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CITY LEADERS CHOOSE ‘INSPIRATION’ FOR SPACE SHUTTLE MOCK-UP
DOWNEY — After a short debate, the City Council on Tuesday decided to name the city’s space shuttle mock-up ‘Inspiration.’ The name was the favorite of Mayor Roger Brossmer, the councilman who spends the most time working on the programing at the Columbia Memorial Space Center and who has been the council’s driving force on [...]
DOWNEY MAN WITH BB GUN ROBS ATTORNEY’S iPHONE, WALLET
LANCASTER — A Downey man was arrested over the weekend for taking an attorney’s iPhone and wallet apparently using a BB gun, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Jorge Quinones, 24, was arrested Saturday night for robbery, booked at a Lancaster Sheriff’s station and is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail, officials [...]
OFFICER WHO SHOT MICHAEL NIDA IS BACK AT WORK DOING DESK DUTY
DOWNEY – The officer who fatally shot Michael Nida has returned to work, but he has been assigned to desk duty, according to Downey Police Capt. Steve Garza. Officer Steve Gilley shot Nida in October after Nida fled from police. Gilley was put on paid administrative leave immediately following the shooting. Gilley has been back [...]
BURGLARY TREND RISING, AT ALL-TIME HIGH FOR DOWNEY
DOWNEY – A strange feeling crept over Jerry Aguero one day last month as he entered his home. He walked into his room. The family’s jewelry was missing. So were Aguero’s guns. He looked around the house some more and realized his children’s video games were gone. So were the family’s computers. Aguero’s house near [...]
HUNDREDS LAID OFF AS DOWNEY BUSINESS RELOCATES OUT-OF-STATE
DOWNEY – Hundreds of employees at the local branch of a direct mail company joined the ranks of the unemployed this week. About 263 employees at IWCO Direct’s office in the 7300 block of Flores Avenue were let go as part of a “reset plan,” according to a statement on IWCO’s website. According to a [...]
QUICKER DRIVE TO DOWNTOWN, BUT GOOD LUCK FINDING STREET PARKING
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. The project calls for bus stops, trees, medians, plants and new asphalt. The goals of the redesign are to make the street look better, increase traffic flow [...]
DOWNEY COP WHO KILLED NIDA CRITICIZED FOR TACTICS USED IN EARLIER VIDEO
DOWNEY (Via DowneyBeat.com)—The attorney representing family members of the late Michael Nida says the Downey Police Department officer who fatally shot Nida on Oct. 22, 2011, is shown in a video recorded three months earlier using excessive force while arresting another man. Attorney Brian Claypool says the July 2011 videotaped arrest of Downey resident Miguel [...]
DOWNEY MAYOR WANTS TO EXHIBIT TRAGIC APOLLO 1 AT SPACE MUSEUM
Mayor Roger Brossmer contends that the burned-out shell of the infamous Apollo 1 command module, created in Downey but stored in Virginia since shortly after a 1967 fire that killed three astronauts, ought to be returned to the city of its birth and exhibited near the Columbia Memorial Space Museum. “I get in trouble sometimes [...]
GAS COMPANY INSTALLING ECO-FRIENDLY GARDEN AT DEMONSTRATION BUILDING
[ Story by Matthew Guhit ] DOWNEY (Via DowneyBeat.com)—In an effort to reduce energy and water usage, the Southern California Gas Co. hired landscapers to renovate the front of its building on Firestone Boulevard in Downey, dubbed the Energy Resource Center. “We needed to make it a showcase for energy efficiency,” Southern California Gas Co. spokeswoman [...]
DOWNEY COUNCIL FINALLY SPEAKS TO FAMILY OF MAN KILLED BY COPS
DOWNEY (Via DowneyBeat.com)—For the first time, the Downey City Council addressed the family and friends of Michael Nida, a 31-year-old South Gate resident who was unarmed and not involved in any crime when he was killed by a Downey Police officer Oct. 22 while out on a date with his wife. Mayor Roger Brossmer said [...]
