BRIEFLY.Funds to be used to educate nurses GLENDALE - The Glendale City Council has voted unanimously to use $515,000 in state funds to train nurses for RN positions in the east 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. . The money will be used to train 124 nurses over the next two years, turning licensed vocational nurses into registered nurses, officials said. RNs are increasingly in demand at area hospitals. The $515,000 comes from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's discretionary budget, and Glendale was chosen to administer the funding. The training will happen at area hospitals and local community colleges, and the Verdugo Workforce Investment Board Workforce Investment Boards (or "WIBs") are regional entities created to implement the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 in the United States, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. will oversee the program. - Daily News Ground is broken for health center WOODLAND HILLS - The Motion Picture and Television Fund broke ground Wednesday on the Saban Center for Health and Wellness. A grant from the Saban Family Foundation will fund construction of the center, which is scheduled to open in September 2007 to help retirees living in the Motion Picture Country Home focus on disease prevention and health maintenance. The center will be equipped with a pool and spa for aquatic therapy aquatic therapy Water therapy Rehab medicine The exercising of muscle groups under water, which increases range-of-motion and light resistance for rehabilitation. See Rehabilitation medicine. , and a gym and community room for education and seminars. A donation from actress Jodie Foster will cover the pool construction costs, according to MPTF MPTF Motion Picture & Television Fund MPTF Multi-Path Track Fusion officials. - City News Service Dinner gala set for award winner UNIVERSAL CITY - J. Richard Leyner of Northridge, this year's Fernando Award winner, will be honored for volunteerism at a dinner gala on Feb. 24. The Fernando Awards recognition dinner is slated for 7:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, 333 Universal Hollywood Drive. Tickets are $100 and can be purchased by calling (818) 980-7867. - Daily News Flight maneuvers trigger warning PACOIMA - A Cessna aircraft doing illegal flight maneuvers over a populated area of Northern Los Angeles County was forced to land at Whiteman Airpark air·park n. A small airport typically located near a business area or industrial park. on Wednesday by a sheriff's helicopter crew, authorities said. A certified flight instructor and a student in the Cessna were given a warning for violating air regulations by doing practice maneuvers over populated areas, said Sgt. Mark Utley of the L.A. County Sheriff's Aero Bureau. Utley did not know exactly where the plane was flying. - Daily News PG&E helps fund student awards Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has donated $13,850 to the California State University Enrollment  Foundation for Future Scholars to help fund the William Randolph Hearst/CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement. The donation will help financially needy students who demonstrate superior academic performance and outstanding volunteer community service. Award winners typically have not only overcome great personal and financial obstacles to excel in school, but also have given generously of themselves to help others. The William Randolph Hearst/CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement will provide one scholarship of $6,000 and 18 scholarships valued at $3,000 in the 2006-07 academic year. - Daily News Driver is charged in fatal collision An 18-year-old Thousand Oaks man is expected to be arraigned today on charges that he was driving intoxicated in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. when his vehicle collided with an oak tree late last year, killing his 18-year-old passenger. Sean Michael Gittens was arrested earlier this week on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter vehicular manslaughter n. the crime of causing the death of a human being due to illegal driving of an automobile, including gross negligence, drunk driving, reckless driving, or speeding. , Ventura County Sheriff's Department The Ventura County Sheriff's Department (VCSD) provides law enforcement for the unincorporated areas of Ventura County, California, USA, as well as several cities within the county. The cities that VCSD serves are Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Ojai, and Thousand Oaks. officials said. Deputies said Gittens was intoxicated when he lost control of his Ford Explorer on Westlake Boulevard near Kanan Road on Oct. 17. The collision resulted in the death of Agoura Hills resident Krystin Jean Shank shank (shangk) 1. leg (1). 2. crus ( 2). shank n. The part of the human leg between the knee and ankle. . - Daily News |
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