The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 6, No. 22 - May 26, 2016 Students Embrace “South Bay Inside Promise” for Higher Education This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals ......................9 Classifieds ...........................4 Crossword/Sudoku ............4 Armed Forces Parade ...2,6 Film Review .........................2 Sixty high school seniors have committed to attending El Camino College for the 2016-2017 academic year as part of the ‘South Bay Promise’. El Camino College held an orientation session to welcome these students on May 19. Jan Vogel, executive director of SBWIB, speaks at the “South Bay Promise” reception. Photo by Juan Flores. • Legals ...................................8 Council Approves Commuter Real Estate. .................10-11 Transportation Consultant Services By Cristian Vasquez level of multi-employer participation and has employee commutes. The AQMD website Sports ...................................5 Torrance Mayor Patrick Furey and the City helped secure new leases for vanpools; the highlights that these reductions allow cities Council approved a contract to provide the reduced program cost via the continued to comply with federal and state Clean Air city with commuter transportation [Rideshare] implementation of Metro subsidy. The city Act requirements, Health & Safety Code consulting services from July 1-June 30, 2017 has also surveyed all employees, which ex- Section 40458, and Section 182(d)(1)(B) of TerriAnn in Torrance .........7 in the amount of $65,520. pressed approval of the city’s 2015-16 Trip the federal Clean Air Act. These funds will be made available through Reduction Program from the AQMD, as well City staff listed benefits such as the re- the city’s 2016/2017 Rideshare Program as assisting with the ongoing support of an duction in traffic congestion, an increase in Budget, which are non-general fund mon- online tracking system that encourages ad- building the city’s public-private partnerships, ies and considered restricted dollars from ditional rideshare participation while reducing an increase in employee morale, a reduction AB2766 [Department of Motor Vehicles city staff time. in vehicle miles traveled, a continued reduc- fee] that are to be used for the reduction of “AQMD Rule 2202 remains in effect in the tion in the city’s carbon footprint, assisting car emission activities. The contract was ap- South Coast Basin; thus the City of Torrance the city in reaching its strategic plan goals, proved with Kim Fuentes who was retained is required to comply,” states the staff report. building a good neighbor atmosphere with by the city in 1994 as a consultant in the “In addition to regulatory compliance, pro- the residents, being able to retain AB2766 Weekend implementation efforts of the South Coast grams such as the City’s employee rideshare funds for use within the city and being able Air Quality Management District [AQMD] program add benefits beyond cleaner air and to improve the city’s economic development Forecast Rideshare mandates. lower fuel consumption.” through heightened mobility. “Fuentes was selected due to the depth of The AQMD’s Rule 2202 relates to Road Also approved by the council, as a sep-arate her experience in the field of transportation Motor Vehicle Mitigation Options and item, was a recommendation by Gibson to demand management, as well as her cost- presents employers with a list of options authorize a purchase order with Just Rewards Friday effective proposal,” indicates the staff report aimed at reducing emissions generated from See School Board, page 3 Partly signed by Community Development Director Jeffrey W. Gibson. “Her experience includes Cloudy working with the County of Los Angeles as the Trip Reduction Program Manager, as Like Some Candidates’ 68˚/58˚ well as program experience with local cities and employers.” Claims, the Truth is Out There The Rideshare Los Angeles County website By Rob McCarthy avoid suspicion. Saturday [http://rideshare.lacounty.gov/about/] estimates California voters can expect a barrage One is run by a public university. The that 1.1 million people drive to work alone of campaign promises from presidential other is staffed by an independent-minded AM Clouds/ every day. The EPA reports that this con- candidates as they compete in California’s Florida newspaper. PM Sun tributes to the release of almost six metric delegate-rich primary on June 7. The Herald contacted Factcheck.org tons of Carbon Dioxide into the environment How can voters know if the candidates and asked how it decides which political 68˚/59˚ each year. Through Rideshare efforts, cit- are giving it to them straight or spinning claims to investigate, and about being fair ies throughout Los Angeles County aim to the facts? Well, the truth is out there. and balanced to the candidates. contribute to the reduction of said emission There are a couple of websites called “It is important for fact checkers to guard Sunday through the use of allocated funds. Factcheck.org and Politifact.org that closely against selection bias,” said Eugene Kiely, During the past year the city has seen follow every debate, campaign speech and the Factcheck.org director. “In a presidential Partly the benefits of obtaining contractor services interview given by candidates running for year, we cover every debate on both sides through several successes such as: achiev- president and state elected offices. Their (that included in the early going two GOP Cloudy ing the required South Coast Air Quality role in the current campaign is to check the debates a night) and we cover both conven- 69˚/58˚ Management District’s Rule 2202 Average accuracy of the claims politicians make in tions (all the major speeches, such as the Vehicle Ridership which was 1.50; the public. Neither is affiliated with a political keynote address, the nominating speeches continued successful operation of the city’s party or accepts corporate donations to See Truth, page 3 vanpool program which registers a high Page 2 May 26, 2016 TORRANCE TRIBUNE 57th Annual Armed Forces Day Parade hosted by Torrance Photos by Peter Thornton Soldiers dressed in combat gear were all smiles and high fives for the kids. Caryn Wojtecki and son Dominic wave their flags in support of the troops. The most popular vehicle for the kids was the military fire truck which sprayed the children with its water canons. Japanese-American World War II veterans. For more photos see Armed Forces Day, page 6 Film Review “Maggie’s Plan” is a Wonderfully Crafted Film About a Crazy Little Thing Called Love By Morgan Rojas for longer than six months, she decides that ously meets and falls for fellow teacher John married to the stone cold intellectual Georgette for www.cinemacy.com now is the time to start thinking about having Harding (Ethan Hawke), a charming anthropol- Harding (Julianne Moore), which doesn’t stop Thanks to the likes of pop-culture enter- children of her own, on her own, which leads ogy professor and struggling novelist whose an instantaneous affair. Flash forward a few tainment such as “Sex and the City” and her to a brilliant-but-miswired sperm donor round-wired spectacles perfectly compliment years, and Maggie, now with a smiling infant practically everything in Woody Allen’s film- (Travis Fimmel), who works as an artisan pickler. his geek-chic attire. Maggie thinks she’s found girl, realizes the tangled web she’s woven when ography, the Millennial generation has come Things get tricky when Maggie simultane- “the one” in John, despite him already being the reality of her life with John sets in and is to believe that finding true love in the concrete nothing like she thought it would be. jungle that is New York City is among the most Rebecca Miller paints the portrait of a 21st- romantic of notions. Director Rebecca Miller century relationship in such a realistic way, where defies this fantasy with her new film “Maggie’s one’s expectations of certain things tend to trump Plan,” a wonderfully crafted film for the reality. In Maggie’s case, she wanted a child and intelligentsia-sect that takes one woman’s quest love, and at first, she thought she successfully of subverting modern romantic convention by constructed it. The dynamics that set the tone of artificial insemination, leading to a hilarious the relationship in the beginning, however, quickly deconstruction of uncharted adult life. shift, drowning Maggie in the process. Her ideal The woman with the plan is Maggie Hardin relationship where both partners were artistically (Greta Gerwig), an independent, plaid-coat loving, satisfied turns into a one-way street, where thirty-something educator with babies on the Maggie is the bridge over John’s troubled water. brain. After complaining to her friends (played by With such artsy hits as “Frances Ha” and the perfect comedic duo Bill Hader and Maya “Mistress America,” Greta Gerwig has more or Rudolph) that she is incapable of loving someone Greta Gerwig as Maggie and Ethan Hawke as John. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. See Film Review, page 8 Are You Still Paying Too Much For Your Medications? 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