BRIEFLY VALLEY RABBI WINS PRIZE FOR ACTIVISM.WOODLAND HILLS - A rabbi from a Woodland Hills temple is one of the winners of the third annual Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (born November 4 1916) is a retired iconic American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for The CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). Faith & Freedom Award, the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based Interfaith Alliance Foundation announced Wednesday. Rabbi Steven Jacobs Steven Jacobs (b. 1967 in Wollongong, New South Wales) is an Australian television presenter and actor. Jacobs started his career in radio, presenting a weekly top 40 countdown. of Temple Kol Tikvah has been a leader in promoting interfaith dialogue, racial justice and labor rights Labor rights or workers' rights are a group of legal rights and claimed human rights having to do with labor relations between workers and their employers, usually obtained under labor and employment law. both nationally and in 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. . - City News Service Cardenas pursues Secretary of state Assemblyman Tony Cardenas Tony Cardenas served in the California State Assembly. In the Assembly, he had the powerful position of chair of the Budget Committee. He is now a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. , D-Mission Hills, said Wednesday that he will run for California secretary of state in the March 2002 primary. Cardenas and former state Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi filed papers this month with the Secretary of State's Office to organize fund- raising committees to campaign for the job. - Daily News Murder-for-hire plotter gets life A 39-year-old Glendale woman who hired a hit man to kill her lover's wife was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with the possibility of parole. A state jury found Rosa Maldonado guilty last month of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation of murder for the Nov. 4, 1999, attack on Olga Olguin, who survived being shot in the head. - City News Service Graffiti defendant told to clean up A Canoga Park man pleaded no contest Wednesday to spray-painting graffiti on a Metrolink railway tunnel in Chatsworth and was sentenced to 45 days on a Caltrans or graffiti-removal work crew. San Fernando Superior Court Judge Robert J. Schuit also banned Andy William Rizo, 19, from railroad property for three years, said Deputy City Attorney Jina Kim. - City News Service Smoking battery closes roadway CAMARILLO - A large battery used for backing up a computer fell off a pickup truck Wednesday, causing smoke that shut down Santa Rosa Road between Verdugo Way and Adolfo Road for two hours, 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. reported. - Daily News Collision ties up traffic on freeway AGOURA HILLS - A crash involving a tanker truck and two vehicles tied up traffic Wednesday evening on the westbound Ventura (101) Freeway. California Highway Patrol Officer Charles Blair said the crash occurred at 7 p.m. on the westbound Ventura Freeway at Parkway Calabasas. - Daily News |
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