Parents oppose 15% raise in ABC Unified schools
At a Tuesday board meeting protesting a 15 percent pay hike and longer duties for teachers, parents and property owners urged the ABC Unified School District to reject the proposed contract. Teachers cite aims to reduce class sizes and add counselors, saying the district now spends the least on salaries in Los Angeles County. The board must craft a counterproposal before state bargaining deadlines.
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Torrance to join sewage suit over Hyperion sludge dump
Torrance joins a Pacific Legal Foundation suit against EPA order to phase out ocean dumping from Los Angeles Hyperion plant. Torrance officials argue dumping sludge to Palos Verdes landfill harms the city route via San Diego Freeway Hawthorne or Crenshaw boulevards. EPA action framed as environmental impact concerns.
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Palos Verdes
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Hawthorne Boulevard
Crenshaw Boulevard
South Bay Area
Pacific Legal Foundation
Sacramento
Roger Freeman
Orange County to buy 30 acre park site
Orange County will buy a 30 acre parcel northeast of Orange for 298125 from Sully Miller Co of Long Beach and Orange. The land along Santiago Creek will join the Lower Santiago Regional Park. court-ordered price 226 74 per acre with 26276 in attorneys fees. County supervisors decided to proceed with the purchase.
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Torrance approves $97,782 for 16 new vehicles
Torrance City Council authorized the purchase after evaluating 130 bids for 16 vehicles. Martin Chevrolet of Torrance secured about half the total with four sedans three 1 2 ton trucks and a 1 ton van. Beach City Chevrolet of Long Beach won an 11 482 contract for a 1 2 ton van and a 1 ton pickup with utility body. Don Kott Ford of Carson will supply a 1 2 ton crew cab pickup for 5 493 and Claude Short Dodge earned 6 744 for a 1 ton truck. GMC Truck and Coach will provide three 1 ton pickups including one four wheel drive for 15 952. International Harvester gets 12 605 for a cubic yard dump truck.
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Torrance
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Chevrolet
Long Beach
Don Kott Ford
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Claude Short
GMC Truck and Coach Division
International Harvester
Long Beach Awards Five Year Tow Contract Amid Reform
The Long Beach City Council awarded a five year towing contract to Bill D Sims, ending City Tow’s monopoly. Rates will rise under a new schedule with basic towing to 25 dollars in year one, then about 2 dollars annually. City officials expect revenue gains from 29 thousand to about 44 thousand annually, with auditing controls assured.
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Karen Kupelian
Bill D. Sims
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Hag Byers
James Wilson
Tom Clark
Paramount Councils Faces Water Crisis and Insurance Debate
Paramount City Council urged water conservation in drought year at the request of the Metropolitan Water District. At week's end, flood-related issues emerged when a Jackson Street and Colorado Avenue corner was drenched, prompting mayoral consideration. The council endorsed a two year moratorium on residential reassessment and studied the Contract Cities Self-Insurance Pool to curb rising city insurance costs.
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Dead Sea
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Wwe
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Richard DeBie
Philip Watson
Steven Chapman
Chapman
Two men held in Compton attempted assault case
Compton police arrested Steven E. White and Steve Whitton for an attempted assault on a black couple near Alondra Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue around 4 15 am. Investigators linked the incident to as many as eight other assaults and a homicide in the past two months.
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Steven E. White
Los Angeles
Steve Whitton
la Habra
Alondra Boulevard
Santa Fe Avenue
Gil Sandoval
Bicycle bandit robs two Carson shops at knifepoint
Carson deputies report a masked bicycle robber struck A B Donuts on East Sepulveda Boulevard Tuesday taking 100 dollars from two cash registers at knifepoint as clerks Florence Romaila and Marcelle Hammons described a ski mask and hunting knife. The suspect fled on a 10 speed bicycle west on Broad Avenue after the heist.
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A & B Donuts
E. Sepulveda Blvd
Florence Romaila
Marcelle Hammons
Ellie
Broad Avenue
Group of youths on bicycles rob Long Beach man
A 74-year-old Long Beach pedestrian was robbed of $17 by eight teens on bicycles on Hill Street near Long Beach Boulevard at 7 40 p m. Police reported the incident to Harbor Division.
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Gallio Marzano
Hill Street
Long Beach Boulevard
Hawaiian Avenue
Hawaiian Ave
Wilmington
Harbor Division
Lawanda Koontd
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