BRIEFLY SCHOOLS TO STRESS CHARACTER LESSONS.VAN NUYS - South Valley school officials today will launch what they call the nation's largest character-building program, featuring an honor code
An honor code or honor system is a set of rules or principles governing a community based on a set of rules or ideals that define what constitutes honorable , anti-profanity lessons and contracts for parents, students and schools. Bob Collins, superintendent of District C schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. , will introduce the program at the Airtel Plaza Hotel The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel with a height of 250 feet (76 m) and length of 400 feet that (122 m) occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. in Van Nuys at 8 a.m. today. Michael Josephson, director of the Josephson Institute of Ethics and founder of a character-development program, also is scheduled to speak. Character education will be infused throughout the school curriculum in the South Valley in efforts to help youngsters learn six core values: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. - Daily News Allegations added in wife's slaying SAN FERNANDO San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. - Prosecutors added special-circumstance allegations Tuesday that could make a man accused of murdering his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife eligible for the death penalty. The District Attorney's Office added the allegations of murder for financial gain and murder during an attempted kidnapping against Samuel Duran, 54. - Daily News Task force to seek mural restoration Representatives of a group of government agencies will be convened to look for ways to fund restoration of the world's longest mural, ``The Great Wall of Los Angeles The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a mural designed by Judith Baca and executed by community youth and artists coordinated by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC). ,'' the City Council decided Tuesday. The 10-foot-tall landmark runs for half a mile along the Tujunga Wash Tujunga Wash is a stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fifth of its flow, and drains about 225 square miles. drainage channel on Coldwater Canyon Avenue between Burbank Boulevard and Oxnard Street. - Daily News Garcetti seated early on council The Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. on Tuesday appointed Eric Garcetti, who won the June 5 election in the 13th District, to take his council seat early. Other winners in last week's election will replace current officeholders on July 1, but the council appointed Garcetti early because the district's seat has been vacant for more than six months, since former Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg joined the state Assembly. - Daily News Shannen Doherty put on probation Actress Shannen Doherty was sentenced Tuesday to three years on probation in connection with her drunken-driving arrest last year in Ventura County. - City News Service Pedestrians hit after cars collide CHATSWORTH - Three men on foot, including two who are apparently deaf, were injured Tuesday afternoon after two vehicles collided, officials said. One of the two vehicles apparently hit two of the pedestrians at 2:49 p.m. Tuesday at De Soto Avenue and Nordhoff Street, throwing the men 20 to 30 feet, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. . The third man was hit by flying glass, officials said. People in the cars did not appear to be seriously injured, and the cause of the collision was under investigation. - Daily News Parents file suit in melon pollution The parents of a 16-month-old child who got salmonella poisoning Salmonella poisoning n. Gastroenteritis that is caused by food contaminated with bacteria of the genus Salmonella which multiply freely in the gastrointestinal tract but do not produce septicemia. after eating a contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. cantaloupe cantaloupe: see gourd; melon. filed a lawsuit Monday against the company accused of importing the fruit from Mexico. Nathan Eget of Tarzana was hospitalized for nine days in late April and early May with fever, vomiting and severe diarrhea after eating a Viva brand cantaloupe, according to the U.S. District Court lawsuit. The federal Food and Drug Administration later linked Viva cantaloupes, imported by Shipley Sales Service of Nogales Nogales (nōgä`lās), city (1990 pop. 19,489), Santa Cruz co., S Ariz. on the Mexican border with its adjacent city, Nogales (1990 pop. 105,873), Sonora, NW Mexico. There are copper, silver, and lead mines. , Ariz., to a salmonella outbreak that caused two fatalities in California and numerous illnesses in more than a dozen states. - Associated Press Kirk Douglas, wife help more schools GRANADA HILLS - New playground equipment bought with grants from actor Kirk Douglas and his wife, Anne, will be dedicated today at Granada Elementary School. Outdoor play spaces have been upgraded in three areas at the school - for kindergartners, for primary students and for those in higher grades. On Tuesday, the Douglases were at Fair Avenue Elementary School in North Hollywood for that school's dedication of new play equipment. Since its inception in 1997, the Douglases' grant program has provided more than $2.5 million for 125 projects that include new playground equipment, grass play yards and outdoor classrooms. - Daily News Homeless work away minor fines VENTURA - A pilot project in which homeless defendants were allowed to pay off fines via community service has become a regular part of Ventura County's court system, officials said Tuesday. Homeless individuals are able to resolve outstanding fines for minor offenses, such as drinking in public, through the community service. Sixty-five defendants in 153 cases have gone through the program since its inception last July. - Daily News Ventura girl, 17, killed in car crash VENTURA - A 17-year-old Ventura girl who died after a single-car crash on the Ventura Freeway was identified Tuesday as Ana Uribe, officials said. Two other girls were still hospitalized with serious injuries after the crash at 11 a.m. Monday, officials said. - Daily News |
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