BRIEFLY.$75 million gift for Westmont SANTA BARBARA Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. -- Westmont College Coordinates:  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. of Montecito will receive $75 million from anonymous donors; it's one of the largest donations ever made to a U.S. liberal arts college Liberal arts colleges are primarily colleges with an emphasis upon undergraduate study in the liberal arts. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise offers the following definition of the liberal arts as a, "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge . David Winter, interim president of the 1,200-student Christian school A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. , said the board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. will decide how to spend the money, but it could pay up to half the cost of a proposed renovation that calls for building a new residence hall, chapel, bookstore and other buildings. The plan is opposed by neighbors who fear it will add traffic to the area and is still under review. Winter identified the benefactors as a couple who are close personal friends. -- 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. Two arrested in cop shooting TWENTYNINE PALMS -- A Joshua Tree Joshua tree: see yucca. man and his girlfriend were arrested on suspicion of wounding a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy with a shotgun blast. Adam Lee Lopez, 30, and Tonya Campbell were booked Friday morning on charges of the attempted murder of a peace officer, authorities said. Deputy Adam Garcia was shot in the hand Thursday night. He was treated at a hospital and released Friday morning, sheriff's Sgt. Rick Ells said. Authorities said four shotgun blasts were fired at the windshield of Garcia's patrol car at a home where he had gone in response to a report of a domestic disturbance. -- Associated Press Canyon Country driver is killed SIMI VALLEY -- A 30-year-old plumbing contractor died when his car ran onto the center median of Los Angeles Avenue and struck a tree early Saturday, according to Simi Valley police. Jonathan Vincent Lutz Jr. of Canyon Country was driving west near Rancho Santa Susana Park about 1:15 a.m. when the crash occurred, police said. Lutz was taken to Simi Valley Hospital Simi Valley Hospital (SVH) is a Seventh-day Adventist hospital located located in Simi Valley, California. SVH is a member of Adventist Health. New Construction Simi Valley Hospital is in the process of building a new wing to the hospital. , where he died about an hour later. Officers were still investigating the cause of the crash. -- Daily News Reward offered in slaying case PALMDALE -- A $2,000 reward was offered by the city of Palmdale for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the slaying of a 34-year-old Lancaster man, sheriff's officials said Saturday. Annton Berry was found shot to death outside a clothing store in the 800 block of Avenue Q-6 on Monday, said Deputy Maribel Rizo. Anyone with information on the slaying is asked to call Palmdale homicide detectives Dan McElderry or Ken Perry at (323) 890-5500. -- City News Service |
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