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MOTHER’S DAY
SPECIAL
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Hawthorne Happenings
News for the City of Good
Neighbors from an Old Guy
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Wanted
WANTED. Collectibles/antiques.
Typewriters, sewing machines,
military, silver, Japan, records,
stamps, coins, jewelry, Chinese,
ANYTHING. Buy/Sell/Trade. We sell
for you on EBAY. Studio Antiques, El
Segundo. 310.322.3895.
For Rent
FOR RENT: 2BR/1BA, hardwood
floors, crownmolding, W/D hookups,
patio and 2 car garage. Great
location center of town, one block
off Main! $2900/mo. 310-628-9518
or 310-529-9715.
For Rent
El Segundo Apt. $2475/mo. 2 bed,
1 bath. Washer/Dryer. New Heat/A/C
Unit. Garage. Patio. 1 yr. min lse.
(310) 545-3153
Employment
Part-time Sales. Looking for
motivated part-time workers. Inside
sales: work from home and make
sales calls. 15% commission on all
sales. Outside sales: territories are
Torrance and El Segundo. Includes
walking and interacting with business
owners. 20% commission on all
sales. Seniors and students welcome.
Send resume to management@
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Apartment For Rent
Large 2 BD, 1 BTH, Upstairs
quiet 4 unit building. NEWLY
REDECORATED, 1 CAR GARAGE,
LAUNDRY Facilities. NO PETS.
$2,350/MTH. 310.540.3605
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Named Norb Huber
Clark Realty
If you really want to know how
Hawthorne was like back in the day,
don’t ask a “johnnie come lately”,
ex-Hawthorne low life like me. Go talk to
either Paul or John Clark at Clark Realty.
Their father, Dale S. Clark started the business
back in 1954 and they have been selling
homes and managing property there ever since
at 13719 Hawthorne Blvd. The Clarks grew
up in the Ramona Tract, attended Ramona
School and HHS. The brothers can tell you
stories about almost every family who has
ever lived West of the Boulevard. They
played little league baseball and grew up in
Hawthorne’s Beach Boys era. They have sold
houses to a great many of former and present
day families. Most weekdays you may
see Paul out in front of his shop enjoying a
good cigar while sweeping up the trash that
have been blown in by the boulevard traffic.
John is a walking sports encyclopedia,
especially when it comes to baseball trivia.
Ask him what year Stan the Man Musial
won the National League batting title and
he will respond not only with the years, but
the exact averages for each of the years he
won the title. The Clark brothers probably
have more Hawthorne history in them then
anyone left kickin’. For the past 70 years
they’ve been living and working in the City
of Good Neighbors. In recognition for all
of their dedicated service and community
involvement, Clark Realty will be inducted
into the Hawthorne Hall of Fame on May
11th at the Historical Society’s banquet. I
can not think of a more deserving family
to receive this honor.
Historical Society’s
Hall of Fame Banquet
It’s not too late to reserve a seat at Hawthorne
Historical Society’s Hall of Fame induction
Banquet. This year, the event will be held
on Saturday, May 11th, from 6-10 p.m., the
night before Mother’s Day. It will be held at
the Ayers Hotel. Tickets are $50 per person.
To make reservations please call Dick Huhn
at 310-643-9157. The deadline to reserve a
seat is May 9th. The 2019 Hall of Fame
inductees include: The Anderson Family,
Clark Realty, Dave Capelouto, Ted & Dana
Gioia, and Betta St. John. If you have lived
in Hawthorne for any time at all, you will
want to be there to help celebrate our
rich history and the dedicated people
who have made the City of Good
Neighbors a great place.
We Just Never Know
You and me both never know
what we are going to tackle each
week here in this space. From abortions
to zombies, we have covered it all. One
of my rock solid, loyal readers was disappointed
to hear that my readership numbers
had dipped down to 13. Another reader
asked why I was so grouchy all the time.
It’s tough to be all things to all people. You
all get what you get, or you get whatever
nonsense that pops into my head. Yes, as
a matter of fact, I do have a chip on my
shoulder; it’s from an old, high school basketball
injury. Speaking of sports, I learned
a lot from participating. My next book is
going to be entitled, Fore! “Everything I
needed to know about life I learned while
playing golf”. Every piece of advice given
to a golfer is also true for life: relax, swing
easy, hit it straight, preparation is the key,
stay focused, keep your eye on the ball, stay
level headed, it all starts with tempo, learn
to hit through trouble, respect the game,
integrity is everything, enjoy every moment,
every shot is a new challenge, and when you
have completed your round head to the club
house for a cold one. Of course it helps to
have the Big Guy up in the sky help you get
through it all. And as the old saying goes,
in golf and life: “It’s better to be lucky than
good”. Why can’t I just put all of my good
advice to work out on the course and have
a good score after 18 holes? It’s because
my short game sucks. Around the green is
where a golfer can save strokes and score
well. Those short putts and delicate chips are
killers. Like golf, a lot of us have the big
things figured out but it’s the short game,
the small stuff that gets in our way. We
get frustrated because our coffee is cold or
our kids won’t turn off their cell phones,
or our dog pooped on our neighbor’s lawn.
Remember life is short, don’t sweat the small
stuff. Oh yes, keep your head steady and
make a putt or two.
Upcoming Hawthorne Events
• April 28: Presidents Council Volunteers
Appreciation Day
• May 11: Hawthorne Historical Society’s
Hall of Fame Banquet
– Please send Norb an email at:
norbhuber@gmail.com •
Mayor, City Council Oppose
State’s Affordable Housing Bill
By Derrick Deane
Mayor Alex Vargas and the Hawthorne City
Council took a united stand against California
Assemblymember Kevin McCarty’s proposed
bill that would link local transportation funds
to affordable housing metrics. In its current
proposed state, Assembly Bill 1568 would
require a city or county to adopt a general
plan for land use development that would
include a housing element.
“They won’t give us money to repair our
roads if we don’t do what they say, which is
to build more housing,” Vargas said. “That’s
kind of messed up.”
On April 5, the League of California Cities
was informed that the Assembly Bill would
be amended to remove provisions that would
have withheld a city or county’s share of SB
1 transportation funding for non-compliance
with California housing laws, but the bill still
requires cities to continue to build affordable
housing with the latest penalty barring cities
from applying for state grants until housing
targets are met annually.
According to the watchdog website FollowTheMoney.
com, the State Building and
Construction Trades Council of California
has donated more than $21 million to Mc-
Carty’s four election campaigns. Meanwhile,
the California Association of Realtor has
added another $57 million and the California
Apartment Association added $9 million to
his war chest during those campaigns.
In the end, though, this comes down to
local control and is something that Vargas
reiterated during his statement. “Unfortunately
the state of California and Sacramento what
they’re trying to do is take away our control,”
Vargas said. “”If we as a city see there is a
problem, in particular the parking situation,
and we can attribute it to a certain cause,
which we feel and a majority of the people
feel is attributed to the high-density housing
that exists in certain corners of our community,
we know what is better for our city.”
Vargas continued, “The people in the city
of Hawthorne know what is best for the city
of Hawthorne. We know what to refrain from
and know what to stop from coming into
our city. The people up in Sacramento think
that they know what is better for us and they
want to unload all the responsibility for the
housing situation on us.”
Vargas was quick to point out that the City
Council is not by any means anti-development.
Proof can be found in a number of restaurants
and businesses that have opened in the community
over the past couple of years, along
with a pair of new Marriott hotels and new
business headquarters for Amazon-owned
security camera company Ring.
“It’s not that we’re anti-development for all
those naysayers out there and all those corrupt
developers that are out there,” Vargas said.
“There’s great developers that are responsible
and there’s the ones that just want to make
a buck on our backs and just build, build,
build without any responsibility on how it’s
going to impact our community. Those are
the people that are behind these Sacramento
politicians. Those are the people that are
trying to push for these things.”
Councilman Mike Talleda, who previously
chaired the Planning Commission, shared that
there were countless times when developers would
pitch projects to them which didn’t have the
city’s best interests in mind. “You’re not really
doing this to better the city, you’re doing this
so you can make more money,” Talleda said
of his thoughts on corrupt developers. “Every
project that includes five more units for housing
is nice, but it’s all about the money and it’s
not about what is best for the community.”
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