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Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 Vol. 13 No. 26 14783 Carmenita Road, Norwalk, CA 90650 School Norwalk woman goes missing Norwalk NORWALK - Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Missing Persons restaurant district gets Unit Investigators are asking for help in locating 29-year-old Norwalk resident Ericka Guerrero. grades $18,500 from Guerrero is Hispanic, 5 feet, 3 inches tall, 190 pounds, with Douglas Drive In curly brown hair and brown eyes, with a “CHAOS” tattoo on her 11939 E Firestone Blvd. Friday 92˚ neck. Date Inspected: 7/30/19 Weekend Grade: A LA County She was last seen at at desert party in San Bernardino on at a Saturday, July 20 at approximately 2 p.m. Glance El Taco Rico Saturday 90˚⁰ Guerrero was seen driving a 2012 Nissan Pathfinder, with CA 12017 E. Firestone Blvd. Friday 68 for arts license plate 7FNV805. Date Inspected: 7/30/19 NORWALK - The Los Anyone with information about Guerrero or the vehicle is Grade: A Angeles County Department encouraged to contact the LASD Missing Person’s unit at (323) of Arts and Culture announced Sunday 90˚ 890-5500. Golden Express 70⁰ nearly $5.5 million in 2019 arts 11770 E. Firestone Blvd. Saturday funding. Date Inspected: 7/30/19 Norwalk / La Mirada School Grade: A District received $18,500, to support professional Tacos Los Guerro development for kindergarten 12115 Firestone Blvd. through fifth grade teachers in Date Inspected: 7/30/19 theater integration and social Summer Concerts on the Norwalk Grade: A emotional learning through TEAL and The California Arts Project. Tropical Juices 11813 Alondra Blvd. The awards fall into two Civic Center lawn Date Inspected: 7/26/19 “Taste of Ecuador” categories: $4,518,000 in two- Grade: A Sunday - Placita Olvera in Downtown year grants for 213 nonprofit LA arts organizations through the Tambuli Market Enjoy a full menu of Ecuadorean County-funded Organizational 12537 Alondra Blvd. cuisine, plus Ecuadorean crafts, musical Grant Program (OGP) and Date Inspected: 7/25/19 groups, folklore customs, carnival $922,300 to 47 Los Angeles Grade: A games, vendors, and more. Free County school districts, funded admission. through the Arts Education Collective Advancement Grant Yogurtland Program. 13933 Pioneer Blvd. Date Inspected: 7/25/19 These two programs, with Grade: A the department’s Community Impact Arts Grant Program ($750,000) and Arts Internship Luisa & Son Bakery Program ($1,160,850), mean 12543 Alondra Blvd. $7,351,150 in grants will be Date Inspected: 7/25/19 distributed this year – a record Grade: A Signal Hill Car Show for the agency. Sunday- Signal Hill Park, 8 am to 3 pm La Fresita “These grants are making 122 Civic Center Dr. Show quality cars and trucks from 1975 art more accessible across the Date Inspected: 7/25/19 and older, plus music, 50-50 raffles, County,” said County Board of and barbecue. Put on by the Signal Hill Supervisors Chair, Janice Hahn. Grade: A Police Department and Sultans Car “The Organizational Grant Club. Program helps make possible Subway concerts, theater, exhibitions, 11110 Alondra Blvd. and school education programs Date Inspected: 7/25/19 every day in communities that Grade: A wouldn’t have them otherwise. The Advancement Grants are California Sushi & Teriyaki building pathways to careers in 12531 Alondra Blvd. the arts by preparing youth for jobs in the creative economy and Date Inspected: 7/25/19 Grade: A helping give our kids a well- Millennium Age Silent Party rounded education. We want every person in this County Saturday - French Quarter Creole Bar & Senor Baja Grill in Bellflower, 9:30 pm to have access to the breadth, 11833 Alondra Blvd. depth, and diversity of the arts, Date Inspected: 7/25/19 A nightclub with no speakers or amps; now and into the future.” instead, attendees dance while wearing Grade: B headphones. Simply remove your The Downey Arts Coalition headphones to chat with other people. received $3,400 through the Golden Pho Restaurant OGP program to support 10925 Alondra Blvd. ongoing exhibition of visual art, Date Inspected: 7/24/19 partnered concerts and festivals Grade: B that showcase local artists’ work to the community. Jamba Juice 12305 E Imperial Hwy. Date Inspected: 7/23/19 Grade: A L.A. County Masters of Motown McDonalds Sunday - Warner Center Park in Los 12602 E Alondra Blvd. Angeles, 5:30 pm renews $10K Date Inspected: 7/23/19 A 90-minute celebration of the Grade: A legendary songs and performers that defined Motown and soul music. Free admission, optional $15 VIP seating. reward Rainbow Donuts NORWALK - A $10,000 12307 Imperial Hwy. reward was renewed this week Date Inspected: 7/23/19 as authorities continued their Grade: A search for the gunman who killed a tow truck operator in Stater Bros Market Norwalk seven years ago. 12523 Alondra Blvd. Robert Garcia, 22, was fatally Date Inspected: 7/23/19 shot June 28, 2012, outside Grade: A Vernola’s Tow, where he worked. Midsummer Scream Investigators said Garcia Stater Bros (Deli) All Weekend - Long Beach Convention was confronted by three men 12523 Alondra Blvd. Center before the shooting, which was Date Inspected: 7/23/19 A celebration of horrow with dozens of captured on suveillance cameras. Grade: A haunted attractions, props, screening rooms, guest panels, and more. $33-$55 “Robert was a hardworking Stater Bros (Meat) provider for his budding family, 12523 Alondra Blvd. and had two small children at Inspected: 7/23/19 the time of his death,” sheriff’s TWEET OF THE WEEK officials said. Grade: A @SupJaniceHahn: Richard, The suspects were described Baskin Robins 71-yr-old Norwalk resident as Hispanic men with thin 10939 Firestone Blvd. builds, possibly in their teens. wandered away from his Date Inspected: 7/22/19 home today. Luckily, he The L.A. County Board of Grade: A was wearing his #LAfound Supervisors unanimously voted trackable bracelet provided to renew the reward Tuesday on 7 Eleven by the @CountyofLA a motion by Supervisor Janice 12361 Imperial Hwy. Hahn. Date Inspected: 7/22/19 His family alerted Grade: A “My son was a very loving, @NorwalkLASD family-oriented person,” Garcia’s mother, Anna Salazar, Taco Bell and he was located 31 mins told reporters last year. 12503 E Alondra Blvd. later! “Everything he did revolved Date Inspected: 7/17/19 around his family, his children Grade: A Great work team! and his friends.” Anyone with information is Follow us on Twitter at: Photos courtesy City of Twitter.com/DowneyPatriot asked to call detectives at (323) 890-5500. Norwalk 02 Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 The Norwalk Patriot WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28 College’s Office of International 13819 Pioneer Blvd. Student Services and hear from NORWALK HAPPENINGS Suncatcher, 4-5 pm. Join us Cerritos College librarian Paula for this fun program where we Pereira and her story as an ESL FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 will make a dazzling ornament FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 address. RSVP with the Pico Library, 11949 E. Alondra Blvd. student. Cerritos College, 11110 using glass pebbles and glue. Celebrity Waiter & Dance, Rivera Chamber of Commerce. Alondra Blvd. Family Movie Night, 7 pm. Attendence is limited, and advance 6 pm. Get waited on by local DoubleTree Hotel, 13111 registration is required. Sign up celebrities at this annual dance Bring the family for an outdoor FRIDAY, AUGUST 16 Sycamore Dr. fundraiser in support of CAPC, screening of “BumbleBee.” Bring at the customer servoce desk. For SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 your own chairs and blankets. Fabric Collage Art Activity, 2 Smarty Pants Storytime, 10:30-11 ages 8-12. Alondra Library, 11949 which works on behalf of people Norwalk Park, 13000 Clarkdale Ave. pm. Use different types of fabric am. Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, E. Alondra Blvd. Rain Barrel Distribution, 9-11 am. with developmental disabilities. to create your own fabric collage. and movement while learning Learn about rainwater harvesting, DoubleTree Hotel, 13111 Smarty Pants Storytime, 10:30-11 All materials will be provided. For school readiness skills. Attendence water conservation tips, and Sycamore Dr. am. Enjoy books, songs, rhymes, ages 18 and up. is limited, and advance registration THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 benefits of a rain barrel. At the and movement while learning is required. For ages 2-5 with an end of workshop, participants will Seahorse Bookmark, 3-4 pm. Origami Lotus Flower Notebook, school readiness skills. Attendence adult caregiver. Alondra Library, have an opportunity to purchase SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Create a colorful seahorse 2-3 pm. Join us as we create is limited, and advance registration 11949 E. Alondra Blvd. rain barrels for $20 each. City Hall, boommark for your favorite decorative mini-notebooks for Harbor Groove Band, 9 pm. is required. For ages 2-5 with an 12700 Norwalk Blvd. adult caregiver. Alondra Library, summer book. Registration notations, photos and more. For Dance to live music by the Harbor adults 18+. Alondra Library, 11949 Groove Band, playing a diverse 11949 E. Alondra Blvd. required, and space is limited. Sign SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 playlist of 70s, 80s, and 90s music, up at the customer service desk. E. Alondra Blvd. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 For ages 5-12. Alondra Library, Smart Gardening Workshop, 10 plus Latin and R&B. IV Lounge, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 11949 E. Alondra Blvd. am. Learn the basics of backyard Quartermania Fundraiser, 12500 Firestone Blvd. composting, water-wise gardening, SATURDAY, AUGUST 31 12-4 pm. Bring your quarters for Auxillary Installation, 11 am. worm composting, grass-cycling, bidding or purchase quarters from Harbor Groove Band, 9 pm. Ring Norwalk American Legion Post 359 and edible gardening. For ages 18 the vendors. Plus, enjoy shopping SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9 FRIDAY, AUGUST 9 in September and the start of fall hosts its 19th District installation and up.