DOWNEY – Sorry to anybody who hoped to use a gorilla costume to earn a little extra scratch.
Because Downey for the first time is going after costumed advertisers.
The city this week included a provision in a conditional use permit for an auto auction that forced the auction to swear off using costumed characters to bring …
DOWNEY – A foot-massage parlor has applied to open in a Downey strip mall.
Rosemead resident Fan Qiao has applied to open an 11-seat spa at 9448 Telegraph Road near Passons Boulevard.
The application is to go before the Planning Commission on Wednesday.
In general, the customers will get a foot soaking and a foot rub, according to …
DOWNEY – More than 150 people on Saturday marched on City Hall to draw attention to Michael Nida, an unarmed man shot to death Oct. 22 by a Downey Police officer.
Marchers started at the site of the shooting at Imperial Highway and Paramount Boulevard, where they held a short rally. They then marched more than …
DOWNEY — The City Council unanimously approved giving the Chamber of Commerce $33,000, but not without scolding the business advocacy group.
For years, the city has been donating money to the chamber from its redevelopment agency, which is a government entity that uses property tax to spur new development.
Due to a recent state law that forces …
DOWNEY – Friends and family of Michael Nida on Tuesday loudly chanted for about 10 minutes during Tuesday’s City Council meeting, temporarily shutting the meeting down before they were escorted out of the council chambers by about six Downey Police officers.
After several of them gave speeches quoting from philosopher Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience” and …
DOWNEY – For the first time, the city on Tuesday awarded Medals of Merit to citizens who did extraordinary things to help other people.
Greg Wells, Judith Serna and Esther Brossmer received medals from the Downey Fire Department.
Wells, a retired South Gate police officer, pulled an unconscious man from the bottom of a pool.
Serna pulled over …
DOWNEY – Police have arrested two men on suspicion of the Jan. 7 killing of 20-year-old Gerardo Fernandez.
Steven Anthony Gil, 26, of Compton and Steven Ochoa Zamora, 18, of South Gate are accused of murdering Fernandez behind a restaurant on Imperial Highway near Old River School Road.
Gil and Zamora were arrested at 2 a.m. Saturday …
DOWNEY - A man was in grave condition Tuesday morning after being shot in the head during an apparent home invasion robbery in the 9300 block of Elm Vista Drive.
About 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, Downey Police responded to the 9300 block of Elm Vista Drive in reference to a “shots fired” call. Officers discovered a man …
Greaterlongbeach.com has a nice feature about an Englishman and a comedian from San Pedro teaming up to bring comedy to Long Beach.
Here’s the first few lines:
When Dave Conolly came to America from England, the original plan didn’t include revisiting his stand-up comedy career. Then, the economy.
Conolly spent last week on a brief Western-states tour, playing …
DOWNEY – The City Council on Tuesday will consider cutting off the $33,o00 it normally gives to the Chamber of Commerce.
The city for years used $33,000 from its redevelopment agency to pay the chamber, which puts on the annual street fair, the Christmas parade, and other events while providing day-to-day business assistance services.
But Gov. Jerry …
DOWNEY – Saying the addition of Vernon to the dispatch cooperative and new protocols are putting more pressure on the staff at the regional fire dispatch center, the city on Tuesday is considering funding a new shift leader.
Downey’s staff has proposed adding an employee who will make hourly earn $26 to $32 an hour to …
DOWNEY – The Columbia Memorial Space Center got a special delivery Friday – 11 huge crates packed with what will be the center’s first-ever traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution.
On Feb. 1 the city will unveil the “Suited For Space,” exhibit which was lent to the Space Center by the Smithsonian.
The exhibit, scheduled to run …