BRIEFLY.Masry memorial set for Thursday in city THOUSAND OAKS Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. - A public memorial for attorney Ed Masry is scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at the Fred Kavli Fred Kavli, b. 1927, is a naturalized American physicist, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist. Born in the village of Eresfjord, Nesset municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Theater in the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts and administrative center located in Thousand Oaks, California. It was built in 1994 on the former site of "Jungleland" at a cost of $63.8 million. , 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Masry, 73, died Dec. 5 from complications of diabetes, and a private memorial service was held Dec. 13. Masry is a former mayor of Thousand Oaks who became famous with his legal assistant, Erin Brockovich, when their work on behalf of the residents of Hinkley, Calif., was featured in the Academy Award-winning movie ``Erin Brockovich.'' - Daily News More city planners to come on board 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. City Planning Department expects to hire 20 new planners over the next three months to expand its scope and process the high volume of development projects, officials said Tuesday. The hiring comes after previous cutbacks and as the department focuses on new initiatives that include revitalizing the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. , creating a new historic preservation office and continuing to develop downtown. It also plans to reinstate a Transportation Planning Unit to deal with traffic 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. . - Daily News Browning Ferris target of complaint SUN VALLEY - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's office on Tuesday filed a five-count criminal complaint against the Sun Valley operation of Browning Ferris Industries relating to the storage of hazardous materials. Delgadillo said that during an inspection last August, investigators from his environmental justice unit discovered problems with a gasoline tank, including the lack of a vapor recovery system, as well as problems with roofing tiles and heating ducts that may have contained asbestos. Arraignment A criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information, indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise permitted is scheduled for Feb. 15. Penalties could be up to $250,000, officials said. - Daily News School board race attracts hopefuls Five candidates met Tuesday's deadline to file nominating papers to run for the Los Angeles school The Los Angeles School of Urbanism is an academic movement emerged during the mid-1980s, loosely based at the University of Southern California and UCLA, that poses a challenge to the dominant Chicago School of Urbanism. board seat left vacant when Jose Huizar was elected to the City Council, City Clerk officials said. To qualify for the ballot, candidates running for the school board's District 2 seat had to either collect 500 signatures from registered voters in the district and pay a $300 fee, or avoid the fee by collecting 1,000 valid signatures. The City Clerk's Election Division will now review the nominating petitions to make certain the signatures are valid and all the other papers are in order. Those who submitted nominating petitions for the March 7 election are: - Monica Garcia, Huizar's chief of staff during his tenure on 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. board; - Enrique Gasca, vice chairman of Region 3 of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central Committee; - Ana Teresa Fernandez, manager of school development for the California Charter Schools Association; - Maria Lou Calanche, an instructor at East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. Community College; and - Christopher Arellano, a representative for the United Teachers Los Angeles union. It was unclear whether William Michael Morrison, a community political consultant, submitted his paperwork on time. Steven Song, a health care advocate, has dropped out of the race. - City News Service Man in shooting dies; is identified A man who apparently shot himself in the head after firing at officers on New Year's Eve was identified Tuesday by police. Michael Richter, 27, was removed from life support and declared dead at Queen of Angels Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, formerly known as Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, is a hospital in Los Angeles, California, USA. The hospital has 434 beds. History Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center was founded in 1924. on Monday, according to an officer with the Robbery-Homicide unit that investigates officer-involved shootings. According to police, Richter, who had been in a fight with his wife and reportedly put a gun to her head, opened fire on two officers after they stopped his black 1989 Nissan Pathfinder in the 300 block of North Occidental Boulevard about 10:20 p.m. Saturday. - City News Service |
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