BRIEFLY REGIONAL AIRPORTS TO RECEIVE BOOST.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. Board of Airport Commissioners awarded three-year contracts totaling $6.9 million Tuesday for marketing and advertising services that will emphasize the Ontario and Palmdale airports. Commission President Ted Stein said the action shows the board's commitment to implement Mayor Jim Hahn's campaign pledge to relieve 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. at Los Angeles International Airport “LAX” redirects here. For other uses, see LAX (disambiguation). “KLAX” redirects here. For other uses, see KLAX (disambiguation). Los Angeles International Airport (IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX by adopting a regional approach to handling air travel demand. - City News Service Dems delay plan for redistricting redistricting: see legislative apportionment. Assembly Democratic leaders in Sacramento have postponed releasing proposed new districts for their house until at least today, blaming technical difficulties and last-minute adjustments in lines. Assembly Speaker Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, had planned to have the redistricting plan posted on the Assembly's Web site Tuesday. - Associated Press Stein new leader of airports panel Encino attorney and real estate developer Ted Stein was elected president of the Los Angeles Airport Commission on Tuesday, in a return to a post he held several years ago. Stein was the unanimous choice of the board, which also selected Warren Valdry as vice president. Stein had served as president of the Airport Commission from 1993 to 1996 under former Mayor Richard Riordan. Mayor James Hahn reappointed Stein to the panel this year. - Daily News Los Padres blaze blackens 6 acres SANTA PAULA - A brush fire in a remote canyon of Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to Monterey, extending inland. Elevations range from sea level to 8,831 feet. consumed about six acres Tuesday before firefighters were able to extinguish it, national forestry officials said. The odor of smoke was reported to the Ventura County Fire Department Not to be confused with Ventura Fire Department. The Ventura County Fire Department (VCFD) provides fire protection and emergency response services for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, and for six other cities within the county. at 7:24 a.m. The fire was contained by 11:15 a.m., and completely extinguished by 12:44 p.m. The private parcel inside the boundaries of the national forest was located about a mile's hike northeast of Highway 150, below the Big Cone Campground and above St. Thomas Aquinas College For other schools named after St. Thomas Aquinas, see . Saint Thomas Aquinas College is a private four-year, liberal arts college in Rockland County, New York that occupies a forty-eight acre campus. in Santa Paula. - Daily News Black woman files suit in race case An African-American woman who worked at an Antelope Valley high school Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. filed suit Tuesday, accusing administrators of displaying a Confederate flag and allowing her to be harassed because of her race. - City News Service Busboy, 22, turns in $203,000 find A busboy Tuesday turned in a sack containing $203,000 that apparently fell out of an armored truck traveling downtown, police said. ``I'm poor, but I'm honest,'' the man, who emigrated from Mexico last year, said in Spanish through an interpreter. - Associated Press Abandoned cars target of new law Business is going to be picking up for the city of Los Angeles
Under the new initiative, residents may call 1-800-ABANDON to report such vehicles. The city's Department of Transportation will spearhead efforts to get them removed. Once notified by the DOT that an abandoned car is a nuisance, an owner will have 10 days to remove it, said Hahn press deputy Hilda Marella Delgado. - City News Service |
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