Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 3, No. 44 - November 4, 2021
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Leuzinger High School Brings
Home the Mayor’s Cup Trophy
The Hawthorne High School Cougars fought hard, but the Leuzinger Olympians brought home the win. Thank you to Mayor Alex Vargas and Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles for coming out to support your
teams. Congratulations Leuzinger High School. Photo courtesy Centinela Valley Union High School District.
One-Time San Diego “Super Chargers”
Will be Calling the South Bay Home
By Duane Plank
The Los Angeles Chargers, a franchise that
played their initial season in LA back in 1960,
quickly relocated to San Diego the following
year, then moved back to the Los Angeles
environs in 2017, will be calling El Segundo
their home base, beginning in 2024.
The Chargers’ brass announced earlier this
week that it had selected El Segundo as the
site of its new headquarters and state-of-the-art
training facility. The Chargers are currently
training in Orange County.
For those of you not-up-to date on the
travails of the Chargers 2021 season, they
are currently sitting at 4-3 in the AFC West
Division, in second place behind the Raiders.
And are quarterbacked by a young, rising
superstar, Justin Herbert.
The new facility is expected to be completed
in the spring of 2024. It will be located at the
intersection of El Segundo Boulevard and Nash
Street, on a 14-acre site just seven miles from
SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, where the team
plays its home games.
The land is owned by the Continental Development
How We Re-invented the Orient Express
and Found Dracula Along the Way
Article by Ben & Glinda Shipley
The authentic Paris-Istanbul Orient
Express ran from the 1880s until the
1930s on a southern (Serbian) or northern
(Romanian) route, depending on the
latest Balkan War. After voracious reading
of Agatha Christie, Graham Greene,
Eric Ambler, and Ian Fleming, we were
dying to take the Most Romantic Train
Trip in The World, but found nothing but
imitations and so-called alternate routes,
at more than $3,500 a pop.
So, one of our all-time-favorite adventures
started with the bright idea of
booking all of the legs on our own, country
by country, with each national railway. It
took weeks of research and wrangling,
but we ended up with:
Bruxelles-Liege (SNCB Belgium).
Liege-Cologne (Deutsche Bahn).
Cologne-Vienna (ÖBB Austria).
Vienna-Budapest (Railjet).
Budapest-Bucharest (EuroNight Ister).
Bucharest-Istanbul (Bosphor-Express).
All for less than $1,000.
The original Orient Express stopped for
a luxurious spa night in Budapest, so we
did too. We took another three days off in
Bucharest to drive up into Transylvania
in search of Dracula (Vlad really is dead,
although we never saw a body). Which
left three overnight sleeper trains on the
Vienna, Bucharest, and Istanbul legs.
Neither of us had ever ventured east of
Yugoslavia, so we had no real idea what
Corporation (CDC) and Mar Ventures,
Inc. and is slated to be leased to the Chargers.
CDC Senior vice-president of real estate Bob
Tarnofsky said that “we have been working
for more than a year to bring the transaction
to fruition.”
What makes the Chargers a good fit for El
Segundo? “Spectacular location for them,”
Tarnofsky said, noting the proximity to LAX,
which is very convenient for team members
and staff, prospective free agents and visiting
league dignitaries, coupled with the fact that
this small town is now home to the Lakers,
the Kings, and down-the-road, the Chargers.
“It is unprecedented,” he said.
Tarnofsky said that the selection of El Segundo
to be the Chargers’ home base “speaks highly
of how the Chargers feel about embracing
the community of El Segundo.” He said the
Chargers had searched “extensively” for a city
to plant their flag permanently and deemed El
Segundo the perfect location.
CDC, Tarnofsky said, “has been in existence
for more than a half-century, and this is one
of the biggest transactions that we have ever
done.” He noted that the Chargers are “very,
very community-oriented,” and believes that El
Segundo residents will see ancillary benefits
in town as the Chargers begin their outreach
program. “They will be active in the community,”
Tarnofsky said.
“This is truly a feather-in-the-cap for the
residents of El Segundo,” concluded Tarnofsky,
“a source of civic pride.”
As to be expected, El Segundo politicians
and city administrators touted the Chargers’
decision.
Said El Segundo mayor Drew Boyles: “El
Segundo has a strong tradition of fostering
game-changing innovation in business and
technology, and City Council is thrilled that the
Chargers selected our city for the team’s new
headquarters and training facility.” (The) City
Council looks forward to learning the details
of the proposed project,” Boyles added, “and
listening to the community’s input. I believe
El Segundo is the most important five square
miles of Southern California’s economy, and
this exciting project reinforces El Segundo’s
legacy as a city of world champions - where
big ideas take off.”
Added El Segundo City manager Scott Mitnick:
“The proposed land use at this location
will help (the) City Council implement its vision
to diversify the local El Segundo economy
further,” he said. “City staff has been working
for several months with representatives from
Continental Development Corp., Mar Ventures,
See Chargers, page 5
See Travel, page 7