BRIEFLY SECESSION FORUM SET FOR THURSDAY.WOODLAND HILLS - The public is invited to a forum on 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. secession, which will be Measure F in the Nov. 5 election. The free session, featuring speakers on both sides of the issue, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Warner Center Marriott Hotel, 21850 Oxnard St. - Daily News Corps will spray herbicide herbicide (hr`bəsīd'), chemical compound that kills plants or inhibits their normal growth. A herbicide in a particular formulation and application can be described as selective or nonselective. at lake The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin spraying an herbicide around the lakes at Hansen Dam Hansen Dam in Los Angeles County, California was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District in 1939 and 1940. The project is located near the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley on Tujunga Wash, about one mile below the confluence of the Big Tujunga Wash to eradicate the troublesome Arundo donax plants, officials said Monday. The plant, which resembles bamboo, is an invasive, non-native species that can quickly overtake native vegetation if not controlled and eradicated, said Fred-Otto Egeler of the Corps. Egeler said people should avoid the treated areas, which will be recognizable by a greenish-blue dye where the herbicide has been sprayed. - City News Service UTLA UTLA United Teachers of Los Angeles (California) members to vote on pact Teachers, counselors and psychologists are expected to vote Tuesday on whether to ratify a labor agreement between their union and 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. . The district's proposal includes a 3 percent raise for this school year, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. United Teachers Los Angeles. The raises will cost the school district about $78 million. - City News Service Health care, jobs initiative issues PACOIMA - Several San Fernando Valley-based organizations created an initiative to improve health care in the area and to foster jobs for low- income residents, it was announced Monday. The Healthy Families/Healthy Jobs Initiative will be run by the Valley Economic Development Center and the Los Angeles Educational Partnership, using a nearly $1 million grant from the private California Endowment. - City News Service |
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