The Weekly Newspaper of Inglewood Daily News on a Weekly Basis - Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - May 25, 2017 LA Rams, AHA Host Students for Day of Active Play Earlier this month, more than 900 elementary and middle school students gathered at the LA Memorial Colisuem to enjoy a day of active play with the Los Angeles Rams and the American Heart Association to celebrate the completion of the first NFL Play 60 Challenge in LA. The third to eighth graders participated in football toss, jump rope, touchdown catch/run, 40-yard dash, ladder drill with several Rams players in attendance. (Photo Provided by the LA Rams) Council Introduces Ordinance to Amend City’s Fireworks Code By Cristian Vasquez California has two defined categories for After a public hearing, members of the fireworks: dangerous fireworks and safe and Inglewood City Council this week introduced sane fireworks. Dangerous fireworks are an ordinance to amend several sections of the categorized by state law as those that “explode, municipal code in an attempt to regulate the fly, move across the ground, discharge balls use and discharge of fireworks. The ordinance of fire into the air, which explode through will also impose a monetary fine on any person means of friction” and at the end explode for the possession and use of fireworks. on impact, causing the element of surprise. Prior to the public hearing, Inglewood’s However, safe and sane fireworks are more municipal code made it legal to posses, use vaguely defined but identified as stationary and sale fireworks deemed “safe and sane” as and only capable of emitting a shower of approved by the state fire marshal. However, sparks and are both loud or silent. the City of Inglewood received enough input While it is the duty if the state fire marshal’s expressing concern from residents regarding office to administer and issue retail sales the nuisance and disruptions caused by the licenses for fireworks, Inglewood’s Permits and use of illegal fireworks. “Generally fireworks are defined by state law as any device containing chemical elements and chemical compounds capable of burning independently of oxygen and producing Free Digital Delivery audible, visual, mechanical, or thermal effects which are useful as pyrotechnic devices or for Herald Publications is now entertainment,” states the staff report. Unlike other enforcement efforts to curb offering to send you a link the use of illegal fireworks, the City will now to your favorite community engage its citizens in an education campaign. newspaper every Thursday Through the City website, newspaper notices, morning! The emails will also Inglewood Unified School District notices, include a list of upcoming radio ads, water bill inserts, billboards and local events. graphics, and public posts at City Hall, residents will be provided access to information Just email us at: regarding the proper methods to celebrate the web@heraldpublications.com mid-summer national holiday. and tell us which local community “We do have a seven-point education newspaper you’d like. campaign--one point is having flyers in English and Spanish and they will be distributed to Simple as that and free!!! the School Board, block captains, libraries and all other outlets available to us,” Code Enforcement Manager Jerry Tucker said. License Committee issues special sales licenses of safe and sane fireworks to local vendors. One of the requirements is that vendors be registered as a nonprofit organization located in the city or having a direct “association or administrative impact” that nets a positive result for Inglewood. Last year, the City issued 25 sales permits for safe and sane fireworks. Individuals found lighting illegal fireworks weighing less than 25 pounds will receive an administrative citation by Code Enforcement, but a notice to appear will be issued by the Inglewood See City Council page 8 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................8 Classifieds............................3 Community Briefs...............2 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals............................4, 6-7 Pets........................................5 Sports....................................2 Weekend Forecast Friday Partly Cloudy 66˚/56 Saturday Sunny 64˚/55˚ Sunday Sunny 68˚/58˚
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