A Downey man is behind bars and a local auto shop owner has his iguana back after a months-long investigation by sheriff’s detectives into a missing lizard.
Jesus Alcaraz, 19, of Downey was arrested Thursday on suspicion of burglary after gang detectives tracked him down and found a stolen iguana in Alcaraz’s home, according to a …
DOWNEY – A motorist trying to avoid an accident on Wednesday swerved and knocked off a fire hydrant on Florence Avenue, touching off a fountain of water that flooded the street until a maintenance crew dug up a valve and shut off the water.
The crash just west of Paramount Boulevard took place a few minutes …
DOWNEY – The city’s Green Task Force is looking into creating a community garden program.
The group at its meeting on Tuesday asked the city to place the topic on next month’s agenda.
“I don’t think we want to reinvent the wheel,” said Steve Perez, who is a member of the Task Force appointed by Councilman David …
[ June 2, 2012; 7:00 pm; ] DOWNEY – The Downey Arts Coalition is hosting this month’s Art on the Vine installment featuring two artists and blues legend James Harman.
The event starts at 7 p.m. Saturday at Mari’s Wine Bar, 8222 Firestone Blvd.
The event features drummer and artists Michael Temple and painter Robert Thome, who paints with a brush in his mouth …
[ May 31, 2012; 5:00 pm; ] DOWNEY – The Downey Art Vibe and Porto’s are sponsoring a photography exhibition from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Porto’s, 8233 Firestone Blvd.
The exhibit features photographers from Downey and Warren high schools.
The event is $5 and includes a live auction, free pastries and art for sale.
Students are free.
From Kiwanis of Downey:
On Saturday, May 26, 2012, the Kiwanis Club of Downey teamed with Gauldin Elementary School to recognize students who raised their grades and maintained or continued to raise them from one grading period to the next through the Kiwanis Bring Up Grades (BUG) program. Kiwanian, Alex Gaytan working in collaboration with Teacher …
A jury on Wednesday convicted a former middle school teacher from Downey of sexually abusing two teenage girls, the District Attorney’s Office announced.
Antonio Gomez, 41, was convicted of 12 counts of lewd acts upon a child. Jurors also found true an allegation that one of the girls was less than 14.
Gomez is expected to …
DOWNEY – If the 20 Is Plenty slow-driving program goes forward, it will likely be a public information campaign that asks drivers to slow down voluntarily.
The city’s Green Task Force on Tuesday recommended that the city create a public information campaign to convince motorists to ease off the gas pedal in residential areas.
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Supervisor Don Knabe on Thursday will launch the first phase of what he hopes will be a statewide effort to slow down child sex traffickers.
The county this week will kick off a public-awareness campaign that will include signs and digital displays at train and bus stations and on buses and rail cars. The signs will …
DOWNEY – Investigators from the District Attorney’s Office have concluded that Downey Police officers had reasonable fears for their lives when they killed Steven Bours in 201o and Manuel Vargas in October.
In the case of Bours, the DA’s staff said that a pair of detectives on March 20, 2010 found Bours walking around with a …
DOWNEY – The City Council will likely make major cuts in service after the city blew past last year’s budget estimates.
Spending for the 2011-2012 fiscal year was $5 million more than was predicted in last year’s budget projections. And a reserve that stood at $38 million two years ago is down to about $24 million, …
The California Highway Patrol on Friday kicked off its “maximum enforcement” period, which means the agency is putting extra patrol cars on freeways and on streets in state-patrolled unincorporated communities.
The period started tonight at 6 p.m. and ends at midnight between Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Statewide, 24 people were killed last year over the weekend …