Sunday, May 20, 2012
Luis Cuellar Jr., son of Lynwood councilmember Aide Castro, was awarded the scholarship at Downey High School's senior awards presentation, Thursday night.
After almost a year’s worth of work applying for the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps’ competitive $180,000 dollar scholarship, Lynwood resident Luis Cuellar Jr., finally got to see the fruits of his labor at his high school senior awards ceremony in Downey, Thursday night, when his check was presented to him by Marine officers. Aside from looking at SAT scores and extracurricular activities, eligibility was also based on admission to approved NROTC colleges, a background screening, and the passing of physical fitness tests. “It feels good, it was a big burden off my shoulders,” said Cuellar Jr., after receiving his award. The Downey High School student, and son of Lynwood councilmember Aide Castro, also had to complete a series of …
Saturday, May 19, 2012
La casa abierta presentó a grupos como Golden Voices, Club de Amistad y Club de Viajeros.
Translated by Francisco Alarcon. La 5ª Casa Abierta Anual que exhibe trabajos hechos por adultos mayores, se llevó a cabo el jueves en el Centro de Adultos Mayores de Lynwood. La casa abierta también exhibió trabajos de más de 20 grupos con presentaciones especiales de clases de baile y de fitness. La residente de Lynwood, Rebeca Allen, exhibió sus dibujos en la casa abierta, con habilidades que ha estado intentando refinar desde que empezó. “Cuando llegué, sabía como dibujar copiando otro dibujo, pero nunca pinté o mezcle colores,” dijo Allen. La clase de arte que enseña Esteban Meléndez, enfatiza el aprendizaje del arte y la diversión. “Intento fomentar el disfrute y de ahí el arte fluye mejor,” dijo. “Realmente lo disfruto. Cada …
The open house featured groups like the Golden Voices, Friendship Club and Travelers Club.
The 5th annual Open House showcasing work done by senior citizens, took place on Thursday at the Lynwood Senior Citizen Center. The open house featured work from over 20 groups with special performances from dance and fitness classes. Lynwood resident, Rebecca Allen, showed off her artwork at the open house, with art skills she had been finetuning since she started. "When I came in, I knew how to draw from a picture, but I never painted or blended colors," said Allen. The art class is taught by instructor Esteban Melendez, who emphasizes understandment of art and fun. "I try to encourage enjoyment and then from there the art flows a lot easier," he said. "I really enjoy it. Every Wednesday and Friday, I love it," Allen said. Local …
La Concejal María Santillán-Beas sorprendió a los miembros del club, durante la noche de bingo mensual el viernes, con un cheque destinado a una fuente de agua nueva en el centro para adultos mayores.
Read in English Para miembros del club de Bingo, el viernes era una noche normal, llena de diversión, comida y oportunidades de ganar dinero. Pero para unos cuantos, incluyendo a la presidenta Lorene Reed, la noche de ayer fue la noche que la Concejal María Santillán-Beas anunció públicamente su donación de $2,500 dólares para el club de bingo y el resto de la comunidad de adultos mayores. La donación se destinará a una nueva fuente de agua y bancas en el centro del patio del centro para adultos mayores, dijo Santillán-Beas. “Desde el principio, cuando abrimos el centro para adultos mayores, tenían ganas de algo que tuviera agua,” dijo Santillán-Beas. Al tener conocimiento de esto, Santillán-Beas utilizó que dinero de campaña excedente …
Councilmember Maria Santillan-Beas surprised club members, during their monthly bingo night on Friday, with a check towards a new water fountain at the senior center.
Leer en Español. For Bingo club members, Friday evening at the senior center was a regular bingo night, full of fun, food and a chance to win instant cash. But for a select few, including club president Lorene Reed, last night was the night Lynwood councilmember Maria Santillan-Beas publicly announced her donation of $2,500 dollars to the bingo club and the rest of the senior community. The donation is said to go towards a new water fountain and benches in the center patio of the senior center, said Santillan-Beas. "From the very beginning, when we opened the senior center, they had been wanting some kind of water feature," Santillan-Beas said. Knowing this, Santillan-Beas used her leftover campaign money from an assembly seat race she …
Friday, May 18, 2012
Además de no cumplir con los requerimientos del código de zonificación, el centro de reciclaje también atrajo clientes no deseados y roedores a los negocios aledaños.
Read in English. El Centro de Reciclaje de Lynwood ha estado abierto por dos años. Hace seis años el centro supuestamente atrajo a borrachos con conductas inapropiadas, indigentes y un problema serio de roedores para los negocios aledaños que se quejaron ante el concejo el martes por la noche, para exhortarlos a que le nieguen el permiso. El administrador del centro, ubicado en la esquina del Bulevar Martin Luther King Jr. y la Avenida California, pidieron una apelación ante el concejo el martes por la noche, con la esperanza de recibir otra oportunidad. El centro había abierto recientemente hace uno meses, pero cerró poco después por no cumplir los requerimientos del código de zonificación. A pesar de que la ciudad le negó el permiso …
Las narcas, como se les conoce, no solo se han distinguido por la dureza con la que dirigen sus clanes, sino porque usan sobrenombres tan o más distintivos que los de sus contrapartes.
Por Victoria Infante. En la serie de televisión La reina del sur, su protagonista, Kate del Castillo, demostró de lo que son capaces las mujeres que se dedican al narcotráfico. Que si la historia original, novela homónima del autor español Arturo Pérez-Reverte, fue distorsionada o no, es otro tema. Lo cierto que cada vez más –aunque quizá sin tanto glamour, como fue el caso de Kate– con más frecuencia los noticieros dan cuenta de la detención de mujeres mafiosas que no solo se dedicaban al negocio del narco, sino que ostentaban puestos de poder, hasta hace algunos años casi exclusivos de los hombres. Las narcas, como se les conoce, no solo se han distinguido por la dureza con la que dirigen sus clanes, sino porque usan sobrenombres tan o …
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 …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Sheriff officials waited tables at a local Denny's in Lynwood for the '999 For Kids' program fundraiser.
Century Station sheriff's officials switched roles, Wednesday afternoon, taking up a notebook and pen, ready to take down orders from Denny's customers as part of a fundraising effort for a children's program. The '999 For Kids' program was developed through the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Department of Children and Family Services to help physically and mentally challenged children throughout Los Angeles County who are victims of the most severe cases of child abuse, neglect and family violence, according to the organization's website. The program raises money for the purpose of purchasing special items and services for the children such as sport wheelchairs, computers, special education classes, medically-oriented …
Traffic is moving at about 10-20 mph.
Traffic is moving very slow on the southbound 710 freeway with cars going about 10-20 miles per hour due to two car accidents within two hours. A car accident, just south of the Firestone Boulevard exit, between a gray Toyota Camry and green Jeep Cherokee occurred around 9:11 a.m. No injuries were reported. Another accident at the Los Angeles River area on the freeway at around 8:15 a.m. began the delay on the freeway. The accident involved a white van and red truck. Traffic is backed up past the 5 freeway.
