California
Councilman John Hitt has been selected mayor by his colleagues, replacing John Van Doren, who served 18 months.
Nov. 26, 1987
Books
OFF THE ROAD: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim’s Route Into Spain by Jack Hitt (Simon & Schuster; $22; 255 pp.)
Nov. 20, 1994
Politics
Patricia Reilly Hitt, who as an assistant secretary of Health, Education and Welfare was the highest-ranking woman in President Nixon’s first administration, has died.
Jan. 13, 2006
World & Nation
Councilman John Hitt, saying he wants a “rural life on a small family farm in my home state of Washington,” resigned this week.
Nov. 15, 1990
The City Council has voted 3 to 2, with Ed Beranek and John Hitt dissenting, to increase council salaries from $300 to $360 a month after the November council election.
July 30, 1987
Business
Poor air quality and the fight against waste-to-energy plants in general, and one proposed in nearby Irwindale in particular, are the dominant concerns of the five candidates running for three open seats in the April 8 City Council election.
March 23, 1986
Lawyer for R. Scott Hitt, ex-head of Clinton AIDS panel, cites a recurrence of cancer.
July 24, 2004
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Nov. 10, 2007
The search is over. Sunland-Tujunga has found itself a poet laureate.
May 21, 1999
T his is what it was like fighting for AIDS patients’ lives during the Republican ‘80s: The patient was weak, near death, losing precious body weight by the day.
Aug. 14, 1994