Wendy Taylor

One week after the fifth anniversary of the release of noxious fumes from the Baldwin Hills Oil Field that led dozens of residents to evacuate their homes in the middle of the night, community members will convene on Thursday morning at the Ladera Soccer Field to ask the County Board of Supervisors to strengthen environmental regulations on the oil field.

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s 82nd birthday, celebrated across every state in America today, the NAACP asked members, in honor of Dr. King’s I Have a Dream speech, Aug. 28, 1963, what their dreams are:

Dateline Sacramento — After inspecting Gov. Brown’s budget for the next fiscal year featuring$12.5 billion in cuts, state Sen. Curren D. Price (D-Culver City) said today that “we must be careful not to balance the budget on the backs of our state’s most vulnerable citizens — children, the poor, the disabled and the elderly.

Re “Residents Gather Tomorrow to Demand Stronger Regulations on Drilling”

A press conference scheduled for this morning by Culver Crest/Baldwin Hills residents seeking stronger oil drilling regulations has been postponed until Thursday, Jan. 20, 10 a.m., at the Ladera Soccer Field, 5401 W. Fairfax Ave.

On this week’s fifth anniversary of the release of noxious fumes from the Baldwin Hills Oil Field that led dozens of residents to evacuate their homes in the middle of the night, community members will convene on Wednesday morning at the Ladera Soccer Field to ask the County Board of Supervisors to strengthen environmental regulations on the oil field.

Dateline Sacramento — New Gov. Jerry Brown will give the keynote address at the annual MLK Jr. Civil Rights Leadership Awards Breakfast, hosted by the California Legislative Black Caucus, on Thursday morning, Jan. 20, at 7:30 at the Sheraton Grand Hotel.

Culver City will host its sixth annual tribute to the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Senior Center, 4095 Overland Ave.

County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas hailed yesterday’s inauguration of Kamala Harris as the state’s new Attorney General, saying her innovative and visionary approach to criminal justice reform offers a new way forward for a system in dramatic need of rehabilitation.

Nearly a month of construction work will begin on Tuesday morning at 8 on Oregon Avenue, between Elenda and Midway Avenue.

The unusually wet weather is taking a toll on the shuttered Dog Park.