Publishers
Capsules under the town’s name.
Readers see this week’s meetings before the headline — with links to the official agenda. Email and/or a place subdomain for each town you cover. Place name first, not your masthead.
What does your audience open?
A place-first week brief — the artifact that makes civic coverage useful before the hearing, not only after. Readers can point at a meeting and an official packet link.
This week · Big Bear Valley
Four meetings are on the calendar this week across water, community services, city council, and planning. Official agendas are online for three of them — including a short-term rental public hearing Wednesday and a solid-waste rate discussion Tuesday.
- Agenda posted
Mon · evening
BBMWD
- Lake operations update
- Recreation buoy permit schedule
- Agenda updated
Tue · evening
BBCCSD
- Water infrastructure CIP update
- Solid waste rate discussion
- Agenda posted
Wed · evening
City Council
- Public hearing: short-term rental ordinance amendments
- Fire services agreement
- Agenda pending
Thu · afternoon
Planning Commission
- Design review: commercial remodel on Village Drive
Sample capsule — same shape as the live page. Always confirm on the agency site.
Why is this built for republishing?
Cited by default
Every capsule points at the official agenda URL. You’re not asking readers to trust an unsourced paraphrase.
No editorial bleed
Tenant chrome is the place name — not your masthead, not Big Bear News. Keep brand lines clean across towns.
Full catchment in one week view
Special districts and commissions sit beside council. Readers stop missing the body that actually decides the issue.
| Model | Reader experience | Brand risk |
|---|---|---|
| Masthead story after the vote | Learns after the gavel | Low — but late for comment |
| Place-first CivicCatch capsule | Sees the week with packet links early | Low — place name, not your masthead |
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