Hawthorne Press Tribune The Weekly Newspaper of Hawthorne Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - August 18, 2016 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................7 Classifieds............................2 Entertainment......................4 Finance..................................2 Hawthorne Happenings....3 Legals................................ 5-6 Pets........................................8 Police Reports.....................3 Seniors..................................7 Sports....................................5 Weekend Forecast Friday Sunny 72˚/63˚ Saturday Sunny 73˚/64˚ Sunday Sunny 75˚/65˚ Los Angeles Sailor Reaches Milestone for Enlisted Women on Submarines Chief Culinary Specialist Dominique Saavedra, assigned to USS Michigan, is pinned with her enlisted submarine qualification during a ceremony at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on Aug. 2. Saavedra, is the first female enlisted Sailor to earn the silver dolphins. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Kenneth G. Takada. Roadwork Makes Driving No Day at the Beach By Rob McCarthy Lane closed ahead. Grrr! Those dreaded words are all too familiar this summer for South Bay drivers as city, county and Caltrans crews resurface cracked pavement and, in some cases, excavate roads to make underground repairs. The bright-orange lane closure signs during the peak driving season have added to traffic congestion and commute times, and in the case of Century Boulevard a month-long overnight shutdown of the gateway to Los Angeles International Airport. The bright-orange construction signs dotting the roads and freeways follow the summer sun, according to the experts at the Automobile Club of Southern California. Road crews get busy when the days run longer, and so do the intersections and freeway ramps near the construction zones. “Traditionally, summer is a busier construction See Roadwork, page 8 season due to the better weather and longer daylight hours,” AAA spokesman Jeffrey Spring said. “Rest assured your area isn’t the only area with road construction going on.” Lane closures are a regular event in a metro area the size of Greater Los Angeles, but does there have to be so many from June to September when out-of-towners headed for the beach and theme parks merge into the gridlock of airport traffic and daily commuters? Experts with the Automobile Club say there’s nothing new under the sun about how roadway improvements get the green light to start. Construction follows the sun and the availability of public money. “Decisions about construction projects schedule are affected by many things,” Spring said. “Season is one of them. However, it also depends on the funding cycles, project development schedule, etc. I am sure they do their best to start as early as possible, and they always try to stay off the busy holiday season traffic.” That’s what Los Angeles’ Metro agency is attempting to do this week along Century Boulevard, the heavily traveled connector from the 405 freeway to LAX, the nation’s third-busiest airport. Metro will detour airport-area traffic around a scaffolding-removal project for the rest of August, and it promises to announce when the eastbound lane closures switch to the westbound lanes. Metro planned to close all eastbound lanes and the left-most westbound lane of Century Boulevard starting Aug. 15 between Aviation Boulevard and Bellanca Avenue. The eastbound lanes have been closed overnight this week for several days. The removal work was expected to switch to all westbound lanes from 11 a.m. to 6 a.m. for the remainder of the work week. Drivers trying to reach LAX from the north can use four of the six shortcuts found on the airport’s “LAX is Happening” website. An additional round of eastbound closures is expected the week of August 22-27, Metro said. The city agency has made contingency plans to detour airport-area traffic around the bottleneck for the next two weeks. When westbound Century Boulevard is closed, Metro will detour drivers north of on Aviation Boulevard, west on West Arbor Vitae Street, south on Airport Boulevard, then west on Century Boulevard. Trucks will be sent north on La Cienega Boulevard, west on West Arbor Vitae Street, south on Airport Boulevard, and then west on Century Boulevard, according to a Metro statement. When all eastbound Century Boulevard lanes are closed, vehicles will be north on Airport Boulevard, east onto West Arbor Vitae Street before heading south on Aviation Boulevard to rejoin Century Boulevard. Drivers can download the AAA’s free travel app on their phones or mobile devices to get real-time traffic reports and find nearby parking. Other sites such as INRIX Traffic, Waze, and Google Maps, display highway construction
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