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Port Briefs: New Community Relations Director Appointed and Hazmat Situation at POLA

 

POLA Appoints Cecilia Moreno as Community Relations Director

SAN PEDRO — The Port of Los Angeles Oct. 17 has promoted Cecilia Moreno, a veteran employee of the City of Los Angeles Harbor Department, to be its new community relations director. Moreno will oversee the port’s community relations team, special events, administration of the department’s Community Investment Grants program, as well as managing the port’s sponsorships and memberships.

Moreno joined the Port in 2006 as a community affairs advocate, representing the stakeholders of her hometown of Wilmington. During her tenure at the port, she has become a recognized leader in the Harbor Area. She was a founding member of the Wilmington Neighborhood Council and has served as a board member for the Wilmington YMCA, Friends of Banning’s Landing and the Harbor Division Community-Police Advisory Board.

Having served on the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce board of directors for more than 20 years – many of them as a board member – Moreno was recently honored as Volunteer of the Year by the Chamber. 

Moreno replaces Theresa Adams Lopez, who retired from the port earlier this year.

 

Hazmat Situation reported at POLA

SAN PEDRO — Los Angeles firefighters responded to a hazmat situation reported at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro Oct. 15.

Los Angeles Fire Department crews were sent to 614 E. Terminal Way about 8:30 a.m.

Two patients were found at the facility, who reported headaches according to the LAFD

An investigation is underway into what the possible cause was. No evacuations have been ordered.

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