
High up in the tundra that circles the Arctic, roughly 20 percent of the earth’s carbon is locked into a frozen permafrost layer that is thawing at an alarming rate. This summer, Manhattan Beach Middle School seventh-grade teacher James Locke will travel to there to research the effects of global warming first-hand.

Down the road, city trolleys may carry surfers to the beach, drop kids off at school and provide a missing link between the east and west sides of Manhattan Beach.
On Tuesday night, the City Council directed staff to send out requests for proposals to trolley service providers.

“Why would newspapers carry on a vendetta against one of the most important institutions that we have today in the United States, namely the Catholic Church?” the excerpt began, followed by a list of statistics on how many children Catholic schools educate, how many people Catholic hospitals serve, and how much money Catholic organizations save the American taxpayer.


