AND lAwNDAle News The Weekly Newspaper of Lawndale Herald Publications - Inglewood, Hawthorne, Lawndale, El Segundo, Torrance & Manhattan Beach Community Newspapers Since 1911 - Circulation 30,000 - Readership 60,000 (310) 322-1830 - April 4, 2013 Inside Curb Alcohol-Related Accidents13th Annual DUI Fair Aims to This Issue Calendar...............................2 Classifieds ...........................2 Food ......................................8 Hawthorne Happenings......3 Legals ...............................6-7 police agencies talked to students about the dangers and consequences of driving under the influence just in time for spring break. Seen here is a “crash car” that was involved in an alcohol-relatedOn April 3, the El Camino College Police Department, in conjunction with the Avoid the 100 West DUI Taskforce, sponsored the DUI Awareness event at El Camino College. Members of 12 South Bay death, which delivered a strong visual impact to students of the direct result of driving under the influence. Photo by Cristian Vasquez. Council Approves False Alarms Fees, Supports Police Briefs .......................2 Statewide Earthquake Warning System Police Report......................3 By Nancy Peters Due to lack of information at this time, the for $100 U.S. currency bills used to makewas in possession of two template platesat the event will have any effect on Lawndale.Monday’s Lawndale City Council meeting took place without Mayor Pro Tem Larry decision to attend will be made only if there counterfeit money. He was taken into custody. Rudolph on the dais, but with the return of is justification for expenditure of the travel Two other incidents involved a brush fire set City Manager Steve Mandoki. The shorter expenses for a member of the Council. by someone who flicked a lit cigarette onto Sports ...................................4 than usual agenda included the second California Senate Bill 135, proposed to brush under the 405 Freeway at the Redondo reading of an ordinance confirming that any create a statewide earthquake early warning Beach Boulevard overpass. This suspect was calls to police for burglary and/or robbery system, was presented for a support resolution found after a citizen observed the action occurrences that exceed three false alarms in from Lawndale’s elected officials. The early and reported it to the Sheriff’s Department a 12-month period will now subject the owner warning system will be set up to detect the and he was booked for suspicion of arson. of the property to a fine. The Council will first energy to radiate from an earthquake’s The fourth incident involved a suspect who determine the amount of the fine based on P-wave (primary wave) energy. This P-wave was vandalizing road signs and the poles of the history of the holder of the alarm permit can allow for a 30- to 60-second time period traffic signals with white paint contained in Weekend fee for a one-year permit, established by Failure to comply with the came from one citizen who has owned a homeThe public comment portion of the meetingvandalism on public property.and the need for law enforcement responsesa marker case. This suspect was arrested forto false alarms. There will now also be aCouncil resolution, to install an alarm that Forecast has been tripped. excessive reported false alarms of what could be characterized as harassmentin Lawndale for a few years and complainedpayment of levied fines due towill alert law enforcement when the alarm The three “free” false alarms, which will result in the revocation of the by Code Enforcement based on the citizen may require law enforcement response, are recounting how notices have been attached allowed by the new ordinance based on the alarm permit for the business. to his door accusing him of no trash pick- Friday recent spate of false alarms, numbering up up at his residence and violations attached Partly from some business establishments. Failure within which a warning signal can be given he purchased the home. He claimed thatto a carport that was on the property whento a dozen times in a two-month period Cloudy to comply with the payment of levied fines to all communities in the earthquake region the building of the structures on the land due to excessive reported false alarms will before the S-wave (secondary wave) arrives date back to 1950 by the original owners 65˚/57˚ result in the revocation of the alarm permit and potentially causes damage, bodily harm of the property and the home. He requested for the business. and injury. The Senate bill has not yet been Council input on the accusations made by The Council also approved a community- approved through the California Legislature, Code Enforcement since he does have trash Saturday wide concrete repair project for specifications but the Council voted to approve the resolution pick-up at his home and is up-to-date now Partly local adjudicated newspapers and on the in support of the bill. the City. He wanted to confirm “grandfather”on payments to the trash hauler licensed byThe Sheriff’s Department reported on severaland the request for bids to be circulated in Cloudy City website. There have been eight specific out-of-the-ordinary incidents within the last laws on property built before Lawndale was 66˚/57˚ of sidewalks, curbs and gutters, access ramps report. There was a burglary of a hotel room and municipal code. Due to possible litigationlocations in the city that require replacementincorporated as a city with its own ordinancestwo weeks since the last meeting and last and pavers. These construction projects are where all appliances were stolen--television, in the case by the City with the homeowner, Sunday trees and general deterioration of old concrete. were discovered to have been taken by the on the situation in closed session meetings.necessary due to sidewalks being lifted bythe Council will only be given informationmicrowave, refrigerator, coffee pot--and Partly The project will cost in the range of $337,000 The suspect was arrested for possession of sessions with a labor negotiator for the mid-The Council adjourned to meet in closedalleged thief to the motel where he is living.and take place mostly along Hawthorne Cloudy Boulevard beginning in May 2013. stolen property. Another incident at 2:34 management and classified employees local 67˚/58˚ attending the Southern California Association without compliance (no helmet, no lights on at 15808 Grevillea Avenue.and a real property negotiator for the propertya.m. involved a bike rider who was ridingThe Council agreed to table a decision on of Governments’ upcoming annual conference the bike) and was stopped by the Sheriff’s The next meeting of the Lawndale City pending more research on the agenda and Department for these violations. Upon pat- Council will be held on Monday, April 15 whether any resolutions that may be brought up down, it was discovered that the bike rider at 6:30 p.m. •
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