Lawndale Tribune
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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 - September 7, 2017
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County Shelter Pet Adoption Day a Success
Late last month, dogs and cats from the Carson Animal Care Center found new homes throughout the South Bay for 10 dogs and six other furry friends, with adoption fees waived as part of Pet Adoption
Day at Wilson Park in nearby Torrance. The photo shows State Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (who helped sponsor the event with the ASPCA) standing the right with a couple of happy new pup owners.
(Photo Credit: Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi’s office)
Big Companies, Newest NFL Occupant
Have Houston’s Back
See Helping Houston page 8
By Rob McCarthy
The people of southeast Texas and the South
Bay are separated by 1,500 miles and two
time zones, yet they’ve gotten close. Houston
has the Johnson Space Center, which works
closely with the space systems teams in El
Segundo and Hawthorne that provide flight
and engineering expertise to NASA’s Mission
Control Center.
The metro areas share industrial DNA
through airlines, oil refineries, and now the
Los Angeles Chargers. These enterprises have
given Texans and Southern Californians a
chance to travel and bond with one another.
From those interactions grew camaraderie
and an appreciation for the similarities and
the differences between the two Southwestern
states. Texans relocated to the South Bay for
the mild weather and the aerospace jobs, and
some moved back home after they retired.
Now, the people of Houston--including
colleagues at NASA and South Bay transplants
to the Lone Star State--are homeless and
hurting and South Bay-based contractors,
grocers and retailers, and pro sports teams
have been quick to offer their help. Boeing
and Chevron have pledged $1 million apiece
to the American Red Cross. The newly settled
Los Angeles Chargers and its corporate partner
Albertson’s held a food and supply drive
on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Semi-trucks
filled with items of need are on their way
today to the Houston Food Bank, according
to the Chargers.
The National Football League team that
returned to Los Angeles this season will
play its home games at the StubHub Center
in Carson until 2020, when a new NFL
stadium in Inglewood opens. Chargers players
directly affected by the storm took time off
from preparing for Sunday’s season opener
to load trucks and greet South Bay residents
and football fans who dropped off donations
and volunteered at the event. The Spanos
family that owns the Chargers also pledged
$500,000 toward Harvey relief efforts from
Texas through Louisiana, Kentucky and
Tennessee.
Southern Californians are more accustomed
to dealing with earthquakes and wildfires than
floods, but that hasn’t stopped individuals and
locally operated businesses and brands from
opening their wallets and hearts for families
and entire Texas communities 2,000 miles
away. Chargers Chairman Dean Spanos said
his family and team wanted to send a message
to the storm survivors, rescuers and relief
workers that L.A. has their backs.
“Having lived through the devastation of
the wildfires in San Diego County, we felt it
was important to do something--in addition
to a monetary donation--that would provide
tangible help in real time to assist those
who now suddenly find themselves without
a home,” Spanos said in a statement on the
team’s website.
In addition, the team’s corporate partner,
Albertson’s, will match the first $200,000
donated in stores on online by its customers.
With so much damage done and the flooding
and recovery still ongoing, the recovery is
expected to take years and climb as high as
$100 billion. The Chargers said the semitrucks
left immediately after Wednesday’s
12-hour collection drive at a Vons supermarket
on Sunset Boulevard near Hollywood. “We
know firsthand this will be a long process of
recovery, and every amount of support will
help,” Spanos said.
The Houston Food Bank identified food
and personal care items that Houston-area
residents are in critical need of since many of
them evacuated their homes and haven’t been
allowed back because of persistent flooding.
They are: pop-top, ready-to-eat items; shelfstable
pantry items such as peanut butter, tuna
and soup; bottled water; hand-held snack items
such as granola bars; cleaning supplies such as
paper towels and bleach; new personal hygiene
items such as toothbrushes and toothpaste; and
diapers--both baby and adult sizes.
The Los Angeles Lakers who train in El
Segundo jumped up with a $100,000 pledge
to the American Red Cross to assist Harvey
relief operations. The team encouraged Lakers
fans to “help those in need: with a gift to the
Red Cross either by calling 1-800-RED-CROSS
or giving online at redcross.org.
South Bay-based companies and brands have
stepped forward either with monetary gifts or
pledged matching gifts for southeastern Texas
residents affected by flooding and hurricane
damage. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce listed
corporate donations and offers of assistance
to the Harvey relief operations, which was
last updated September 1.
Whole Foods is taking donations for the
American Red Cross through the Amazon
Smile website, and promised to match cash