Wendy Taylor
State Water Board Approves Septics Ban in Malibu
Santa Monica Baykeeper, a longtime advocate of Clean Water Act enforcement in the bacteria-laden Malibu Creek Watershed, testified alongside Heal the Bay, Surfrider Foundation, Malibu Surfing Assn., and aggrieved surfers at the State Water Resources Control Board meeting yesterday in Sacramento.
Downtown: An Interactive Art Installation Next Week
On Thursday, Sept. 30, John Derevlany’s Culverland will be installed on the south side of Culver Boulevard, on the sidewalk just east of The Culver Hotel.
Sups Are Starting to Stock the New King Hospital
Advance purchases of $45.4 million to provide equipment and services for the new Martin Luther King, Jr. and Harbor-UCLA Medical Centers were approved this morning by the County Board of Supervisors, ensuring, they said, the timely completion of much-anticipated projects and health services each will offer to County residents.
Sups Pass a Ridley-Thomas Plan to Create 4,000 Jobs
The Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority today unanimously approved County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’s motion to establish a Construction Careers Policy (CCP) for the hiring of local residents for the next phase of the Exposition Light Rail Transit Line project.
West L.A. Names Ex-Rio Hondo President, 68, Its Next (Acting) Leader
Longtime community college administrator Dr. Rose Marie Joyce has been named Interim President of West Los Angeles College by the Board of Trustees for the Los Angeles Community College District.
Fiesta Offers a Discount for Hungry Seniors on Opening Night
The Fiesta La Ballona, the annual community celebration that returns on the final weekend of the month, is offering a “Senior Citizens’ Early Bird Special” on Friday, Aug. 27.
Radio Disney Will Be the Opening Headliner at Fiesta
The Fiesta La Ballona organizing committee announced today that Radio Disney AM 1110, the No.1 radio network for kids, ‘tweens and families, will be the opening two-hour act on the Main Stage on Saturday, Aug. 28, second day of the three-day community celebration.
Ewell’s Closing Update to Culver City Residents
[Editor’s Note: This being the departing Mr. Ewell’s penultimate day as Interim City Manager, here is the final edition of his every-other-week report to the City Council and community, which he initiated in April.]
Debbie Berger Was 62
Debbie Berger, longtime resident of Culver City, died last Friday at the age of 62.
Ridley-Thomas at the NAACP: They Support His Probation Dept. Probe Attempt
County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas today applauded the National Convention of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People’s endorsement of his call for a federal investigation into the L.A. County Probation Dept., and the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE).
