This evapo-transpiration system simulates a natural condition by allowing runoff to flow through specially designed filter media, which both remove pollutants and support plant growth. The runoff eventually flows into the storm drain system.
By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
Nowadays, taxpayers even have to pay for rainfall. It’s not the rain itself that costs money, but the pollution [...]
Entries from September 25th, 2009
Cleaning up storm water, urban runoff getting more expensive
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Community, Environment
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Artist’s mural becomes finishing touch in Cal Heights backyard garden
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Community
By Rachael Rifkin
Staff Writer
(Part four in a six-part series on the California Heights Home and Garden Tour)
Jim Cloonan and Joanne Allain, 3625 Cerritos Avenue
Last Christmas, Jim Cloonan made his wife Joanne Allain happy by giving her a gift she had been asking for– a mural in the garden area of their 1928 home on Cerritos [...]
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Laura Richardson explains circumstances, insists she is not a corrupt politician
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · News
By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
(Part three in a three-part series)
About two weeks after the Signal Tribune interviewed Congresswoman Laura Richardson (D–37th CA District), the Washington, D.C.-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) put her on its annual list of “Most Corrupt Members of Congress.” This is the second consecutive year that CREW has placed [...]
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Youth forum provides kids with tools for succeeding in life
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Community
Charles Williams, a student leader involved in the cultural affairs program at Long Beach City College’s PCH campus, warned teenagers about the dangers of gang violence.
By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
About 175 students, mostly from the Long Beach Unified School District’s (LBUSD) middle schools and high schools, participated in the Second Annual Youth Forum at the Pacific [...]
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Thoughts from the Publisher
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Thoughts From The Publisher
By Neena Strichart
With all the news and happenings around here, our heads are spinning trying to get the details out to our readers in a timely manner. This week I am using the space in my column to fill you in on as much as I can– in chronological order.
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