DOWNEY – Anybody interested in the city’s parks can participate in a public hearing Tuesday in which the city’s Recreation and Community Services Commission will rank capital improvement priorities.
The commission meets at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council chambers at City Hall, 11111 Brookshire Ave.
Congratulations to Larry Mazawey, who took the time to drive to the police station Monday morning to turn in a woman’s purse that he found in the bushes in front of his house.
Mazawey found the black wallet about 7 a.m. at his house on Old River School Road just south of Florence Avenue.
It still had …
Eight residents reported their cars stolen Saturday, one of the highest numbers recorded this year.
Downey has some of the highest rates of car thefts in the state, with some 1,000 cars stolen annually, according to police statistics. Until this year, the number of car thefts steadily decreased from a high of 1,231 in 2008 to …
If you’re a fan of foods on sticks and your editor asks you to cover a food truck festival at which you’ll probably need to pig out, you cancel all of your other plans and dig your elastic-waisted pants out of the box labeled “Clothes that will make you unpopular.”
When you arrive at the parking …
The Downey Arts Coalition will meet at noon today, Saturday, to discuss creating an art theater somewhere in the city.
The meeting is at Downey Civic Theater in the green room, 8435 Firestone Boulevard.
Here’s a link.
The meeting is open to everyone.
The Paramount High Pirates football team busted big running play after big running play at Allen Layne Stadium on Friday, scoring enough to hold off Downey quarterback Dallas Lopez and the late-charging Vikings 42-28.
Paramount’s rushers broke off runs of 89, 65, 54 and 48 yards in an offensive showing that featured only two passes. The …
Hey everybody if you see a newish silver Dodge SUV with no license plate and a black-and-white SPEEDWAY car dealer sticker on the back, please call the Downey Police. That’s the guy who hit a woman’s brand-new car in in the parking lot about 1 p.m. today at 9637 Lakewood Boulevard just north of Florence.
He …
After four years of suggestions, studies and complaints, it looks like the idea to put speed humps on busy streets is all but dead.
The City Council on Tuesday voted 3-1 against an experimental speed hump plan.
Councilman Mario Guerra has been pushing for a small-scale plan to try out speed humps on a few streets.
Public safety …
After a somewhat lackluster showing two weeks ago, the Stonewood Center is bringing the food trucks back to the Stonewood Center on Saturday.
The Oct. 15 food truck rally suffered from low visibility at it’s location near Sears off Woodruff Avenue, said Brian Malony, the mall’s marketing manager.
“We’re moving it to the parking lot right off …
DOWNEY - A 19-year-old man killed while riding his bicycle last week was shot twice in the abdomen, according to the county coroner’s office.
Genaro Ramirez was hit twice in the stomach area early in the morning Oct. 17 while he was sitting on his bicycle and hanging out with his cousin near his house on …
Hey everybody, sorry it was a little slow Tuesday and Wednesday. I adopted my foster kids Wednesday morning, so I was a little busy.
I’ll try to get something on that police standoff with the sheriff’s deputies. I’ll also get something up on the speed humps.
A couple people want me to write about foster care and …
It will be homecoming for Downey High School Friday night as the Vikings (3-4 2-0 league) take on Paramount (3-4 2-0 league).
With the two teams knotted in a three-way tie atop the league with Dominquez, Friday’s game will have all the makings of a playoff game because of its huge playoff implications. The San Gabriel …