A Downey man is a among a pair of real estate workers accused of a stealing a combined $1.8 million from a Norwalk company.
Licensed realtor Elek Andrade, 27, of Downey and real estate broker John Wesley Martynec, 38, of Long Beach are accused by sheriff’s deputies of 102 counts grand theft and identity theft.
Both men …
Santa Fe Springs Councilman Joe Serrano on Thursday agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes from the owner of a marijuana dispensary, according to the Whittier Daily News.
Serrano, first elected in 2003, sat on several water-related board in the area.
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This kid Fernando on the Ballhog’s is pretty good.
While the city’s budget was the big-ticket item at Tuesday’s meeting, several other items were also on the agenda:
– Councilman Mario Guerra withdrew a measure to force the Downey Art Vibe to include the name ‘Downey’ in a new art gallery scheduled to be opened soon in Downtown Downey. The city put up the money …
DOWNEY – One of the city’s newest art organizations teamed with one of the city’s most venerable groups on Tuesday night.
Downey Arts Coalition founder Andrew Wahlquist was unanimously elected president of the Downey Art League as part of a slate of candidates that hope to use the League’s history and not-for-profit status as a way …
Republican Assembly Candidate Patricia Kotze-Ramos gave me a hard time for mentioning in a story that I’d never heard to her referred to her as Kotze-Ramos before she ran for political office, only Kotze.
Kotze-Ramos, a native of New York, says she often goes by Kotze-Ramos or Ramos, but that she has uses Kotze during business …
DOWNEY – After debates, meetings and public hearings, the city has decided to make Firestone Boulevard a six-lane road with no street parking throughout the entire length of the city.
Construction drawings for the street are being finished up and should be available to the public soon, said John Oskoui, the assistant city manager and director …
DOWNEY – The old NASA plant off Lakewood Boulevard will be abuzz with activity today as police and fire personnel perform exercises.
The plant is being demolished, and Monday’s practice is the second time in the last few months that the site has been used for drills.
DOWNEY – The city has hacked off 62 full-time jobs to deliver its first balanced budget since the 2008-2009 fiscal year.
With 24 layoffs, 22 “golden handshakes” to veteran employees and the freezing of 16 other positions, the city has cut its budget from $144 million for this fiscal year to about $135.35 million for the …
DOWNEY – Downey High School is opening its pool to the public Monday.
The hours are from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday nights.
The cost is $3.
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DOWNEY – For the first time, the city has named a likely long-term location to house the life-sized space shuttle mock-up now being stored in Building 1 in the old NASA site off Lakewood Boulevard.
The preferred spot for the model is the field just south of the Columbia Memorial Space Center, said Louis Atwell, the …
DOWNEY – The City Council at its meeting Tuesday is scheduled to make a budget for the next fiscal year.
The agenda-publishing component of the city’s website has been down for two days, so the budget is not currently available online.
City officials have said Downey has spent close to $9 million more than it took in …