5 Things You Should Know: July 8

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Arrive

Prince William and his wife, Catherine, are scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles today following a trip to Canada. During their three-day visit, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit the British Consular-General in Hancock Park, the Inner-City Arts school on skid row, a job fair for veterans at Sony Studios in Culver City, a black-tie dinner at the Belasco Theater in downtown Los Angeles, and the prince will play in a charity polo match in Santa Barbara.

405 North to Close for Four Nights

As part of the reconstruction of the northern half of the Skirball Bridge, the contractor will begin to construct a deck panel on the bridge, which will require a full freeway closure in one direction for four consecutive nights starting Monday night, weather permitting. Each night, Monday through Thursday, ramps within the freeway closures limits will begin to close as early as 7 p.m. and freeway lanes will begin to close as early as 10 p.m., leading up to the full directional freeway closure between midnight and 5 a.m. This activity is anticipated to require the closure of Skirball Bridge for those four nights as well between the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.

Re-Launch of DWP's Solar Incentive Program

This week, LADWP announced a proposal to re-launch its Solar Incentive Program with double the funding levels for the next three years, an improved customer experience and revised incentive levels to be more in line with market pricing and allow greater participation by customers who want to go solar. The department also reviewed elements of a proposed new Feed-In Tariff Program that will enable third parties to sell renewable energy to LADWP’s citywide electric grid. LADWP will hold a public workshop to discuss both customer-based programs and receive input from customers and other stakeholders on July 14, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., at LADWP downtown headquarters, 111 N. Hope Street, Los Angeles. For more information, visit ladwp.com.

Enrollment Temple Judea Now Open

Temple Judea’s Early Childhood Center is now open for enrollment. The temple has a Parenting Center that offers six programs designed to provide early childhood development for children as young as 2-months-old. The temple also has a Nursery School program that runs for three years, beginning with children from 2 ½ years through 5- to 6-years-old. For more information, visit templejudea.com.

Updates on Vehicle Registration With July Expiration

Many people around the state have been concerned because their vehicle registration tags expire in July and they haven’t received their registration renewal notices from the Department of Motor Vehicles. If you’re one of those motorists, you don’t have to worry.

Renewal notices were not sent to California drivers with a vehicle registration expiration date of July 1 or later because lawmakers had not yet reached an agreement on how much the fees would be after the June 30 conclusion of the fiscal year. Under normal circumstances, the DMV mails out registration renewal notices 60 days ahead of the expiration date.

Because of the uncertainty surrounding the renewal fees, the DMV announced that registration notices would be mailed on or close to the expiration date for those with registration tags expiring in July. Money will not be collected until registration notices are issued. For these drivers, penalties for delinquent payment will not be imposed until 30 days after the registration expiration date.

Fees are still due as usual for tags that expired before July 1, and officers will still issue citations for those with long-expired tags or other registration violations, including not having tags properly displayed.