The West Hollywood City Council unanimously passed the first mandatory Green Building Program in the nation on Monday, July 16th. The Green Building program will make it necessary for all residential and commercial buildings in the city to be built following certain environmental and energy codes in addition to the current safety building requirements already in place. 

On July 20, the Los Angeles City Council came to a tentative decision to ban smoking in public parks in order to keep the risk of wildfires at a lower rate during this very dry summer season.

Voluntary water conservation is pushed by the Beverly Hills City Council.

TOPANGA CANYON – “Carving” has been on a steady increase throughout Topanga Canyon, causing citizens and law enforcement to take notice and to attempt to put a stop to the dangerous activity.

Beverly Hills Council members approved an ordinance regarding no more wood roofing in order to help prevent wildfires.

UCLA MRI Research Team Now to Focus on People with Genetic Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

BEVERLY HILLS –  All motorists can relate to the dilemma coin-only parking meters create: scraping up sufficient loose change – excluding pennies – to feed the meter to avoid a hefty parking ticket. Those days may become extinct in the cities of Beverly Hills and West Hollywood. 

The first stages of a multi-faceted, state-wide effort to improve California’s freeways have already hit a few roadblocks.  Aiming to reduce traffic congestion, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is planning and undertaking a number of expansion and remodeling projects throughout California’s freeways. 

LACCD Elections-In a paradox of the times, L.A. Voters absented themselves from voting while American troops stuggle to create "democracy" as President Bush calls it. With over 4 million people in a district with 2 million voters, slightly more than 10% showed to vote in the March 6 for the Board of Trustees for the L.A. Community College District.