CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
August 17, 1993 | SHELBY GRAD
City officials hope to have more than $210,000 worth of repairs to Seal Beach Pier completed by mid-October, about a year after the landmark was damaged by both a fire and earthquakes. The city is accepting bids for the project and should select a contractor by September, City Manager Jerry L. Bankston said. A 1992 fire damaged a lifeguard station and portions of the pier. The contractor will replace burned planks and repair the lifeguard station.
NEWS
August 6, 2001 | DAVID HOLLEY, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Anna D'Agada knows there's a chance that a river of lava from Mt. Etna could destroy her home in the next few weeks or months. But that doesn't stop her from loving Europe's largest and most active volcano. "Frankly, I'm not afraid, because we live here, we were born here," she said. "Every once in a while, it gives off a little smoke and gives us some positive energy. I like it." Mt.
NEWS
June 24, 1994 | VALERIE J. NELSON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Looking back on the summers of your childhood, what do you remember? Long days of crafts at summer camp, a family vacation, day after day at the beach? You can give your children the opportunity to "remember when" by visiting area museums, which offer extensive summer programs, from a day of hip-hop at the Kidspace Museum to workshops on robots or rockets at the California Museum of Science and Industry.