Worried about what kind of fine you are facing for that library book you keep forgetting – and forgetting and forgetting – to return? OC Public Libraries is offering “Fine Free Library Days” through Feb. 24, so delinquent borrowers can return to their local county library branch without fear of having to pay…
In a major victory for coastal advocates, a Santa Barbara judge refused to approve a controversial deal that would have allowed access to Hollister Ranch’s coastline only to landowners, their guests, visitors with guides, and those who could boat or paddle in from two miles away…
via Judge Blocks Deal to Limit Public From Accessing Hollister Ranch Beaches — KTLA
Weather and climate-related disasters cost the U.S. economy $80 billion last year — and have hit the nation’s bottom line to the tune of roughly $100 billion per year over the last five years, according to a new survey from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
Chef Guy Fieri will bring some of his TV friends to this year’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival. Fieri will return to the festival for a second year to host a 40,000-square-foot dining venue called Guy Fieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse. 601 more words
This is going to be the sweetest event in the city. Created to coincide with Valentine’s Day, the 15th annual Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival turns the Long Beach neighborhood into a chocolate lover’s paradise with more than two dozen restaurants serving sweet treats varying from cupcakes and ice cream floats to cookies and churros. The…
TELEGRAPH CREEK, B.C. — A First Nation struggling to recover from a devastating forest fire that burned through its community last year has received some welcome help from a gold mining firm.
via Burned out First Nation in northern B.C. gets help from gold mining firm — National Post
Stephanie Rivera, Diversity and Immigration Reporter at the Long Beach Post, became a journalist because she saw it as a middle ground between social justice activist and politician. “When I was growing up, social justice has always been part of my life…”
read more via Stephanie Rivera, LBPost: Seeking Social Justice with Journalism — Palacio Magazine
