On Oct. 17, champions of the Ballona Wetlands gathered for the Friends of Ballona Wetlands’ annual Moonlight on the Marsh Gala at Centerpointe Club in Playa Vista to help raise funds for the organization’s restoration and education programs and honor Carlyle Hall, the original lawyer who helped negotiate the protection of the 600-acre Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve.
Maybe even more amazing than receiving this year’s Ruth Lansford Legacy Award is the fact that 81-year-old Hall attended his own wedding ceremony the day before.
“It’s never too late, as they say,” Hall said. “We were married on Sept. 15, and the event was about a month later. It was a very happy time for me.” . . .
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