LOS ANGELES, Jan.

Storm season is just around the corner. If left unchecked, the litter, leaves, and automobile fluids that have collected on the street surfaces of our communities will flow along with rainwater, untreated, into water bodies like the Los Angeles River and the ocean.

By Pamela Hale-Burns RELATED» L.B. council to eye lagoon, Marina Vista Park project The Colorado Lagoon remained closed on Sunday after a closure was issued Saturday due to a sewage overflow that reached the lagoon.

By Kristopher Hanson Trash, chemical residue and yard clippings surging down the Los Angeles River and onto local beaches were a problem long before anyone seriously tackled the environmentally detrimental trifecta of dirty trucks, polluting locomotives and soot-spewing cargo ships in the city's port and harbor.

University by the Sea - the arts and culture festival that energized Downtown Long Beach last fall - is starting the celebration early this year with the induction of Marcus Eriksen and his junk-raft crew into the Long Beach Legends at Smooth's Sports Grille on Tuesday. Starting at 6 p.m.