The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 7, No. 10 - March 9, 2017 Inside This Issue Certified & Licensed Professionals.......................2 Classifieds............................6 Crossword/Sudoku.............6 Food.......................................5 Legals.................................4,7 Police Briefs........................3 Real Estate...........................8 Sports....................................3 TerriAnn in Torrance..........4 Weekend Forecast Barnes & Noble Del Amo Celebrates the LEGO® Batman Movie As part of a three-month series of events celebrating the new film, parents and kids got together at Barnes & Noble Del Amo on February 25 and were hard at work building their LEGO® Batman-inspired sidekicks! Photo by Melissa Mellati. Council Approves Letter of Support to Department of Veteran Affairs By Cristian Vasquez sending the letter on the campus revitalization During Tuesday night’s meeting, the Torrance effort. Key features in the master plan include City Council approved a recommendation by veteran housing neighborhoods that will be City Manager LeRoy Jackson to consider built throughout the 388-acre campus, with sending a letter of support to the Secretary of some of the buildings dedicated to permanent the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for the supportive housing. Also the revitalization West Los Angeles VA Campus revitalization effort will create five neighborhood centers plan. The revitalization of the campus will spread throughout the campus, but will all facilitate efforts to refocus resources dedicated connect to each residential neighborhood. to serving the veteran population within Los In addition, the plan will include a town Angeles County and beyond. Legislation center that will be centrally located for all of regarding the revitalization of the West L.A. the housing communities to be built on the campus has been pending during the past couple of years, but on September 26, 2016 then-President Obama signed H.R. 5926 into School District to Seek Grant law—giving the VA secretary “enhanced use Funding to Purchase Electric Buses authority on campus.” Speaking at the meeting was Vets Advocacy By Cristian Vasquez own unrestricted general fund dollars in Director of Outreach Anthony Allman, who has In a unanimous vote by members of the order to retrofit each of the new buses. The been reaching out to localities throughout Los Torrance School Board on Monday, the buses are equipped to complete 60 miles of Angeles County asking that they endorse letters adoption of Resolution No. AS-08-16/17 driving on a full battery charge. However, of support to be sent to the U.S Department was approved, authorizing Torrance Unified TUSD plans to extend the driving range to of Veterans Affairs, especially now that new School District (TUSD) to apply for and 80 miles on a full battery charge, which will Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin secure grant funds from the South Coast require the purchase of additional battery has been confirmed by the Senate. “We need to Air Quality Management District PA2017-01 packs along with an electrical panel upgrade show them that the community of Los Angeles AB923 Electric School Bus Purchase Program. for each vehicle. “That would allow us to is really behind this,” Allman said. “One of “This is just authorization to apply for use them for a full day of routes and it the most important things about the City of a grant through the South Coast Air Quality would replace some of our aging buses,” Torrance’s letter of support, and by continuing Management District (SCAQMD) for four Dr. Stowe said. “We estimate that based on to send letters of support from local leadership, new electric buses,” Deputy Superintendent the fuel consumption, we would recoup our they [U.S Department of Veterans Affairs] will Dr. Tim Stowe said. “The AQMD grant will expense of $180,000 in about four years.” know that the incorporated cities, the county pay for slightly over $1 million for this.” The money invested by TUSD will be and state officials all want to see action.” In addition to the total $1,087,561.25 reimbursed through future savings on fuel, During the February 7 meeting, Councilman million provided through the SCAQMD estimated to be $48,000 per year. In addition Milton S. Herring received concurrence for grant, TUSD will invest $180,000 of its See School Board, page 4 staff to come back with an item to consider campus to have easy access. There will also be a reintegration zone designed to focus on veteran reintegration via education, employment training, workshop and art gallery space, as well as an incubator space that will encourage veteran-initiated start-ups. “It is such a great property and such a great location,” Mayor Patrick J. Furey said. We have such a terrible problem with homelessness that it is a no-brainer to move forward with this.” Veterans within Torrance are covered by West Friday Sunny 72˚/56˚ Saturday Partly Cloudy 74˚/59˚ Sunday Mostly Sunny 74˚/59˚ See City Council, page 7
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