BRIEFLY STUDENTS WILL TAKE NEW EXIT EXAM.Today most of 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. Unified School District's 61,000 ninth- graders will take the first half of the state's new high school exit exam. All but 9,000 or so students on vacation from year-round schedules are required to take the four-hour test on English Language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. Arts. The same students will take the math portion Tuesday. Vacationing Track B students will take their English test on May 17 and math test on May 24. About 4,000 Glendale and Burbank ninth-graders will also take the English test today and the math test on Tuesday. - Daily News Forum tonight for LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) hopefuls Incumbent Los Angeles Unified school board member Valerie Fields, whose district includes the west 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. and Westside, will meet tonight in Canoga Park with voters and three opponents trying to unseat her in the April 10 election. Educational training consultant Marlene Canter, developer Matthew Rodman, retired teacher and activist Rick Selan and Fields will take questions from voters at 7 p.m. at the Winnetka Avenue School, 8240 Winnetka Ave. The meet-the-candidates event is sponsored by the school's parent-teacher group. - Daily News Riordan leads trio to lobby for money Mayor Richard Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, U.S. who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. Riordan ran for Governor of California unsuccessfully in 2002. , Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Roy Romer and school board president Genethia Hayes will be in Washington D.C. today and Thursday to meet with federal officials - including President George W. Bush - to lobby for funding on education. They expect to meet with Bush this morning. Later they will meet with members of key House and Senate committees on education and appropriations, including Sens. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. and House Education Committee chairman Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio. The three are seeking more federal funding for Los Angeles schools for Title One programs, special education and educational technology. Riordan will also lobby for transportation funds. - Daily News Campaign reports to be filed online In a move to increase public access to campaign contributions and officeholder of·fice·hold·er n. One who holds public office. Noun 1. officeholder - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for accounts, 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 approved
a program to require the electronic filing of all reports with the
Ethics Commission.
- Daily News UCSB UCSB University of California at Santa Barbara UCSB University of Casual Sex and Beer freshman pleads not guiltyA SANTA BARBARA - A university freshman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges for allegedly running down five pedestrians with his car in Isla Vista, killing four people. David Attias, 18, of Santa Monica stood without comment in an orange jail-house jumpsuit as defense attorney Bob Sanger entered the pleas on his behalf to all 11 felony counts, including four counts of murder. A hearing was set for March 26. - Associated Press Explorer program alternative sought Acting on a decision by the Boy Scouts of America Noun 1. Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training not to change its policy on discriminating against homosexuals, the Los Angeles Police Commission directed the LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. on Tuesday to start looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a replacement for its Explorer Scout program. The action followed the board's signal last December that it may direct the Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . to sever its ties with the
Boy Scouts if the organization did not drop its policy regarding gays.
- City News Service FBI agent repels robbers with gun An FBI agent shot two men who tried to rob him in front of his home in the Westchester area Tuesday, officials said. The two, in their 20s, approached the agent and tried to rob him about 7 p.m., authorities said. More than 30 police officers went to the neighborhood around Redlands Street and Gulana Avenue, where both suspects were taken into custody, officials said. The agent was uninjured, said FBI spokesman Matthew McLaughlin. - Daily News Shooting victim found on on-ramp NORTH HOLLYWOOD - Police found a wounded man on the Sherman Way on-ramp to the Hollywood Freeway on Tuesday night. Los Angeles Police Department officers found the 30-year-old victim, who had been shot in the arm, said LAPD Officer Jason Lee. Police said it appeared the victim might have been shot at another location. The man's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, Lee said. - Daily News |
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