30 to 50 miles per hour,'' said 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. Board Chairman John Fasana. The car-pool lane starts near the junction with the Hollywood Freeway in Sherman Oaks and ends at the Waterford Street exit near Westwood. In a related development, a group of San Fernando Valley homeowners on Tuesday urged Caltrans to open the lane to all traffic during nonpeak hours. But Caltrans suggested that making the new lane a part-time car-pool lane would be too confusing and too hard to control. - City News Service Supervisors set a day for Reagan The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
Supervisor Mike Antonovich, a fellow Republican, said Reagan ``brought to the halls of government intelligence, dignity, toughness touched with sensitivity and a determination to make this a better world.'' - City News Service |
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