Community members are invited to learn about the effort to bring back the Cyclone Racer, from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov. 13, at the Long Beach Ground Water Treatment Plant.
The presentation includes original footage of the Long Beach landmark that once stood at the old Pike. The conversation will also go into how private investors might be able to bring back the ride.
Details: Click here
Venue: Long Beach Ground Water Treatment Plant
Location: 2950 Redondo Ave., Long Beach
LOS ANGELES — On Nov. 7, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the appointment of Kelli Bernard as his permanent deputy mayor for economic development:
Bernard has been working with Garcetti as interim deputy mayor, focussing on international trade, housing and planning, education and workforce development, business opportunity, the Port of Los Angeles and Los Angeles World Airports.
Washington, D.C. — On Nov. 7, the U.S. Senate voted 64-32 to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.
The bill offers protections to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the workplace. It would prohibit public and private employers, employment agencies and labor unions from using sexual orientation or gender identity as the basis for decisions about employment, promotion or compensation.
Those protections already exist on a federal level based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. Sexual orientation is protected in 21 states and District of Columbia, but only 17 of those states have similar protections for transgender people.
San Pedro —On Nov. 7, the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners approved an incentive program to reward shipping lines that bring new container business to the Port of Los Angeles in 2014.
The Ocean Common Carrier Incentive Program adds to the advantages of moving cargo through the port.
The board also established a two-member ad hoc committee on port industrial and economic development dedicated to identifying and advancing economic practices. Vice President David Arian and Commissioner Patricia Castellanos will serve on the ad hoc committee.
Long Beach — On Nov. 5, the Long Beach Unified School District Board of Education unanimously voted to close Hill Classical Middle School in Long Beach.
The school is expected to be converted into a high school modeled after the California Academy of Mathematics and Science on the Cal State Dominguez Hills campus.
The district made the decision based on a facility master plan that calls for the development of several small high schools. The master plan also guides how the Measure K school bonds, which gave the district $1.2 billion from property taxes for school construction and maintenance, will be spent.
Long Beach — Long Beach announced Nov. 6 that it has begun work on the second phase of a project to stabilize the bluff along Ocean Boulevard.
Phase II of the Ocean Boulevard Erosion and Enhancement Project stretches from 20th Place to Paloma Avenue.
The bluffs will be stabilized with soil-nailing technology, which involves inserting about 2,500 30-foot-long steel anchor rods into the bluff. The sidewalk on top of the bluff will be repaired and new handrails, similar to the existing ones, will be installed.
The project includes native landscaping, including planter pockets and a new drip irrigation system that will mitigate future soil erosion.
A series of temporary protective screens will be utilized on top of the bluff, during times when work is occurring below on the bluff.
Work is expected to be completed in May 2014. The project’s budget of $4.4 million is funded by the Tidelands Operations Fund, with no impact on the general fund.
Phase I stabilized the area between Redondo Avenue and 36th Place and was completed in 2012.
San Pedro — A 3 feet in diameter crack was found at the White Point landslide near a home, Nov. 4. The discovery led to a work stoppage.
The Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council Landslide Committee discussed the issue that evening and decided to contact the Bureau of Engineering to discuss resident safety.
On Nov. 5, Councilman Joe Buscaino issued a statement on hiswebsitesupporting the recommendation from the White Point Landslide Advisory Committee to restore the roadway with a retaining wall to maximize the safety and stability of the area.
On Nov. 13, the committee will be requesting that a motion be added to the Nov. 18 general meeting to recommend the closure of that section of Paseo del Mar to address traffic and public safety concerns.
By Greggory Moore
A few years ago there was this great party in one of the communal, hippie-ish houses here in Long Beach. A rotation of DJs held it down behind a pair of turntables in the dining room, while an appreciative press of bodies churned in time, free and easy, 21st-century-hippie style.
The house was north of 7th Street, a little bit in the ‘hood. (In a matter of seconds Long Beach goes from “definitely not the ‘hood” to “um….”) Sometime around midnight numerous newcomers arrived, young men apparently not acquainted with any of the ten residents. They made their way to the dining room-cum-dance floor and appreciatively took in the vibrant scene. They were in no way obtrusive, so no-one paid them any mind. We just kept dancing.
The ROCK Christian Fellowship will provide free boxes of food to the public, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Nov. 23, in Long Beach.
This will be the fifth year of free food distribution and everyone is welcome.
It is The ROCK’s hope to provide 500 boxes of food to families in need. Each box has enough food to supplement the needs of a family with four to six people.
Details: (562) 597-7481; therocktoday.com
Venue: The Central Facility Center
Location: 1133 Rhea St., Long Beach
Shift Long Beach and the Sierra Club are co-sponsoring a mayoral candidate forum, at 6 p.m. Nov. 21, at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.
Details: www.aquariumofpacific.org
Venue: Aquarium of the Pacific
Location: 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach
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