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THURSDAY, DEC. 5
• Chess Club, 4:30 PM.- 5:30 PM., free,
Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
FRIDAY, DEC. 6
• Teen Club, 3:00 PM. – 4:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
• Angel Tree Lighting – 60th Anniversary,
4:00 PM. – 9:00 PM., Lawndale Civic
Center Plaza, Skating Rink, Snow Sled
Run and photos with Santa.
• Aging Mastery Program: Medication
Management, 11:00 AM. – 12:30 PM.,
Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave,
Hawthorne.
• Teen Games Day, 3:00 PM. – 4:00 PM.,
Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave,
Hawthorne.
SATURDAY, DEC. 7
• Family Story Time, 1:00 PM., Crenshaw –
Imperial Branch Library, 11141 Crenshaw
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Family Story Time, 2:30 PM., Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
• Lawndale Winter Fun Land, 12:00 PM –
8:00 PM., Lawndale Civic Center Plaza,
lots of fun, Visits with Santa.
MONDAY, DEC. 9
• STEM Activities for Kids, 3:30 PM., Crenshaw
Film Review
Knives Out Is a Sharp, Smart Whodunit
By Morgan Rojas for cinemacy.com
Like any good whodunit film, the excitement
lies not only in the peculiar nature of the
crime but also in the equally kooky cast of
characters who toss around suspicions like
hot potatoes. A sassy and stylish homage to
its murder-mystery predecessors, Knives Out
(now playing in theaters everywhere) is 130
minutes of pure thrills, adrenaline highs and
avant-garde home decor. Rian Johnson – who
recently directed Star Wars: The Last Jedi –
Morgan Rojas
creates a compelling atmosphere of suspense
that will have audiences on edge until the
very last frame.
Christopher Plummer plays the patriarchal
Harlan Thrombey, an accomplished mystery
writer and collector of gaudy art and selfportraits.
In celebration of his 85th birthday,
his fractured family congregates in his mansion
estate to reconnect, eat cake and unavoidably
stir up drama. When Harlan is found dead the
following morning, the local detectives assigned
to the incident (LaKeith Stanfield, Noah Segan)
initially believe this is an open and shut case
of suicide. However, private investigator Benoit
Blanc (Daniel Craig) senses otherwise. With
his bourbon-glazed Southern drawl and sharp
line of questioning, he enlists the assistance
of Harlan’s caregiver, Marta (Ana de Armas),
to help him catch the killer (or killers?). In
the Thrombey mansion, everyone is a suspect.
The main draw here is the stellar ensemble
cast. Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni
Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon,
Katherine Langford and Jaeden Martell all
play exaggerated versions of entitled teens
and adults with flamboyant attitudes and
self-righteous prerogatives. Because no
one trusts the intentions of another, these
complicated family dynamics are expressed in
both a war of words and physical altercations
that blend to create comedy gold. Combined,
they create an undeniable force of talent that
is pure hilarity to watch on screen.
Knives Out offers a wildly entertaining
escape from reality, like an Agatha Christie
murder-mystery come to life. It does a
wonderful job of introducing new twists --
and subsequently increasing the stakes with
every new scene. Knives Out doesn’t reinvent
the wheel, but it feels fresh in its execution,
which is mostly due to the hilarious script.
The humor is the film’s selling point. It’s
fast-paced and specific with every single joke
landing hard. Despite the warning of “mature
content,” Knives Out is the perfect film to
watch over the holidays for a good laugh. •
Knives Out, Courtesy of Lionsgate
Calendar of Events
– Imperial Branch Library, 11141 Crenshaw
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
TUESDAY, DEC. 10
• Brick Building, 3:30 PM. – 4:30 PM., free,
Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• Hawthorne City Council Meeting, 6:00 PM.,
Hawthorne City Hall, 4455 W. 126th Street.
• Pajama Story Time, 6:30 PM. – 7:30 PM.,
Inglewood Public Library, 101 W. Manchester
Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Chess for Adults, 5:00 PM., free, Inglewood
Public Library, 101 W. Manchester Blvd.,
Call: 310-412-5380.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 11
• Building Bricks/Board Games, 3:30 PM.,
free, Inglewood Public Library, 101 W.
Manchester Blvd., Call: 310-412-5380.
• Aging Mastery Program : Advance Planning,
11:00 AM. – 12:00 PM., Hawthorne
Library, 12700 Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne.
• Parent – Child Workshop, 5:00 PM. – 6:00
PM., Hawthorne Library, 12700 Grevillea
Ave, Hawthorne.
• Inglewood Visionaries Toastmasters Club
#4404 Meeting, 6:00 PM., Inglewood
Center for Spiritual Living, 525 No.
Market St., For more info: www.ing4404.
toastmastersclubs.org
THURSDAY, DEC. 12
• Chess Club, 4:30 PM.- 5:30 PM., free,
Crenshaw Imperial Branch Library, 11141
Crenshaw Blvd., Call: 310-412-5403.
• MAKMO: Rock Cycle Magnets, 4:00
PM. - 5:00 PM., Hawthorne Library, 12700
Grevillea Ave, Hawthorne. •
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Campuses Joining Together to Send
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, auditing and managing
production and planning -- offer the best
opportunities in Los Angeles County’s wideopen
workforce.
Community colleges are employers’ best
hope for getting out ahead of the coming
skills gap, the report’s authors say. Jobs
in warehousing, data collection, and labor
physical 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
four-year degree, and an ability to manage
people and processes -- are expected to be
in high demand. “Recent advancements in
robotics, artificial intelligence and machine
learning are poised to cause greater levels
of disruption in the future, not only in
manufacturing, but also across numerous
other industries. Individuals will need skills
that can be employed in conjunction with the
functions of machines,” the authors noted.
”This puts enormous pressure on community
colleges and other education systems to create
programs that will do just that.”
What lies ahead are opportunities for local
community colleges to adapt their coursework
and training programs with more emphasis
on STEM (science-technology-engineeringmathematics)
fields of study and soft skills
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See Careers in Aerospace, page 7