BRIEFLY RAMOS 1ST LATINA MAYOR OF BURBANK.BURBANK - Marsha Ramos is the new mayor of Burbank, after having been elected to the post by her colleagues on the City Council in annual rotation. The Burbank City Council voted unanimously Monday to rotate in the new mayor and vice mayor. In so doing, Ramos became the first Latina mayor of Burbank. ``I hope that together we can address the issues that are most important to our city and sustain the quality of life our citizens deserve,'' Ramos said after she became mayor. Ramos, who is formerly the city's vice mayor, replaces Stacey Murphy, whose title returns to that of city councilwoman. The new vice mayor is Jef Vander Borght. Ramos has lived in Burbank since her family moved there when she was 6. Her husband's family has lived in Burbank since the early 1900s. Ramos is a managing partner in the consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a Geosystems Inc. She is also a founding board member of the Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. of Burbank and is a graduate of Burbank's John Burroughs High School John Burroughs High School is a public high school located in Burbank, California. Emilio Urioste, Jr. is the current principal. The school was built in the 1920's, but wasn't established as a high school until 1948. The school was named after naturalist John Burroughs. and 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 . - Daily News Man enters plea in Avalon blaze BURBANK - A 41-year-old man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to setting a fire at the Avalon Hotel in Burbank after a dispute over $60, authorities said. Benjamin Bolock, who lived at the residential hotel, was being held at 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 Jail in lieu of $250,000 bail. He is accused of starting the fire in his unit Saturday night after a dispute with his roommate over the $60, said Battalion Chief Tracey Pansini of the Burbank Fire Department. The fire destroyed 10 of the 20 units at the hotel, located at 126 E. Olive Ave., and caused $300,000 in damages. No one was injured in the blaze. - Daily News More women, kids live on Skid Row More and more of the homeless on Skid Row are women and children, according to a study released by the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission on Tuesday. In 1990, there were 168 women and 13 children within the eight-block area in Skid Row. By 2000, 1,251 women and 529 children were counted there, according to the study by USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture. - City News Service Feds fund work on I-5, port route Interstate 5 improvements are among the projects that will receive $20.2 million from the Federal Highway Administration The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation. The agency's major activities are grouped into two "programs," The Federal-aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway , officials said Tuesday. More than $1.1 million will go to a project that connects the Alameda Corridor and the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to the transcontinental rail network, federal officials said. Two Interstate 5 projects will be funded in the Los Angeles area to help improve traffic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . In addition, $183,800 has been allocated for parking improvements at Hansen Dam Recreation Area. - City News Service Tickets offered for war monument Rep. Gary Miller, R-Diamond Bar, is offering tickets to the May 29 ceremony to dedicate the new World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Anyone interested can call Miller's Washington office at (202) 225-3201 to reserve tickets. - Daily News Busway work set for White Oak Ave. ENCINO - Work is scheduled to begin Thursday on White Oak Avenue just north of Oxnard Street as part of the Metro Orange Line construction. The Orange Line is the 14-mile busway that is due to begin service from Warner Center to the Metro Red Line subway's North Hollywood station in August 2005. Night work will take place between 7 p.m. May 6 and 7 a.m. May 7, and additional night work will take place as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . - Daily News Counties to get halted DMV DMV abbr. Department of Motor Vehicles funds Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill Tuesday to allow the state to resume sending some $50 million a month to counties, after the funds were blocked by a series of court decisions and state laws over the vehicle license fee. The new law will give the Department of Motor Vehicles In the United States of America, Department of Motor Vehicles (or DMV) is a commonly used name of the government agency of a U.S. state which administers the registration of automobiles (e.g., by issuing license plates), and/or the licensing of drivers (e.g. the authority to transfer the money to the proper accounts, according to H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the governor's Department of Finance. - Daily News |
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