Flood of new businesses owners working hard to get the word out
May. 18, 2012 by Ben Baeder.
DOWNEY - There’s a lot of “new” happening on Downey Avenue nowadays. Granata’s changed hands and started serving tapas. Bastards BBQ opened this week. Mosaik Hookah Lounge has been open for months. Maxwell’s Kitchen and Bath recently set up shop on Downey and 3rd. And the Lock & Key Athletic Club and Social Drinkery will …
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Planning Commission leaning toward allowing law office on Lakewood Boulevard
May. 16, 2012 by Ben Baeder.
DOWNEY – In a rare divided decision, the Planning Commission voted 3-2 on Wednesday against slapping down a request to open a law office on a small lot on Lakewood Boulevard.
Commissioners Hector Lujan, Louis Morales and Ernie Garcia voted in favor of the staff coming back with a new resolution at the next Planning Commission …
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City eyeing new park, parking structure for Civic Center area
May. 16, 2012 by Ben Baeder.
- updated with comment from SCAG
DOWNEY – The city may soon have a park and a parking structure near the Civic Center.
Downey won free planning services through a contest put on by the Southern California Association of Governments, and the city will use the consultants to draw up blueprints for a play area, new bus …
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Veterans, activist praise Downey’s military recognition program
May. 14, 2012 by Ben Baeder.
DOWNEY – Roger Brossmer is not quite sure what got him thinking about a program to welcome home war veterans returning to Downey.
Part of it was the death of 20-year-old Downey native Joshua Whittle in 2009, who was killed by a mine just three weeks after arriving in Afghanistan.
And some of it was driving through …
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Downey baseball, from worst to first, become SGVL champions. (WITH VIDEO)
May. 11, 2012 by Stacy Ybarra.
DOWNEY – With the help of crosstown rival Warren High School’s victory over Gahr High earlier in the week, Downey’s baseball team on Thursday clinched first place in the San Gabriel Valley League.
The Vikings (14-12, 11-4) handed Lynwood High a 10-1 victory behind the strong pitching of Anthony Cortez, one of several standout pitchers who …
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Man ordered to stand trial on suspicion of racially motivated throat slashing at taco restaurant
May. 10, 2012 by Ben Baeder.
DOWNEY – A man on Thursday was ordered to stand trial on charges that he slashed a man’s throat just because the man was black.
Joshua Romero, 40, will be re-arraigned on May 24 in Norwalk Superior court for counts of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with a special allegation that the alleged …
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DOWNEY – Alicia Devore doesn’t mind eating food that has already been eaten by someone else– as long as that someone else was a bug.
Devore, a married mother of three who adopted her youngest two children, is a recently converted health food junkie.
She buys organic fruits and vegetables, avoids gluten and has cut processed sugar …
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Downey going after taggers
May. 09, 2012 by Ben Baeder.
DOWNEY – The city is looking to make it a lot more expensive to get caught tagging in Downey.
Members of the City Council want to raise the restitution fees on vandals, saying the city is going too easy on taggers.
“We’re a zero-tolerance city,” said Councilman Luis Marquez, who is pushing for taggers to get hit …
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