Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 Vol. 17 No. 42 PAGING DR. FRISCHER CRIME REPORT FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT Antibiotics in Attorney faces Downey in the A guitarist’s your food drug charges 1860s homecoming SEE PAGE 3 SEE PAGE 2 SEE PAGE 8 SEE PAGE 9 Downey DUSD restaurant begins grades Gloria’s Country Butcher 12161 Paramount Blvd. recruiting Date Inspected: 1/22/19 FridayWeekend76˚ Grade: A at a Glance for magnet Bionicos Don Leo 8027 E Imperial Hwy. Saturday 6878˚⁰ Date Inspected: 1/22/19 Friday school Grade: A Sunday 76˚ The Board of Education has yet to Gloria’s Country Butcher Shop 70⁰ approve plans for a controversial 12121 Paramount Blvd. Saturday new magnet school, but Downey Date Inspected: 1/22/19 Unified is already accepting Grade: A applications. Tempo Cantina THINGS TO DO District officials say an early PHOTO BY ALEX DOMINGUEZ 12246 Paramount Blvd. Date Inspected: 1/22/19 start is necessary to avoid Mark McDaniel, a captain with the Downey Police Department, speaks at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Grade: student poaching by neighboring McDaniel and other police officers were vocal in their opposition to SB 1437, a new law that reduces B school districts. sentences on accomplices to murder. The Community and Senior Center By Alex Dominguez 7810 Quill Dr. Staff Writer Date Inspected: 1/18/19 DOWNEY – While the Police officers speak out Grade: A Downey Unified Board of Dodgers FanFest Education still deliberates on Staples Saturday - Dodger Stadium, the fate of two schools, DUSD 12070 Lakewood Blvd. 10 am to 4 pm has already started taking Date Inspected: 1/18/19 Autograph sessions, live music, games, applications for a dual language against new law and main stage interviews with Dodgers Grade: A academic program. past and present. A new link on DUSD’s SB 1437, signed into law by Jerry Mrs. Field’s Cookies website homepage is offering Brown last year, is blamed for 321 Stonewood St. information and the opportunity Date Inspected: 1/17/19 to apply for a new Global a light sentence against one of Language Academies of Downey Ricky Galvez’s attackers. Grade: A (G.L.A.D.) program. Chris & Pitts BBQ According to PR Coordinator By Alex Dominguez 7347 Imperial Hwy. Ashley Greaney, parents were Staff Writer Date Inspected: 1/17/19 surveyed in October 2017 in Grade: A regards to Prop 58 specifically DOWNEY – Downey police Pro Wrestling Tryout asking if they would be officers and other officials took to Saturday - Santinos Bros Wrestling interested in a bilingual program City Hall on Tuesday, taking a stand Albertson’s Meat / Sea food Academy in Bell Gardens, 9 am in Downey Unified. Of the against Senate Bill 1437 in the 7676 Firestone Blvd. A one-day camp where you’ll learn more than 650 parents who wake of a disappointing sentence Date Inspected: 1/17/19 wrestling and lucha libre fundamentals, responded, 70 percent said that to one of the Ricardo “Ricky” Grade: A plus character development. $99 they would be interested in this Galvez murder defendants. type of program, with 89 percent Galvez, a Downey police Albertson’s Deli saying they would select Spanish officer, was killed in 2015. PHOTO BY ALEX DOMINGUEZ 7676 Firestone Blvd. as the target language, Greaney Date Inspected: 1/17/19 said. The wound is still extremely fresh for the Galvez family and Grade: A In addition, the district many of the deceased’s friends, that he had spoken with police gang, robbing people at gunpoint provided staff with a loved ones, and fellow officers officials earlier in the day and with reckless indifference. They Philly’s Best questionnaire, to which nearly after one of the accused suspects asked to be kept updated on any accepted and understood the 12008 Lakewood Blvd. 500 staff members provided in the murder case – 20-year-old progress concerning the Ricky consequences of that lifestyle, and Date Inspected: 1/17/19 Abel Diaz – was remanded back to Galvez murder trials. they should also accept their fate feedback which trended to an Grade: Murder Mystery Show juvenile hall where it is believed and remain behind bars for the A interest in dual immersion “I have spoken with the Saturday - Queen Mary, 6 pm he will serve a maximum of five rest of their life.” programs. Senator about it, I did give them years for his crimes. Jimmy Johns Solve a crime while feasting on dinner. a copy of the letter that [Galvez’s] Police Captain Mark McDaniel “Although no location 12018 Lakewood Blvd. The killer is hiding somewhere in the brother submitted,” said Collins. also spoke, representing members has been finalized, these two The disappointedly light Date Inspected: 1/17/19 room, and you may find yourself as a sentence is widely believed to be of the Downey Police Management factors in combination with the Ralph Diaz, a police officer and prime suspect. $80 the fault of Senate Bill 1437, which Association, for which he currently Grade: A Community Meetings at the president of the Downey Police was signed in September of last serves as president. elementary level in December, Officers Association, was next, year by then Gov. Jerry Brown. Poke 2 Grill solidified this interest to the and said that there were several “As law enforcement Under SB 1437, prosecutors’ ability 9523 Lakewood Blvd. other associations that were “up professionals, my members and point that we felt comfortable to use the “felony murder rule” to in arms” over SB 1437. I took an oath to uphold the law. Date Inspected: 1/17/19 moving forward with knowing charge accomplices with homicide It’s important. It’s in our DNA to Grade: A we intended to begin a Dual is now more limited. “With Senate Bill 1437, the speak up when there’s injustice, Immersion program with the accomplice liability for felony At a recent council meeting, to be the voice for those who have Taco Bell idea of starting in August of murder, a juvenile in Ricky’s Mayor Rick Rodriguez asked for been victimized,” said McDaniel. 2019,” Greaney wrote in an murder case is going to be released 9551 Lakewood Blvd. staff to come up with a resolution email. possibly by the age of 25 or even “We take this responsibility Date Inspected: 1/17/19 against the legislation. However, Destruction Derby earlier,” said Diaz. “I’m a police very seriously, and we will always Grade: “Since the Dual Immersion on Tuesday it was several officers A Saturday - Irwindale Speedway, 7 pm officer and I understand the protect our community and the program continues to be well and local officials who spoke up consequences of putting on my residents that we proudly serve Enduro and figure 8 racing, plus watch and took a stand. Albertson’s Bakery received, we do anticipate the uniform every day; I understand every day. We will always speak up vehicles get crushed, burned and Board will give final approval of 7676 Firestone Blvd. destroyed. $7-$15 The first to speak was Scott I may not return home one day. I for the truth, justice, and the rule a location in February and we Date Inspected: 1/17/19 Collins, field representative for accept that fate. The suspects in of law, period.” will be able to actually begin the state Sen. Bob Archuleta, who said the murder of Ricky were part of a Grade: A program in August as projected. Continued on page 3 “Knowing we needed to act Donas quickly before other districts 8636 Imperial Hwy. started poaching our TK-K Date Inspected: 1/16/19 students, we began to advertise Grade: A and accept applications for a projected implementation for A message from DUSD Pizza Time the 2019-2020 school year.” 8310 Stewart and Gray Rd. The Downey Unified School District clear that our stakeholders are Senator Swearing-In Date Inspected: 1/16/19 The submission period has issued the following statement supportive of a Dual Language Saturday - Norwalk City Hall, 9 am opened Jan. 7 and will continue regarding discussions about possibly program within Downey Unified,” Grade: A Bob Archuleta, Downey’s representative through Feb. 15. opening a dual language elementary stated Wayne Shannon, Assistant in the California Senate, takes a public school campus. Superintendent of Elementary General Nutrition Center This comes at a time where Education. “We know that oath of office. 284 Stonewood St. the school district has been The statement is being printed in its providing this type of program to embroiled in controversy entirety: our students will continue to lead Date Inspected: 1/16/19 surrounding its potential plans them in the direction to be globally Grade: A for Sussman Middle School and competitive lifelong learners.” Carpenter Elementary. While After overwhelmingly Sizzling Thai Kitchen positive feedback from After extensive research of the nothing has been approved as of 8330 Stewart and Gray Rd. elementary stakeholders, the possibility of implementing new declining enrollment in the yet, there have been discussions instructional programs within Date Inspected: 1/16/19 about the conversion of recommendation is moving coming years. forward to implement a new Downey Unified, district staff Grade: A Carpenter to a dual immersion Dual Language program at the concluded its secondary staff and Stakeholder feedback gathered school and the possible closure, elementary level for the 2019- community meetings Tuesday at the secondary meetings has 1776 the Musical conversion, and reopening of night in a process to gather guided district staff to revise and Lucky Guy 2020 school year. The school 12801 Bellflower Blvd. All Weekend - La Mirada Theater for Sussman to a six through 12 site where this program will be stakeholder input.