DOWNEY – A just-released Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury report found that Downey had the highest paid city employee of any charter city in the county during the 2009-2010 fiscal year.
Downey paid then Fire Department Chief Jeff Turner $406,000, which was $66,000 more than the Torrance city manager, the next-highest paid employee of the …
DOWNEY – The Plain Jane Bandit struck at a Downey Bank this afternoon, according to the FBI.
The unidentified woman has hit six other banks since July, according to reports from federal authorities.
A woman matching Plain Jane’s description at 2:15 p.m. tried to rob a Bank of America branch located at 10010 Paramount Blvd. in Downey, …
DOWNEY – A federal judge has set a trial date for what will likely be a multi-million-dollar civil case filed by the family of a man shot to death by Downey Police.
The case of Michael Nida of South Gate will be heard in a Los Angeles federal courtroom May 7.
Nida, a father of four, was …
DOWNEY – With city officials saying they were caught off guard by a nearly $9 million deficit during the last fiscal year, a special budget subcommittee last week took on the seemingly impossible task of creating a way to give the City Council and the public real-time budget numbers that would alert policy makers to …
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I have news on an attempted abduction. A man tried to abduct my sister off the street. She was jogging on vista del rosa when he pulled along side of her and motioned for her to get into his car. She said …
DOWNEY – Fullerton City Councilman Bruce Whitaker was among about 150 activists who showed up Saturday morning to bring attention to the October fatal shooting of Michael Nida.
Nida, a married father of four, was unarmed when he was shot in the back by a police officer. The night Nida was shot, police were responding to …
SANTA FE SPRINGS – A bad rollover wreck on the north 605 Freeway just south of Florence Avenue has traffic nearly stopped in both directions.
A gray Chevy Silverado rolled over about 8:54 a.m., crashing so hard that debris was thrown into southbound lanes, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Monica Posada.
The truck eventually settled on …
DOWNEY – In order to comply with earthquake-related building guidelines, the leadership of the Downey Regional Medical Center plan to knock down the hospital’s old conference center and build a new one in its place, according to the agenda for Wednesday’s Planning Commission.
The approximately 3,700-square-foot building at 11500 Brookshire Ave. would replace a round structure …
The Los Angeles Times reported that four former executives of Downey Savings and Loan were banned for life from the banking industry.
The bank started in Downey and later moved to Newport Beach.
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[ July 28, 2012; 10:00 am; ] DOWNEY – The dog pound on the east side of town is holding a big adopt-one, get-another-one free chihuahua adoption event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Southeast Area Animal Control Agency (SEAACA), 9777 SEAACA St., Downey.
The first chihuahua is $50 and the second is free. The $50 includes a free leash, …
DOWNEY – With a few weeks to go before a short film screening about his work, a famed local street artist has painted a huge image of a little girl on the wall where the film will be shown.
Bumblebee, an anonymous street artist who grew up in Downey, completed the work Sunday evening, according to …
DOWNEY – The View housing project is back on track.
After a year of bad news and setbacks, the developer of the 50-unit low-income housing complex in Downtown Downey has won a $7.36 million tax credit and is now moving forward with the project.
National Community Renaissance won the credit through a competitive program and hopes to …