For the record - April 16, 2010

Topanga Earth Day: A Hot List item in Thursday’s Calendar said that admission to the Topanga Earth Day festival Saturday and Sunday would be free. In fact, the admission is $10.

Timothy White obituary: An obituary in Saturday’s LATExtra section on Timothy White, who survived a kidnapping when he was child, said he worked as a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in Newhall. He was assigned to the Pitchess Detention Center’s East Facility in Castaic.

Rally for equality: An article in Monday’s LATExtra section about a grass-roots campaign seeking equal Social Security benefits for same-sex couples quoted Rep. Judy Chu (D-El Monte) saying that members of the armed services were added to the Social Security Act in 1966 and federal employees were added in 1983. Members of the armed services were added in 1956 and federal employees in 1986.

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