Thursday, May 3, 2018 Vol. 17 No. 4 ENTERTAINMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT NEWS NEWS ‘Infinity War’ CHP Candidate for Dia de los reviewed graduate state Assembly Muertos returns SEE PAGE 9 SEE PAGE 10 SEE PAGE 10 SEE PAGE 2 Downey Downey students invent restaurant innovative space suit, grades MAY 4 Snack Shop Gangs Out of Downey’s 10627 Old river School Rd. Friday 85˚ Ricky Galvez scholarship gala win national prize Date Inspected: 4/27/18 Weekend DATE: Friday, May 4 Grade: A at a TIME: 7 pm Glance ► Downey High School students won Tao Chinese Kitchen LOCATION: Rio Hondo Event the top prize at the Conrad Spirit of 12022 Lakewood Blvd. Saturday 6886˚⁰ Center Innovation Challenge. Friday Date Inspected: 4/27/18 MAY 5 Students created a custom space suit Grade: A that fights muscle atrophy among Downey Street Faire Sunday 78˚ ⁰ astronauts. Rio Hondo Event Center Saturday 70 DATE: Saturday, May 5 10627 old River School Rd. Date Inspected: 4/27/18 TIME: 10 am to 3 pm DOWNEY – The Downey Space Grade: A LOCATION: Brookshire Avenue Innovators, a team of engineering students from Downey High School, THINGS TO DO MAY 15 Ono Hawaiian BBQ came home world champions 12028 Lakewood Blvd Open house and ribbon cutting after competing against student Date Inspected: 4/27/18 teams from around the globe in DATE: Tuesday, May 15 Grade: the Conrad Spirit of Innovation A TIME: 3-6 pm Challenge. LOCATION: Downey Adult School Old River Restaurant Traveling to the NASA Kennedy 7395 Stewart and Gray Rd. MAY 19 Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Date Inspected: 4/26/18 Florida, at the end of April, Keep Downey Beautiful clean-up Downey High students Michelle Kim, Earldrene Dubongco, Akhil Sharma, Grade: A the Downey Space Innovators Christian Echeveste and Evan Saracay won the national Conrad Spirit Street Faire DATE: Saturday, May 19 competed in the category of of Innovation Challenge in the Aerospace and Aviation category. Their Myra’s Salvadorean Cuisine Saturday - Brookshire Avenue, teacher is Glenn Yamasaki. TIME: 9 am Aerospace and Aviation against 7324 Florence Ave. 10 am to 4 pm LOCATION: DowneyLINK teams from as far as Australia, Date Inspected: 4/26/18 Canada, China, India, Nigeria and An annual tradition, the Downey Street transportation center The Aerospace and Aviation 350 new products and innovations. Grade: A Faire features dozens of vendors, food Thailand. category area describes the human Currently, more than 20 percent trucks, kids zone, petting zoo, and beer MAY 28 This team, advised by Downey effort in science, engineering of conceptualized products and Sunland Donuts garden. Memorial Day wreath-laying High engineering teacher Glenn and business to fly in the Earth’s innovations are in development. 7375 Stewart and Gray Rd. atmosphere and surrounding Date Inspected: 4/26/18 Monday, May 28 Yamasaki, consists of five Vikings: “Conrad Challenge teams learn DATE: space. Aerospace organizations Michelle Kim, Earldrene Dubongco, they can make a difference in their Grade: A TIME: 11 am research, design, manufacture, Akhil Sharma, Christian Echeveste world through innovation and LOCATION: Downey Cemetery operate, or maintain aircraft and Evan Saracay. entrepreneurship while applying Noodles & Company and/or spacecraft. The Downey science, technology, engineering, 8908 Apollo Way The Conrad Spirit of Innovation Space Innovators did just this and MAY 30 math, leadership, collaboration, Date Inspected: 4/26/18 Challenge was founded by Nancy presented an innovative space suit creative thinking, critical thinking Grade: Columbus High graduation Conrad in honor of her late design, named the ZeroMAG. A and problem solving,” organizers DATE: Wednesday, May 30 husband, astronaut, innovator This space suit was designed said. Fernando’s Breakfast with Mom TIME: 6:30 pm and entrepreneur Charles “Pete” and intended to help astronauts 9484 Firestone Blvd. Saturday - Norwalk Arts and Sports Conrad, Jr. The Conrad Challenge is “Teams compete for the LOCATION: Downey Civic Theatre combat muscle atrophy during Date Inspected: 4/26/18 Complex, 9 am an annual, multi-phase innovation opportunity to be recognized as long missions in space. Pitching to a MAY 31 and entrepreneurial competition Pete Conrad Scholars in addition Grade: A Get an early start to Mother’s Day by panel of industry experts, the team having breakfast with mom. Ages 3-10. that challenges students in four to possible awards from sponsors Downey High graduation came away as world champions $15 for adult and child, $7 for each areas: Aerospace and Aviation, that may include funding grants, Panera Bread for their innovative design and additional child DATE: Thursday, May 31 Cyber Technology and Security, investment opportunities, patent 8900 Apollo Way presentation. TIME: 7 pm Energy and Environment, and support, business services and Date Inspected: 4/26/18 Health and Nutrition. LOCATION: LBCC stadium The Conrad Spirit of Innovation scholarships to support the growth Grade: A Participants work together in Program engages students in all of their solutions into a real JUNE 1 teams of two to five members to 50 states and over 72 countries, business.” Ta Carbon Mexican Taqueria Warren High graduation develop solutions to some of the reaching in excess of 100,000 11219 Old River School Rd. world’s most complex problems in students and more than 450 schools DATE: Friday, June 1 Date Inspected: 4/26/18 one of the four categories. worldwide. This program supports TIME: 6 pm the conceptualization of more than Grade: A LOCATION: LBCC stadium Potato Corner Freestyle Festival Soroptimist casino night fundraiser 407 Stonewood St. Saturday - The Queen Mary, 2 to 11 pm Date Inspected: 4/25/18 DATE: Friday, June 1 Performances by MC Hammer, the Grade: A Village People, Lisa Lisa, Sugarhill Gang, TIME: 6 pm Farmers market opening Right Said Fred, and more. Tickets start LOCATION: Rio Hondo Event at $38 Center Mariscos Choix 8104 Firestone Blvd. JUNE 9 at Rancho hospital Date Inspected: 4/25/18 Downey Wheelchair Basketball Grade: A ► Approved by the L.A. County Board The farmers’ market will be run room and board. Hosting a weekly Expo Farmer’s Market is in alignment of Supervisors, the farmers market will by Supporting Arms, a nonprofit Golden Bakers with our mission to restore health, DATE: Saturday, June 9 operate Thursdays from 10 am to 2 whose proceeds go toward helping 9444 Telegraph Rd. rebuild life, and revitalize hope for TIME: 9 am pm, starting May 17. foster youth and will be a beautiful Date Inspected: 4/25/18 LOCATION: Apollo Park gym place for patients, employees, and persons with a life changing illness, injury or disability”. Grade: A This will be Downey’s second farmers the greater Downey community Guys Night Out market. with opportunities to purchase The farmers market will be Arthurs Friday - Bicycle Club Casino, 9 pm JUNE 16 healthy and locally grown produce, Downey’s second: another farmers 881 Lakewood Blvd. Smart gardening workshop homemade papusas, fresh juice and Join KROQ’s Kevin and Bean for a market also operates Saturdays on Date Inspected: 4/25/18 night of poker and blackjack. Plus beer DATE: Saturday, June 16 DOWNEY – The Rancho Los much more, officials said. Downey Avenue. Amigos hospital campus in Downey Grade: A tastings, go-go dancers, music, food TIME: 9:30 am Eventually, the produce specials, and win tickets to KROQ’s will begin hosting a weekly farmers As the only rehabilitation grown in the hospital’s very own Weenie Roast. Ladies welcome. LOCATION: Wilderness Park market later this month. hospital in Los Angeles County’s Burger City Grill community garden will be sold at Department of Health Services, 8260 Firestone Blvd. JUNE 20 The L.A. County Board of the farmer’s market, giving patients Rancho serves a unique and vital role Date Inspected: 4/25/18 Supervisors unanimously approved who tend to this garden a chance Downey Chamber of Commerce in patient recovery, rehabilitation Grade: A a motion by Supervisor Janice Hahn to see their products go to market. golf tournament and reintegration. The hospital on Tuesday to allow the farmers “We are extremely excited specializes in brain, neurology, El Atacor DATE: Wednesday, June 20 market to operate Thursdays from to offer our patients and the orthopedic, pediatric, spine injury, 9456 telegraph Rd. TIME: 10:30 am 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. surrounding community healthier and stroke rehabilitation. Date Inspected: 4/25/18 LOCATION: Rio Hondo Golf Club The market’s first day will be food choices,” said Rochessa Each year, the hospital provides Grade: A May 17. Washington, a representative for Concerts in the Park: Atlantic care to approximately 4,000 Car Cruise the hospital. Panda Express Crossing “If you work or live in the area, inpatients and 71,000 outpatients, 8510 Firestone Blvd. Friday - Ruby’s Diner in Whittier, 5 pm this is a great opportunity to shop “It’s only befitting as Rancho Los making it one of the largest DATE: Wednesday, June 20 Date Inspected: 4/25/18 Bring your pre-1979 American cars for some fresh, locally-grown Amigos operated as an LA County rehabilitation centers in the nation. TIME: 7 pm and trucks for a free car show. No produce or a fun and delicious way Poor Farm in the 1920’s. If you were Grade: A LOCATION: Furman Park motorcycles. to spend your lunch break,” said homeless and destitute, you could Q’s Authentic Mexican Shaved Hahn. work on the farm in exchange for TWEET OF THE WEEK JUNE 27 Ice 8272 Firestone Blvd. Concerts in the Park: Knyght Ryder Date Inspected: 4/25/18 @DowneyTLC: The TLC Staff would like to Thank the DATE: Wednesday, June 27 Grade: A TIME: 7 pm Rental prices keep climbing Rotary Club of Downey for your ongoing support of our LOCATION: Furman Park Chipotle Mexican Grill DOWNEY – Rental prices in Median rent prices here not just in Downey, but across the 8500 Firestone Blvd efforts.