VALLEY THROWS EARTHLY BASHES.Byline: LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. M. SODDERS Staff Writer With nature walks, songs and educational opportunities, 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. residents celebrated Earth Day on Saturday, despite overcast skies that threatened rain. At the WorldFest celebration in Woodley Park Woodley Park refers to the following:
"This is my fourth year, and it just keeps getting better and better," said Spunt, a vegan vegan /veg·an/ (ve´gan) (vej´an) a vegetarian whose diet excludes all food of animal origin. ve·gan n. . "All of these booths give you information and make it easy for you to make choices that are more Earth-friendly. You realize, `I don't have to go out and protest, I can buy this product or not buy this product,' and it's not just all-or-nothing." Thousands of people at WorldFest listened to live music, sampled vegan and vegetarian foods, and browsed through booths that offered everything from information on public transportation to acupuncture and all-natural products. 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. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. touted the green measures the city was taking, including the million tree initiative and making all the city's trash trucks alternative-powered vehicles in the next four years. "It takes every single person coming together to make our city a better place," Villaraigosa said. But Villaraigosa also was confronted at the event by Chris DeRose Chris DeRose (born June 28, 1948) in Brooklyn, New York is an animal rights activist and a former actor. He appeared on General Hospital, Cagney and Lacey, CHiPs, The Rockford Files and Baretta. He was an on camera reporter for the television shows Hard Copy and Inside Edition. , president of Last Chance for Animals, and others who demanded that the Los Angeles Zoo's three elephants be sent to a sanctuary. About a dozen protesters held up signs and shouted "Free the Elephants" and "Shame." Villaraigosa countered that while he personally was opposed to keeping elephants at the zoo, the City Council voted 13-2 in favor of spending $39 million on an enhanced elephant exhibit. The council vote, he said, was "veto proof." At Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. in Woodland Hills, college president Robert Garber and other officials outlined for visitors the environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] measures Pierce is taking as it renovates the campus with its nearly $300 million share of Proposition A/AA bond money. "The district is committed to not only building environmentally sensitive buildings, but to use renewable energy Renewable energy utilizes natural resources such as sunlight, wind, tides and geothermal heat, which are naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power, wind power, and hydroelectricity to biomass and biofuels for transportation. sources," said Los Angeles Community College Chancellor Darroch "Rocky" Young. "This is as much a celebration of principles that we believe in as it is an effort to get other people to adopt the same principles." For example, the photovoltaic cells installed near the performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. a few years ago not only provide shade for cars, but save the campus $260,000 a year in electricity costs, Garber noted. "It reduces our peak energy demands by 25 percent," Garber said. "Everybody wins, and we're doing the right thing." The Pierce event included a three-mile hike up steep, winding cross- country trails high above the campus farm and through Canyon de Lana. "It's wonderful to see that much land, that much green space in Los Angeles, when you're used to an urban environment," said Kathleen Copus, of Pasadena, accompanied on the hike by her husband, Neil Weinberger, and 14-month-old twins, Bryce and Charlie. Grant High School students celebrated Earth Day on Saturday by unveiling a Serenity Garden for Wildlife Conservation at the school in Valley Glen. The event included a Native American ceremony and drum circle drum circle, n a spiritual, communal, or therapeutic music experience in which participants join together in a circle with drums, move, dance using various percussion instruments, voices, and other devices. , and student-guided tours of a wildlife habitat, a native garden, a butterfly house, a community vegetable garden, a reflection pond and small theme gardens. The Los Angeles Zoo's Earth Day Expo 2006 continues today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with music, entertainment, education and free recycling activity books. lisa.sodders(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3663 CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Robert Rueda with his two children - Robert Isaac, 2, and Engrid, 12 - join about 70 others on an Earth Day walk around the hills of Pierce College in Woodland Hills on Saturday. (2) Neil Weinberger pushes his 14-month-old twins, Bryce and Charlie, along the Earth Day hike at Pierce College. Joel P. Lugavere/Special to the Daily News (3) Molly, a Staffordshire terrier, gets help standing up from Theresa Bern, left, of Strangest Angels Animal Rescue. Molly was showing off her skills for Tatiana Hernandez at WorldFest at Woodley Park on Saturday. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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