Weekend Glance

Weekend Glance

Thursday, March 22, 2018 Vol. 16 No. 50 NEWS PAGING DR. FRISCHER NEWS POLITICS Police officers Daylight savings Bunny brunch at Mendoza running on campus time Golden Park to reclaim seat SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 7 SEE PAGE 4 SEE PAGE 4 Downey restaurant grades MARCH 23 Sunny’s Sushi and Grill ‘One Strange Rock’ documentary 11531 Bellflower Blvd. Friday Date Inspected: 3/16/18 Weekend66˚ DATE: Friday, March 23 TIME: 6:30 pm Grade: A at a Glance LOCATION: Columbia Memorial Space Center The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Saturday 6864˚⁰ 8550 Firestone Blvd. Friday MARCH 24 Date Inspected: 3/15/18 Carnival of Champions Grade: A DATE: Saturday, March 24 Sunday 63˚ ⁰ Subway Saturday 70 TIME: 9 am 9228 Lakewood Blvd. LOCATION: Warren High Date Inspected: 3/15/18 Brunch with the Bunny Grade: A DATE: Saturday, March 24 THINGS TO DO Godtti’s TIME: 9:30 am 7931 Firestone Blvd. LOCATION: Golden Park Wendy Welt poses with admirerers after last Thursday’s Gangs Out of Downey meeting. The annual Date Inspected: 3/15/18 Princess for a Day event raises money for gang-prevention efforts in Downey. Grade: A Saturday, March 24 Photo by Claudia Gomez DATE: The Flame Broiler TIME: 10 am 9206 Lakewood Blvd. LOCATION: Casa de Parley Date Inspected: 3/15/18 Johnson House Grade: A Waffles & Beer Festival MARCH 26 Gangs Out of Downey Bluewater Fish Grill All Weekend - Pershing Square, 12-8 pm State of the City address 8262 Firestone Blvd. Date Inspected: 3/15/18 Beer, mimosas, live music and all the DATE: Monday, March 26 luncheon brings message Grade: A best waffles in LA, from savory to sweet. TIME: 12 pm $7 admission Rio Hondo Event LOCATION: The Palms Center 8060 E Florence Ave. of unity and positivity Date Inspected: 3/15/18 MARCH 29 Grade: A Coffee with a Cop ► Despite being born without arms or DATE: Thursday, March 29 legs, Wendy Welt lives a routine Starfish Sushi TIME: 6-8 pm life that includes driving, texting, 8244 Firestone Blvd. LOCATION: Starbucks (7954 marriage and family. Date Inspected: 3/15/18 Imperial Hwy.) Grade: A “I am so blessed and thankful to God,” Santa Monica Airport ArtWalk she says. Saturday - Santa Monica Airport, MARCH 30 Chris & Pitts BBQ 9243 Lakewood Blvd. 12-5 pm ‘Animaniacs live By Alex Dominguez Date Inspected: 3/15/18 Art and ceramic demonstrations, DATE: Friday, March 30 Staff Writer theater and art workshops, live music Grade: A and food trucks. Free. TIME: 8 pm DOWNEY – The 2018 Gangs LOCATION: Downey Theatre Out of Downey (GOOD) luncheon Poached Kitchen was held last Thursday featuring 9510 Lakewood Blvd. APRIL 7 congenital quad-amputee Wendy Date Inspected: 3/14/18 Downey Symphony concert Welt as its keynote speaker. Grade: A DATE: Saturday, April 7 The event, held at the Rio The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf TIME: 8 pm Hondo Event Center, was attended 9516 Lakewood Blvd. LOCATION: Downey Theatre by GOOD members, several Date Inspected: 3/14/18 notable Downey residents and Downey Police Lt. Mark McDaniel, president of Gangs Out of Downey. Grade: A Orange County Beer and APRIL 22 elected officials, as well as students Music Festival Sara Evans in concert and representatives from Downey Photo by Claudia Gomez El Azteca Taqueria and Warren high schools. Saturday - Downtown Santa Ana, DATE: Sunday, April 22 11917 Paramount Blvd. 7-10 pm TIME: 7 pm The luncheon opened with Date Inspected: 3/14/18 An outdoor walk-around event with live The keynote speaker was Welt concluded her LOCATION: Downey Theatre several brief statements from Grade: A music, DJ’s and complimentary samples former GOOD presidents – Downey Wendy Welt, a former Downey presentation with comments on from 100-plus craft breweries. $35 resident and Warren High School acceptance and moving forward. Unified Board of Education Toppings Pizza APRIL 28 alumnus who was born without member Martha Sodetani and “Remember, we’re only in 9516 Lakewood Blvd. Miss Downey Pageant arms and legs. Mayor Pro Tem Rick Rodriguez – as control of ourselves... Doing your Date Inspected: 3/14/18 Saturday, April 28 DATE: well as current president Downey Welt spoke of positivity, work and working on your self-talk Grade: A TIME: TBD Police Department Lt. Mark self-image and acceptance, and and your attitude helps with all McDaniel. LOCATION: Downey Theatre overcoming challenges. that,” said Welt. “I am so blessed Golden Corral and thankful to God, and to my Rodriguez, in particular, took a “There is no such thing as 9588 Lakewood Blvd. City of STEM Science Festival parents, family, and friends and all hard stance against any potential ‘can’t,’” said Welt. “Where there’s a Date Inspected: 3/14/18 Saturday, April 28 my different challenges…” DATE: gang members in Downey. will, there’s a way.” Grade: A Helpful Honda Pet Adoptions TIME: 10 am to 11 pm The luncheon concluded with “In my city, you’re not welcome During her presentation, Welt Sunday - Rosie’s Dog Beach in Long LOCATION: Columbia Memorial comments from former Mayor RJ Southern Home Cooking here. In my city we don’t want demonstrated what it is like to Beach, 11 am to 3 pm Space Center Mario Guerra before McDaniel 8852 Rosecrans Ave. you here,” said Rodriguez. “If you live a life without arms and legs, Take home a new family member. Plus briefed attendees on upcoming Date Inspected: 3/13/18 MAY 5 know a gang member, if you see covering her early life, challenges free dog baths, pet photo booths and events. Grade: C complimentary leashes. a gang member, if you know a and experiences, and how she Downey Street Faire family member of a gang member, performs day to day tasks. “Gangs Out of Downey is Taco Bell DATE: Saturday, May 5 tell the family to get involved…But a special place. We know that Welt said that her parents 9551 Lakewood Blvd. TIME: 10 am to 3 pm understand this: when you come the city of Downey is a special “didn’t raise me to be Date Inspected: 3/13/18 LOCATION: Brookshire Avenue to Downey, we don’t have gang place, and because we do it as a handicapped.” members; we have respect and community,” said Guerra. “That’s Grade: A MAY 30 integrity.” “My parents told my brothers what’s important to us; our school Sansai Japanese Grill ‘we’re not going to do everything district, our city, our police, our city Columbus High graduation McDaniel said that the 8428 Firestone Blvd. community could support the for Wendy. Wendy is going to working together.” DATE: Wednesday, May 30 Date Inspected: 3/13/18 mission of GOOD by coming learn to do everything for herself,’” TIME: 6 pm Grade: A together as examples and said Welt. “I can do everything just Marlon Wayans LOCATION: Downey Civic Theatre like everybody else, just a little bit Saturday - Ontario Improv, 9:30 pm difference makers. Hometown Buffet differently.” The actor and comedian performs MAY 31 8432 Firestone Blvd. “Downey is a unique city, stand-up. 21 and older. $35-$45, plus Downey High graduation where our police department, our Date Inspected: 3/13/18 two item minimum order. school district, elected officials, Grade: DATE: Thursday, May 31 A city staff, our business community, TIME: 7 pm Police make arrest in Norm’s civic roots and residents come Poke 2 Grill LOCATION: LBCC stadium TWEET OF THE WEEK together as one to affect change robbery 9523 Lakewood Blvd. in people’s lives,” said McDaniel. Date Inspected: 3/13/18 JUNE 1 DOWNEY – A Norwalk man has been arrested and charged with @WarrenBears: Sophomore, “To affect change, we have to be Grade: A Nadine Gomez, ran a mark out in the community setting the robbing the Norm’s restaurant in Downey late last year. Warren High graduation in the 3200m (2 miles) on example and showing these young DATE: Friday, June 1 Edward Ramon Rodriguez, 46, is accused of brandishing a handgun Uncle Henry’s Deli Saturday that put her in a folks that we care and we respect TIME: 6 pm and robbing the restaurant at about 9:30 p.m. on Dec. 12. He ordered 7400 Florence Ave. very elite group of distance them. the cashier to give him the money in the register before Rodriguez fled LOCATION: LBCC stadium Date Inspected: 3/12/18 runners nationwide. Her time through the front doors to a waiting vehicle, authorities said. Gangs Out of Downey has Grade: A of 11:02 ranks her 16th in the AUGUST 25 adopted the six pillars of Character Rodriguez was arrested March 3, although police didn’t announce nation & 6th in California for Counts…GOOD helps spread these the arrest until March 16. Rodriguez is facing similar robbery charges in 10th graders currently in this Downey Relay for Life pillars. Character does count and Huntington Beach. event. DATE: Saturday, Aug. 25 character matters. We have to set Prosecutors charged Rodriguez with felony armed robbery. He is Follow us! TIME: 10 am the example.” @DowneyPatriot currently being held at the Orange County Jail pending a court appearance. LOCATION: Downey Adult School 2 | The Downey Patriot Obituaries Thursday, March. 22, 2018 Augie Garrido, longtime baseball coach at Cal State Fullerton, dies at 79 His best years with the Longhorns played in England and Switzerland, Milwaukee Braves in 1952 and The New York Democrat died were from 2002 to 2010 when he where he also coached. Kwong was spent nearly a decade in the minor at George Washington University won the two national titles and had inducted into British Columbia’s leagues before he was traded to Hospital in Washington, said Liam six 50-win seasons.

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