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. 36 - September 7, 2017
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Pet Adoption Day a Big Success
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi and the ASPCA sponsored a Pet Adoption Day at Wilson Park in Torrance on August 26, which was National Dog Day. The event featured dogs and cats from the Carson
Animal Care Center and found new homes throughout the South Bay for 10 dogs and six other furry friends. Adoption fees were waived for the first 15 dogs and all cats. The photo shows Muratsuchi
(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
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
See Houston’s Back, page 7
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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.
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Politically Speaking............5
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TerriAnn in Torrance..........4
Muratsuchi Bill to Streamline
Construction of BCHD Assisted
Living Facility Passes Senate
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi’s (D-
Torrance) Assembly Bill (AB) 994 unanimously
passed the California Senate last
week. The bill will allow a much-needed
upgrade of the Beach Cities Health District’s
(BCHD) campus to be built using
a streamlined design-build construction
method that will cut costs of construction
by as much as 20 percent. The upgrades
include maintenance on the original
hospital facility and construction of an
assisted living center for the expanding
senior population in the South Bay.
“The Beach Cities Health District campus
is in urgent need of upgrades. This
bill will enable campus construction of
a much-needed assisted living facility
for seniors to be completed utilizing a
cost-effective construction method called
design-build that will save taxpayers up
to $20 million on planned projects,” said
Muratsuchi. “This construction project
will also create good, middle-class jobs
for the South Bay.”
– Source: Assemblymember
Muratsuchi’s Office •