BRIEFLY MILKEN WILL SHOW FILM ON HOLOCAUST.Milken Community High School Milken Community High School, colloquially called Milken, is a private Jewish High School in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles, California. Though it is affiliated with the Reform Stephen S. Wise Temple, it is officially non-denominational. is scheduled to premiere today ``The Holocaust Through Her Eyes: The Living History of Sidonia Lax,'' a student-made documentary about a woman's miraculous survival during the Holocaust. The story of Sidonia Lax, who will attend the premiere, pays tribute to the miracle of Hanukkah and the perseverance of the Jewish people. The free premiere screening is scheduled today from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Stephen S. Wise Temple, Westwood Sanctuary, 15500 Mulholland Drive For the motion picture, see . Mulholland Drive is a very well-known road in Los Angeles, California named after engineer William Mulholland. A portion of it is also called Mulholland Highway. . - Daily News Doo Dah Parade The Doo Dah Parade is a popular farcical and flamboyant parade held in Pasadena, California on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Founded in 1976 as a response to the traditional formality of the Rose Parade, which is also held in Pasadena, the Doo Dah Parade features absurd parade hits streets today PASADENA - The 26th Doo Dah Parade, the annual send-up of its more stately New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. counterpart, will march through Old Pasadena today, setting off at 11:30 a.m. from the corner of Raymond Avenue and Holly Street. The Human Burrito, The Queen Mummers, 13 Human Flies, Grand Old Hags, the Howdy Krishnas and the Spawn of Capt. James T. Kirk will be among those wending their way east to west along Colorado Boulevard Colorado Boulevard (or Colorado Street) is a major east-west street in Southern California, United States. It runs from Griffith Park in Los Angeles east through Glendale, the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Arcadia, ending in Monrovia. to Pasadena Avenue. - 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. running next TV show on plans The MTA on Monday debuts the second installment of ``Metro Motion,'' the transportation agency's new 30-minute cable television show on the 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. East-West Transitway, the opening of the Metro Gold Line to Pasadena, a new regional bus pass and other countywide transportation issues. This installment focuses on North 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 will air on LA36 at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, 10 p.m. on Wednesday and 9:30 p.m. on Friday. For more Metropolitan Transportation Authority information, visit www.mta.net. - Daily News Warning issued on donation fraud The Police Commission warned residents Friday to beware of bogus solicitations for donations to phony charities during the holiday season. The commission's Charitable Services Section urges anyone asked for a donation to first find out if the organization seeking contributions is a legitimate charity. The commission recommends against giving a donation if: The solicitor cannot provide an information card issued by the commission; The solicitor insists on picking up the donation in person; or The solicitor cannot tell you what percentage of the donation will go to charity. - City News Service Skid Row skid row a run-down area frequented by alcoholics. [Am. Culture: Misc.] See : Alcoholism Skid Row district of down-and-outs and bums. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 1008] See : Failure mission plans new facility The Midnight Mission, which serves downtown's homeless population, has launched a $13.5 million capital development program to build a new facility at Sixth and San Pedro streets. Plans call for building a state-of-the-art, 90,000-square-foot facility, which will increase the mission's capacity in all service areas. The mission now serves more than 55,000 meals each month to the homeless and offers a range of services to people of Skid Row, including emergency shelter, clothing, drug and alcohol rehabilitation and job therapy. - Daily News Encino blackout blamed on cable ENCINO - A cable problem was being blamed Saturday after hundreds of Department of Water and Power customers in Encino were left without electricity. The outage, which started about 8 p.m., initially affected about 600 customers, but power was restored to all but 250 of them within about an hour, said DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection spokeswoman Gale Harris. The outage affected an area bounded by Lake Encino, Lake Vista and Vista Linda drives, Harris said. - Daily News |
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