BRIEFLY.Chatsworth hub for Orange Line Transit officials voted to add six miles to the Orange Line busway, which has exceeded ridership projections since it opened last fall. Under the plan unanimously approved Thursday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board, the busway running between North Hollywood and Woodland Hills will be extended to Chatsworth. The expansion will cost $135 million and should be completed in 2012. The board was under pressure to act quickly in approving the busway or risk losing $98 million in state funds that must be allocated by Jan. 1, 2009, officials said. -- Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Driver fatally hurt in crash with bus BURBANK -- A 64-year-old Sun Valley man who turned his car in front of a commuter bus Friday died from injuries suffered in the crash, police said. The 1992 Infiniti G Infiniti G refers to entry-level automobiles in Nissan's Infiniti marque, which use the letter "G" as a model identifier:
-- City News Service Hahn urges post of health officer With King-Drew Medical Center facing a new set of problems and the potential loss of $200 million in federal funds Federal Funds Funds deposited to regional Federal Reserve Banks by commercial banks, including funds in excess of reserve requirements. Notes: These non-interest bearing deposits are lent out at the Fed funds rate to other banks unable to meet overnight reserve , a city official asked Friday for a report on the cost of creating the post of city health officer to coordinate emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' . Councilwoman Janice Hahn Janice Hahn is a member of the Los Angeles City Council representing the 15th district. Hahn was elected in 2001 and reelected in 2005, running unopposed. The 15th District encompasses the Los Angeles communities of Watts, Wilmington, Harbor Gateway, Harbor City, Athens on the , whose father, Supervisor Kenneth Hahn, was the driving force behind building the King-Drew facility, said the city needs to have a say in the future of the hospital. Earlier this week, she asked City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo to see whether there is any legal action the city can take to prevent the hospital's closing. -- Daily News Antonio supports new tobacco tax Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who said he once smoked cigarettes, announced Friday his support for Proposition 86, the ballot measure that would raise tobacco taxes to pay for health programs. If approved by voters Nov. 7, the state tobacco tax would go from 87 cents to $2.60 a pack on cigarettes, bringing in an estimated $2.1 million a year to pay for smoking prevention programs, emergency services, nursing education and health insurance. -- Daily News Suspects probed in area break-ins Three South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. gang members arrested in a string of 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. burglaries are being investigated in connection with other break-ins, police said Friday. Darnell Martin, 23, of Los Angeles and two 17-year-old juveniles were arrested last summer in the June 27 burglary of a Van Nuys home, in which the 94-year-old blind homeowner was beaten. Investigators are reviewing other area burglary cases to see whether they can be linked to the suspects. -- City News Service |
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