Culver City Groups Joining Fracking Seminar

Make Culver City Safe and Transition Culver City are two of several awareness groups co-hosting a free, public seminar on hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking," in the Los Angeles area Saturday at West LA College.

The other co-hosts of the event, "Fracking: The LA Story," are Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community, Baldwin Hills Oil Watch, Make Culver City Safe, and Transition Culver City. The event is supported by Sierra Club and Money Out/ Voters In, according to a press release.

Culver City councilmember Meghan Sahli-Wells will also speak at the event.

"It's encouraging to see Culver City residents so actively involved in learning and sharing information about hydraulic fracturing,” Sahli-Wells said in a press release. “There is a great amount of concern over the practice both locally and worldwide, but surprisingly few people know that it's going on in such a densely populated urban area as Los Angeles County. I hope this seminar will help the West L.A. College community get vital information about the issue."

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Community activists and fracking experts are schedule to speak at the seminar.

The event is in the Fine Arts Auditorium at West LA College from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday. Coffee will be served.