Woman Truck Drivers Fight Bias in Nontraditional Roles
Bitsy Gomez, a 35 year old mother of three, co-founded the Coalition of Women Truck Drivers to push firms to hire based on skill rather than gender. The group, linked to NOW, notes women remain a small share of drivers, while advocates say trucking jobs offer progress against discrimination and better safety practices.
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Bitsy Gomez
Los Angeles
Bitsy
Teamsters Local 408
Long Beach
Montebello
Coalition
National Organization For Women (Now
NOW
Coumnie Russell
Amd
Wally Thor
Industry
Thor
Truckmaster School of Trucking
Jim Santangelo
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Santangelo
ABC Unified Board Tackles Boundary Changes and Crossing Guard Plan
The ABC Unified School District Board of Education approved boundary shifts affecting 164 Melbourne students moving to Aloha School and 85 students set to ride buses to Stowers School in Cerritos. It also authorized the district to cover roughly 3 dollars yearly for a Centralia Avenue crossing guard, pending city support, and tentatively agreed to a 240000 project with Hawaiian Gardens for Killingsworth School upgrades including baseball diamonds and a multi purpose field.
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ABC Unified School District Board of Education
Lakewood
Centralia Avenue
Pioneer Bowevard
Eugene Tucker
Tucker
Melbourne
Aloha
Laki
Carmenita Junior High
Stowers School
Cerritos
Marjorie Freeman
Committee For
Carmenita
Hawaiian Gardens
Killingsworth School
Westminster launches discount program for seniors and disabled
More than 125 Westminster businesses partner with the city and chamber of commerce to offer a senior and disabled discount program. Interested participants should register with Westminster Community Services and Recreation Department on Westminster Ave and collect free booklets at the center. An ID card is issued after registration. merchants may join by contacting Tom White at 898-3311 Extension 237.
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Westminster
Westminster Chamber of Commerce
Westminster Commmunity Services and Recreation Department
Ian Westminster Ave
Tom White
Skills Center Students in Line for Federal Grants
San Pedro Wilmington Skills Center officials announced federal grants eligibility through the Basic Educational Grants Program. The Department of Health, Education and Welfare approved participation, with student eligibility based on financial need for free job training and placement under LAUSD career and continuing education division.
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San Pedro-Wilmington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Los Angeles
Bellflower Board to Meet Over Lease of School Site
Bellflower Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. in the district administration building at 18103 Clark Ave. A proposed 10 year lease would let the district rent its 18 acre site at Allington and Carpintero for at least 888,875 annually. The land was bought for a junior high that enrollment declined. the state fines Bellflower $10,415 yearly for leaving the site unused.
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Bellflower Board of Education
Clark Ave
Allington and
Carpintero
Private eye class offered at college
Santa Ana College begins a course titled Introduction a Private Investigation tonight from 7 to 9 and every Thursday at Villa Park High School. The 16 session class offers three units of college credit. Instructor John Lynch, former CIA senior special investigator and current private investigator with offices in Tustin, will lead lessons.
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Santa Ana College
Villa Park High School
John ¥. Lynch
CIA
Tustin
Signups Open for Compton College Classes
Priority registration for classes at Compton Community College will run until Friday at 7 p.m. with late registration through Wednesday. College officials clarified that a previous report stating the deadline as Sept. 2 was in error.
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Compton Community College
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Pico Rivera
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