SkepticalComedian and composer Steve Allen is a...
Skeptical
Comedian and composer Steve Allen is a well-known humorist. But the entertainer finds nothing amusing about the proliferation of quasi-documentaries on UFOs and creationism. . . . Now he’s decided to head a Hollywood committee tracking such programs (B9). “Someone has got to speak up for science,” Allen said Friday.
Not Forgotten
It’s been almost a year since California Highway Patrol Officer Bruce T. Hinman was killed by a drunk driver while helping three people stranded on the Ventura Freeway. But the officer has not been forgotten. . . . The Legislature this week passed a resolution, sponsored by Richard Katz (D-Sylmar), changing the name of the Ventura and Hollywood freeway interchange to the “Bruce T. Hinman Memorial Freeway Interchange.”
Valve Impasse
Fires from broken gas pipes can be one of the greatest threats after an earthquake, according to emergency officials. But with questions about affordability, the Los Angeles City Council could not muster the necessary eight-member majority Friday on a proposal requiring city residents to install $350 emergency shut-off valves (B4). . . . The measure returns to the Public Safety Committee for reconsideration.
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