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Though Prop. 64 takes effect Jan. 1, Signal Hill will remain a marijuana-free commercial zone.
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November 24, 2017
Anita W. Harris
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California is about to begin a new era, with Proposition 64– the Adult Use of Marijuana Act– set to take effect Jan. 1, 2018. As 57 percent of California voters agreed on November 2016, recreational marijuana use will soon be legal statewide. But, that doesn’t mean local governments have no say in the Courtesy State of California Department of Justice matter. The act stipulates that The table chart illustrates the marijuana-related activities that would be permitted and restricted when Proposition 64 cities and counties can regulate or outright ban commercial-mar- comes into effect on Jan. 1, 2018. ijuana activities within their jurisindoor personal cultivation,” exSignal Hill will do both, with the distributing and delivering– and dictions. They can also regulate the plained Colleen Doan, City of Sig- city council approving ordinances banning all outdoor cultivation and cultivation of marijuana for person- nal Hill senior planner, at the Signal on Nov. 14 that would prohibit all restricting indoor cultivation of al use that is allowed under the act. Hill Planning Commission’s Oct. commercial-marijuana activities plants for personal use. “Local governments may rea- 17 meeting. “They may prohibit within the city– including selling, However, the council had also sonably regulate, but not prohibit, outdoor cultivation.” manufacturing, cultivating, testing, see ORDINANCE page 19
Government agency shares latest weather, oceanic data at local event On same day of new satellite launch, NOAA informs public about its studies at annual function. Denny Cristales Online Editor
In a quiet, early morning at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California this past Saturday, the booming sound of the first Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) soaring for liftoff interrupted the silence at the site, marking the beginning of an era of advanced weather-forecasting technology. The satellite is the first in a series of future polar-orbiting models that will streamline and improve the timeliness and accuracy of US weather forecasts to prepare for natural disasters or storms. NASA launched the device at around 1am on Saturday, Nov. 18, for the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a government agency that studies the conditions of the ocean and the atmosphere, according to the NOAA’s website. That very same day marked the
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During the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) 11th annual interactive event on Nov. 18 at the Aquarium of the Pacific, Eric Chavez, marine-habitat resource specialist with the NOAA, and Marianne Rogers, NOAA intern specializing in whale entanglement data, provided information about endangered mammal species, such as the Sperm Whale and the Guadalupe Fur Seal.
NOAA’s 11th annual interactive event at the Aquarium of the Pacific, where the public had the opportunity to discuss information with marine
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of the JPSS-1 is just one of the many recent advancements the NOAA has see AQUARIUM page 18
Signal Hill Mayor Edward Wilson
‘Our personal lives got public’ Signal Hill mayor and partner involved in alleged domestic-violence arrest. Sebastian Echeverry Staff Writer
This week, a Press Telegram article reported that Signal Hill Mayor Edward Wilson and his partner Deborah Betance, a Long Beach elementary school teacher, were arrested at the Hotel Maya on Nov. 17 in suspicion of a domestic-violence incident for both parties. The Signal Tribune called Signal Hill Deputy City Manager Hannah Shin-Heydorn Wednesday seeking confirmation on the incident, and she said that she can neither confirm nor deny Wilson’s involvement. That same morning, she sent an email to City of Signal Hill staff members mentioning the article and that any inquiries about the incident should be directed at her office. The Signal Tribune also reached out to the Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) to confirm if Wilson was arrested last Friday. Authorities said the identities of the two arrested individuals are protected under state law because they are considered victims. On late Wednesday afternoon, the LBPD provided the Signal Tribune with an arrest log that confirmed Wilson and Betance’s arrests. The log states that a $20,000 bail bond was paid, and they were released on the same day as the arrest. In an email, LBPD Sgt. Brad see WILSON page 14