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CSUDH Hosts College Affordability Plan Forum

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CSUDH Hosts College Affordability Plan Forum

Carson — California State University Dominguez Hills has been selected to host a U.S. Department of Education open forum on President Barack Obama’s College Affordability Initiative, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 6, in the Loker Student Union Ballroom.

This will be an opportunity for the public to provide feedback on Obama’s higher education plan, which was announced in August.

Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter and other Department of Education officials will facilitate the forum. They will be seeking input on the three components of the initiative: paying for performance; promoting innovation and competition; and ensuring that student debt remains affordable, as well as the development of a college ratings system.

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Empower LA

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Empower LA

The public is invited to participate in the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners Meeting, from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 5, at the HalldaleAvenueSchool auditorium in Torrance.

Meet all of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners and the general manager.

Venue: Halldale Avenue School
Location:21514 Halldale Ave., Torrance

Garcetti Creates Cyber Intrusion Command Center

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Garcetti Creates Cyber Intrusion Command Center

LOS ANGELES— On Oct. 30, Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an executive directive creating a City of Los Angeles Cyber Intrusion Command Center to lead cybersecurity preparation and response across city departments. The Center will be led by the Office of the Mayor and will include assistance from the FBI and Secret Service.

Garcetti’s directive calls on the center to do the following:

Facilitate the identification and investigation of cyber threats and intrusions against city assets; ensure incidents are quickly, properly and thoroughly investigated by the appropriate law enforcement agency; facilitate dissemination of cyber security alerts and information; provide uniform governance structure accountable to City leadership; coordinate incident response and remediation across the city; serve as an advisory body to City departments; sponsor independent security assessments to reduce security risks; and ensure awareness of best practices.

Every department will:

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Can Long Beach Finally Get Out of Its Own Way in Regards to Medpot?

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Can Long Beach Finally Get Out of Its Own Way in Regards to Medpot?

The medical-marijuana movement is here, and it’s something we have to deal with and accept.
–Long Beach City Council member Robert Garcia, 2009-Aug-04

Despite those seemingly auspicious words, a review of the last four years reveals that Long Beach city government has been anything but accepting of medical marijuana. From extracting a proverbial pound of flesh from dispensaries that wanted to be part of the system to dispatching police with assault rifles against the ones that didn’t, then finally banning dispensaries entirely despite representing a populace that in 2010 voted in favor of the legalization of even recreational marijuana use, medpot patients and providers have been left wondering when Long Beach’s leadership will catch up with its populace.

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DOT Gets Interim General Manager

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DOT Gets Interim General Manager

Los Angeles — Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Oct. 31 that Department of Transportation General Manager Jaime de la Vega will be resigning Dec. 1.

Garcetti also announced that Jon Kirk Mukri, general manager of Recreation and Parks, will serve as interim general manager at DOT until a permanent general manager is appointed.

Michael Shull, assistant general manager of Recreation and Parks, will serve as the interim general manager of that department.

Man in a Wheelchair Struck in Long Beach

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Man in a Wheelchair Struck in Long Beach

Long Beach — On Oct. 29, a man crossing the street with his wheelchair was stuck while crossing the street near Alamitos and Orange avenues in Long Beach, officials said.

Seventy-two-year old Bong Kim apparently was seated in his wheelchair when suddenly entered the roadway from the east side of Alamitos Avenue. Long Beach Police Department officials believe the pedestrian was attempting to cross westbound on Alamitos Avenue in the northbound lanes when he was struck.

The driver of the vehicle that hit Kim immediately called 9-1-1 and rendered aid until emergency personnel arrived. The Long Beach Fire Department paramedics took him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

No charges are pending against the motorists at this time.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call (562) 570-7355.

Congressional Freight Panel Reports on Infrastructure

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Congressional Freight Panel Reports on Infrastructure

San Pedro — In a report produced Oct. 31, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation found that significant investment is needed in our freight transportation system.

The group of 11 members of Congress signed off on their 100-plus page report, which included a call to dedicate funding for freight infrastructure, designation of a multimodal freight network and the sustained continuation of a freight-focused Projects of National and Regional Significance competitive grant program.

The Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation convened in April 2013 and members served for a period of six months before issuing the recommendations. The panel’s six Republicans and five Democrats were tasked with examining the current state of freight transportation and how improving the system would affect the U.S. economy. The group traveled to several freight hubs across the nation, including the Port of Los Angeles, speaking at length with system users, carriers, and providers. The Panel’s recommendations can be accessedhere.

 

Jesus and Zombies: An Object Lesson in Freedom

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Jesus and Zombies: An Object Lesson in Freedom

If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. –Jesus Christ (as quoted in John 12:47)

FACT: Jesus created the first zombie!

Okay, it’s not a fact. It’s not even clear to what degree Jesus himself is a fact (it’s not clear to me, anyway—you believe what you want), let alone whether there was a guy named Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead—never mind whether resurrected Lazarus staggered around like an extra from “Thriller”, moaning, “Brains, brainnnnns!”

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Education is a Human Right

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Education is a Human Right

Our American Declaration of Independence, written mostly by Thomas Jefferson, claims for us “… certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness–That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men…” In other words, not only was the American (and California) Government established to guarantee us the Rights to Life and Liberty, but also the Right to our Pursuit of Happiness.

For great philosophers of democracy such as Aristotle and Jefferson, “Happiness” meant fulfillment; fulfillment of our “Telos” or purpose in life. This means the ability to develop our talents fully, which enables us to reach our full individual human potential. If you have the talents/abilities to become a doctor, engineer, computer scientist, teacher, nurse, sculptor, automotive technician, or aircraft mechanic, governments have been charged with the responsibility of guaranteeing us the Right and Opportunity to do so. Jefferson, in addition to others such as Horace Mann, John Dewey, Susan B. Anthony, and Harriett Tubman, was a strong proponent of American Public Education, including civic education which enables people to become active, critical thinking citizens. In this vein, Thomas Jefferson once said, “I know of no safer repository of power than the people themselves; if, on occasion, the people make the wrong decision, we must not take power away from the people, but we must inform them toward the right decision.”

These great pioneers of public education invented it and gave it to America and the world. Governor Pat Brown and University of California President Clark Kerr established the California Master Plan For Higher Education in 1960 to guarantee tuition free/affordable Higher Education to all California high school graduates. The spirit of the Master Plan flourished from 1960 to the early 1980’s. Former Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzennegger attended UC Berkeley Law School and Santa Monica College, respectively, tuition free and only paid a small fee– at UC and Cal State the fee was less than $100 per semester, and at Santa Monica (community) College the fee was $6 per semester for all 15 units, not $6 per unit. I started teaching at Foothill College and City College of San Francisco in the 1970’s and my students paid $6 fee per semester for a full load of classes!

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Long Beach Man Killed on 10 Street

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Long Beach Man Killed on 10 Street

Long Beach — Juan Estrada was gunned down, at about 11:30 p.m. Oct. 21, on 10th Street in Long Beach, officials said.

Long Beach Police Department officers found the 24-year-old man on the sidewalk with multiple gunshots to his upper torso near the 2500 block of 10th Street. He was pronounced dead at about 12:39 a.m. at a St. Mary’s MedicalCenter in Long Beach.

Witnesses said that a car pulled up near him and asked him where he was from. Estrada was shot before being able to respond.

A motive is unknown but it is being investigated as gang-related.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call (562) 570-7244 or visit www.lacrimestoppers.org.

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