Dear Editor, At the end of this month and in early February, the LA County Committee on School District Organization (LACOE) will hold public hearings and accept testimony from interested parties on a very important issue that many in our community may not be aware of: how the voters elect our Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) Board Members.
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As members of the non-profit Clean Power Alliance’s (CPA) Community Advisory Committee representing the Westside, we are proud of Santa Monica’s long-standing environmental leadership. The City of Santa Monica was one of the first entities to join CPA and the first to opt-in to 100% Green Power.
Since then, in just three short years, CPA has grown to become the nation’s top provider of green power. During this time, CPA’s customers have avoided more than 2.1 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to 455,000 automobiles being taken off the road every year. CPA’s new renewable resources are both replacing polluting fossil-based power plants and cleaning up the electricity grid that will increasingly power our vehicles.
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Cris Gutierrez works on his driftwood creations, including a hula girl, at a farmers market last week at Poâokela Church in Makawao. The Maui News / LILA FUJIMOTO photos
KAHULUI – When the pandemic shut down Cris Gutierrez’s teppanyaki catering business, he spent more time at the beach in prayer – and in driftwood.
“I prayed hard,” Gutierrez said. “I go hang out at the beach, enjoying the driftwood, asking nature if there’s anything I can do.”
He gathered driftwood to make planters.
Then he decided to take on a more ambitious project.
About two months ago, he created a driftwood humpback whale along the shoreline outside Kahului Harbor. He spent two days sculpting the 15-foot whale, using 300 to 400 pieces of driftwood he collected from the surrounding shoreline.