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The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 110, No. 18 - May 6, 2021 AYSO Players are Thrilled to Inside Be Back on the Field Competing This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals ....................10 Classifieds ...........................4 City Council .........................3 Crossword/Sudoku ............4 Entertainment .....................2 Legals ............................ 6,8,9 El Segundo U16/U19 boys team defeat Westchester 5 to 1 on May 1. From left: Coach Luis Toledo, Dylan Kelly, Ryan Butcher, Aidan Hernandez, Andre Hernandez, Felix Fuchs, Mason Christian, Chase Krilko, Alejandro Martinez, Ian Toledo, Kai Johnson, Landon Cornejo, Ryan Alvarez, Chasen Lafolette, H. Daniel Gomez, Jonathan Sautter, Evan Chen and assistant Coach Mark Christian. Teammate Obituaries ............................2 Zakariya Hasan is not pictured. Photo courtesy Cora Lee. Pets .....................................11 Linda Luna Spends Life Helping Real Estate. .....................5-7 Children with Love and Patience By Kiersten Vannest to follow what my foster mother did,” she “In 2007, my son and my beautiful daughter- says, explaining that her own foster home was Sports ............................. 3,10 in-law called me and said I was going to as normal as could be, and her foster parent be a grandma.” Linda Luna, a Park Vista was very motherly and loving. Not being able senior community resident in El Segundo, to have children of her own, Luna’s foster moved to sunny California to be closer to mother took in about ten girls and helped her growing family. empower them to take ownership of their Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Luna’s par- own lives and responsibilities, giving them ents moved out to California for a better life. activities to do and taking them on vacation. She then grew up in San Jose, working as a “I would say I learned a lot from that and clerk for Pacific Bell. But the thing that most tried to implement it in my own home.” Weekend stands out about Luna’s life is her extensive Often, kids who enter the foster system are work helping children. dealing with some tough life circumstances. Forecast “I love kids,” she says, going on to ex- Luna recalls one girl who came into her plain that she spent her parenting years also care with 98 cavities and had trouble sleep- fostering children. As a foster child herself ing for fear of not being secure. For about from age thirteen to eighteen, Linda used her three weeks in a row, she and her husband Friday experience to relate to kids going through See Linda Luna, page 10 Linda Luna loves living in El Segundo. the system. When her two sons were ages Partly four and seven, she started a foster home and Cloudy took kids from Juvenile Hall and the Girls’ El Segundo Public Library Welcomes Ranch, a place for girls in difficult situations. 66˚/56˚ “The girls are pretty amazing, and once Back Its In-Person Patrons they knew that they were going to be safe By Duane Plank inside the building, and safety and social and not be judged for whatever they did, I’ve got good news for all of you readers distancing protocols were enforced. But Saturday but be encouraged about going forward and who would rather venture into a brick-and- as of May 3, reservations were no longer becoming the best they could be, you could mortar building to peruse your favorite required. Partly see a change in their attitudes and their books, magazines, newspapers, and DVDs An email sent by the ESPL noted that Cloudy thinking,” she explains. in person instead of staring at a little screen “Beginning Monday, May 3, 2021, the The biggest challenge with a foster child, on your phone or your tablet or laptop. El Segundo Public will no longer require 66˚/56˚ she says, is getting them to know that they The El Segundo public library (ESPL), reservations and will open its doors to can trust you. Luna explains the importance located over there on Mariposa Ave., a walk-in visitors during the hours of 10 of establishing that she would not lie to or tad bit west of Main St., has invited back a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Sunday deceive a child in her care. She made sure its customers to burst through their glass Use of the library will remain limited, with it was clear that she wasn’t going to kick welcoming doors, and traipse over the doors closing once the building’s maximum Partly them out if they did something wrong, be well-worn carpet, wander through the capacity has been reached. A temperature it not doing what she asked, or sneaking bookracks, grab a magazine or newspaper, check will be required upon entrance, and Cloudy out and sneaking back in. She showed love, and check-out DVD offerings. visitors must always wear a face mask 67˚/58˚ patience, structure, and kindness to every The official “soft opening” of the El while in the library. Visitors are welcome to child in her care. Segundo public library occurred on April browse the collections, check out material, So how did Luna come up with her ap- 12, when reservations were required to step See Public Library, page 11 proach to these difficult situations? “I tried Page 2 May 6, 2021 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Obituaries Cynthia Ann Jenkins Cynthia Ann (Polic) Jenkins basketball fan, and she enjoyed Entertainment passed away peacefully on April 28, reading Debbie Macomber novels. 2021. She was born on September 2, She loved going to theatre and 1938 in Detroit, Michigan. Her musical performances. Cynthia Film Review parents were of Croatian and Italian loved her home at Park Vista in descent. At age 11, her mother and El Segundo. She was always Rooftop Cinema Club Brings Outdoor her younger brother Lenny moved willing to lend a hand to fellow to Los Angeles. She graduated residents. Cynthia was full of life Screenings to El Segundo In May from George Washington High and she loved spending time with By Ryan Rojas for cinemacy.com parts of the world open up once again, School in 1956. She was a member her children and grandchildren, and While the COVID pandemic has disrupted with California also being the state with of the Serviettes Tennis Club, and knitting with her friends. She is our lives and wrecked havoc across the world the lowest COVID-affected numbers in the the Girls Athletics Association (GAA). She then survived by her children Julie (Bob), Keith (Ieva), this past year, it’s uplifting to start seeing whole country. worked at Los Angeles City Hall in the Control- Pamela (Larry) and Brian, grandchildren Ryan ler’s Office, and was a member of St. Michael’s Jenkins, Sam Jenkins, Max Jenkins, Melanie La Monte Club. She married in 1960, and had Heron, and Lauren Jenkins, and her cousins four children. The family lived in Manhattan Claudia (Frank), Janet, Paul (Sue), Ilario (Olga) Beach before moving to Torrance in the early and Flavio (Penny). A funeral mass to honor 1970’s. Cynthia was active in her church, her Cynthia’s life will be celebrated on May 20, childrens’ activities, running, walking, tennis, 2021 at 1:00 pm at American Martyrs’ Catholic sailing, knitting, cooking, and camping. After Church in Manhattan Beach, CA. The mass will raising her children, Cynthia returned to be live-streamed and videotaped. Click https:// work as an Executive Office Assistant in the us02web.zoom.us/j/89463913658?pwd=RFRN aerospace industry. She was part of Christian ajUrdmtuOUZFN1RYL2FvbE1SUT09 to start Family Movement, Second Journey, and the Slip or join the funeral service. For more informa- Stitchers Knitting Guild. Cynthia stayed close tion visit www.lafuneral.com. Cynthia will be to her Croatian and Michigan roots. She had laid to rest at Eternal Hills Memorial Park an amazing spirit of adventure. She traveled in Oceanside, CA alongside her mother and with her family, her old high school friends, brother. In lieu of flowers, donations may be and the El Segundo Senior Club. She enjoyed made in Cynthia’s name to the Inner City Youth hosting a picnic in the park or a wonderful Orchestra of Los Angeles 6820 La Tijera Blvd. gourmet meal at home. She was a big Clippers Suite 201 Los Angeles, CA 90045, icyola.org. • Photo courtesy, Rooftop Cinema Club. The news of re-opening is especially thrill- ing for Los Angeles movie-lovers, who, after more than a year of streaming movies from their living rooms, are once again able to start experiencing films the way they were meant to be watched: on the big screen. While many are still processing the sad CONTINENTAL PARK news of the Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theaters’ closures (including myself), South ALONG THE ROSECRANS CORRIDOR Bay movie-lovers have a new reason to cel- IN EL SEGUNDO/MANHATTAN B E A C H ebrate, as Rooftop Cinema Club is bringing their outdoor movie screening series to El Segundo for the month of May. Starting tonight, May 6th and running through the end of May, LA and South Bay • Prestigious Business Address movie-lovers (ages 18+) will be able to expe- rience the “ultimate outdoor air experience” with an amazing offering of popular, classic • Amenity Rich Location and cult films projected on a rooftop setting while being provided personal headphones and deck chairs (you’ll need to bring your • Convenient Access to Metro Rail System, own cozy blankets, which is highly recom- 405 & 105 Freeways mended for any rooftop breeze). Typically held in downtown Los Angeles (along with other major cities like New York, • 10 minutes to LAX Houston, San Diego and even London), Roof- top Cinema Club is moving their residence • Professional Property Management on Site to El Segundo’s Smoky Hollows District this month, and South Bay movie-lovers should be thrilled to hear it.