The state Department of Forestry has awarded the city a $1,000 grant to buy radio dispatch equipment for the Fire Department.
The UCLA Graduate School of Management has received a $250,000 endowment from the Security Pacific Foundation for its research in financial markets, according to Dean Clay La Force.
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden has been given $25,000 by the Institute of Museum Services.
Loretta Ruttenberg of Mar Vista, an art student at Santa Monica College, has been awarded a $475 scholarship to continue her studies this fall at the University of California, San Diego.
Kelvin Wong, 17, a senior at South Pasadena High School, was one of 30 finalists awarded $1,000 in cash at the 45th annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search competition this month in Washington.
Caltech has received a $60,000 grant from the Committee on Educational Aid of E.I.
Harvey Mudd College has received a $150,000 grant from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation.
Elizabeth Koch, a fifth-year student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's School of Architecture has been awarded a $500 scholarship for architectural research in hotel programming and planning.
Celeste Tavera, a resident of Orange, was one of 11 singers to win the National Metropolitan Opera Auditions Sunday in New York.
Emigdio Vasquez doesn't like meetings.
The Center for the Partially Sighted in Santa Monica has received a $60,000 grant from SHARE, a
KCET Channel 28 received a $600,000 grant from the W. M.
The chemistry department at Occidental College has been given a $100,000 grant by the National Science Foundation.
A check for $22,699 has been presented to the Board of Education by the Arcadia Educational Foundation, a nonprofit citizens group that raises money for educational organizations.
The Newport Harbor Art Museum has received a $75,000 grant from the Institute of Museum Services
The Newport Harbor Art Museum has received a $20,000 grant from Orange County to help underwrite transportation costs for schoolchildren's visits.
cash-and-equipment grant from IBM aimed at upgrading graduate education in the management of information systems.
A $1-million grant has been given to the Art Center College of Design by the General Motors
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has received a $2-million gift from the Ahmanson Foundation earmarked for the new Ahmanson Pediatric Center to help service the increasing numbers of children needing hospitalization.
A rare radio appearance by the late Cary Grant will be rebroadcast on the "KNX Drama Hour" tonight at 9 on the station (1070).