DOWNEY – St. Matthias High School will host a blood drive Wednesday to benefit the American Red Cross. The drive will be held in the school gym from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donors should see the front of...
Travel film March 14 DOWNEY – The travel film “Etched in Stone: Scotland to Provence” will be shown at the Downey High School auditorium Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Monty Brown will serve as narrator. Tickets are $10 and av...
Chinese festival in Norwalk NORWALK – A festival celebrating “The Year of the Tiger” will be held on the Cerritos College campus tomorrow from 12-3:30 p.m. The event will include traditional dishes, various performances an...
Seminary hosting reception BELLFLOWER – St. John’s Seminary will celebrate its 70th anniversary with a series of dinners at parishes throughout the Los Angeles Archdiocese, with the next one planned Thursday at St. Bernar...
Students can learn MLA style DOWNEY – Students can learn to create a works-cited bibliography using the MLA format at a free class hosted by the Downey City Library on Wednesday. The class is free to teens ages 13-19. It ...
Fundraiser at BJ’s restaurant DOWNEY – A fundraiser to benefit Duchenne muscular dystrophy research will be held Tuesday at the BJ’s restaurant in Downey. Diners who present a flyer will have 15% of their bill donated to www...
Football sign-ups continue DOWNEY – Registration will continue tomorrow at West Middle School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the 2010 season of Downey Youth Football. Cost is $160 for tackle, and $100 for flag and cheerleadin...
“Rodgers and Hart – A Celebration” is now in its final weekend at the Downey Theatre. Show times are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. For tickets and information, call (562) 9...
DOWNEY – Members of the Downey Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will hold a fundraiser at Frantone’s Pizza on Thursday from 5-10 p.m. Frantone’s will donate 25 percent of proceeds from the...
DOWNEY – Temple Ner Tamid will celebrate the Purim holiday on today with a pot luck dinner at 6 p.m. Guests whose last name begins with the letter A through Z are asked to bring a main dish, while...
DOWNEY – The Woman’s Club of Downey is sponsoring a bus trip to the Pechanga Resort & Casino on Monday. Cost is $6 for Woman’s Club members and $11 for non-members, and includes a $5 voucher for c...
DOWNEY – The Royal Rangers, a Christian scouting program for boys, meets every Wednesday from 7-8:30 p.m. at Desert Reign Assembly of God, 11610 Lakewood Blvd., in Downey. The organization previou...
DOWNEY – Downey Youth Football will continue registration for its 2010 season tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Furman Park. Northwest Downey Little League will also hold Opening Day ceremonies t...
The cool uncle I’m going to be an uncle. In case you haven’t heard, my brother, Oscar, and his wife, Mona, are having a baby. Congratulations to both of them, but I’m going to be a little self...
Crime report for 3-12-10 Here is this week’s crime reported, with information provided by the Downey Police Department. Friday, March 5, 2010 At 8 p.m. a home invasion robbery occurred in the 8100 block of Gardend...
Supervisors and their 'pet projects' Los Angeles County supervisors are spending millions of dollars on pet projects, despite plans to “carve deeply into everything from public safety to social services,” according to a s...