EL SEGUNDO HERALD December 5, 2019 Page 3
Letters Campuses Joining Together to Send
Accuracy in Journalism
Last week, you described how The Herald
published a letter from “Steve McCroskey,”
a fictitious resident. You went on to ask
readers not to “give credibility to someone
who would use a false name in an effort to
discredit someone with a different opinion.”
With brief fact-checking, we all learned that
McCroskey is a fake name. More importantly,
we learned he made unfounded claims about
Ron Swanson and S&S Hardware, falsely accusing
them of personal gains from Top Golf.
The attack was underhanded and cowardly, and
should not have been published without some
simple due diligence. Publishing an opinion
letter is one thing, but it is unacceptable to
publish libelous falsehoods. At a time when
journalism is often labeled as fake news, it
is especially critical that content is accurate.
Police Reports
Monday, Nov. 25
One male adult was arrested at 0009 hours
from Grand Avenue and Virginia Street for
possession of Methamphetamine.
One male adult was arrested at 0009 hours
from Grand Avenue and Virginia Street for
a misdemeanor warrant out of Manhattan
Beach PD.
One female adult was arrested at 0009
hours from Grand Avenue and Virginia
Street for three misdemeanor warrants out
of Hawthorne PD, Redondo PD, and LASD
One male adult was arrested at 0230 hours
from Grand Avenue and Main Street for
public intoxication.
A grand theft report was taken at 0459
hours from the 1900 block of East Mariposa
Avenue. Luggage was taken from an
unlocked vehicle.
One male adult was arrested at 0540
hours from Imperial Avenue and Main Street
for suspicion of a stolen vehicle and for a
misdemeanor warrant out of South LA CHP
station.
One male adult was detained at 0839 hours
from the 1100 block of East Acacia Avenue
and transported to Exodus for a 72-hour
psychiatric hold.
A burglary (vehicle) report was taken at
0952 hours from the 100 block of Loma
Vista Street. Unknown suspect(s) stole a
– Jay Hoeschler •
camera bag and Apple MacBook laptop along
with several other personal items from the
victim’s vehicle.
A forgery report was taken at 1233 hours
from the 300 block of North Pacific Coast
Highway. Unknown suspect(s) cashed counterfeit
checks at a bank with the victim’s
information.
One female adult was arrested at 1949 hours
from Grand Avenue and Virginia Street for
Identity theft, resisting a peace officer, and
for possession of drug paraphernalia.
Tuesday, Nov. 26
A vandalism (graffiti) report was taken at
1145 hours from the 100 block of Maryland
Street.
An identity report was taken at 1244 hours
from the 800 block of Apollo Street. A known
suspect used the victim’s credit card to make
fraudulent purchases.
A misdemeanor hit and run report was
taken at 1923 hours from the 800 block of
North Douglas Street, vehicle versus vehicle.
Wednesday, Nov. 27
Students Onto Careers in Aerospace
By Rob McCarthy
Two high school districts and El Camino
College next year will join a technical training
program that the college’s president envisions
becoming a job pipeline from the classroom
to the South Bay’s world-class flight and
space industry. The public-private partnership
coming to the area aims to inspire teens and
young adults to pursue careers in technology,
including manufacturing which is the number
one job creator in the airport area.
Jose Anaya, dean of Community Advancement
with El Camino, last month revealed the
details of the partnership to the college board
of trustees. NextFlex, a research institute that
develops flexible technology nationwide, is
a central partner in the workforce development
project.
Centinela Valley Union High School District
and Inglewood Unified School District have
agreed to partner with El Camino to launch
NetFlex’s pilot program in the South Bay.
High school students will be recruited to join,
starting in the spring, according to Anaya.
Teachers in the two districts will play an
instrumental role in the startup program. They
will learn a program developed by NextFlex
to attract young minds to think about careers
in technology, and blend the concepts of
it into class learning objectives, according
to the presentation. “We’re hoping that we
capture and inspire young people to look at
careers in technology and make their way
to El Camino College,” Anaya said. College
officials say they are fulfilling the mission
of community colleges to prepare a skilled
workforce for local employers that meet the
changing demands of the South Bay’s core
industries.
The aerospace industry in the South Bay
and elsewhere in the nation can’t find enough
skilled workers to replace its aging workforce.
El Camino President Dena Maloney said
recently the partnership is good for local
industry and for the Torrance campus. “It’s
very important to our students for employment
and it’s very important to our companies for
economic growth,” she said, adding “and it’s
very important to the college that we’re seen
as a solution to this workforce dilemma that
we’re facing.”
The aerospace manufacturing and parts
industry employs 75,000 people statewide,
according to state employment data. That
number has held steady the past 23 months.
A future-of-work report released in June
has sounded a call for more young people
to attend community colleges and prepare
themselves for middle-skill careers that offer
higher-than-average pay, career advancement
and maybe, most importantly, jobs that aren’t
going to a robot anytime soon.
South Bay employers and recruiters over
the next five years can expect skills shortages
for positions that require an Associates
degree or some college coursework. The
labor economists with the L.A. Center for a
Competitive Workforce in their report say that
middle-skilled professions -- nursing, bookkeeping,
and planning -- offer the best opportunities in
Los Angeles County’s wide-open workforce.
Community colleges are employers’ best
hope for getting out ahead of the coming skills
gap, the report’s authors say. Jobs in warehousing,
are being replaced by machines and trusted
to artificial intelligence. Automation won’t
be a “pressing threat” to local employer for
another 10 or 20 years, however, according
to the labor economists.
When the door closes on these familiar
jobs in South Bay’s aerospace and defense
companies, another door is expected to open.
Some technical training -- not necessarily a
A missing person report was taken at 0106
hours from the 200 block of West Imperial
Avenue. A female adult was reported missing.
A burglary (commercial) report was taken
at 0349 hours from the 2200 block of East
Maple Avenue.
See Police Reports, page 4
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See Careers in Aerospace, page 11
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