Week in Review: Beach Report Card, Parents in Pajamas and Walgrove Kids Bond Over the Bard

1.   Los Angeles County's beaches fared worse than last year , with only 75 percent of L.A. County's beaches scoring A or B grades during year-round dry weather. When it comes to rain, though, the stats are worse, with 46 percent of our beaches scoring an F during wet weather, when rain overloads drainage systems and pushes sewage and other bacteria out to sea.

2.  outside schools in Mar Vista and surrounding areas Tuesday morning to bring attention to California's public education crisis. Dressed in pajamas, parents, teachers and students carried placards demanding that Californians “wake up” to the crisis facing the state's public schools.

3.  LA City Council President Eric Garcetti told Patch that he is Garcetti said he needs to discuss the possibility with his family first, but he indicated that he’s willing to throw his hat into the ring.

4. There will be no rocket's red glare or bombs bursting in air over the skies of Marina del Rey this Independence Day. The Department of Beaches and Harbor recently made a quiet announcement on its website that  "due to budget curtailments."

5. Actress and writer Mel Ryane has proved that you don’t have to be a high school student to learn Shakespeare. The afterschool teacher at Walgrove Elementary took third-, fourth- and fifth-graders and produced an edited version of .

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