The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 110, No. 26 - July 1, 2021 Officer Drohan Receives MADD Inside Award for Top Arresting Officer This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals ....................13 Classifieds ...........................6 Crossword/Sudoku ............6 Entertainment .....................5 Food ....................................10 Legals ........................ 4,11,12 Pets .....................................14 Officer Michael Drohan was recognized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) as the top arresting officer in El Segundo. In the past year, Officer Drohan made 16 arrests for driving under the influence. Each DUI arrest is a possible live saved. Congratulations and thank you Officer Drohan for keeping our roads safe from drunk drivers. Photo courtesy El Segundo Police Department. Police Reports ....................3 Real Estate. ...................7-10 Bryan Grijalva Heals the Spirit By Kiersten Vannest what any of that means. This is the chi “We have three bodies,” says Bryan Grijalva, flow. Sometimes we have traumas, physical, Sports ............................. 3,15 a healer located in El Segundo. The bodies emotional, or spiritual, resulting in illnesses, he describes are the physical, the emotional, struggles, or just generally feeling “off.” and the spiritual. Bryan, in particular, works Chakras, he explains, are essentially different to heal and strengthen the spiritual body. energy centers in your body that correlate to “Think of an apple. When you see an apple, certain nerve bundles and organs. Healthy the skin is the physical body. You can see chakras are open and balanced. Reiki is bruises, abrasions, broken arms, bleeding,” a type of massage in which the massage he says. The physical body is most often therapist doesn’t actually touch the client, attributed to western medicine, able to be but channels energy through themselves and Weekend treated in hospitals by medical doctors. into the client. Clients report feeling warm or “When we look a little bit deeper into the sometimes slight pressure when undergoing Forecast apple, the meat of it, that’s the emotional energy healing. body.” This body is best served by psycholo- Despite his passion and experience, Grijalva gists, psychiatrists, and therapists. Emotional was not always a spiritual healer. “I actually trauma may be healed through these methods used to own an auto shop, and I was quite Friday or fortified. “But then, there’s the issue of See Bryan Grijalva, page 4 Bryan Grijalva, owner and operator of Sacred Circle. the spiritual body, which would be like the Mostly seeds of the apple… that’s where I special- ize,” says Grijalva. Your spiritual body, as First-Year El Segundo-Based Pro Sunny he describes it, can have blockages that can 71˚/62˚ manifest in mental or physical health issues. Rugby Team Takes the League by Storm His job is to find those blockages and help By Duane Plank Full disclosure: I am a total rugby novice, facilitate healing from the innermost body. I was fortunate to receive a tip from trying to learn as much as possible about How can these three bodies coexist, or can a gentleman I had profiled recently in this great sport. So, if I bollocks up some Saturday they? Grijalva says absolutely. “It’s never ‘in the Herald, who brought to my atten- of the nomenclature, positions, or terms, lieu of,’ it’s always ‘in conjunction with,” he tion that a new professional sports team, please accept, in advance, my apologies. Mostly says, positing that spiritual healing is just the launching their inaugural season, was The Giltini’s players who I interviewed Sunny third piece of effective healing. According headquartered in and practiced in our said, “no worry, mate!” to him, the connection between the three fine city. Who knew? Longtime Herald readers may remember 71˚/63˚ (physical health, mental health, and spiritual Well, here is your introduction to the the wildly popular Frankly Plank column health) is important and can produce some Los Angeles Giltinis (anyone knows what that debuted more than a decade ago, amazing changes. a Giltini is?), first-year members of the and dabbled in sports “hot-takes,” and Grijalva himself is certified and practices growing Major League Rugby enterprise, occasionally veered into other subjects. Sunday over two dozen healing modalities. This who are taking the league by storm, sit- But I will admit, I never wrote about Sunny ranges from simply talking to a client, to ting, at the time of this submission, at the great sport of rugby, which has been analyzing chakra charts, to exercising reiki the top of the league “table,” and likely around the planet for, it seems, nearly 200 71˚/62˚ to free up blockages and increase chi flow. heading to the upcoming playoffs. Which years. I believe I have a couple of some- Grijalva explains that we all have an es- for Americans means that they are in first what distant relatives who matriculated sence of energy and life that flows through place in the standings. See Pro Rugby, page 13 all of our bodies for those who don’t know Page 2 July 1, 2021 EL SEGUNDO HERALD Business Briefs Holiday Spirit on Main Street www.freepik.com Have a Fun and Safe Holiday Weekend. From All of Us at Herald Publications 455 Main is looking extremely patriotic! 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When it fails to do so Principles: or violates liberty, the people have the right (1) Equality in liberty and law, not equal- and duty to alter or abolish and replace their ity in outcomes through inequality in liberty government. and law. (8) America is not a democracy. America Babe Ruth League Icons Honored (2) Unalienable God-given individual was founded as a constitutional representative By Gregg McMullin a feeder league to the high school and his Natural Rights that no people or government republic that protects minorities, to prevent The El Segundo Babe Ruth League has selfless dedication to maintaining the infield can take away. tyranny of the majority in democracies, and just completed its 66th season. In that time, at the high school. “I would ask Bob what (3) No government without consent of tyranny of the minority in monarchies and dic- the league has won five World Series cham- was needed to maintain the infield.” On any the governed. tatorships. Article IV Section 4: “The United pionships and finished second or third two given weekend, you’d find Bob cutting the (4) No taxation without representation. States shall guarantee to every State in this other times. The league, which is strictly grass or watering the infield, and he did it (5) All power inherently belongs to the Union a Republican Form of Government”. filled with volunteers, has had several league because of his passion for giving back. people except limited enumerated powers (9) The Constitution requires very many presidents and coaches in those 66 years. Bob’s first love affair was with his wife, the people voluntarily and revocably delegate features to constrain, limit, separate, and Two volunteers have stood the test of time Kathy. “She had me at hello when we met in to government through a written constitu- balance powers to limit concentrations and which started in 1979. Bob Motta and his 1973 at her brother’s birthday.” They would tion the people can unilaterally change but abuse of power and conflicts of interest. late wife Kathy were honored in a dedication be married over forty years and raise two government cannot. (10) Liberty is more easily lost than regained. ceremony to name the score booth above the children Rebecca and Ray. (6) The people cannot have all the power Every generation must learn, teach, and vigor- snack bar at Stevenson Field, the Bob and Bob’s second love affair was his passion and prevent tyranny if government has all the ously protect America’s Founding Principles Kathy Motta Score Booth. Bob has been the for coaching baseball and to the youth of guns. Therefore, the people have the right to established in the Declaration of Independence, league president 13 times and has served on our community. As the story goes, Bob’s keep and bear dual-use arms. Constitution, and Federalist Papers. the board in some capacity 14 other times. brother Mark wasn’t selected as a 13-year- (7) The purpose of government is to protect – Michael D. Robbins Bob was also honored with the Lefty Gomez old for one of the Babe Ruth League teams Babe Ruth League Volunteer of the Year. in 1979. At the time, there were no prep Police Reports Monday, June 21st from the 2100 block of East Mariposa Avenue A found property report was taken at 0741 for drunk in public. hours from the 300 block of Richmond. Wednesday, June 23rd Traffic accident (no injuries) occurred at A burglary (vehicle) report was taken at 1439 hours from El Segundo Boulevard and 0734 hours from the 700 block of South Nash Street, vehicle versus vehicle.