Rep. Hahn General Election Kick-off
Toberman Softball Tournament Raise Funds to Strike Out Violence
Community Announcements:
Harbor Area Municipal Building Jail Tour
Community members are invited to join the San Pedro Bay Historical Society, starting at 2 p.m. Sept. 21, for a tour of the old jail and courtroom at the Municipal Building in San Pedro. Meet at the San Pedro Bay Historical Society Archives, Room 626. Venue: Municipal Building Location: 638 S. Beacon St.
Marketing and Sales Workshop
On Sept. 15, U.S. Rep. Janice Hahn (D-36), kicked off her general election campaign with Assemblyman Isadore Hall III (D-52), at her campaign headquarters in San Pedro. Hahn is running for her second term in Congress. Photo:Diana Lejins, Contributing Photographer
Toberman Neighborhood Center Communications Director Kristi Day (left) stands with Executive Director and CEO Deb Anthony (center), and proprietor of Plaza Automotive, Mitch Harmatz (right) at softball tournament, Sept. 8, in Block Field in San Pedro. Toberman Neighborhood Center Gang Intervention Unit hosted a softball tournament to raise funds for youth engaged with the nonprofit. Eight teams joined and raised a total of $3,000. Photo: Betty Guevara, Contributing Photographer
Learn effective marketing strategies for your business to reach your customers, from 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 27, at the MCS Business Source. Venue: MCS Business Source Location: 455 W. 6th St., San Pedro
SP Rotary Community Yard Sale
San Pedro Rotary Club is hosting its second annual Community Yard Sale, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 29, near Think Prime in San Pedro. Venue: Adjacent to Think Prime Location: 29601 S Western Ave., Rancho Palos Verdes
An Evening of Compton/South Bay History
September 21 - October 4, 2012
“I’m running for office for Pete’s sake, we can’t have illegals”
Pat Prescott of 94.7 THE WAVE will interview author Robert Lee Johnson on his new book, Images of America: Compton. Learn about Compton and South Bay history, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 11, at Cal State Dominguez Hills’ Archives and Special Collections on the fifth floor of the University Library. CSUDH Archives also invites community members to bring in photographs and other memorabilia to enhance the archive of Compton and the South Bay. They are looking for photos: family, church, community groups, celebrations, your favorite local businesses and organizations, that tell the story of Compton and the South Bay. Details: (310) 516 4219 Venue: CSUDH Library Locaation: 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson
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Grant Extension Awarded to McNair Scholars Program at CSUDH
California State University, Dominguez Hills has been awarded the first installment— $288,800—of a 5-year $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program at the university. The federal program began in 1989 to provide financial support and academic guidance to encourage and prepare under-represented, first-generation juniors and seniors for graduate studies. It is named in honor of astronaut Ronald McNair, who died in the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. Each year, the CSUDH McNair Scholars Program accepts only 26 juniors and seniors. Details: (310) 243-2098.
Sufficient Signatures Certified for Medical Marijuana Referendum
Los Angeles City Clerk June Lagmay announced that the number of verified signatures filed by proponents of a referendum upon the city’s marijuana ordinance has achieved sufficiency. The petition contained 49,021 pre-verified signatures. The City Clerk utilized a random sampling procedure which included the examination of at least 5 percent of the signatures. The statistical sampling showed that the number of valid signatures was 110 percent or more of the number needed to declare the petition sufficient. Charter Section 462 provides that the Council must take one of the following three actions within 20 days of the Clerk’s transmittal of the Certificate of Sufficiency to the City Council: 1. Repeal the ordinance; or 2. Call a special election to be held not earlier than 110 days or later than 140 days after Council action on the petition; or 3. Add the ordinance to the next regular City election to be held more than 110 days from certification of the petition, which in this case would be the City’s March 5, 2013 Primary Nominating Election. The Council is anticipated to take up this matter before Oct. 7.