Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018 Vol. 17 No. 33 NEWS FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Chorus master Santa Claus A Victorian tea Food drive selected Mark Keller and show starts Monday SEE PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 9 SEE PAGE 15 SEE PAGE 3 Downey DOWNEY FIGHTER, 17, WINS restaurant grades Michaels THIRD MUAY THAI TITLE 12100 Lakewood Blvd. Date Inspected: 11/16/18 Friday 69˚ ►Only 17, mixed martial artist Although he lost the fight, he Grade: A Weekend Jonathan O’Neill already holds three gained priceless experience and at a championship belts. He’ll defend his learned what it will take to be a Kentucky Fried Chicken Glance latest title early next year. champion. 7865 E Florence Ave. Saturday 71˚⁰ “That helped tremendously. I Date Inspected: 11/16/18 Friday 68 realized how good the competition Grade: B By William Odis Martin is globally,” said O’Neill. “The Contributor guy I fought swept me about four Subway times too and ever since then I was 7930 Florence Ave. Sunday 74˚ determined to be able to sweep as 70⁰ Date Inspected: 11/16/18 Saturday DOWNEY – Jonathan O’Neill is well as he did. the newest North American WBC Grade: A “While I was there I watched Muay Thai (under 18) champion hundreds of fights and saw their after his most recent victory in style and now I try to mix their Yum Yum Donuts Arizona. THINGS TO DO style with mine, like the lead leg 7410 Florence Ave. At just 17 years old, O’Neill fighting. In America, you can’t Date Inspected: 11/16/18 already holds three championship find anyone on that skill level Grade: A belts in Muay Thai. to try to emulate so I watch my fight in Thailand all the time so See’s Candies Muay Thai is a form of martial I can fight like the guy that beat arts that consists of stand-up me in Thailand because his style 203 Stonewood St. striking using feet, shins, elbows, obviously works.” Date Inspected: 11/15/18 and fists.The combat sport that Grade: A has been affectionately regarded It definitely was his edge in as the Art of Eight Limbs, his championship fight. O’Neill originated in South Eastern Asia, had impressive sweeps that kept Rosewood Liquor Santa Claus Arrival in countries near Myanmar and putting his opponent on his 7138 Telegraph Rd. Saturday - Norwalk Town Square, Thailand sometime in the 1700s. back. His brutal attack on the Date Inspected: 11/15/18 12 pm lead leg dominated the match by Grade: Thai military and buddhist A Watch as Santa Claus arrives via physically and mentally chopping helicopter. Plus free train rides, carnival monks alike have been practicing Muay Thai champion Jnathan O’Neill. his opponent down. games, real snow play area and the martial art for centuries before Photo by William Odis Martin See’s Candy Shop sledding, crafts, pony rides, and more. it made its way to the US. There O’Neill improved his record to 9839 Paramount Blvd. you will find the best Muay Thai 7-1 overall and plans to defend the Date Inspected: 11/15/18 fighters in the world so O’Neill title sometime in early January or The young champion credits team at King Cobra in Downey for Grade: A made the pilgrimage to Thailand February. In just a few weeks he the support of his father, Eric pushing him to the max every day will go back to Arizona to compete O’Neill, his coach and mentor so that fight nights come easier. in August to put his skills to the Tacos Raul ultimate test. in a Muay Thai tournament. Isaias Nambo, and the rest of the 8740 Firestone Blvd. Date Inspected: 11/15/18 Grade: A Frantone’s Pizza and Spaghetti CDC issues nationwide recall 9148 Telegraph Rd. Tamale Festival Date Inspected: 11/15/18 Sunday - La Habra Civic Center, Grade: A 9 am to 6 pm 40-plus food vendors, 80-plus general of romaine lettuce vendors, artwalk, tamale lessons, three Chris’s Best stages of entertainment, tree lighting The Centers for Disease some of it was eaten and no one syndrome. Write down what you ate in 9180 Telegraph Rd. ceremony, and more. Control is advising U.S. consumers has gotten sick. the week before you started to get Date Inspected: 11/15/18 E. coli infection is usually not to eat any romaine lettuce in sick, and report your illness to the diagnosed by testing a stool Grade: A response to a new multi-state This includes all types or health department. sample. outbreak of illnesses caused by a uses of romaine lettuce, such as The outbreak is also affecting El Atacor dangerous type of E.coli. whole heads of romaine, hearts of romaine, and bags and boxes If you have symptoms of an Canada, where 18 cases have been 9456 Telegraph Rd. E. coli infection, talk to your The CDC also says retailers and of precut lettuce and salad mixes identified. Date Inspected: 11/15/18 healthcare provider. restaurants should not serve or that contain romaine, including Grade: A sell any romaine lettuce until more baby romaine, spring mix, and is learned about the outbreak. Caesar salad. The Hummus Factory Officials say 32 people in 11 The CDC recommends that if 8266 Firestone Blvd. states were infected with the you do not know if the lettuce is Date Inspected: 11/14/18 A Carpenters Christmas outbreak strain of Shiga toxin- romaine or whether a salad mix Grade: A Saturday - La Mirada Theater for the producing E. coli between October contains romaine, do not eat it and Performing Arts, 8 pm 8 and October 31. throw it away. Q’s Authentic Mexican Shaved Singer and playwright Lisa Rock and her Thirteen people were The CDC also advises FRIDAY, NOV. 2 Ice 6-piece backing band are keeping The hospitalized, including one person consumers to wash and sanitize 8272 Firestone Blvd. Carpenters’ holiday traditions alive by At 1:30 am, the victims were at an apartment complex on the 7300 bringing their unforgettable Christmas who developed a type of kidney drawers or shelves in refrigerators Date Inspected: 11/14/18 failure. where romaine was stored. block of Dinwiddie when a suspect tried to steal their marijuana. songs to the stage. $15-$49 Grade: A No deaths have been reported. According to the CDC, people During a struggle with the suspect, one of the victim’s was struck in usually get sick from Shiga toxin- The CDC advises anyone who the thigh by a small caliber bullet. She was medically treated for a El Tequilense producing E. coli two to eight days 9126 Telegraph Rd. has any type of romaine lettuce in after swallowing the germ. Some non-life threatening wound. The suspect fled the location with the his or her home should not eat it Date Inspected: 11/14/18 patients may get a type of kidney marijuana prior to police arrival. Detectives are investigating. and should throw it away, even if failure called hemolytic uremic Grade: A At 12:20 pm, officers responded to a robbery at the AT&T store at 8420 Burger City Grill Firestone. Prior to our arrival, a male suspect grabbed a display phone 8260 Firestone Blvd. Date Inspected: 11/14/18 Teenager fatally shot after from inside the store and ran towards the door. When an employee The Nutcracker Grade: A tried to stop him, the suspect made a verbal threat and simulated a All Weekend - Cerritos Center for the fight at gas station Performing Arts handgun. The suspect then grabbed a second display phone and fled Golden Palace Restaurant DOWNEY – A 19-year-old man was found shot and killed in a 9116 Telegraph Rd. Los Angeles Ballet presents its version riverbed in Downey over the weekend after he was in a fight at a nearby the location. of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” gas station, police said. Date Inspected: 11/14/18 set in 1912 Los Angeles. $34-$102 Grade: A Miguel Hernandez Bravo, of Bell, was pronounced dead of a gunshot From 10:30 pm until 2:30 am, two officers working a foot beat in the wound before 3 a.m. Sunday near a bridge over the San Gabriel River downtown area issued 5 municipal code citations. by Foster Road and Carfax Road, just north of the city’s border with Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant Bellflower, said Downey Police Sgt. Kevin McCaster. 9020 Telegraph Rd. Date Inspected: 11/14/18 Detectives learned Bravo had been involved in a physical altercation SATURDAY, NOV. 3 Grade: with several people at the gas station a few blocks away on Woodruff At 9:25 pm, officers responded to a report of gunshots heard in the A Avenue and Foster Road, he said. area of the 13400 block of Laureldale. Officers located five shell Tamales Guadalajara “It is believed the individuals may be involved in this crime and the casings in the roadway. One witness confirmed the shots were fired victim was specifically targeted,” McCaster said. 9134 Telegraph Rd. from a vehicle into the air. Suspect vehicle fled the location prior to Date Inspected: 11/14/18 No arrests were announced and no further details were available. Hollywood Christmas Parade police arrival. Grade: A Sunday - Hollywood, 5 pm Police asked anyone with information about the shooting to call them at 562-904-2308 or 562-904-2331. Anonymous tips can be made Tacos Don Goyo Floats, balloons, costume characters, bands, equestrians and celebrities from to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477) or by using the P3 Tips From 10:30 pm until 2:30 am, two officers worked in the downtown 8502 Telegraph Rd.