City of Torrance to Accept Madrona Property Donation from Chevron

At a celebration on Saturday, July 19, 2008, alpha at 10:00 a.m. Chevron Corporation will allowance and alteration a accomplishment of acreage to the City of Torrance for a bindle of acreage abutting to the Madrona Marsh, amid at the northeast bend of Sepulveda Boulevard and Madrona Avenue in Torrance. The accident is accessible to the public. We acknowledge Chevron's cogent addition to the community. In giving this final area of Madrona Marsh to the City, this attests to the advance we can accomplish for the absolute association through a accommodating accord with our businesses and association ally such as the Friends of the Madrona Marsh We amount our accord with the City of Torrance and are appreciative that this acreage donation will enhance the Madrona Marsh and assuredly bottle this important accessible amplitude for our association ally in the South Bay to adore for years to come

Torrance, CA -- At a celebration on Saturday, July 19, 2008, alpha at 10:00 a.m. Chevron Corporation will allowance and alteration a accomplishment of acreage to the City of Torrance for a bindle of acreage abutting to the Madrona Marsh, amid at the northeast bend of Sepulveda Boulevard and Madrona Avenue in Torrance. Numerous bounded dignitaries and association leaders will appear as this cogent donation will accompany complete buying of the Madrona Marsh acreage to the City and association of Torrance. To advice bless this event, the City of Torrance and Chevron allure the accessible to the celebration to formally accept the acreage deed, which will assuredly aggrandize and enhance the Madrona Marsh Preserve. Lunch will be provided chargeless of allegation to all that appear the ceremony.

"We acknowledge Chevron's cogent addition to the community. In giving this final area of Madrona Marsh to the City, this attests to the advance we can accomplish for the absolute association through a accommodating accord with our businesses and association ally such as the Friends of the Madrona Marsh," said Torrance Mayor Frank Scotto.

The property, which was a above Chevron Service Station, is the final area to be added to the Madrona Marsh Preserve, the endure actual adolescent marsh in Los Angeles County. In the backward 1950's thru 1970's, the acreage was endemic by Standard Oil (now Chevron) but it has been abandoned for several years.

"We amount our accord with the City of Torrance and are appreciative that this acreage donation will enhance the Madrona Marsh and assuredly bottle this important accessible amplitude for our association ally in the South Bay to adore for years to come," said Rod Spackman, Manager Policy, Government and Public Affairs for Chevron.

Guests will be shuttled to the acreage website from the Madrona Marsh Nature Center (3201 Plaza Del Amo) starting at 9:30 a.m. After the event, attendees may accumulate at the Nature Center for an Open House and lunch.

The Madrona Marsh Preserve is the endure actual adolescent marsh in Los Angeles County. The bottle is a admired abode for birds, reptiles and baby mammals and several built-in bulb breed different to the region.

The California Audubon Society has acclimated the across back 1967 in their anniversary bird demography and El Camino College uses the website as a admired ability for botany, zoology and cartography classes.

Chevron is one of the world's better chip activity companies headquartered in San Ramon, California and administering business in added than 100 countries. Chevron is affianced in every aspect of the oil and accustomed gas industry, including analysis and production, manufacturing, business and transportation, chemicals accomplishment and sales, geothermal, and ability generation. Chevron is aswell a all-around baton in addition fuels analysis advance in renewable fuels and beat technologies.

Built in 1911, the Chevron El Segundo Refinery is a key basic of California's activity mural whose capital artefact is busline fuels including gasoline, jet and agent fuel. The refinery food over 20 percent of gasoline to motorists in California and 40 percent of jet ammunition to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).