Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 2, No. 5 - January 30, 2020
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This Issue
Calendar of Events.............3
Certified & Licensed
Professionals.......................4
Classifieds............................2
Entertainment......................2
Hawthorne............................3
Lawndale..............................4
Inglewood.............................5
Legals.................................6,7
Neighborhood Therapist.....5
Pets........................................8
Weekend
Forecast
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Saturday
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Sunday
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May All Your Souls Rest in Peace
In Loving Memory Of
KOBE BRYANT
Rest in peace to the legendary Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant, John Altobelli, Keri Altobelli, Alyssa Altobelli, Christina Mauser, Sarah Chester, Payton Chester and Ara Zobayan. Basketball will never be
the same. Our prayers and condolences go out to the victim’s families. Photo courtesy of Staples Center.
After 29 Years, El Segundo’s
Still Feeling Lucky
By Chase Maser
Since the early 1990s, Lucky’s has been a
staple of El Segundo, supplying the community
with fresh baked pastries, donuts, coffee and
lottery tickets non-stop.
The shop’s owner, Seng Fou, opened the
donut shop with her husband, Than Chau,
with one goal in mind—to run a successful
family business with the skills passed down
to her from years of experience.
“When we were looking for a donut shop
to open, we just drove around and stumbled
on El Segundo. We saw the area, we loved
it, and so we bought it.” says Fou.
From behind the counter, her daughter,
Brenda Chau, chimes in and adds some
context to her mom’s statement.
“We actually live in Long Beach, and at
the time, my parents lived in Orange County
when they opened the business.”
Brenda, who is currently a student at Cal
State Long Beach, studying Criminal Justice,
shares that “it was already a donut shop when
[they] took over.”
“There used to be a gas station here a long
time ago, but they tore it out and built a shopping
center instead. The area has changed a
lot, especially the people, but everyone is so
nice—the changes keep us busy,” Fou explains.
Staying busy is understatement.
According to Brenda, her mom works
seven days a week, baking twice a day with
her father and brother, Kevin Chau, working
the night shift.
“So my dad bakes at night time, and
my mom hired a person to bake here in
the early mornings before she comes in,”
says Brenda. “Our donuts are always fresh—
we bake them at around 8 AM. It’s the
best time to come—when the donuts are
still warm.”
But even after the morning crowd gets their
fix, Lucky’s gets a second wind from local officers
and travelers leaving and entering the city.
“At night, all the customers are from the
airport,” Brenda chuckles. “And from what
I hear, the El Segundo police always stop
by. For some reason, they don’t come by in
the morning, but at night they always stop
in. It must be because our coffee is pretty
good, too.”
Along with delicious coffee from Farmers
Brothers mixed with a few different blends,
their top donut sellers are Glaze and Maple
Longs. Fou even claims that she prepares and
goes through more than “a hundred ham &
cheese croissants a day.”
See Lucky, page 2
1978 - 2020
Gianna Bryant • John Altobelli
Keri Altobelli • Alyssa Altobelli
Christina Mauser • Sarah Chester
Payton Chester • Ara Zobayan