BRIEFLY REAGAN HONORED WITH COUNTY 'DAY'.Ronald Reagan, who holds the record for longevity among former presidents, turns 91 today. 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:
- City News Service Group will solicit Valley city names 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. secessionists are seeking public input on proposed names for a proposed new Valley city. Valley Voters Organized Toward Empowerment has formed a committee to solicit names, and plans to whittle down Verb 1. whittle down - cut away in small pieces wear away, whittle away damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" the proposals to 25 names for the Valley VOTE board to consider. The board will pick five names to send to the Local Agency Formation Commission. People with suggestions can write to Valley VOTE at 14622 Ventura Blvd., No. 201B, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, or go to the group's Web site at www.valleyvote.org. - Daily News Ryder responds to felony charges BEVERLY HILLS Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. - Actress Winona Ryder pleaded not guiltyTuesday to four felony counts of theft, burglary, vandalism and possession of a controlled substance controlled substance n. a drug which has been declared by federal or state law to be illegal for sale or use, but may be dispensed under a physician's prescription. , the 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 District Attorney's Office said. - Associated Press Supervisors nix health overseer Calling the Los Angeles County health care crisis a ``disaster in the making,'' the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday decided against the creation of an independent health authority to oversee the county's $2.9 billion health system. - Daily News State overturns suit against city THOUSAND OAKS - The state Supreme Court has overturned a $2.3 million judgment awarded to a Gardena contractor who sued Thousand Oaks over work on the Civic Arts Plaza, officials announced. Amelco Electric sued the city in 1995 for its refusal to pay $2.2 million in cost overruns on its $6.2 million contract to provide electrical work within the $64 million arts plaza. The city largely blamed the contractor for mismanaging the work and rejected its reimbursement claim. - Daily News Boxer vows fight for cleanup funds Sen. Barbara Boxer vowed on Tuesday to fight for full funding for cleanup of Rocketdyne's Santa Susana Field Lab, despite cuts in the Bush administration's proposed budget. Site cleanup funds are proposed at $13.7 million for the next fiscal year, down from a previously budgeted $19.6 million, and the budget fails to include money for a long-awaited Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and survey of contamination, according to an activist group monitoring the site. - Daily News Man who killed teen sentenced VAN NUYS - A tearful Michael Glover apologized Tuesday to the family of the rising baseball star he killed while driving drunk, then learned his fate: five years in state prison. ``There is nothing I can say or do to change what I have done,'' said Glover, 45, a Saugus cabinet maker. ``If I could, I would have done it 100 times over. I made such a bad mistake.'' Glover had pleaded no contest in the death of 19-year-old Nolan LeMar, a College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. student who had survived severe burns in an accident three years ago at Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
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