At the next Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council meeting there will be a 10-minute presentation by a Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) representative regarding developments for the South Region High School #15 (SRHS#15) at Angels Gate. There will be time alloted for questions from the public. WHAT: Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council meeting WHEN: [...]
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A draft plan to remove soil contaminated with lead-based paint, arsenic, total petroleum hydrocarbons, semi-volatile organic compounds, dioxins, and organochlorine pesticides including dieldrin and chlordane at the proposed South Region High School #15 is open for public review and comment. The Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) will hold a Remedial Action Plan (RAP) Public [...]
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The Port of Los Angeles has released a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on their plans for the San Pedro waterfront which affects all Palisades residents. To view the DEIR please visit the Port of L.A. website. The Port would not include the Community Coalition’s Sustainability Plan (published in Random Lengths) as an alternative project. [...]
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November is fast approaching and the political signs are already appearing. One local politician was caught in the act installing signs for herself in front of White Point Nature Preserve late this past Friday night. These same signs were also posted in several places in front of Joan Milke Flores Park. Signs are a quick [...]
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“The results of the human health risk assessment conducted for the Site utilizing a conservative, hypothetical residential use scenario indicated that several chemicals detected in several OUs at the Site, pose an unacceptable cancer or non-cancer health risk. The chemicals contributing the majority to risk were localized in nature and include arsenic, PAHs, chlordane, dieldrin, [...]
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Would you like to participate more with decisions that affect our local environment? An upcoming workshop to better help residents, organizations and businesses understand and participate in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process will be held Saturday, August 16. The workshop is sponsored by the Planning and Conservation League Foundation and N.O.I.S.E. WHERE: Cabrillo [...]
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Yard signs available from NOISE. The controversy over a proposed high school at Angels Gate continues. Local residents have formed an organization called NOISE (Neighbors Organized and Involved to Support Education). This group declares that “we all support educating students, but we are willing to make noise to strongly state that a new 1,215-seat campus [...]
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Click above to open larger image. Thank you to all of you who attended the Palisades Residents’ Association monthly meeting Tuesday night. It was standing room only for 60+ people filling the room and the hallways! Many concerns about the proposed South Region High School #15 (SRHS#15) were voiced at the meeting such as [This [...]
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The Multiple Air Toxics Exposure Study III (MATES III) is a study that monitors and evaluates current levels of cancer-causing toxic air pollutants in the South Coast Air Basin. The results are in and you can hear a presentation by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) at tomorrows Port Community Advisory Committe (PCAC) [...]
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Come join your neighbors and the P.R.A. Saturday, June 30th from 9:00–10:00 AM At Wilder Annex Bring gloves and friends…that’s it! We’ll provide the trash bags! Do a good thing and help clean up our neighborhood! (Wilder Annex is the park right next to 1151 Paseo del Mar)
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