By Ryan ZumMallen / LBPOST.com
July 2, 2009

Earlier this week, Governor Schwarzenegger’s office announced that nearly $11 million in stimulus funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act would be awarded to ten California workforce organizations, and the City of Long Beach was awarded with $935,797.

“Using Recovery funds and public-private partnerships, the California Green Jobs Corps will help 1,500 at-risk young adults realize a brighter future while stimulating our economy and working toward a greener California,” Schwarzenegger said in the press release.

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By Ronald D. White / Los Angelas Times
July 2, 2009

The huge car carrier ship called the M/V Auriga Leader idled at the Port of Long Beach, burning through enough electricity to power 100 homes as workers loaded and unloaded a fleet of Toyotas.

But unlike any of the diesel-spewing, power-draining vessels that travel here, the Auriga Leader sports 328 solar panels on its top deck — a small array that provides 10% of the energy used by the giant ship while she is docked.

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By Leslie A.M. Smith / Gazettes.com
July 2, 2009

Atlantic Avenue between Carson Street and San Antonio Drive will be jammed with cars on July 11, when the Fourth Annual Dragster Expo and Car Show hits the street from 2 until 7 p.m.

The event began in 2006 as the brainchild of Eighth District Councilwoman Rae Gabelich, whose late husband Gary Gabelich is best known for setting a world land speed record of 622.407 mph in the rocket-powered Blue Flame and was also a power boat and drag boat champion.

“We hope this is the most successful year ever appealing to people in the neighborhoods looking for something to do close to home,” said Gabelich, whose office coordinates the event with the Bixby Knolls Business Improvement Association (BKBIA).

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By Harry Saltzgaver / Gazettes.com
July 2, 2009

Another $3 million in federal economic stimulus money will come to Long Beach, this time in the form of support for the Water Department’s seawater desalination testing facility.

This money comes through the Department of Interior as part of a $134.3 million allocation from the Bureau of Reclamation for water projects in the west. Ultimately, the money came from the $1 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for economic stimulus.

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By Kurt Helin / Gazettes.com
July 1, 2009
When local engineers finish the ongoing Reconnaissance Study of the Long Beach Breakwater later this summer, the Army Corps of Engineers may actually read it.

That’s because last week Congress took steps to allocate $100,000 to review the study, as part of the newest House Appropriations Subcommittee Energy and Water Report.

That’s a big step forward for those promoting changes to the breakwater. But it is one step in a staircase of things that have to happen before any physical change is made to the structure.

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Press-Telegram
June 30, 2009

Artesia

Fun and fireworks: The city will have an over-the-line tournament at 7 a.m., family games at 6:30 p.m. and fireworks at 9 p.m. All events are at Artesia Park at 18750 Clarkdale Ave.

Bellflower

Friday fireworks: Hollywood Sports Park will offer free paintball for Bellflower residents and the Rotary Club will provide a “safe and sane” fireworks show on Friday, July 3. Hollywood Sports Park, 9030 Somerset Blvd., Bellflower. 562-867-9600

Get rid of illegal foreworks: People can anonymously dispose of illegal fireworks without question at:

L.A. County Fire Station 23, 9548 Flower St. (call 562.867.2112) or at L.A. County Fire Station 98, 9814 Maplewood St., (call 562.867.2112).

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By Shereen Oca / Gazettes.com
July 1, 2009

The voices of youth from an area choir and the artwork of students from a Gardena elementary school have come together in an effort to convey the importance of compassion and understanding.

The project, dubbed “Colors of Love and Peace,” is the result of collaboration between the International Children’s Choir of Long Beach and the 186th Street Elementary School.

Spearheaded by 186th Street School Principal Marcia Sidney-Reed and artist and poet Dr. Fereidun Shokatfard, the collection of songs and artwork will be distributed to hospitalized children across the country and throughout the world.

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By Darcy Leigh Richardson / Gazettes.com
July 1, 2009

A grant recently awarded to the Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewards will bolster the group’s effort to raise awareness of the wetlands’ importance and will mark the start of community involvement with restoration efforts on a larger scale.

The Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project’s Community Wetlands Restoration Grants Program awarded $28,500 to the Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewards last month. The money will be used to launch the Los Cerritos Wetlands Stewardship Program.

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Transport Topics Online
June 30, 2009

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said Tuesday it has opened the world’s largest natural gas truck fueling station, on a site adjacent to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Calif.

The new station, configured to fuel trucks on a 24-7 basis, features two 25,000-gallon liquefied natural gas storage tanks, six LNG dispensers, and two compressed natural gas dispensers, Clean Energy said.

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By Carla Rivera / Los Angelas Times
June 29, 2009

Students at 186th Street Elementary School in Gardena like to call themselves peacemakers because part of their curriculum focuses on creating safe classrooms, and each year they embark on a peace march spreading their message of love and respect throughout the community.

Now that message will be shared with children around the world through copies of a book called “Colors of Love and Peace,” a collection of student artwork and messages of inspiration that will be distributed to children’s hospitals nationally and internationally.

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