Friday, May 18, 2012
Aside from not meeting zoning code requirements, the recycling center also attracted unwanted customers and rodents to the neighboring businesses.
Leer en Español. Having been open for almost two years, about six years ago, the Lynwood Recycling Center allegedly managed to attract ill-mannered drunks, lingering homeless and a big rodent problem for neighboring businesses that complained before the city council on Tuesday night, urging them to deny a permit for the establishment. The manager of the center, which is located on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and California Avenue, had asked for an appeal before the council Tuesday night, hoping to receive another chance. The center had recently opened up a few months ago, but was quickly shut down for not meeting zoning code requirements. Though the city denied a permit to the center, it had given the manager many …
Friday, May 11, 2012
On Friday, May 11, Frito-Lay is partnering with Food4Less stores to promote its new products as part of ‘Free Flavor Friday’ and is giving away free chips.
On Friday, May 11, from 3 to 8 p.m., Frito-Lay is partnering with Food4Less stores across the country for Free Flavor Friday. As part of the event, Frito-Lay plans to give away more than 2 million sample bags of its new products, including Doritos Jacked tortilla chips in Enchilada Supreme and Smoky Chipotle BBQ. The stores will also be giving away samples of the newest Ruffles potato chip flavors, including BBQ Rib and Bacon and Cheddar Potato Skins flavors. Here is a list of Food4Less stores in Lynwood and a few around the city: Click here to find other participating Food4Less stores. Be sure to like Lynwood Patch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A masked robber stole money and phones from the Lynwood phone store last Friday night.
Workers at a Lynwood MetroPCS store say they are not so shaken up now after being robbed by a masked man with a gun at the phone store, on Friday night. The store is located in a shopping center on the corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Ernestine Avenue. According to Jazmine Herrera, 22, who was one of the two employees working there at the time, the robbery took place in a matter of minutes. “He just put us in the restroom and asked us where the cameras are…and he did his thing,” she said. “I seriously thought it was a joke,” said Herrera of the situation. “It was weird.” According to Herrera, the robber came in about five minutes before their usual closing time at 8 p.m. and stole money and phones from the store. …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Trabajadores inmigrantes laboran en condiciones precarias.
By: Araceli Martínez Santos Castaneda nunca sabe si va a tener empleo al día siguiente. "Todos las noches me llaman por teléfono para decirme si va a ver trabajo al día siguiente, y cuando llegó puedo trabajar cuatro horas, seis o hasta ocho, por 8 dólares, sin ningún beneficio", dice Santos, un inmigrante salvadoreño que desde hasta tres años y medio trabaja como cargador en una bodega en la localidad de Chino, en el sur de California. Se queja de que las condiciones de trabajo son muy malas. "Estamos expuestos al polvo, a químicos. No nos dan entrenamiento. Uno tiene que comprarse sus propios guantes, mascarillas, cinturones de seguridad", explica. Trabaja en temperaturas hasta de 115 grados [Fahrenheit] dentro de los contenedores donde…
The city proposed a $250 dollar license fee required of all tobacco retailers.
Leer en Español. Editor's Note: The article erroneously described Project TRUST as an advocate of the proposed ordinance. In fact the program only provided technical assistance to the city. Tobacco-selling businesses in Lynwood may soon have to pay a $250 dollar tobacco license fee to the city after councilmembers voted Tuesday night to adopt the ordinance to the city municipal code. Under the proposed law businesses would not be able to sell individual cigars or packages containing less than five cigars. Retailers would not be allowed to let underage employees sell tobacco and tobacco look-alike products would be prohibited, such as candy cigarettes and chewing gum packaged to resemble tobacco products. Many advocates came in support of…
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Park Water Company customers voiced out their concerns about the company's proposal to increase water rates for the upcoming year.
Leer en Español. Lynwood residents took to Bellflower’s city chambers on Wednesday to voice out concerns about a proposed 35 percent water rate increase to Park Water Company customers, starting with a 26 percent increase in 2013. The Downey-based company, which services 1,200 residences in Lynwood, and parts of Bellflower, Norwalk and Compton among other areas, submitted an application for the increase early this year to the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates privately-owned public utilities. The company projected the average residential customer would see increased water rates by about 24 percent in 2013, about $28 dollars more on top of the average $112 dollar household bimonthly bill, and continue with about a 4 …
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Las Ágape Music School ha estado abierta en Lywnood por 14 años, ofreciendo a los estudiantes la posibilidad de que florezca su amor por la música.
Read in English. Cuando Miguel Conniff se mudó a California trajo con él su conocimiento y amor por la música. El oriundo de Ecuador abrió su primera escuela de música en 1992 en la ciudad de Bellflower, bajo el nombre de Conniff Music Center. En 1998 se mudó a Lynwood y lo renombró Ágape Music School, un nombre que escogió con sumo cuidado. “Había muchas iglesias que venían a la escuela y me encantó la palabra Agape porque significa el amor por Dios y por tu vecino,” dijo Conniff. Ese amor por ayudar a otros le vino a una edad temprana cuando le enseño a sus amigos a aprender a tocar la guitarra cuando tenía 17 años. Además de enseñar a otros a tocar música, Conniff dijo que también quiere poder ofrecerles un estilo de vida distinto. “…
Agape Music School has been open in Lynwood for about 14 years, offering students a chance to blossom their love for music.
Leer en Español. When Miguel Conniff moved to California he brought with him his love and knowledge of music. The Ecuadorian native opened up his first music school in 1992 in the city of Bellflower, under the name Conniff Music Center. In 1998 he moved it to Lynwood and renamed it Agape Music School, a name he chose carefully. “There were many churches that came to this school and I loved the word agape because it means love of God completely and of your neighbor,” said Conniff. That love of caring and helping his neighbors came at an early age when he taught his friends how to play the guitar when he was 17. Aside from wanting to teach others how to play music, Conniff said he also saw it as a chance to provide them with an alternative …
Friday, April 27, 2012
La Park Water Company que servicia a partes de Lynwood recientemente presentó una solicitud a la Comisión de Utilidades Públicas de California (CPUC) para incrementar el precio del agua.
Click here to read in English. Residentes de Lynwood que reciben el servicio de la Park Water Company puede que tengan que pagar un 35 por ciento más en su recibo del agua empezando en 2013. La Water Park Company, una utilidad pública de agua con sede en Downey, recientemente presentó una solicitud a la Comisión de Utilidades Pública de California (CPUC) para incrementar los precios en un 35 por ciento por un periodo de tres años, de acuerdo a la comisión. Empezando en 2013, las tasas del agua se incrementarían en un 26.16 por ciento y continuarían con un incremento del 3.77 por ciento en 2014 y un incremento de 5.53 por ciento en el 2015. La compañía le da servicio a la región sureste de Lynwood, partes de Compton, Willowbrook, Rancho …
The Park Water Company which services parts of Lynwood recently submitted an application to the CPUC to increase its water rates.
Presione aquí para leer en Español. Lynwood residents serviced by the Park Water Company may have to pay up to 35 percent more in their water bills starting in 2013. The Park Water Company, a Downey-based public water utility, recently submitted an application with the California Public Utilities Commission to raise its water rates by 35 percent over a 3-year period, according to the commission. Starting in 2013, water rates would increase 26.16 percent and continue with a 3.77 percent increase in 2014 and a 5.53 percent increase in 2015. The company services the southeast region of Lynwood, and parts of Compton, Willowbrook, Rancho Dominguez, Bellflower and Norwalk. According to Lynwood Public Works Director Daniel Ojeda, the extra …
