BRIEFLY MONDAY CLASSES CANCELED AT CSUN.NORTHRIDGE - Officials at 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 , canceled Monday night classes because of blowing smoke from the Simi Valley wildfire. Sessions scheduled for today might also be canceled. Officials will decide by 5:30 a.m. whether to reopen. Students and staffers should log on to the campus's Internet home page, www.csun.edu. Students and community members can call (877) 671-2786 for information, and faculty and staff members can call (800) 926-4826. - City News Service Fire shuts down Reagan Freeway The Ronald Reagan Freeway was closed Monday because of the wildfire, and commuters who detoured onto the Ventura Freeway made an already-tough weekday drive even worse, officials reported. The shutting of the 118, coupled with the ongoing 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. strike, created a ``double whammy'' for commuters on the 101 Freeway. ``We do ask for everyone's patience,'' said CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Francisco Villalobos. ``We do ask the public's indulgence; slow down.'' In addition to the 118, authorities also Santa Susana Pass Santa Susana Pass is a mountain pass connecting Simi Valley to the San Fernando Valley. The road used to be an Indian trail, and later a wagon road (a famous part was called Devil's Slide) before the road was paved. Road, an alternate route connecting the Simi and San Fernando valleys. ``Everyone's got to go to the 101,'' said CHP Officer Leland Tang. ``That's exactly the reason why the 101 was a mess.'' - Daily News Postal deliveries hampered by fires Letter carriers were unable Monday to make more than 400,000 deliveries in three Southern California postal districts because of the wildfires, officials said. About 3,500 homes did not receive delivery in Simi Valley, Canoga Park, Chatsworth and Moorpark. Routes also were impacted in the Santa Ana and San Diego postal districts, officials said. - City News Service Union Bank gives to Red Cross fund The Union Bank of California Union Bank of California is one of the 30 largest commercial banks in the United States. It has 327 branches, the majority of which are in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Foundation announced Monday that it had donated $175,000 to the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. for relief efforts from the Southern California wildfires. Under the grant, $75,000 will go to San Diego County, with $25,000 each for Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura counties. - City News Service Refugees visited by Maria Shriver SAN BERNARDINO - Maria Shriver, wife of Governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger, visited wildfire refugees Monday at an evacuation center at San Bernardino International Airport San Bernardino International Airport (IATA: SBD, ICAO: KSBD, FAA LID: SBD) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district (CBD) of San Bernardino, in San Bernardino County, California, USA. . About 500 children and 1,500 adults are at the center set up in a hangar. ``This could be any one of us,'' said Shriver shrive v. shrove or shrived, shriv·en or shrived, shriv·ing, shrives v.tr. 1. To hear the confession of and give absolution to (a penitent). 2. , an NBC correspondent. ``I think the real challenge for all of us in this new era in California is to have a sense of commmnity. It's about showing people who are having a tough time that we care.'' - Associated Press |
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