The Weekly Newspaper of El Segundo Herald Publications - El Segundo, Torrance, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 104, No. 29 - July 16, 2015 Chevron Gives $1.3 Million In Inside Grants to South Bay Schools This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals ....................18 Classifieds ...........................4 Crossword/Sudoku ............4 Film Review .........................8 Food. .....................................5 Legals ........................... 16,17 Letters ..................................2 Pets. ....................................19 Chevron gave a series of grants to South Bay Schools and non-profits. The grants represent funding for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) programs. Related article and Real Estate. ...................9-13 more photos on page 3. Photo by Marcy Dugan, marcyduganphoto.com. Sports ...................................6 El Segundo to Welcome Special Olympics Athletes Next Week By Brian Simon 2 p.m. showing with popcorn/refreshments. Corporation’s Hornet Nation band). The local community will have several After a walk down Main Street, the delega- The activities for Thursday, July 23 will Weekend opportunities to meet the group of about tion will pose for a photo in front of El include a trek to the Toyota Sports Center, 70 athletes and coaches visiting next week Segundo High School at approximately 3:45 where the group will have lunch at the Forecast as El Segundo assumes the role of a Host p.m. The day will wrap up at Chevron Park Kings Cove restaurant at 1 p.m. A tour of Town for the upcoming Special Olympics with a barbecue hosted by local police and the Kings and Los Angeles Lakers’ facilities World Games taking place in Los Angeles. fire personnel, who will cook up burgers, hot will follow. Athletes will also enjoy some Teams from Barbados and Macedonia will dogs and chicken. The community is invited ice time--and there were talks about arrang- Friday spend portions of three days in El Segundo to meet the athletes after dinner between 6 ing a street hockey clinic in front of the AM Clouds/ taking part in various events, recreational and 8 p.m. when there will be games and venue. At 4 p.m., the crew will arrive at the activities and cultural exchange. While still live music (by Northrop Grumman Aerospace See Special Olympics, page 16 PM Sun subject to change, here was the itinerary as of this writing: 74˚/63˚ The El Segundo festivities will officially kick off on Tuesday, July 21 with a torch School Board Announces Winning run on the lawn in front of Mattel at 5:05. Saturday The public is invited to experience seeing Bid for Imperial Ave. Property the Special Olympics Torch. After the brief By Duane Plank school, but was closed a few years later. AM Clouds/ ceremony that will also include a presentation, The El Segundo Unified School District In 2008, the District passed a resolu- PM Sun cookies, and an appearance by Los Angeles School Board Tuesday night accepted tion receiving recommendations from an Kings’ mascot Bailey and accompanying Ice the bid of builder D.R. Horton for the Advisory Committee for the disposition 78˚/69˚ Crew, the delegation will take a short trip to 5.66 acres of School District owned land of the land that was deemed surplus in the LDS Church for a private, hosted dinner located at 540 E. Imperial Avenue. The 1979. One of the Advisory Committee which is also part of the local Eagle Scout winning bid was for $22,625,000. The recommendations was to lease the ma- Sunday project for Gavin Lueck from Troop 772. currently unoccupied elementary school jority of the property for assisted living/ After breakfast and exercise at Loyola on the land was constructed in 1956, but and or senior housing. The District held AM Clouds/ Marymount University (where the athletes and was closed due to declining enrollment meetings about the feasibility of the lease support staff will stay overnight in dorms) in 1975. In 1984, the site was utilized as option, and began the process of getting PM Sun the following morning, the visitors will head an employee training site for Hughes Air- the land entitled for future development. 82˚/69˚ to the Automobile Driving Museum for a craft employees. In 1995, the school was There are two current scenarios in play noon tour that will feature an appearance re-opened and leased to the Los Angeles for the development of the property. The by Herbie “The Love Bug.” Next, the group Unified School District as a special needs See School Board, page 18 will proceed to Old Town Music Hall for a Page 2 July 16, 2015 EL SEGUNDO HERALD People Wedding Announcement In Remembrance to July 18, 2012. How we love and miss Shirley Scott Booterbaugh, March 9, 1935 you. Hank. • Visit us online: www.heraldpublications.com WORK+DINE Jonathan Gibbs and Lauren Atkins - Jonathan Gibbs and Lauren Atkins were married on June 27th at a winery in Lodi, CA. Jon grew up in El Segundo, graduating high school in 2005. Lauren’s family is from Elk Grove, CA. They met at, and received @ their degrees from, San Diego State University. After a honeymoon in Cozumel, Mexico, they will return to Madison, Wisconsin, where they currently reside. • CONTINENTAL Letters Feels Bill is Excessive to bill the residences/taxpayers of El Segundo ALONG THE and Unnecessary for services by El Segundo paramedics, using ROSECRANS June 6, I made an emergency 911 call, for El Segundo City equipment, even though the PARK CORRIDOR my mother. The paramedics arrived, then taxpayers of this city continually pay for both. paramedics transported her to the emergency There are seniors here, on a fixed income, IN EL SEGUNDO/MANHATTAN BEACH room at Marina Del Rey , 5.3 miles away. who don’t even make half of $1,853.75 in a She was treated and is now doing fine, until month. This collection is not only excessive, • Amenity Rich Location July 3. She received a bill from the City but unnecessary. • Convenient Access to Metro Rail System, 405 & 105 Freeways of El Segundo, with a Sacramento address, I find it offensive that our residence/taxpay- • 10 minutes to LAX demanding $1,853.75 “for services”. ers who paid, in 2014, firefighter salaries who • Professional Property Management on Site It turns out this is an agency hired by El make between $100,000 to $285,000, that are • It’s Not Just a Location; It’s a Lifestyle! Segundo to collect money for services for supplied with multimillion dollar vehicles transporting her, an El Segundo resident, in and the best equipment, that now these same CONTINENTAL PARK an El Segundo city vehicle, by El Segundo taxpayers will have to pay extra for a service City paramedics and that she is responsible by city employees to do the job they were A project of CONTINENTAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 2041 Rosecrans Ave., El Segundo, CA 90245 for that bill in full. hired for in the first place. www.continentaldevelopment.com I brought this up at the 7/7/2015 council Something has to change now. For Leasing Information, call 310.640.1520 meeting. After a discussion with the Fire Chief, – Marc Rener he stated this is now the policy in El Segundo, See Letters, page 13 El Segundo police officers and firefighters deeply appreciate the support from local residents and businesses. STOP THE CUTS! EL SEGUNDO HERALD July 16, 2015 Page 3 Chevron Announces $1.3 Million Like Father, Like Son: Kirk Brown Investment in South Bay Schools Realty Gets Back to Its Roots “Fifteen School Districts and Non-profits receive STEM grants” By Brian Simon his real estate license during that period and EL SEGUNDO, CA – Chevron completed School District which will direct the grant When it comes to maintaining a family worked part-time in the summers. “I found today a month-long series of “Energy for funds to support the implementation of the business, more than a few dads out there out I could do it [real estate] and liked it,” Learning” grants totaling $1.3 million Next Generation Science Standard (NGSS) dream that their sons will “follow in the old he said of the experience. “Then one day I distributed to sixteen school districts and in 7th and 8th grades at two of their middle man’s footsteps.” In the case of long-time local got a call from my former basketball coach, other non-profit organizations in the South schools. “STEM programs and increased broker/realtor Kirk Brown, Sr., he opted to Cliff Warren—who had helped build all the not play his hand despite harboring unspoken Shorewood Realtors offices. He had retired, hopes about his own progeny. “I did one thing but heard I had gotten my license and asked that was smart—I never asked my son, ‘Why if I would come talk to him.” don’t you come into real estate?’” he said. The The chat with Warren led to a five-year job decision to steer clear of any semblance of working for his old coach and a move back to pressure tactics proved to be the ideal reverse El Segundo. After the apprenticeship, Kirk, Sr. psychology. In 2002, then 22-year-old recent opened the original Kirk Brown Realty at 429 USC graduate Kirk Brown, Jr. had tired of E. Grand Avenue in 1980. Wanting to be in working in the film industry and approached the thick of things in the middle of downtown, his father one morning: “What would you he eventually rented a building at the corner think if I tried real estate?” the younger Brown of Main Street and Holly Avenue owned at asked.