DOWNEY – A man was shot to death early Monday morning while riding his bicycle, according to neighbors.
Neighbors said they heard a gunshot and screaming around 3 a.m. and saw a young man bleeding on the ground on Earnshaw Avenue near Prichard Street. The man, who was 19, died at the scene, they said.
Police said …
A gaping hole remains in the side of Bob's Big Boys on Firestone Blvd. after an elderly woman crashed into the building this morning.
DOWNEY – An elderly woman crashed her car through the window of Bob’s Big Boy on Wednesday.
A woman about 11:30 a.m. stepped on the wrong floor pedal and accelerated straight though the …
A leading voice on pension reform blasted Downey’s renegotiated contract with its firefighters.
The Downey City Council at Tuesday’s meeting cast a 4-1 vote regarding a two-tiered pension for its firefighters. The vote allows the city to notify the state’s pension system of the deal. Councilman Mario Guerra cast the dissenting vote.
Downey’s firefighters currently are able …
Hundreds of community members gathered for food, art and camaraderie at the second annual Taste of Downey event at City Hall Friday evening.
It was all about connecting residents with local restaurants, artists and with each other.
“I think it’s a way to let everybody know that ‘Hey we have some great places to eat here,’” said …
Source: California EDD
Downey’s unemployment rate continues to stay far below rates in adjacent cities, according to July employment figures released by the state.
Downey’s rate held at 10.7 percent, far less than Bellflower, Norwalk and most nearby communities.
The recession hit blue-collar Latino communities hard, said Dezzie Prewitt, an economics professor at Rio Hondo Community College.
“I hate …
From Downey to Boston to Liverpool, England, support is pouring in for the families of two Cerritos College soccer standouts killed during a car crash Aug. 13 in eastern Utah.
Cerritos College soccer coach Benny Arteaga said the deaths of former Warren High School star Carlos Ornelas and teammate Eddie Valencia have struck a chord with …
More than 100 people showed up to the 1998 Downey High School 10-year class reunion.
But since then, it has been harder and harder to get old classmates to attend the traditional get-togethers, said Joanne Rapadas, who is helping coordinate the 2001 Downey High reunion.
“The trend these days, from what I can tell, is that attendance …
DOWNEY – Crews smashed down all but a few pieces of the Verizon building in downtown this week to make room for a 50-unit apartment complex.
The city’s redevelopment agency in 2008 paid $1 million for the property at 8314 2nd Street, which had been vacant for about 10 years, according to city documents.
The city partnered …
DOWNEY – After a long discussion, the Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously voted to give a property owner 90 more days to fix the cracked parking lot of a shopping center at the southeast corner of Old River School Road and Burns Avenue near Firestone Boulevard.
Property owner Duane Alstrom for two years has neglected to …
Temperatures in Downey are expected to reach about 90 degrees today and Thursday as a high-pressure system moves over Southern California, according to the National Weather Service.
The valleys are expected to reach 100 degrees, but morning fog and a slight breeze should keep areas in southeastern Los Angeles about 10 degrees cooler, according to the …
Former Warren High School standout soccer player Carlos Ornelas was among two men killed in accident in eastern Utah, according to news reports.
Ornelas, 21, was killed with fellow soccer player Eddie Valencia on Saturday after a pickup truck they were riding in rolled over, according to ABC 4, the television news station in Salt Lake …
The loud crash. Jumping out the window of his house and running though the dark. Seeing a man’s bloody body crumpled on Woodruff Avenue with a foot barely attached.
A white SUV with a smashed headlight and a broken windshield speeding away. The man’s lips moving, but no sound coming out. Feeling the man’s neck for …