Community Corner
Week in Review: Garden Tour Peek, Airport Earth Day Rally and Smart Parking Meters
Also, locals dodge the traffic jams caused by President Obama's visit and Windward students host a Skype conference call with their partner school in Afghanistan.
This week Patch checked out three gardens in the upcoming Garden Showcase Tour. Here are our top five stories from April 17 - April 23.
1. Patch headed out with a video camera to learn about three of the will be featured in the highly anticipated Mar Vista Community Council Green Garden Showcase tour set to take place on April 30.
2. Marcy Winogard, a candidate in the 36th Congressional District race, was among the protesters who turned out Friday for an to protest the use of leaded fuel by propeller planes.
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3. on Thursday to accommodate President Obama's fundraising visit to the area. He attended two events at Sony Studios in Culver City and another at a Brentwood restaurant.
4. finally arrived in Mar Vista and we captured the changeover from coin-only machines to ones that take both credit cards and coins.
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5. Windward School's Ethics in Action students teamed up with Spirit of America and the U.S. Marines to send backpacks with school supplies to students in Afghanistan. during which the kids from both countries had the opportunity to chat and learn a little about one another's lives.
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