[ September 27, 2011; 2:00 pm; ] The Downey Association of Realtors is bringing the famous Kogi Korean BBQ food truck to its open house from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, at the office 12073 Paramount Blvd
For more information, go to the DAOR facebook page, or call 562-861-0915
[ September 10, 2011; 6:30 pm; ] Mari’s Wine Bar is hosting “ART ON THE VINE” at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10 at the bar, 8229 Firestone Boulevard.
For more information, check out mariswinebar.com or check out the Downey Arts Coalition.
LAKEWOOD – Rep. Linda Sanchez on Monday told a room full of local elected officials that the cessation of Congressional earmarks has taken the creativity out of water policy.
Sanchez spoke at the Water Replenishment District’s inaugural Capitol Report, an series WRD officials hope will become a regularly occurring forum to discuss water issues with federal …
Sarabeth Schibler and Melissa Nunez want to raise money for Warren High School students whose families cannot afford yearbooks, class T-shirts and other memorabilia associated with the last few years of high school.
But they’re not using a fancy Internet campaign.
Instead, they grabbed a small cardboard box, cut a hole in the top, and they put …
By Maritza Velazquez
DOWNEY — It’s been more than 30 years since the Downey Police Department lost one, but the community is vowing to honor their fallen officer’s service.
On Sept. 22, officials will unveil a memorial constructed in honor of those who lost their lives in the line of duty, with a special remembrance of Officer …
Thousands of people are expected to attend Tuesday’s Cerritos College soccer game, which will be dedicated to the memories of former players Carlos Ornelas and Eddie Valencia.
Ornelas, a 21-year-old former standout at Warren High, died in a car crash Aug. 13 when a truck he was riding in crashed in eastern Utah. The crash killed …
I found a lot of interesting space links while researching a story on Al Worden:
Here’s an interesting myth-buster on the public’s appetite for spending money on space exploration.
A collector’s take on the stamp cover scandal of 1971.
A great interview with Worden that covers everything from God to bureaucracy.
DOWNEY — Even as he promotes his new book and presents slide shows all over the United States, Al Worden can’t quite recapture the feeling.
In 1971, he became the first man ever to do a space walk in deep space. He remembered climbing out of his ship and seeing the earth on one side and …
Facing an “epidemic year” for West Nile Virus infections, the area’s mosquito control agency this week resumed a door-to-door campaign to warn people of the potentially fatal disease.
Maps from the county show that dead birds infected with the disease are showing up all over southeastern Los Angeles County.
Workers two weeks ago went door-to-door in Norwalk …
Eighty-four percent of Downey Unified sophomores passed their exit exams last year, a number that beats county figures and shows improvement from the previous year.
In all, 1,705 of the 2,028-student class-of-2013 students passed the math section of the test, and 1,703 passed the language section, according to data released this week.
That tops the mark of …
In a sea of Thai food places, a pair of restaurant owners are trying to stand out.
So at Sutha Thai, there are no elephant statues or portraits of kings. No gold banners or ornate hats.
Instead, owner Joe Teeraapisakkool brought in a few hundred Happy Meal toys.
He and his girlfriend Mary Jirathinan remodeled this month and …
The Epic Lounge is hosting the Laffaholics comedy show at 7:45 p.m. tonight at the Epic Lounge, 8239 2nd st.
The rare comedy show is being put on by members of the Downey Arts Coalition, said Andrew Wahlquist of the coalition.
Entrance before 8 p.m. is $2.
Here’s a link to the event.