According to the LADWP, the City Trunk Line South Unit 5 project consists of a 6,950-foot (1.3 miles), 60-inch diameter steel pipe along Coldwater Canyon Boulevard and Moorpark Street. The project, which began in 2011, is now at 49% completion and expected to wrap up in January 2016. The LADWP's ongoing water infrastructure upgrades are aimed to improve reliability, flexibility and capacity in the water distribution system.

For more information about the DWP's trunk line replacement project, visit www.ladwp.com and be sure to let us know if you have any issues.

LOS ANGELES - After voters approved Proposition D last year, they sent a message that the growth of medical marijuana dispensaries throughout Los Angeles should be controlled. Since then, the City Attorney's office has been busy enforcing the city's ban on new dispensaries. They also created a handy information guide to answer common questions and concerns to clarify Proposition D means to Angelenos and the progress of enforcement. Those questions include:

• How will the City enforce Proposition D? 
• What are the penalties for violating Proposition D? 
• How do I determine that the location of my Medical Marijuana Business complies with the requirements of Proposition D?

According to Proposition D, new medical marijuana businesses are prohibited from opening as the city put a lid on dispensaries after the City Council's 2007 moratorium went into place. Currently, the city has filed 70 criminal cases against dispensaries that do not comply with the law's provisions.

In 1893, the train depot opened on the corner of Lankershim and Chandler Boulevard, fueling the urbanization and growth of North Hollywood and the surrounding area as crucial stop for the Southern Pacific Railroad. At the turn of the century, it was a major stop in the Pacific Electric Railroad's light rail system for the Valley before the transit system's decline and closure in 1952.

In the decades following, the train depot also served as home to a builder's supply company in North Hollywood before the MTA acquired the deteriorated property in 1990. 

Today, the train depot is in the midst of a $3.6 million restoration slated for completion in the coming year. The project is funded by Metro using $2.5 million in Prop. C half-cent sales tax dollars and $1.1 million from the city of Los Angeles. The first phase of the work has already been completed - that included the removal of contaminated soils, roofing and lead-based paint throughout the structure, while repainting it with the original, vibrant Pacific Electric yellow paint colors.

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