Page 2 January 18, 2018 TORRANCE TRIBUNE
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THURSDAY, JAN. 18
• Check It Out, 3:30 PM., free for tweens
& teens only, 23115 Arlington Ave., Call:
310-530-5044.
• Kinetic Texture (North Torrance High
School), 7:00 PM. – 9:30 PM., Tickets:
$12/$10, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330
Civic Center Drive, Call: 310-938-7033.
FRIDAY, JAN. 19
• CITY HALL CLOSED – All Day
• Kinetic Texture (North Torrance High
School), 7:00 PM. – 9:30 PM., Tickets:
$12/$10, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330
Civic Center Drive, Call: 310-938-7033.
• Steve Valentine – Life & Other Deceptions
(The Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation),
8:00 PM. – 10:30 PM., Tickets: $35, James
Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center
Drive, Call: 310-781-7171.
SATURDAY, JAN. 20
• Torrance Certified Farmers’ Market at
Wilson Park, 8:00 AM. – 1:00 PM., 2200
Crenshaw Blvd., Between Carson St. &
Sepulveda, Call: 310-781-7520.
• Steve Valentine – Life & Other Deceptions
(The Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation),
8:00 PM. – 10:30 PM., Tickets: $35, James
Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center
Drive, Call: 310-781-7171.
• Smoke and Mirrors – Opening Reception,
6:00 PM. – 9:00 PM., Torrance Art Museum,
3320 Civic Center Drive (Exhibit
Runs 11:00 AM. – 5:00 PM. Tues-Sat, Jan
21th – March 10th)
• RJB Presents Ice House to White House
(Sriganesh Saravana Kumar), 7:00 PM. –
10:00 PM., Tickets: $30, James Armstrong
Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Call:
310-781-7171
SUNDAY, JAN. 21
• Katy Geissert Civic Center Library –
OPEN.
• The 13th Annual Bill Liebowitz Classic
Yo-Yo Classic (Adam Navarro & Mark
McBride), 3:00 PM. – 9:00 PM., George
Nakano Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive,
Contact: Mr.skim888@gmail.com.
MONDAY, JAN. 22
• Baby Time at the Library, 10:30 AM. &
1:30 PM., for children 6-18 months., free,
Katy Geissert Civic Center Library, 3301
Torrance Blvd., Call: 310-618-5964.
• Pajama-Rama, 6:30 PM., free, for ages 2
years and up –wear pajamas, Walteria Library,
3815 242nd Street, Call: 310-375-8418.
TUESDAY, JAN. 23
• Torrance Certified Farmers’ Market at
Wilson Park, 8:00 AM. – 1:00 PM., 2200
Crenshaw Blvd., Between Carson St. &
Sepulveda, Call: 310-781-7520.
• City Council Meeting, 7:00 PM. – 9:00
PM., City Hall, 3031 Torrance Blvd.
• Pajama- Rama, 6:30 PM., free, for ages 2
years and up –wear pajamas, Katy Geissert
Civic Center Library, 3301 Torrance Blvd.,
Call: 310-618-5964.
• Family Storytime, 10:30 AM., free, Henderson
Library, 4805 Emerald Street, Call:
310-371-2075.
• Family Storytime, 11:00 AM., free, Southeast
Library, 23115 Arlington Ave., Call:
310-530-5044.
• Family Storytime, 10:30 AM., free, North
Torrance Library, 3604 Artesia Blvd., Call:
310-323-7200.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24
• Craft Delight, 12:00 PM. – 2:00 PM., free,
Henderson Library, 4805 Emerald Street,
Call: 310-371-2075.
• Pajama-Rama: Evening Story Time, 6:30
PM., for children ages 2 and up, kids can
wear pajamas, Henderson Library, 4805
Emerald Street, Call: 310-371-2075. •
Construction Career Class
Offers Second Chance for
South Bay Area Residents
By Rob McCarthy
Eleven Inglewood residents have successfully
completed a building industry training
program called HireLAX that gives men and
women from South Bay communities the tools
they’ll need to land construction jobs. The
first graduating class from HireLAX reflected
the diverse population of the communities
that were eligible for the pre-employment
training, according to the sponsors. Of those
who completed the eight-week training, 42
percent were from Inglewood. Two-thirds
of the class were African-American, and 19
percent were women. Hispanics made up 31
percent of the first group who started their
training in September.
The Apprentice Readiness Program at
Southwest College is designed to help
entry-level workers overcome barriers to
employment, including lack of transportation
or past troubles with the law. Other barriers
to full-time employment will be addressed,
such as lack of a high school diploma or
GED, child care, homelessness, and an inability
to afford tools.
Recruiters will consider all eligible candidates,
including people on probation or who
completed their sentences. The HireLAX
program offers a second chance to men and
women with criminal convictions, who typically
are turned down by employers. That
could start to change because of a new law in
California, and the tight labor market in which
employers reportedly are offering people jobs
despite past troubles with the law.
Starting on Jan. 1, employers no longer can
ask job applicants if they’ve been convicted of
a crime. An employer can withdraw an offer
of employment to a candidate if a conviction
or criminal history shows up on a background
check. Small businesses with five or fewer
workers are exempt, along with some government
and criminal-justice positions.
A criminal background isn’t a deal-breaker to
the HireLAX organizers, who revealed that 46
percent of the first-class graduates had brushes
with the law before being accepted.
The HireLAX Apprenticeship Readiness
program is an outreach by LAX officials
and local building industry groups who are
scrambling to hire qualified employees for
the $14 billion modernization program at the
airport. Contractors performing work on the
massive LAX upgrade to terminals, runways
and parking structures are expected to hire
more than 30 percent of their crews from the
local communities, the airport authority says.
“The HireLAX program trains local residents
to earn these jobs,” said airport spokeswoman
Christina Watkins.
Sponsors of the pre-employment training are
bullish about the job prospects in the construction
trades. As many as 30 percent of people
currently in construction trades are expected to
retire within the next five years, according to
the LAX-sponsored work-readiness effort. Plus,
a surge in construction is expected across the
city. “This creates the challenge of not enough
skilled workers for all of the work, but also
a great opportunity for anyone interested in
construction,” organizers say.
The eight-week pre-employment training is
designed to send the graduates into union apprenticeship
programs or directly to work with
the airport’s contractors to begin their construction
careers at LAX. Currently, there are more
job openings at building sites throughout Greater
See Career, page 7
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