Thursday, Aug. 8, 2019 Vol. 18 No. 18 OBITUARIES PAGING DR. FRISCHER SPORTS EDUCATION Downey residents Choose the right Alan Trejo is DUSD’s new mourned sunblock getting noticed principals SEE PAGES 4 SEE PAGE 7 SEE PAGE 8 SEE PAGE 16 Elderly man Downey Kaiser offers pay hikes as restaurant found safe grades Grocery Outlet of Downey after wandering 8320 Firestone Blvd. labor negotiations continue Date Inspected: 8/5/19 7 miles Grade: A FridayWeekend83˚ DOWNEY - An elderly Kaiser Permanente says it has Hometown Buffet at a Downey resident with Alzheimer’s offered 3% annual wage increases Glance disappeared last week but was 8432 firestone Blvd. to its local workers. found safe thanks to a tracking Date Inspected: 8/5/19 Saturday 6882˚⁰ device he was wearing. Grade: A Friday Kaiser and the SEIU-UHW are The man, identified only as Angel, was with family members at under growing pressure to strike a Sizzling Thai Kitchen Banc of California stadium on July deal before their contract expires 8330 Stewart and Gray Rd. Sunday 83˚70⁰ 26 when he wandered away. Sept. 30. Date Inspected: 8/5/19 Saturday Despite using a walker, Angel Grade: A was able to walk 7.1 miles away DOWNEY - Kaiser from the stadium before he Permanente has presented a Downey Brewing Company was located. He was treated for proposal to leadership of the 10924 Paramount Blvd. THINGS TO DO exposure. Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Date Inspected: 8/1/19 Unions that would provide annual Grade: B Police were able to find Angel pay increases and “maintain because he was wearing a tracking excellent employee benefits” Auntie Anne’s bracelet provided by L.A. County while also creating a program that as part of its Found Program. would seek to reduce the national 344 Stonewood St. The voluntary program offers shortage of health care workers. Date Inspected: 8/1/19 tracking bracelets to people with Grade: A Alzheimer’s, autism, dementia, or In the coming days, Coalition- another cognitive impairment that represented employees will puts them at risk of wandering. receive information that outlines a Club DB Lounge Movie with the Mayor proposed agreement that positions 8206 E Firestone Blvd. Saturday - Columbia Memorial Space Since the bracelets were Kaiser Permanente – including its Date Inspected: 8/1/19 Center, 7 pm offered in September 2018, members, employees and local Grade: A Join Mayor Rick Rodriguez for an approximately 346 trackable communities – for a sustainable outdoor screening of “Star Wars: bracelets have been distributed to future as the organization works to Ice Cream View Episode IV - A New Hope.” L.A. County residents. For details make its high-quality, integrated 319 Stonewood St. on how to obtain a free bracelet, model of care more affordable and visit LAfound.com. accessible. Date Inspected: 8/1/19 Eric Pierce, editor Grade: A “Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Mediterranean Delight Unions have been working together 127 Stonewood St. toward a mutually beneficial Mosquitoes national agreement, as we have Kaiser Permanente workers protest outside the Downey campus in Date Inspected: 8/1/19 done for decades,” said Arlene F. May 2019. Photo by Alex Dominguez Grade: A in Bellflower Peasnall Senior Vice President, HR Chalk Art Festival Consulting and National Human through a 2% increase in base pay, Health Reimbursement Account Buffalo Wild Wings Resources at Kaiser Permanente. combined with a 1% payment each (HRA) to $2,500 for each year of Saturday- Cerritos Town Center 193 Stonewood St. (Edwards Stadium courtyard), 12-5 pm test positive year through 2022. service beginning in 2021 with Date Inspected: 8/1/19 “Our most recent proposal was an agreement to eliminate the Watch professional chalk artists create presented to Coalition leadership In Colorado – where we premium subsidy for new hires. Grade: A 2D and 3D pieces of art. Plus kids crafts, for West Nile on Friday, July 26, and we are now have been making changes to face painting, glitter tattos, live DJ, and sharing it directly with employees our business to become more Career mobility. The proposal Tutti Frutti more fun. BELLFLOWER - A mosquito to ensure they receive the full offer competitive and stay relevant in includes a more robust tuition 251 Stonewood St. accurately. We are hopeful that our the market – increases of 1% in reimbursement program for has tested positive for West Nile Date Inspected: 8/1/19 virus in Bellflower, vector officials employees will value our proposal 2019, and 2% each year in 2020 employees that adds an additional announced. and the Coalition will move through 2022. $250 to travel funds. Grade: A forward with us to reach a new West Nile virus activity in Los agreement. Our goal is to continue Opportunities for new hires. Affordable health care. The Louks Greek Baby Donuts Working side-by-side with the proposal includes a pharmacy Angeles County “is off to a slow to make Kaiser Permanente a great 9232 Lakewood Blvd. Coalition, Kaiser Permanente utilization approach that start this year,” said the Greater place to give and receive care.” Date Inspected: 7/31/19 Los Angeles County Vector Control and the Coalition are proposing a incents employees to take District. The bargaining proposal program to be a part of the solution greater responsibility for their Grade: A would provide employees with to address the national shortage health by rewarding them for Pomona Swap Meet & Classic Officials, however, said they the following “best-in-class” of health care workers and help increasing their use of mail-order Burlington Coat Factory (retail) expected more activity in the hot conditions: develop the next generation of prescriptions. 8955 Apollo Way Car Show months ahead. They also cited unionized workers in health care. Date Inspected: 7/31/19 Sunday - Fairplex, 5 am to 2 pm 445 positive mosquito samples in Wage increases. The average “Kaiser Permanente and Over 2,400 vendor spaces plus Southern California areas outside salary of Coalition-represented The proposal includes new- its members rely on employees Grade: A thousands of pre-1985 classic cars. $10 Los Angeles County. employees is already higher than hire training positions for certain represented by the Coalition of roles and $40 million for a Kaiser Permanente Unions,” said admission, kids 12 and under free. market averages. “Mindful of our Gaucho Grill There is no cure for West Nile goal to improve the affordability Workforce Development Fund. Peasnall. “This most recent offer virus, which can cause fever, of health care and engage our Newly trained workers will have is a testament to the dedication, 8830 Apollo Way headache, body aches, nausea and employees in the effort, the current the opportunity to join the Kaiser compassion and skill those Date Inspected: 7/31/19 skin rashes. The virus can be fatal proposal provides guaranteed Permanente workforce in training employees bring to work each and Grade: A in some cases. wage increases across the board steps while they learn on the job, every day.” each year through 2022,” Kaiser culminating in employment at Uncle John BBQ Mosquitos breed wherever More than 55,000 Kaiser said. This includes: Step 1 of the organization’s pay 9952 Lakewood Blvd. there is standing water, such as scales. Permanente employees in plant saucers, old tires, non- In Northern and Southern California are members of SEIU- Date Inspected: 7/31/19 functional swimming pools, and California, annual increases of 3% Retirement security. The United Healthcare Workers West Grade: A air conditioner drip pans. each year through 2022. proposal preserves the existing (SEIU-UHW). Wet n Wild 5K Eric Pierce, editor defined pension plan along Lean For Life by Lindora Clinic In Hawaii, the Mid-Atlantic with other strong retirement Their contract with Kaiser Saturday - La Mirada Regional 9216 Lakewood Blvd. Aquatics Center, 7:30 am States, Northwest and Washington, benefits. It also includes an Permanente expires Sept. 30, 2019. annual increases of 3%, achieved increase to the Retiree Medical Date Inspected: 7/31/19 A grassy, slightly hilly 5K run/walk Grade: A that concludes with a lazy river finish. Downey High Be prepared to get wet. Register at Happy Bagel’s - n - Donuts runsignup.com. Also fun for spectators. accepting 13232 1/2 Woodruff Ave. Demographic Change: In the 90s, Date Inspected: 7/31/19 Hall of Fame Grade: A Narai Thai Cuisine nominations Downey grappled with racial tensions 7611 Firestone Blvd. Date Inspected: 7/30/19 DOWNEY - Downey High School is now accepting Grade: A nominations for its next class of Part V of VII demographic change that started sensational Los Angeles trials. Hall of Fame inductees. in 1988 disrupted this equilibrium. Backpack Giveaway In 1991, two California Bob’s Bog Boy 7447 Firestone Blvd. Saturday - Calvary Chapel Downey, 9 am Started in 1999, the Hall In this week’s installment, Highway Patrol (CHP) officers By Aron Ramirez Bring your kids to receive free of Fame recognizes people in I will narrate some of the more tried to pull Rodney King over Date Inspected: 7/30/19 Contributor backpacks, just in time for the new six categories: arts; athletics; uncomfortable episodes in this for reckless driving. 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