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Local Student’s ViewOn French Attacks

By Danielle Korzhenyak, Valley Voice

After several weeks have gone by since the January 7 massacre where 2 armed gunmen barged in and killed 12 people at the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France, we find ourselves still unable to utter a full word due

to shock and fear all mixed together. In all, four people are suspected in the Paris attacks: Brothers Cherif Kouachi,

32, and Said Kouachi, 34, rampaged in a violent tyrant through the offices of Charlie Hebdo. Amedy Coulibaly, 32, took hostages at the Jewish, kosher supermarket. Four hostages were killed and threatened more violence. The bodies of the four Jewish victims in the deadly standoff at the Jewish kosher market in eastern Paris were transported to Israel for proper burial according to Jewish traditions. Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, is Coulibaly’s partner and suspected co-conspirator. These four individuals instilled a blanket of intoxicating fear and quietness among the population, yet not for long. Do we find ourselves locking ourselves behind closed doors and hiding out of fear? No, we do the exact opposite and use our words and actions as symbols of unity and justice for all.

More than 3.7 million people marched throughout the streets of France in an attempt to create a widespread knowledge of colossal anti-terrorism rallies. French officials claim the outpouring was the largest gathering in the country’s history. Forty world leaders marched in solidarity at the Paris event, portraying the strong support countries have for France. Millions rallied in Paris against terrorism and extremism. Thousands of police officers and at least 10,000 soldiers will be deployed across France as it elevates its national security alert system to the highest level.

With security at an alltime high, how could we expect the public to speak out? Yet, in fact we do.

The public response to the massacre of journalists at Charlie Hebdo has been professed as a gesture of solidarity: “Je suis Charlie.” This slogan has been chanted by marchers in the Place de la Republique, and repeated by famous celebrities, such as George Clooney, on Hollywood stages. It has created the appeal of hashtag simplicity and bumper sticker comfortability for itself making it a heavy presence among the youth. There has also been a significant increase in public awareness on social media, such as Instagram and Snapchat. within days following the horrendous killings, millions

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Still No Response FromKamala Harris on CSUN

Professor’s Antisemitic WebsiteSpecial to the Valley Voice

EDIToR’S NoTE: (More than a year ago today, AMCHA Initiative asked California Attorney General Kamala Harris to investigate California State University Northridge (CSUN) mathematics professor David Klein. For five years, Klein has illegally used CSUN’s name and resources to promote a personal anti-Israel and antisemitic agenda. Harris has yet to acknowledge the request. Harris has said she will run for U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Barbara Boxer (D).)

“It has been exactly one year since we wrote to inform you of new evidence that we had found regarding the case of California State University Northridge Mathematics Professor David Klein, who has been using the taxpayer-funded CSUN website to host his politically-motivated, antisemitic web page,” wrote AMCHA Initiative’s co-founders,

Tammi Rossman Benjamin and Leila Beckwith, in a letter sent to Harris today. “We, and many other concerned California citizens, are extremely disappointed that you have to date ignored our letter. Indeed no one in your office has even acknowledged receipt of our complaint.” A year ago, AMCHA provided Harris substantial evidence demonstrating that Klein has been in violation of the following state and federal laws: - CAL. GoV’T CoDE § 8314, which considers it a misdemeanor to use “public resources” to advocate for “personal or other purposes which are not authorized by law.” - CAL. EDUC. CoDE § 89005.5(a)(2)(C), which considers it a misdemeanor to “display” the CSU name or any variant of that name “in connection with” any propaganda or promotional activity “which has for its purpose the support, endorsement, advancement...[of] boycott or of any political...activity or program,” without the permission of the CSU Trustees. - 50 U.S.C.App. § 2402 (5) and § 2407 (c), which make it illegal for a state agency to engage in anti-Israel boycott activities. “Freedom of speech and academic freedom are essential on a university campus,” stated AMCHA’s letter. “However it is very difficult for us, and for many citizens of this state, to understand how either “freedom of speech” or “academic freedom” applies in the case of a state-employed mathematics professor who has been using the state university’s taxpayer-funded server to promote his own personal hatred of the Jewish state and an illegal boycott against it.” “Professor Klein is a math professor. You wouldn’t hire him as an International Affairs lecturer. You wouldn’t offer course credit to students if he decided to teach a class on Middle East studies. His boycott websites are not educational; they are part of his personal mission to indoctrinate,” added Rossman-Benjamin. “Yet he is allowed to promote his anti-Israel and antisemitic agenda on the taxpayer dime.” AMCHA demanded that Harris address the issue immediately. “This matter clearly requires legal adjudication, and yet after one year you still have not provided us with answers to the reasonable legal questions we raised,” wrote AMCHA. AMCHA Initiative is a non-profit organization, based in California, dedicated to investigating, docu menting, educating about, and combating antisemitism at institutions of higher education in America.

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Impact on Los Angeles By Rosemary Jenkins

A welcome addition to our family of nations in Los Angeles is the influence the Korean-Americans have had on our socio-economic-political development.

If we live in Los Angeles, we are all familiar with Koreatown. Its 2.7 square miles is the most densely populated district in Los Angeles County. Half of the residents are Latinos while a

third are of Asian descent. Within or adjacent to Koreatown are a number of important places, such as the Seoul Peace International Park, a shopping center, the Korean Education Center, and the Koreatown Workers’ Alliance. Significantly for those of us who lived through the repeated nightmares of the ‘60s are “the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, built on the property of the former Ambassador Hotel where Senator Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1968” [right before our TV eyes). These schools promote the kind of education that not only Korean-Americans but all Americans hold to be so valuable. There are also law schools, such as the International Pacific Law School; Southwestern Law School (one of whose professors wrote the seminal book, Apartheid in America), and the Loyola Law School “which abuts the vibrant Koreatown, with its eclectic selection of restaurants and shops that dot olympic boulevard and its arteries.” Perhaps uniquely but also part of a natural cultural evolution, customers will see many Korean-American-owned restaurants and grocery stores employing Korean-speaking Latinos and, just as often, the Korean employees speaking Spanish with the Spanish-speaking patrons. Visitors of all stripes can enjoy the varied Mexican foods infused with Korean flavors (yum). * * * Furthermore, the Wilshire-Western train brings thousands of students, workers, and shoppers to and from Koreatown, a transportation hub that makes access so much easier. This bustling neighborhood has grown exponentially as South Korean investors have provided more than one billion dollars for state-of-the-art construction in the district, resulting in ever-expanding economic growth there—thus producing ongoing benefits that tumble over into the rest of the City. In 1992 KIWA (the Korean Immigrant Worker Alliance) was created. Its mission is “to build the power of immigrant workers and residents and to organize grassroots leadership to transform workplaces and communities in Koreatown and beyond”—working with both Koreans and Latinos in the process. It proclaims that “in a City torn with racism, poverty, and inequality” KIWA’s goal is to end worker exploitation [of all low-wage laborers] which includes wage theft, the lack of paid sick leave, sub-standard working conditions, and workers earning less than a livable wage. KIWA allies itself with a variety of other worker organizations (such as CLUE and LAANE) - all of whose goals are to reverse unacceptable conditions in the workplace. As with other ethnic groups, there have been several waves of Korean immigration. In most cases, those who came here were attracted to the larger cities where more opportunities have been available. These movements began during the early 1900s but were later discouraged by our own government after World War II, except for its willingness to receive Korean women, particularly those with a nursing background. In fact, such emigration was also discouraged by the South Korean government and forbidden by the government in the North. Nevertheless, many were still able to find their way to America, albeit through a circuitous route. American immigration laws favored more educated Korean émigrés, and in the ‘60s this thinking expanded to allow more doctors and scientists—both male and female. These newcomers often worked at under-staffed hospitals or corporations which specialized in advanced technologies. * * * The Korean culture today “incorporates aspects of Chinese, (East) Indian, Japanese, and Western culture.” At the same time, it continues to take pride in its own literature, art, music, and way of life. Each year the Korean Festival and Parade highlights many colorful and impressive cultural traditions, an event that should not be missed. In addition, there is the annual Earth Day/Car Free Day Festival (every April 22) sponsored by the Wilshire Center Business Improvement District. What a wonderful example of the kind of leadership that promotes an exchange of ethnic awareness and contributions! There is an understandable conflict between the older and newer generations. Many first- and second-generation Korean-Americans are dismayed by what they see as a pulling away by their progeny from many of the traditions. For them, incorporating their cherished heritage which preserves the Korean identity and the importance of the Confucian values with which they were brought up is a necessary part of life—“the principle of placing elders, family, and community before the individual.” Thus, the current generation of Koreans faces an obvious quandary—wanting to adhere to the traditional Korean values but also desiring to assimilate into American society and adopt its traditions and ideas that are often so different from what their parents and grandparents are used to. Of great significance is the more enlightened way many Korean-Americans think of their women. More and more are working outside the home as professionals, such as doctors, lawyers, teachers, and business owners. Notwithstanding many progressive views, there is a dark side. Many professional women coming here from Korea are faced with a language barrier and wind up working as garment workers or store clerks, clearly outside their areas of expertise. This kind of discrimination, of course, is also found among other ethnic communities. Lest we forget, there is still a glass ceiling and a wage differential that need to be overcome—not only for Korean-American women but for all women. Typical of other groups that have immigrated to America, Korean-Americans have experienced prejudice, rejection, and often humiliating confrontations—all based on their ethnicity. Many so-called American workers feared the competition for jobs that the intrusion

S. Koreans SeekPiece of Dodgers

The Dodgers are in negotiations to sell a minority ownership share to a group of South Korean investors. There is “zero” chance the Dodgers’ owners would surrender control of

the team in the deal, a person with direct knowledge of the discussions told the Los Angeles Times. That person added that the talks were “progressing” but otherwise declined to characterize how advanced the negotiations are. None of the Dodgers’ five individual investors - controlling owner Mark Walter and partners Todd Boehly, Bobby Patton, Peter Guber and Magic Johnson - would sell his share as part of the deal, two people familiar with the matter told The Times. Guggenheim Baseball Management bought the Dodgers for $2.15 billion in 2012. It is possible the funds from the sale of a minority stake could help repay the $1.2 billion portion taken from Guggenheim Partners insurance funds controlled by Walter, or could provide additional capital for club operations, The Times reported. The Dodgers’ player payroll next season is an estimated $263 million, according to Yahoo Sports - more than $50 million higher than the team with the second-highest payroll, the New York Yankees. The Korea Joongang Daily, one of two South Korean newspapers that first reported the talks, said the investment group hoped to buy 20 percent of the Dodgers for about $370 million, which would value the Dodgers at $1.85 billion. Boehly told the Los Angeles Times in December 2012 that Guggenheim Baseball valued the Dodgers at $3 billion. The Dodgers are “probably the most popular MLB club among Koreans,” the Joongang Daily said, largely because of the two star South Korean pitchers who have played for them, Chan Ho Park, who is retired, and Hyun-jin Ryu, who is on the team. Any party joining the Dodgers’ ownership group would have to be approved by Major League Baseball. The league does not prohibit foreign investors.

of Korean and other Asian laborers would present (think of the Jim Crow period affecting freed Blacks or even today’s resistance toward the Latino immigrants). It is not surprising how much bias was produced and acted upon by these images and discussions. Asians as a whole were segregated in restaurants and movie theaters (ring a bell?). In California, there were white gangs that continually attacked this ethnic group and there were laws that “supported anti-Asian attitudes.” Asian-American children could not attend schools with white students and there were early laws preventing property ownership, and for 30 years even banned Asian immigration altogether. The 1992 Los Angeles (Rodney King) Riots led many Blacks to destroy the very Korean small businesses which flourished in their neighborhoods after larger corporate companies had abandoned them earlier—often leaving ghost towns behind. The Black population often directed its pent-up anger toward the Korean community even though their resentments and frustrations were rooted in other entities which were truly the ones responsible for their mistreatment. One thing that eventually emerged from all this chaos is LA’s Korean Youth and Community Center whose purpose is to try to address and resolve these matters which have produced so much conflict. Because of what these immigrants (male and female) experienced upon reaching American shores, many newcomers were distrustful of any government and therefore did not participate in the political process. They isolated themselves in tightly knit Korean communities. In recent years, however, the kind of negative thinking described and the laws have evolved. Many grassroot organizations are encouraging active participation in the broader community which includes voting and running for office. There is even a Black-Korean Alliance to work on inter-ethnic understanding and cooperation. Today many attitudes have changed dramatically. In fact, the Korean-American Coalition has encouraged community participation through education and such activities as the National College Leadership Conference.


Can Israel Survive?By Victor Davis Hanson

Israel is the only liberal democracy in the Middle East and North Africa. Eight million Israelis are surrounded by some 400 million Muslims in more than 20 states. Almost all of Israel’s neighbors are anti-Israeli dictatorships, monarchies or theocracies-- a number of them reduced to a state of terrorist

chaos. Given the rise of radical Islam, the huge petrodollar wealth of the Middle East and lopsided demography, how has Israel so far survived? The Jewish state has always depended on three unspoken assumptions for its tenuous existence. First, a democratic, nuclear Israel can deter larger enemies. In the Cold War, Soviet-backed Arab enemies understood that Israel’s nuclear arsenal prevented them from destroying Tel Aviv. Second, the Western traditions of Israel -- free-market capitalism, democracy, human rights -- ensured a dynamic economy, high-tech weapons, innovative industry and stable government. In other words, 8 million Israelis could count on a greater gross domestic product, less internal violence and more innovation than, say, nearby Egypt, a mess with 10 times more people that Israel and nearly 50 times more land. Third, Israel counted on Western moral support from America and Europe, as well as military support from the United States. * * * Israel’s stronger allies have often come to the defense of its democratic principles and pointed out that the world applies an unfair standard to Israel, largely out of envy of its success, anti-Semitism, fear of terrorism and fondness of oil exporters. Why, for example, does the United Nations focus so much attention on Palestinians who fled Israel nearly 70 years ago but ignore Muslims who were forced out of India, or Jews who were ethnically cleansed from the cities of the Middle East? Why doesn’t the world worry that Nicosia is a more divided city than Jerusalem, or that Turkey occupies northern Cyprus, or that China occupies Tibet? Unfortunately, two of these three traditional pillars of Israeli security have eroded. When the United States arbitrarily lifted tough sanctions against Iran and became a de facto partner with the Iranian theocracy in fighting the Islamic State, it almost ensured that Iran will get a nuclear bomb. Iran has claimed that it wishes to destroy Israel, as if its own apocalyptic sense of self makes it immune from classical nuclear deterrence. Symbolism counts, too. President obama was about the only major world leader to skip the recent march in Paris to commemorate the victims of attacks by radical Islamic terrorists -- among them Jews singled out and murdered for their faith. Likewise, he was odd world leader out by skipping last month’s 70-year commemoration of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp. obama is not expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will address Congress in March. An anonymous member of the obama administration was quoted as calling Netanyahu, a combat veteran, a “coward” and describing him with a related expletive. Another nameless administration official recently said Netanyahu “spat in our face” by accepting the congressional invitation without obama’s approval and so will pay “a price” -- personal animus that the administration has not directed even against the leaders of a hostile Iran.

* * * obama won’t meet with Netanyahu, and yet the president had plenty of time to hold an adolescent bull session with a would-be Internet comedian decked out in Day-Glo makeup who achieved her fame by filming herself eating breakfast cereal in a bathtub full of milk. Jews have been attacked and bullied on the streets of some of the major cities of France and Sweden by radical Muslims whose anti-Semitism goes unchecked by their terrified hosts. Jewish leaders in France openly advise that Jews in that country immigrate to Israel. A prosecutor in Argentina who had investigated the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 -- an attack widely believed to have been backed by Iran -- was recently found dead under mysterious circumstances. Turkey, a country whose prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was praised by obama as one of his closest friends among world leaders, has turned openly non-secular and is vehemently anti-Israel. Until there is a change of popular attitudes in Europe or a different president in the United States, Israel is on its own to deal with an Iran that has already hinted it would use a nuclear weapon to eliminate the “Zionist entity,” with the radical Islamic madness raging on its borders, and with the global harassment of Jews. A tiny democratic beacon in the Middle East should inspire and rally Westerners. Instead, too often, Western nations shrug and assume that Israel is a headache -- given that there is more oil and more terrorism on the other side.

(Victor Davis Hanson, a classicist and military historian, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a recipient of the 2007 National Humanities Medal.)

Anti-semitism Spreading-Signs of 1930s?Students Pick Hamas in Debate

Oxford and the Crisis of theUniversity

By Dennis Prager I spent Thanksgiving debating at the oxford Union. oxford University is the most prestigious university in the world. And the oxford Union, hosting debates since 1823, is the world’s most prestigious stage for competing ideas. These facts made what transpired all the more depressing. The proposition debated was: “Hamas is a greater obstacle to peace than Israel.” When first apprised of the topic, I was so certain that an error had been made that I called both my debating partner, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, and oxford to confirm it. outside of the Muslim world and the far left, who would even think to argue that Hamas is not the greater obstacle to peace? Is the oxford Union unaware that the Hamas charter calls for, indeed the reason for existence of Hamas is, the destruction of Israel and replacing it with an Islamic state? Yet, the proposition lost by a vote of 190 to 130, give or take a few votes. In other words, a majority of oxford University students voting at the oxford Union deem Israel a greater threat than Hamas. As I listened to what my opponents said about Israel and about Hamas, and the applause they received, the reason became clear. The following statements from my opponents — Avi Shlaim, an expatriate Israeli, emeritus professor of international relations at oxford, and one his many students, Dr. Mishana Hosseinioun, an American who received her Ph.D. from U.C. Berkeley — are what students routinely hear about Israel at oxford and other universities throughout the Western world: HoSSEINIoUN: “Peace’ is code today for R.I.P. — “Rest in Peace” for the Palestinians.” “Hamas has an obligation to defend the Palestinian people against Israeli aggression.” “What we are witnessing are [Israel’s] ongoing crimes against humanity.” “[Israel] has waged innumerable acts of unprovoked and unwarranted acts of aggression against the Palestinians.” “Hamas has abandoned its more militant ways for a more conciliatory platform of moderation.” “The world turns a blind eye to the plight of the Palestinians and gives Israel carte blanche to do to Arabs as was once done to the Jews.” “Israel is behaving like Nazi Germany.”(Applause.) “Israel has precision weapons ... but then refusing to use them . ... That shows you that they do want to kill innocent people ... basically dedicated to wanting to wipe out these people.” Avi Shlaim: “The motion before this house is preposterous because it blames the victim [Hamas] and exonerates the oppressor [Israel].” “Israeli occupation is the most prolonged and brutal military occupation of modern time.” At that point Rabbi Boteach rose to object, noting, “That’s factually wrong — Chinese occupation of Tibet has been much longer.” Shlaim: “I accept.” (And then, unfazed, he continued.) “[Israel] is no longer a democracy; it’s ... apartheid.” “Israel has launched three military campaigns against Gaza.” “It is these military operations themselves that are cruel acts of state terrorism.” “The Palestinians have the right to resist the occupation and Hamas is the vanguard of this resistance.” “[Hamas is] ready for negotiations leading to a two-state solution.” “Israel is a reactionary and racist colonial power which relies on brute military force to impose its apartheid regime on the Palestinians.” THREE CoNCLUSIoNS: First, these statements accurately represent the moral and intellectual level of oxford and nearly all other Western universities. The moral compass at Western universities is simply broken. The moral north points south and the moral south points north. Thus, the good — most especially America and Israel — are regarded as villains, and the worst are portrayed as victims. The situation is the same regarding truth. “Israel is behaving like Nazi Germany” is, above all, a lie. outside of the natural sciences, truth is not pursued at the university — indeed, the existence of objective truth is largely denied. “Truth” (it is likely to be put in quotes) is a function of race, gender and class. There is, therefore, no truth about Ferguson, only white truth and black truth. Second, as George Gilder has written in his superb book, “The Israel Test,” how an individual, institution or nation reacts to Israel provides a good guide to their values. Those with an intact moral compass and who are life- and success-affirming admire Israel. The immoral, the morally confused, and those who resent success loathe Israel. The university is in

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In the wake of the terrorist attack on a kosher market in Paris, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked French Jews to come home. I don’t particularly like that advice. I think it would be a tragedy if centuries of Jewish French

culture had to die out because Jews were chased out by Islamist thugs. The French government agrees - for now at least - and has posted armed soldiers everywhere Jews live and gather. Still, what Netanyahu understands is that there is strength in numbers. The more Jews there are in Israel, the stronger Israel will be. The flip side is that the fewer Jews there are in France - or Europe or America - the weaker Jews as a whole will be. But no matter how you slice it, Jews are at a numerical disadvantage. People understand that in a democracy there will always be strength in numbers. The politician who gets the most votes wins, the constituency with the most voters gets heard the most, etc. This also tends to be true of intellectuals, activists and businesses. If China didn’t have more than 1 billion people, Hollywood wouldn’t kowtow to Chinese sensibilities.

* * * And if there were a billion Jews in the Middle East, HarperCollins would never have edited out Israel from its atlas. The publisher was recently embarrassed by the revelation (first reported by the British Catholic magazine The Tablet) that it had been selling an atlas “developed specifically for schools in the Middle East,” promising “in-depth coverage of the region and its issues” that nonetheless left Israel on the cutting room floor. A spokesman for the subsidiary that put out the map told The Tablet that including Israel would be “unacceptable” to their customers in the Persian Gulf and elsewhere. And the customer is always right. A similar attitude pervades the leaders of the so-called international community. Tiny Israel manages to chafe the sensitive pinstriped derrieres of the State Department and foreign ministries around the globe. According to “realists,” Israel is a problem because the majority of nations -- and many Muslims in the West -- don’t like it. It was this sort of thinking that prompted French President Francois Hollande initially to ask Netanyahu not to attend the unity march in Paris against terrorism. It’s also probably why Hollande ostentatiously walked out on Netanyahu’s remarks at the Grand Synagogue. Realism itself is not anti-Semitic. But it’s often hard to tell where realism ends and anti-Semitism begins, as when a French diplomat in 2001 famously used a common epithet to describe that “sh***y little country Israel” and blame it for all the troubles in the world. He added, “Why should the world be in danger of World War III because of those people?” Many had similar attitudes about Czechs and Poles before World War II. Since 2006, the U.N. Human Rights Council has condemned Israel 50 times. It has denounced human rights violators such as Iran, Saudi Arabia and China zero times. In much of the Muslim world, newspapers frequently run vile anti-Semitic cartoons depicting, for instance, Jews dressed as Nazis eating babies. Perhaps if Jews outnumbered Muslims by roughly 115 to 1 rather than the other way around, we’d hear more about those blasphemous drawings. Anyone who cherishes democracy understands that numbers matter. But the key word in “liberal democracy” is “liberal,” not “democracy.” A mob can be of one mind on an issue, but that doesn’t make it right. And giving into the mob simply because it is large and dangerous may be realistic, but a better word for it is “appeasement.” - Jewish World Review

the latter categories. Third, if you do not share the universities’ values, it could be a big mistake to send your children to college before they are intellectually and morally prepared for the indoctrination-rather-than-education they will receive there. Therefore, prepare them morally and intellectually and, if possible, do not send them to college right after high school. Let them work for a year, or perhaps travel (for example, given the antipathy to Israel on campuses, a trip to Israel would be both morally clarifying and maturing). The younger the student, the less life experience and maturity they have, the more they are likely to embrace the rejection of your values. The sad fact is that if you love education, revere the life of the mind, care about the pursuit of truth, think young people need to receive wisdom from their elders, and value moral clarity, the university is the last place you would want to send your 18-year-old. JWR contributor Dennis Prager hosts a national daily radio show based in Los Angeles.

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The 2015 Flu: Is Vaccination Worth It?

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W e are in the middle of Flu season and it is busy in doctors’ offices, hospitals and urgent cares all over town. If you have not gotten the flu vaccine, it’s not too late! You may have heard that this season, a

strain of influenza appeared after the vaccine was already made. Despite this news, recent reports estimate that getting vaccinated still reduces a person’s risk of having to go to the doctor because of the flu by 23%. For that reason, it’s still a good idea to vaccinate your family. Centers for disease control (CDC) recommends the flu vaccine as an important first step in the prevention of influenza for everyone 6 months and older. Remember: The flu shot cannot cause flu illness! If your children don’t like needles, there’s even a nasal spray vaccine available for healthy* children ages 2-8 (assuming the child has no history of reactions or other reasons not to administer that form of the vaccine). So what is the flu? The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can be mild to severe and sometimes can lead to death. The symptoms can include fever, cough, sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. Flu viruses are thought to spread mainly from person to person through droplets made when people with flu cough, sneeze, or talk. Flu viruses also may spread when people touch something with flu virus on it and then touch their mouth, eyes, or nose. Many other viruses spread these ways too. People infected with flu may be able to infect others beginning 1 day before symptoms develop and up to 5-7 days after becoming sick. That means you may be able to spread the flu to others before you know you are sick. Avoid close contact with sick people if possible. If you are sick with a flu-like illness, stay home from work or school until at least 24 hours after your fever is gone. Wash your hands often with soap and water or use an alcohol based hand rub. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.

Can you treat the flu? There are prescription medications called “antiviral drugs” that can be used to treat influenza illness. These medications are effective if used within the first 2 days. They can shorten the time you are sick and lessen the symptoms. Most healthy people who get the flu do not need to be treated by these drugs. However, hospitalized patients, people with severe flu illness and people at higher risk for flu complications such as those with asthma or weakened immune system can benefit from the medications. It’s also important to remember that you shouldn’t go to the emergency room (ER) if you are only mildly ill. only people who are very sick should go to the ER for care. Warning signs of severe flu in children and infants include difficulty breathing, not drinking enough fluids, not waking up or interacting, extreme irritability, and no tears when crying. For more information, visit the cdc website at http://www.cdc.gov/flu. If you have concerns about your child and the flu, call you health care provider’s office for advice. Read more tips from Dr. Arora at: faecy.com/healthykids

Ho Hum – NewNFL Stadium TalkT he owner of the St. Louis Rams and the company

redeveloping the site of the former Hollywood Park race track announced plans to incorporate an 80,000-

seat sports stadium into the project, again raising hopes of a return of the National Football League to the Greater Los Angeles area.

The announcement comes at a time when the Rams, who played in Los Angeles and then Anaheim until 1994, are trying to strike a deal with St. Louis for a new stadium. But officials with the Hollywood Park Land Co. said the proposed stadium - if approved by Inglewood voters - would be built regardless of whether an NFL team moves to the Southland.

“It’s a multi-purpose sports and entertainment venue,” said Chris Meany, senior vice president of Hollywood Park Land Co. “It is designed so you can play football there, you can play soccer there and you can hold also large-scale events there.”

Meany said that despite the involvement of Rams owner Stan Kroenke and his Kroenke Group real estate development firm, that does not mean the stadium is a signal that an NFL team will be playing there.

“our partner owns a team among many, many, many, many, many other things he does,” Meany said. “The Kroenke group is one of the nation’s most successful developers of sports and entertainment venues. They have stadiums, arenas, music halls across the country and they have those venues in which they have their own teams operating and they have venues in which they lease them to other teams. This is just a real estate development business for them, separate and aside from what other businesses they might have, which do include sports franchises.”

The company’s planned 238-acre retail, office, hotel and residential project at the Hollywood Park site will move forward regardless of a decision on the proposed addition of the 60-acre stadium site, which would also include a 6,000-seat ``performance venue,’’ Meany said.


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Los Angeles lost in its effort to become the U.S. bidder to host the 2024 Summer olympics, with the U.S. olympic Committee choosing Boston instead. The four U.S. finalists were Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and

Washington, D.C. The four finalists were selected after a 16-month process that began with the USoC reaching out to about 35 U.S. cities to gauge interest in a bid. The USOC made its final choice during a meeting at Denver International Airport. Mayor Eric Garcetti “took charge” to give Los Angeles’ 45-minute group presentation to the USoC in January, touting the city’s growing public transportation system and existing venues such as Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles and the StubHub sports complex in Carson. Lead presentations are usually made by the Los Angeles olympic Committee itself. “I want to congratulate the city of Boston and hope the Games will be back on American soil in 2024,” Garcetti said after the USoC’s decision. “I’m incredibly proud of the bid we submitted to the USoC and I want to thank (sports businessman) Casey Wasserman and the rest of our team.” City Councilman Joe Buscaino was less magnanimous, posting on his Twitter page, “Are you kidding me?! Boston???” All potential bids for the 2024 Summer olympics must be submitted by Sept. 15 to the International olympic Committee, which will select the host city for both the 2024 Summer olympic and Paralympic Games in 2017. Potential foreign bidders include Rome; Nairobi, Kenya; Casablanca, Morocco; Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa; Doha, Qatar; Melbourne,

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By Wendy L. Moore for thePorter Ranch Neighborhood Council

T he Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council invites you to our February 4 meeting where we will have something for everybody. LAUSD School

Board Member Tamar Galatzan will stop in to bring an update on the state of schools in Porter Ranch. She will be followed by Porter Ranch Community School Principal Mary Melvin, who will explain the planned changes to the attendance boundaries for her school. When PRCS opened three years ago several option areas were created where families could choose PRCS or Frost as their middle school. At the outset, it was communicated that these option areas were temporary and intended to help fill the school quickly. As more residences were built in the original boundary area, the optional areas would be phased out. Principal Melvin will answer your questions about boundary changes for the 2015-2016 school year. City Controller Ron Galperin will speak at about 7pm explaining how you as an average Angeleno can use his reporting tools to dive into the details of how the City is spending your money. These tools provide never seen before transparency into City spending, allowing you to ask good questions about spending. At 8pm the topic turns to the restriping of Tampa. You may have noticed that Tampa was repaved north of Rinaldi and temporary striping has been laid down. To the untrained eye, it appears that the lanes of car traffic remain unchanged and the bike lanes remain intact, but that some buffers may be planned and there may be changes to parking. In particular, parking across from the Porter Ranch Library may be eliminated, which could present challenges to patrons when the parking lot is full. Before the striping is finalized, we will have a presentation about the proposed striping and seek public comment on available options. The meeting will be held Wednesday, February 4, 6pm at the Porter Ranch Community School, located at the corner of Sesnon and Mason. Parking lot access is off Mason. Find out more at prnc.org. Join our community conversation facebook.com/PorterRanchNC.

Australia; Paris; Hamburg, Germany; and St. Petersburg, Russia. The United States did not make a bid to host the 2020 Summer olympics, which were awarded to Tokyo in 2013. Los Angeles sought to be the U.S. candidate to host the 2016 Games but was beaten by Chicago, whose bid was ultimately rejected by the International olympic Committee in favor of Rio de Janeiro. Los Angeles was looking to join London as the only cities to host the Summer olympics three times. Los Angeles was the site of the 1932 and 1984 Games. The Summer olympics were last held in the United States in 1996, when Atlanta was the site.


Valentine’s Day is approaching, and love is in the air. Everywhere you turn, you’ll see heart decorations in storefront windows and on greeting cards, and heart-shaped boxes with chocolate, candy, or jewelry inside. The heart is the symbol of love, but it has also become

known as the source of a person’s intuition, emotion, and feeling. How many times in your life have you been encouraged to follow your heart when you

were faced with a difficult decision? While the heart enables us to experience noble virtues such as love and compassion, it is far from an accurate moral compass. Do you know what the Bible says about the heart? It’s pretty startling. Take a look at Jeremiah 17:9–10:

The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; who can know it? I, the LoRD, search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. (NKJV)

Unfortunately, our actions are often the result of our feelings. But when we do whatever our hearts dictate in the moment, it leads to disaster. In Exodus 32, after Moses and Joshua went up to Mount Sinai for their 40-day visit with God, the people began to feel as though their leader would never return. They told Aaron, Moses’ brother, to fashion the golden calf for them so that it could be their god. once the idol had been molded, they shouted and sang and danced around it, doing what felt good to them at the time instead of obeying God’s first and second commandments (Exodus 20:3–4).

Like them, our culture believes that life is one big party and adjusts its morals by its feelings. If lying or cheating or stealing or premarital sex or holding a grudge sits well with us, no problem! We justify our actions by saying, “Hey, everyone else is doing it!”

When I was writing my new book, Walls Fall Down, about the steps to victory we learn from the battle of Jericho in Joshua chapter 6, the aftermath of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal had erupted in the media. The US Anti-Doping Agency convicted the professional road-racing cyclist of using performance-enhancing drugs. Armstrong was then stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from cycling. Major League Baseball and other sports have had their own sets of issues with steroid use. So why do these popular athletes risk everything by disobeying the rules?

Lance Armstrong confessed that he used drugs because everyone else was using. He said there was no way he could compete and win if he didn’t do the same. I read recently that, “Of the 21 top three finishers in the Tour de France during Lance Armstrong’s victory streak, only one has not been tied to doping, according to the U.S. Anti- Doping Agency.”

The epidemic of cheating in the sport of cycling mirrors the same struggles we average folks face. We disobey God’s commands and the laws of the land all the time because everyone else is doing it. We think everyone else is having sex outside of marriage, drinking excessively, flying down the freeway well above the speed limit, or lying on taxes, so we follow suit. We start to believe there is no other way to get ahead in this world than to cheat as well.

I believe Joshua and the Israelites understood there were no shortcuts in God’s plan for their victory at the battle of Jericho. They didn’t rush through the task or skip a day. They didn’t employ their own tactics such as digging underneath the walls or inventing dynamite or a catapult system. They weren’t guided by their feelings and emotions; they knew

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God was in control. And they set their hearts upon simply obeying the Lord’s command, trusting that He was going to do what He said He would do.

Adapted from the book, Walls Fall Down, by Dudley Rutherford and published by Thomas Nelson. Copyright 2014. Dudley Rutherford is the author of Walls Fall Down and the senior pastor of the 10,000-member Shepherd Church in Porter Ranch (Los Angeles), California. You can connect with Dudley online at www.WallsFallDownBook.com or on Twitter @pastordudley.

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Greed Kings of 2014:What They Stole from Us

By Paul Buchheit

2014 HALL OF SHAME-As schools and local governments are going broke around the country,

companies who built their businesses with American research and education and technology and infrastructureare paying less in taxes than ever before. It’s not just greed, it’s theft. The Merriam-Webster definition of ‘steal’ is to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a habitual or regular practice. Much of our country’s new wealth has been regularly taken by individuals or corporations in a wrongful manner, either through nonpayment of taxes or failure to compensate other contributors to their successes. 1. The Corporations -As schools and local governments are going broke around the country, companies who built their businesses with American research and education and technology and infrastructure are paying less in taxes than ever before. Incredibly, over half of U.S. corporate foreign profits are now being held in tax havens, double the share of just twenty years ago. Corporations are stealing from the nation that made them rich. There are many examples of greed among individual firms. Based largely on 2014 SEC documents submitted by the companies themselves: ● Exxon has almost 80% of its productive oil and gas wells in the U.S. but declared only 17% of its income here. The company used a theoretical tax to account for 83% of last year’s income tax bill, and paid less than 2% of its total income in current U.S. taxes. ● Chevron has about 75% of its oil and gas wells and almost 90% of its pipeline mileage in the United States, yet the company claimed only 13% of last year’s income in the U.S., and paid almost nothing (less than 1/10 of 1%) in current U.S. taxes. ● Pfizer had 40% of last year’s sales in the U.S., but claimed losses in the U.S. and $17 billion in profits overseas. ● Citigroup had 43% of its 2011-2013 revenue in North America but declared less than 3% of its profits in the United States. ● Apple still does most of its product and research development in the United States. Yet the company moved $30 billion in profits to an Irish subsidiary with no employees, with loopholes in place to avoid establishing residency in any country. The subsidiary files no returns and pays no taxes. Apple CEo Tim Cook said, “We pay all the taxes we owe.” ● Google’s business is based on the Internet, the Digital Library Initiative, and the geographical database of the U.S. Census Bureau. Yet the company has gained recognition as one of the world’s biggest tax avoiders. 2. The Forbes 40 -Defenders of inequality argue that fortunes are deserved because of innovation and hard work. But many of the 40 Americans who own as much as the poorest half of the country have relied on less deserving means of accumulating great fortunes (details here). ● Warren Buffett’s company (Berkshire Hathaway) made a $28 billion profit last year, yet claimed a $395 million refund. ● The Koch brothers have taken clean air and water from us. ● The Walton siblings take our tax money to subsidize their employees. ● Larry Ellison was #1 on Sam Pizzigati’s Greediest of 2014 list. The rest of the Top 40 List (details here) is speckled with instances of fraud, tax avoidance, and billionaire subsidies. The worst is probably hedge fund manager John Paulson, who has built a $13 billion fortune after conspiring with Goldman Sachs in 2007 to bundle and bet against sure-to-fail subprime mortgages that took the homes from millions of Americans. Speaking of hedge fund managers, the carried interest loophole allowed just 25 individuals to take almost $5 billion from society last year by claiming that their income is different from the rest of ours. All of which suggests that the theft of society’s wealth may be due to ignorance as well as to greed. (Paul Buchheit is a college teacher, an active member of US Uncut Chicago, founder and developer of social justice and educational websites UsAgainstGreed.org, PayUpNow.org, RappingHistory.org, and the editor and main author of “American Wars: Illusions and Realities”. He can be reached at [email protected]. This piece was posted first at CommonDreams.org)

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Do I Have a Cold or the Flu?By Jeffrey Nordella, MD

F iguring out if you have a cold or the flu can be difficult. Learn how to spot the differences. You have a runny nose, a cough, a fever, and a pounding headache, but what’s making you feel so awful? Figuring out whether you’re dealing with the common cold or the flu

is often hard to tell. Cold vs. Flu Symptoms: Finding the Cause Both a cold and the flu, or influenza, are respiratory infections, but they’re caused by different viruses. A cold can be caused by any one of more than 200 distinct viruses, while there are only a handful of viruses that cause the flu. As a general rule, the flu is usually more intense and fierce than the common cold. In some situations, it can be important to know if you have the flu, since it is more likely to lead to serious complications, including pneumonia, bacterial infection, or hospitalization. Cold vs. Flu Symptoms: Spotting the Differences Fever, runny nose, fatigue, headache, and muscle aches are symptoms shared by both cold and flu. Although cold and flu share some of the same symptoms, certain indicators are common with each individual condition. It can be difficult to identify if you have a cold or flu because these symptoms overlap. It may be helpful to remember that a runny, stuffy nose is a common indicator of a cold, along with scratchy throat, sneezing, watery eyes, and a mild fever (below 102 degrees Fahrenheit). Symptoms that indicate flu tend to be more severe than with a cold and include high fever (above 102 degrees Fahrenheit), nausea, cough without phlegm, chills, body aches, sweating, and lack of appetite. In addition to examining your symptoms, watching how they develop can give you a clue as to which illness you have. Cold symptoms tend to develop gradually, while flu symptoms can come on suddenly, without warning. Cold vs. Flu Symptoms: Seeking Medical Care Your doctor can perform tests in the first few days after you develop symptoms to determine whether you have a cold or the flu. However, you usually don’t need to visit the doctor unless your symptoms are severe, you have a pre-existing health problem that puts you at high risk of a complication, or your symptoms indicate a more serious infection. Whether you have a cold or the flu, expect your symptoms to stick around for about 10 days. There is no cure for a cold, but in some severe cases of the flu, your doctor may recommend an antiviral medication to speed up your recovery time. Antiviral drugs are considered a second line of defense after flu vaccinations. Since both the common cold and the flu are caused by viruses, not bacteria, antibiotic medicines are not of any use in combating them. Get plenty of rest, avoid smoking and alcohol, drink plenty of water and juice, and take over-the-counter medication to treat specific symptoms and help you feel better as your body fights off the infection.

of people posted videos and/or pictures emphasizing the “Je Suis Charlie” hashtag. For some, this was seen as an act of honest support, while for others, it was a trend they were hopping onto the bandwagon for.

Yet, despite its attractive simplicity, that gesture not only fails to address the urgent cultural and political problems that led to the massacre, it also has made them far worse. Within several days, individuals created the hashtag, “Je ne suis pas Charlie”, ,or “I am not Charlie”. This type of opposition between a supposedly tolerant and liberal West creates tension and insecurities between both cultures and its supposedly intolerant and violent antagonist, the Muslim East.

The rush to identify with Charlie Hebdo is not solely about honoring the massacred journalists, but also about celebrating Western culture, especially freedom of expression which we see individuals, especially the youth, taking advantage of this and using it to their best ability through words, songs, etc. To “be Charlie” means to affiliate yourself with freedom of speech in absolute terms, as a core element of Western civilization.

Yet, there is no such thing as absolute freedom of speech. Our society is built upon the “idea of obtaining freedom of speech, yet we are unable due to the grave amounts of opposition and hatred towards each other. There are always limits to what can be said, how, and in what context. Especially in France, speech is subject to strict, legal constraints. There are laws against hate speech and against speech taken to be supportive of political violence.

This does not stop the rampaging and murderous path of individuals wanting to take innocent people’s lives due to their freedom of speech.

So, we ask ourselves, how do we solve this?

Local Student’s ViewOn French Attacks

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Vote-By-Mail Reminder The 2015 Primary Nominating Election to be held on March 3, voters who wish to Vote-By-Mail (VBM) may submit their application for a VBM ballot beginning Monday, February 2.All applications must be received by the Election Division no later than Tuesday, February 24 at 5:00 p.m. Applications can be mailed to the Office of the City Clerk - Election Division, 555 Ramirez St., Space 300, Los Angeles, 90012 or faxed to (213) 978-0611 or (213) 978-0612. City Clerk’s website at: http://clerk.lacity.org/elections/

E-Waste Recycle Event Drop off broken and outdated electronics to Lawrence Middle School on Saturday, February 7 at 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Funds raised from the collection of electronic waste will go to Lawence Middle School Band. The school is located at 10100 Variel Ave. in Chatsworth. For more information please visit www.lmsbbc.org orwww.allgreenrecycling.com.

Free Movie The Chatsworth Library and the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. are co-sponsoring a free movie entitled Freedom Riders on Saturday, February 7, from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. The program will include speakers who participated in the Freedom Rides. This presentation will be held in the Chatsworth Library Community Room, 21052 Devonshire Street. Phone (818) 341-4276 for more information.

CalRTA Meeting Do you want to know who is watching out for your interests? Then meet Marcia Gould, Senior Assembly Member. She will be talking to us on the 13th of Feb. Retired educators living in the San Fernando Valley, join members of the California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) at 10 o’clock on Friday, February 13th. If you like music, you will also get to hear a choral presentation from Ralph Mauriello of the San Fernandio Valley Chorus. We are located at the Northridge Women’s Club, 18401 Lassen Street. Please call Diane Kleinfeld at 818-360-5014 to reserve a seat for the 11 0’clock to 12 o’clock presentation. If you wish to stay for the buffet lunch, the charge is $15.00.

Madrid Theater This February, the Tony Award winning musical Into the Woods, by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, will take place at The Madrid Theatre, 21622 Sherman Way in Canoga Park on Saturday, February 21 at 7:30pm and Sunday, February 22 at 3pm. For tickets, call 818-517-4102, email [email protected] or visit www.centerstageopera.org. CSo will be collecting non-perishable food items forSova Food Pantry at this event. Sova provides food assistance for the economically disadvantaged here in the Valley.

Orcutt Ranch Fruit Pick All grapefruit lovers are all invited to a Do-It-Yourself fruit pick at Orcutt Ranch, 23600 Roscoe Blvd. in West Hills. Ripe Valencia oranges and white grapefruit can be picked by hand on Saturday, February 21 and Sunday 21 at 7:00 am to 1:30 pm. Bring your own Plastic Bags and it will be $3 per bag and $6 per box. For more information please call (818) 883-6641.

Special Olympics Chatsworth welcomes the world as host town for the Special olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015 (LA2015) on Saturday, February 14th, 11am-12pm at Chatsworth High School. This event is the kick-off and will provide information on the various volunteer and support opportunities available to the community members. Come join the team, as we prepare to host 100 of the athletes July 25th- August 2nd 2015. There will be 7,000 athletes from 177 countries, staying in communities from San Louis obispo to San Diego. For additional information email: [email protected]..

Granada Hills Rummage Sale The Granada Hills Woman’s Club is hosting a Rummage Sale on Household items, clothing, decorations, jewelry and small pieces of furniture will be on display for sale on Friday, February 27, 8:00 am -2:00 pm and Saturday, February 28, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm at 10666 White Oak Avenue. For more information, contact Yolanda Petroski at (818) 363-9844.

A Children’s Opera The Congregational Church of Chatsworth, 20440 Lassen Street, will be hosting a short children’s opera entitled “Wade in the Water” at 10:30 AM on Saturday, February 28th . The opera is about Harriet Tubman’s work freeing slaves and will be performed by Guild opera. The performance is free, but donations of canned food for the FISH of West Valley Food Pantry will be gratefully accepted. FISH is in particular need of canned meat, soup, vegetables, and peanut butter. Call (818) 349-2550 for more information.

Chatsworth Library The Friends of the Chatsworth Library and the Chatsworth Historical Society are co-sponsoring a movie entitled The Harvey Girls: opportunity Bound on March 7, 2015 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Following the movie, there will be a question and answer period with the producer, Katrina Parks. The program will be in the Chatsworth Library Community Room, 21052 Devonshire Street. Phone (818) 341-4276 for more information.

Pictured: Assemblymember Scott Wilk, LAPD Devonshire Captain Robert Marino, Councilmember Englander, Pastor Dudley Rutherford, District Attorney Jackie Lacey, former Councilmember Greig Smith, and Jarrod DeGonia, Field Deputy for Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich

T hose above helped break ground on the new 3,500 seat addition at Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch. The 58,600-square foot building, which will be used for worship services and

community events, will feature a café with a stage for live music, a bookstore and a large outdoor veranda with seating, fire pits, a waterfall, a fountain and environmental art. It will also boast a tower that will give visitors a panoramic view of the San Fernando Valley. Shepherd Church has repeatedly opened its doors to the community. It hosts community events for the entire San Fernando Valley, like the Mayor’s Budget 101 community meetings, the Northridge Earthquake 20th Anniversary Symposium, and regular Neighborhood Council meetings.

-Mitchell Englander, Councilmember Twelfth District

EarthquakeRetrofits

Residents in earthquake-prone areas, including certain zip codes in Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Pasadena,

are eligible to receive up to $3,000 in state incentives to protect their homes against temblors. The Earthquake Brace and Bolt program, is offered by the California Residential Mitigation Program. Homeowners have until Feb. 15 to apply for the benefit, which helps to pay for earthquake retrofits on pre-1979 homes that are not bolted to their foundations and have crawlspaces that have not been reinforced with braced cripple walls. Homes that qualify also must be built on a level or low slope. other requirements can be found at https://w w w. e a r t h q u a k e b r a c e b o l t . c o m /Homeowners.aspx. The typical cost of such retrofits is between $2,000 to $10,000. There are enough funds in the program to offset costs for as many as 575 homeowners.

New LAUSD WoesLos Angeles Unified School District

could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in state funding because of a

faulty computer system that has bungled attendance records and contributed to declining enrollment. LAUSD Chief Financial Officer Megan Riley has told board members that student attendance figures that will be reported to the state later this year are expected to drop by between 3 percent and 16 percent, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. Each 3 percent loss in enrollment equates to a funding loss of about $100 million for the district. But this year’s lower attendance figures will be a result of the district’s shoddy system for keeping records, plus actual enrollment declines. The funding, which is determined by student attendance as reported to California, is the district’s main revenue source. LAUSD officials are projecting an $88 million deficit in the fiscal year that starts July 1.


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The LADWP California Friendly® Landscape Incentive Program provides residential and commercial customers with cash incentives for replacing traditional lawns with water wise landscaping. In place of thirsty and high maintenance turf, put in California Friendly® plants, mulch and permeable pathways to save money while conserving water. On a tiered rate system, residential customers can receive $3.75 per square foot for the fi rst 1,500 square feet, and $2 per square foot thereafter with no cap. Commercial customers can receive $3 per square foot for the fi rst 10,000 square foot area, $2.50 for the next 10,001-43,560 square feet, and $2 for more than an acre.*

Pre-approvals are required before starting a project. For guidelines, visit www.LADWP.com/CF

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M ore outreach is needed to increase the number of women and minority firefighters in the Los Angeles Fire Department, according to a report released by a Santa Monica-based think tank.

Female athletes and recent military veterans belonging to a minority racial group, such as Hispanic, Asian and black, should be targeted for recruitment, Rand Corp. researchers recommended in the 150-page report. Mayor Eric Garcetti ordered the $270,000 study from Rand last year in an effort to improve the city’s firefighter hiring process amid criticism that the LAFD’s recruitment tends to favor relatives of existing employees, resulting in less diversity. The Rand report also suggests that city leaders increase the fire department’s budget for recruitment efforts, which are currently being carried out by four individuals. Rand researchers said fire stations could serve as recruitment centers, with staff at each site undergoing training to become “official recruiters.” The Rand report also recommends that the city bring in experts to devise a selection process that is more tied to the skills “required to be an effective firefighter.”


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NORTHRIDGEJust East of the Northridge Mall

9301 Tampa Ave, Ste 1401Northridge, CA 91324

818-717-1740

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COMING LATE 2014SANTA ANA2800 N Main St., #2100Santa Ana, CA 92705

BURBANKEast of the 5 Exit Burbank Blvd401 N. 1st StBurbank, CA 91502818-840-5620

CHULA VISTA881 Showroom PlChula Vista, CA 91914619-656-4663

COLTONNext to our Factory855 Ashley WayColton, CA 92324909-433-5303

FOUNTAIN VALLEYJust East of 405 Fwy18060 Euclid StFountain Valley, CA 92708714-549-3200

HAWTHORNEEast of 405, Rosecrans Exit14600 Ocean Gate AveHawthorne, CA 90250310-349-2083

LAGUNA HILLSJust North of the Laguna Hills Mall24001 El Toro RdLaguna Hills, CA 92653949-461-0829

LONG BEACHWest of the 605 in Long Beach Towne Center7410 Carson BlvdLong Beach, CA 90808562-766-2050

LOS ANGELESSouth of the 10, Exit Convention Center1810 S BroadwayLos Angeles, CA 90015213-745-2980

MONTCLAIR Located South of Montclair Plaza5055 S. Montclair Plaza LnMontclair, CA 91763909-625-4420

OXNARDLocated in the Market Place at Oxnard Shopping Center1721 E Ventura BlvdOxnard, CA 93036805-981-0284PALMDALEAcross from the AV Mall39626 10th St WestPalmdale, CA 93551661-225-9410

PALM DESERTDesert Gateway Plaza34740 Monterey AvePalm Desert, CA 92211760-202-3052

SAN DIEGO7770 Miramar RoadSan Diego, CA 92126619-393-4663

SAN MARCOS1050 Los Vallecitos BlvdSan Marcos, CA 92069760-539-4663

SANTA CLARITACenter Point Market PlaceAcross from Sam’s Club & Super Walmart 26520 Carl Boyer DrSanta Clarita, CA 91350661-284-7200

VICTORVILLENorth of Victor Valley Mall12704 Amargosa RdVictorville, CA 92392760-261-5386

WEST COVINALocated in the Eastland Shopping Center2753 E Eastland Ctr Dr #2050West Covina, CA 91791626-938-1480

YORBA LINDAJust North of Fwy 9122705 Savi Ranch PkwyYorba Linda, CA 92887714-363-9900

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NO DOWN PAYMENTNO MINIMUM PURCHASE



On purchases with your Ashley Furniture HomeStore credit card from 01/27/2015 to 02/16/2015. Equal monthly payments required for 36 months. Ashley Furniture does not require a down payment, however, sales tax and delivery charges are due at time of purchase.





On Purchases with your Ashley Furniture HomeStore credit card made 01/27/2015 to 02/16/2015. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the promotional purchase is not paid in full within 24 Months. Minimum Monthly Payments required.

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‡Previous purchases excluded. Cannot be combined with any other promotion or discount. Discount offers exclude Tempur-Pedic®, Stearns & Foster®, Sealy Optimum™ and Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid™ mattress sets, floor models, clearance items, sales tax, furniture protection plans, warranty, delivery fee, Manager’s Special pricing, Advertised Special pricing, and 14 Piece Packages and cannot be combined with financing specials. SEE STORE FOR DETAILS. Stoneledge Furniture LLC. and Rockledge LLC., many times have multiple offers, promotions, discounts and financing specials occurring at the same time; these are allowed to only be used either/or and not both or combined with each other. Although every precaution is taken, errors in price and/or specification may occur in print. We reserve the right to correct any such errors. Picture may not represent item exactly as shown, advertised items may not be on display at all locations. Some restrictions may apply. Available only at participating locations. †DURABLEND® upholstery products feature a seating area made up of a combination of Polyurethane and/or PVC, Polycotton, and at least 17% Leather Shavings with a skillfully matched combination of Polycotton and Polyurethane and/or PVC everywhere else. **Leather Match upholstery features top-grain leather in the seating areas and skillfully matched vinyl everywhere else. Ashley Furniture HomeStores are independently owned and operated. ©2015 Ashley Furniture HomeStores, Ltd. Promotional Start Date: January 27, 2015. Expires: February 16, 2015.

§Subject to credit approval. Minimum monthly payments required. See store for details.

*Offer applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. Ashley Furniture HomeStore does not require any money down except sales tax and delivery charges if the purchase is made with your Ashley Furniture HomeStore Credit Card. No interest will be charged on promo purchase and equal monthly payments are required equal to initial promo purchase amount divided equally by the number of months in promo period until promo is paid in full. The equal monthly payment will be rounded to the next highest whole dollar and may be higher than the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Promotional purchases of merchandise will be charged to account when merchandise is delivered. Subject to credit approval.

‡‡Offer applies only to single-receipt qualifying purchases. Ashley Furniture HomeStores require Sales Tax and Delivery charges to be paid at the time of purchase for finance terms greater than 24 months, on purchases made with your Ashley Furniture HomeStore credit card. No interest will be charged on the promo purchase if you pay the promo purchase amount in full within 24 Months. If you do not, interest will be charged on the promo purchase from the purchase date. Depending on purchase amount, promotion length and payment allocation, the required minimum monthly payments may or may not pay off purchase by end of promotional period. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases and, after promotion ends, to promotional balance. For new accounts: Purchase APR is 29.99%; Minimum Interest Charge is $2. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. Promotional purchases of merchandise will be charged to account when merchandise is delivered. Subject to credit approval.

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