The South Bay Cities Council of Governments’ outreach team and volunteers were out in full force at South Bay Earth Month events in April. The team works throughout the year to provide the community with information about the programs of its partners SoCalGas, Southern California Regional Energy Network, Water Replenishment District, West Basin Municipal Water District, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, L.A. County Metro, and City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

Hawthorne High School’s student-led Wood Technology Pathway gives students hands-on experience in traditional woodworking, cabinetmaking, residential construction, furniture design and computer-aided manufacturing. When it came time for the SBCCOG to develop a memento for attendees to take home from its annual General Assembly—which this year commemorated the organization’s three-decade milestone—it made sense to align this local public school program that helps students whittle closer to their own career goals.

The South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), in partnership with the Southern California Regional Energy Network (SoCalREN), recognized South Bay cities for their efforts in pursuing energy-efficiency initiatives and sustainability-related tasks over the span of a year.

Recently West Basin welcomed two new customers to its growing list of professional sports event facilities that benefit from recycled water produced by the Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility in El Segundo. The Bolt, the Los Angeles Chargers’ new state-of-the-art training facility in El Segundo, and Intuit Dome, Inglewood’s new indoor arena that serves as home to the Los Angeles Clippers, join West Basin’s already notable customer base of celebrated partners.