The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 6, No. 23 - June 2, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................9 Classifieds............................4 Crossword/Sudoku.............4 Film Review..........................2 Legals....................................8 Pets........................................9 Real Estate...................10-11 Sports....................................5 TerriAnn in Torrance..........6 Weekend Forecast Celebrating 40 Years of Service to the South Bay Community On April 8, the Pregnancy Help Center was honored by the Torrance Chamber of Commerce with a ribbon cutting celebration, with recognition from the Torrance City Council and Assemblyman David Hadley, who presented a State of California Resolution for 40 years of service to the South Bay Community. Photo by Norma Grove. • Board Approves Memorandum of Understanding with LACMA By Cristian Vasquez Members of the Torrance School Board unanimously approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [LACMA] during the 2016- 2017 and 2017-2018 school years, and is set to end Aug. 1, 2018. “The purpose of this MOU is to continue an integrated program relating to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s collection entitled Art Programs with the Community: LACMA on Site (the “Project”),” states the board agenda item. “The Project is intended to enrich Torrance Unified Charter Reveals Plans for Time-Warner Customers By Rob McCarthy The telecom carousel continues as Time- Warner Cable was sold to Charter Communications, leaving 1.2 million Southern California customers wondering how the transition will affect their TV, high-speed Internet and phone services and Dodgers baseball. Time-Warner turned over its operations and cable and fiber-optic systems on May 18 to the much-larger Charter, which will now service the airport and South Bay communities. Charter says it won’t be re-branding its trucks or equipment or making programming changes just yet, but changes are coming. Time-Warner customers “won’t see any immediate changes,” Charter spokesman Justin Venech told the Herald. “The branding on the bill, current services, and channel lineups will stay the same.” Charter will phase in programming changes “in the coming months,” said Venech without offering a specific date. The cable company will notify former Time-Warner customers about their viewing options once Charter migrates its Spectrum brand of programs and services to the Time-Warner cable systems in California and other states. Charter says it has 25 million home and business subscribers in 41 states. The company promises faster broadband speeds, better video products and more affordable phone service to new and existing customers. As the deal closed, Charter promised more See Charter, page 2 School District’s curriculum by creating art lessons, providing access to resource materials, arranging opportunities for professional development for teachers, and initiating installations of reproductions based on LACMA’s encyclopedic collection.” LACMA opened its doors in 1965 and has been dedicated to collecting historical and geographically significant works of art, as well as art representing the Greater Los Angeles’ diverse population. With a collection of almost 130,000 items dating from different parts if the world, the museum houses a collection covering almost the entire history of the art world. With a $23.9 million donation from former trustee Anna Bing [largest endowment in LACMA history], intended to take art education to kids in surrounding communities, LACMA reaches out to schools through a wide range of programs. At the moment Fern Elementary School and Wood Elementary School have requested the program for their students. As part of “The Project,” LACMA will “provide Museum Educators in the classroom to facilitate art workshops” that relate to the “Project” curriculum, states the board agenda. These museum educators will also provide art supplies for students, as well as memberships in the Arts for NexGen programs to all Torrance Unified School District students, along with bus transportation from schools to LACMA for the Family Programs for selected TUSD schools. “By offering a no-cost membership [Arts for NexGen] to everyone age 17 and under, the financial barrier of visiting the museum was eliminated, opening the doors to a more diverse socioeconomic community,” states the LACMA website. “By offering free general admission for one adult family member [or caregiver, friend, neighbor, etc.] per each NexGen member, museum entry expanded to include a family unit.” “Any expenses that arise from the “Project”, outside of the provisions provided by LACMA, will be the responsibility of the school site,” concludes the agenda item. “There will be no cost to the District.” Board Appoints League Representatives to Serve the California Interscholastic Federation for the 2016-2017 school year A recommendation to appoint Torrance High School Principal Karim Girgis, Principal, West High School Principal Pamela Metz, North High School Principal Dr. Ronald Richardson, and South High School Principal Dr. Scott McDowell as League Representatives to Serve the California Interscholastic See School Board, page 5 Friday Mostly Sunny 75˚/62˚ Saturday Sunny 76˚/62˚ Sunday Sunny 74˚/60˚
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