CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
June 27, 2007 | Joel Rubin, Times Staff Writer
Given the task of closing a gaping budget shortfall for the coming school year, Los Angeles schools Supt. David Brewer has angered leaders of after-school youth groups with his proposal that the groups pay to use school district athletic fields and other facilities. Brewer included the so-called pay to play proposal among many cost-saving measures aimed at closing a $95-million shortfall in the $6.
NEWS
January 11, 2007 | Heidi Siegmund Cuda
They have Bono's heart The Cat Club on the Sunset Strip is teaming up with One, the celebrity-laden organization dedicated to fighting AIDS and poverty globally. On Jan. 25, rockers will be heading to the club's All-Star Jam night, led by owner Slim Jim Phantom, to support One's efforts. "We're not asking for money, we're only asking for e-mail addresses," Phantom says. "We're just trying to get the word out on an organization which helps millions."
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
April 21, 2005 | Dave McKibben, Times Staff Writer
Hoping to feed more of its soccer-frenzied youths into the college system, Santa Ana is allowing a local soccer club free use of the city's new, $2-million all-weather sports field to help develop better players. The move reflects civic frustration that the city's two dozen youth and adult soccer leagues have produced a dearth of college and professional players -- and signals an unusual effort by municipal government to develop sports talent.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
December 19, 2003 | Sandra Murillo, Times Staff Writer
A multimillion-dollar renovation of the Boys & Girls Club near downtown Oxnard came closer to fruition Thursday with a $300,000 gift from a local business. Haas Automation, a manufacturer of high-tech machinery that employs 700 people in Oxnard, made the donation, the single largest from one organization. Company President Gene Haas is asking Boys & Girls Club officials to begin a fundraising drive to match that amount. "I've gotta tell you, he's the type of individual who feels it's his responsibility to give this type of donation to organizations that affect his community, his workers, his business," former Oxnard City Councilman Tom Holden said.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 29, 2003 | Gregory W. Griggs, Times Staff Writer
Construction of the first Boys & Girls Club in Thousand Oaks will begin this summer on the campus of Los Cerritos Middle School, following a vote this week by the school board. The $1.25-million facility, to be built near the school's gym, will be constructed from 14 modular units that will have a stucco exterior. Officials say the building could open by September.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 11, 2003 | David Haldane, Times Staff Writer
Hardly has one dizzying upheaval subsided than a new one begins. At least that's the way it has seemed lately at the YWCA of Central Orange County, where life has the feel of a roller coaster ride. Last November, the organization's board of directors said financial pressures were forcing them to close and probably sell their 47-year-old headquarters in Orange.