2024 STAR Award Winners
Thank you to all of those who entered the 2024 Star Awards! It was a competitive field. Congratulations to all of the winners!
Winners were announced at the STAR Awards Luncheon on the Queen Mary September 26, 2024. VIEW PHOTOS
Winners in categories below are ranked from 1st place to fourth place.
Animal Services
Long Beach Pets
Long Beach Television
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLDVDZho4kc
Know MoVal: Animal Shelter
City of Moreno Valley
Irvine at Work: Irvine Animal Care
Center
City of Irvine
SF Animal Care & Control Emergency Exercise
Drill
SFGovTV
Arts & Entertainment
Spotlight the Arts in Apple Valley
Town of Apple Valley
https://vimeo.com/931108027/f6debb49cd?share=copy
Art has a Voice and Speaks at the Southeastern Live
Well Center
County of San Diego
Mayor’s Weekly 60 – Week of January 29,
2024
City of Cerritos
My MoVal Murals
City of Moreno Valley
Best City/County Services Informational Video
Report an issue Using the Garden Grove
App!
City of Garden Grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVfeGzwVcwk
What Happens When You Call 9-1-1?
San José Fire Department
Costa Mesa’s 311 App
City of Costa Mesa
Public Safety Communications ”How to Call
9-1-1”
City of Placentia
Community Awareness under 250K
Believe It | Agricultural Tractor Replacement
Program
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4LOlAeHydY
Stay Connected with Us
City of Placentia
One Ride at a Time
Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District
Showcasing Napa County Juvenile Probation with
first-ever open house
County of Napa
Community Awareness above 250K
Costa Mesa Bridge Shelter Thanks Donor
Restaurants
City of Costa Mesa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqECeq3U5iA
Riverside County Arts & Culture Month – March
2024
Riverside County Office of Economic Development
MoVal Now
City of Moreno Valley
Hire MoVal
City of Moreno Valley
Community Event Coverage under 250k
2023 Adoption Day
County of Riverside, Department of Public Social Services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7uV2tR-UIs
Chelsea Clinton visits Napa County for Too Small to
Fail pilot showcase
County of Napa
1st Annual Bring Your Kid to Work
Day
County of Ventura, County Executive Office
Love La Quinta Launch at City
Birthday
City of La Quinta
Community Event Coverage above 250k
LA Currents: Hollywood Pride Parade
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWeweQJY37s
Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Parade
2023
City of Garden Grove
Cherry Festival – Beaumont
RIVCOTV – Riverside County Information Technology
Heritage and Harmony – 20th Anniversary APA Heritage
Awards Gala Reception
SFGovTV
Diversity/Equity & Inclusion
DEIA Stories
Riverside County Executive Office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm41hvPP1vs
Women at Work: Women’s Audio
Mission
SFGovTV
Trans In The City: Stories of SF TGNCI2S
Communities
SFGovTV
O’Arts: Equity & Inclusion
KOCT: Oceanside Community Service Television Corp.
Documentary-Historical
Flying Through History: 100 Years at Long Beach
Airport
Long Beach Television
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IGuKSjoUms
California Surf Museum: 25 Years
KOCT: Oceanside Community Service Television Corp.
Main Street: The History of Transportation in Los
Angeles
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
Lucky 7 Questions with the Mayors of Las
Vegas
City of Las Vegas
Economic Development
Latest Development – 2725 Low Court
City of Fairfield – MOD Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgCeJolbdpI
Around Long Beach: The RMS Queen Mary
Reopens!
Long Beach Television
San Francisco Open for Business: Medicine for
Nightmares Bookstore
SFGovTV
The Southeastern Live Well Center Helps Build a New
Career
County of San Diego
Education Schools
CostaMazing Teacher Salutes Our Military
History
City of Costa Mesa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8WtQlDbqzY&t=9s
Robert Anderson: Spirit of San Juan 2024
Honoree
San Juan Unified School District
Spotlighting Overcast: Modesto Students Shine at
International Film Festival
Modesto City Schools
Youth Summit Recap – 2024
RIVCOTV – Riverside County Information Technology
Election Coverage
Preparing for the Presidential
Primary
County of Ventura, County Executive Office
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34I8MUWVDmc
How to run for office in Fairfield!
City of Fairfield
Contra Costa County Certified Election Observer
Program
Contra Costa County Clerk Recorder Elections Department
2024 General Municipal Election
Torrance CitiCABLE
Environmental
The Great Food Rescue
City of Palmdale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glG_XNb5N-Y
Are Induction Cooktops Safer?
San José Fire Department
How To Grow a Tomato
County of San Diego
Street Smarts – Train Station EV Chargers (Driving on
Sunshine)
City of Fairfield- MOD Team
Ethnic Experience
What’s Good – Lebanese Spoon
City of Fairfield – MOD Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_QP9AyusnA
PORTRAITS: Martin Espino
City of Costa Mesa
DEIA Stories – Charity Douglas
Riverside County Executive Office
Mid-Autumn Festival 2023
City of Irvine
Health-Public/Mental
Brandon in the Lab
County of Santa Clara Public Health Department
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QJhH85m7pc&list=PLCobyKqGCG5sEXdzqe7QozDKS7UV9wG-w&index=2
SPUR Good Government Award Winner 2023: Chief Simon
Pang and the SF Street Crisis
Team
SFGovTV
Embracing Life After Attempted
Suicide
County of San Diego
Experiencing Hope: Stories of Resiliency in Fresno
County
Fresno County Department of Behavioral Health
Human Interest
Angel Safe Parking Lot Answer to
Prayers
County of San Diego
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Ql-1POiSU
Ride Along to Help the Homeless Community in Las
Vegas
City of Las Vegas
2023 CREST Award Videos
City of Cupertino
ARTventure 2023 – Marianna Baker, Fiber
Art
City of Costa Mesa
Instructional
Overdose Prevention in Nightlife – Training
Video
SFGovTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjXItj8FO_U
RecConnectLA Live! with Monica Ep
300
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
How to Grow Native Plants In
Containers
Chino Basin Water Conservation District
Conquer your fear of Pruning-Pruning Citrus
Trees
Chino Basin Water Conservation District
Interview/Talk Show
Talk Around Town – Homeless Intervention
Team
City of Fairfield – MOD Team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOWPnI8sGZU
SCVTV’s Community Corner
City of Santa Clarita
San Francisco Rising EP14: An Interview with District
Attorney Brooke Jenkins
SFGovTV
LA Currents: LAPD Chief Dominic
Choi
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
Library
Teddy Bear Hotel at El Retiro
Library
Torrance CitiCABLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmK_0vX3Hv0&t=8s
TeenFest 2023
City of Irvine
Calabasas Library – PAWS to Read
Program
City of Calabasas
Los Angeles Public Library Overview
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
Magazine Format
LA This Week #1295
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EanXoaZOxjk
Sports Break: 2024 Acura Grand Prix of Long
Beach
Long Beach Television
Community Digest
CityTV, city of Lakewood, Ca
City of Westlake Village – Video Newsletter
City of Westlake Village
Military
Local Veteran Finds a Place To Call
Home
County of San Diego
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgAi60PTkqg
Honoring Our Brave Veterans
Riverside University Health System – Public Health
Irvine 2/11 Marine Adoption
Committee
City of Irvine
Hire a Vet
City of Moreno Valley
News Single Story
Holland Road Overpass, Second
Update
City of Menifee, IT-Digital Productions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtHxqyJ6O8Y
High-Speed Rail Spring 2024 Construction Progress
Report: Trainsets, Construction, Stations, and
More!
California High-Speed Rail Authority
The New Waterslides at Glen Helen Regional
Park
San Bernardino County
The Agua Mansa Pioneer Cemetery
San Bernardino County
News-Monthly Weekly or Daily
What’s Happening in Roseville
City of Roseville
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAFkBPIOpdo
Inside Riverside, March 22, 2024. Stay in the know of
local happenings
City of Riverside – RiversideTV
The Mayor’s Minute
Town of Apple Valley
Moreno Valley At Work
City of Moreno Valley
Overall Excellence Under 400K
City of Costa Mesa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bszLPrVfW8
City of Calabasas
City of Moreno Valley
City of Menifee, IT-Digital Productions
Overall Excellence 400K-800K
City of Garden Grove
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjqvJ5lw2Ik
Long Beach Television
City of Lakewood
Overall Excellence Over 800K
County of San Diego
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nvJ_4FK1KI
SFGovTV
Torrance CitiCABLE
Pasadena Media
Parks & Recreation
Golden Gate Adventures EP1: Pickleball, Hiking, and
Disc Golf in The Excelsior District
SFGovTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xm6AKiSjpw
Mayor’s Weekly 60 – Week of March 4,
2024
City of Cerritos
De Anza Sport Court Ribbon Cutting
City of Calabasas
Parks & Recreation 2023
City of Chino
Profile- Department
Medal of Valor
Orange County Sheriff Department
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrFaRqlfVJ0
Meet Our San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department |
Foster City at Work Episode 4
City of Foster City
Gold Medal Award Video 2024
Roseville Parks, Recreation & Libraries
SLO Moment – Medical Therapy Unit
County of San Luis Obispo
Profile-Employee
LAPD Women’s History Month 2024
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hID6aF5j9Us
Lodi 360
City of Lodi
MyWHY
County of Riverside, Department of Public Social Services
Women at Work: Katy Tang
SFGovTV
Profile of a Resident, Business or Organization
Recycling with a Different Spin
City of Calabasas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmZkXrm_0uc
PORTRAITS: Home On The Range Mural
City of Costa Mesa
What’s Good – Baja Ice Cream
City of Fairfield – MOD Team
County’s Mini Home Kitchen Program Reaches One Year
Anniversary Without a Hitch
County of San Diego
Promotion of a City/County up to 350k
Good Times in the GoodLand
City of Goleta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osSXESYRtVY
2025 APPA Lineworkers Rodeo Hype
Video
City of Roseville
Uncover the Gems
City of La Quinta
Costa Mesa, The Place We Belong
City of Costa Mesa
Promotion of a City/County above 350k
Fun Color Run
City of Moreno Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94AG0KTiKAs
Discover San Francisco’s Chinatown
SFGovTV
Discover Your District – D4 with Supervisor Joel
Engardio
SFGovTV
Garden Grove is the Center of
Everything
City of Garden Grove
Public Affairs
Know MoVal
City of Moreno Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBfBdefrzmA
2024 City Annual Update
City of Mountain View
MoVal Now
City of Moreno Valley
2024 State of the City Address
City of Irvine
Public Safety-Fire
Woolsey Fire 5 Years Later — A Look Back – Jerry
O’Connell
City of Calabasas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t0TEgbU1qs
SFFD Igniting the Flame 2023: The Making of a San
Francisco Firefighter
SFGovTV
Los Angeles Fire Department Emergency
Preparedness
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
HERO Girls Fire Camp 2024
City of Fairfield
Public Safety-Law Enforcement
CMPD’s ”Shop with a Cop 2023”
Festivities
City of Costa Mesa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOmRkPe_H2Y&t=41s
Recruitment Video
Livermore Police Department
Public Safety Expo
City of Moreno Valley
Cold Case Files – The Unknown Victim of the Happy
Face Killer
Riverside County District Attorney’s Office
Public Service Announcement
Lock It or Lose It (LioLi)
City of Santa Clarita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdAew9Py2WY
ShopDine SF: Skip the Click
Campaign
SFGovTV
SF Office of Small Business – Start Your Legacy in
San Francisco
SFGovTV
Serve MoVal
City of Moreno Valley
Public Service Announcement Campaign
National Water Safety Month Series
Roseville Parks, Recreation & Libraries
Fast Connect – On Demand Transit
Service
City of Fairfield – MOD Team
Calabasas Community Center is Back
City of Calabasas
Community Service Day 2024
Livermore Police Department
Public Community Meetings
Roseville City Council and Commission
Meetings
City of Roseville
https://www.youtube.com/live/z9dB2iJX4J0
City Council Recaps
City of Glendale
Central Valley Stations Open House Gathers Community
Input
California High-Speed Rail Authority
Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee Special
Meeting
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
Seniors
Let’s Go Gramping
County of San Diego
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBqqMdEIRDU
Costa Mesa Women’s Club – 50 Years &
Still
City of Costa Mesa
City Canvas: Art With Elders Exhibition at City
Hall
SFGovTV
Senior Exercise Class
City of Paramount
Social Media Efforts under 250K
Earth and Arbor Day
Celebration Promo
City of Mountain View
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=916PIflyCuU
Western Water’s Office
Western Water
It’s Fix a Leak Week!
Otay Water District
Water Works Wonders
Western Water
Social Media Efforts above 250K
MyWHY
County of Riverside, Department of Public Social Services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXSX31u4jVM
Unreel With Lisa Kim: Public Works
City of Garden Grove
City of Calabasas – Social Media
City of Calabasas
Costa Mesa Minute – New HAWK (High-intensity
Activated crossWalK) Signal
City of Costa Mesa
Special Audience
Poseidon Foundation Adaptive Skaters Showcase I
Oceanside, CA
KOCT: Oceanside Community Service Television Corp.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4XX9S8OQww
Housing Headlines – Sharryl Carter
City of Fairfield – MOD Team
Testing for Tuberculosis Exposure in Homeless
Population
County of San Diego
Project Independence ”Walk for Independence”
2023
City of Costa Mesa
Sports Programming- Edited
Sports Break: 2024 Acura Grand Prix of Long
Beach
Long Beach Television
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJMcSNxV0MY
SPECIAL CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION – POSTGAME ”Pep Rally”
recaps weekly Riverside High School Football
City of Riverside – RiversideTV
Friday Night ”Pep Rally” recaps weekly Riverside High
School Football – Week 7
City of Riverside – RiversideTV
Lakewood Mini Pitch field opening
City of Lakewood
Sports Programming- Live
Live College Football – Fullerton vs Riverside City
College
City of Riverside – RiversideTV
https://www.youtube.com/live/iIIv10nctw4
Live High School Football – Elsinore vs JW
North
City of Riverside – RiversideTV
Live High School Football Playoffs – San Gorgonio vs
Ramona
City of Riverside – RiversideTV
Baker to Vegas Live 2024
City of Menifee, IT-Digital Productions
Visual Effects
2023 End of Year Stats
Riverside County Executive Office
https://www.instagram.com/p/C1ccHdwoImt/
Main Street: The History of Transportation in Los
Angeles
LA CityView Media Group Channel 35
Victorville: Leveling Up
City of Victorville