BRIEFLY.Senator visiting port for briefing The Port of Los Angeles The Port of Los Angeles is located on San Pedro Bay in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of downtown. Also called Los Angeles Harbor and WORLDPORT LA on Tuesday will host a visit from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collins (born December 7 1952, in Caribou, Maine) is an American politician, the junior U.S. Senator from Maine and a Republican. , R-Maine, a leading figure in intelligence reform. Collins and Rep. Jane Harman
Jane Lakes Harman (born June 28 1945), is a seven-term Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 36th District of California (map). , D-El Segundo, will tour the port and receive a closed-door briefing from security officials. ``Port security is a major issue in the big scheme of homeland security,'' said Harman spokesman Tom Reynolds. - Daily News Plan would help local teachers Los Angeles mayoral candidate Robert Hertzberg on Friday unveiled a plan to earmark earmark taking a piece out of the edge or center of the ear with a punch as an identification mark. The shape of the mark may be registerable under local legislation. money from a city fund for affordable housing to help teachers buy homes in the areas where they work. Hertzberg, a former state Assembly speaker who has proposed breaking up 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. , said the plan would encourage teachers to become more rooted in their communities. Hertzberg would set aside $5 million from the city's affordable housing trust fund to offer teachers as much as $20,000 toward a down payment on a home in the same community as their schools. - Daily News White BMW BMW in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s. found; boy, 2, still missing CHATSWORTH - A white BMW station wagon that authorities believe was used in the abduction Abduction Balfour, David expecting inheritance, kidnapped by uncle. [Br. Lit.: Kidnapped] Bertram, Henry kidnapped at age five; taken from Scotland. [Br. Lit. of 2-year-old Jason Murdock-Steele was found in Chatsworth late Saturday, but neither the boy nor his abductors were with the car, according to Los Angeles police. An Amber Alert remained in effect for the child, who was snatched from his mother's arms by two men and a woman Friday afternoon in Venice, authorities said. The boy's father recently had lost custody of him. Justin is just over 3 feet tall and 28 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes, police said. When last seen, he was wearing a blue sweat shirt, blue jeans, blue shoes and a green coat, his mother told police. Anyone with more information on the whereabouts of the boy or the identity of the suspects is asked to call 911 or the LAPD's Pacific Station at (310) 482-6313 or (877) 529-3855. - City News Service |
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