The Weekly Newspaper of Torrance Herald Publications - Torrance, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hawthorne, Lawndale, & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 2, No. 44 - November 1, 2012 Inside Breaks Walkers, Donations Records2012 Pier to Pier Friendship Walk This Issue Business & Professional.....................11 Calendar...............................4 Classifieds .........................13 Crossword/Sudoku ..........13 Food ......................................8 Pets.....................................14 Police Reports....................4 Politically Speaking...........5 More than $750,000 was raised for children with special needs and education through SKECHERS Pier to Pier Friendship Walk. The 2012 donations were significantly higher than last year’s total of $580,000 thanks to the record number of walkers, more than 8,500 people, and the many donations by local and national businesses, including presenting sponsor Nickelodeon. Photo Courtesy of SKECHERS. Real Estate........................16 Congresswoman Janice Hahn Gives Sports...................................6 State of the Region Address TerriAnn in Torrance.........7 By Cristian Vasquez So generations of underinvestment in our the government to begin investing differently In front of more than 100 people, 36th infrastructure, our educational system and by adapting to peacetime spending. Such District congressional representative Janice our middle class have eroded the foundation a shift, she argued, would empower small Hahn spoke of the economy, defense of our economic dominance. We must take businesses to innovate and grow, while spending and the future of the region. After action to revitalize the sources of our strength leading to better investments in education Weekend was reminded of the Congresswoman’s long of the Congresswoman’s message, as she able to work with Texas Republican Ted Poethe economy that Hahn has championed forin Washington has been the ports. She wasHow companies invest was at the corelose them both.”Hahn was introduced by Toyota Motor Salesand the region’s infrastructure. One area ofand reassert our competitive edge or we willRepresentative LaStanja P. Baker, the audiencepolitical history in the region, as well as that Forecast “Kenny” Hahn. expressed the need for private companies and See Congresswoman, page 3of her brother James and father Kenneth “It is indeed an honor to be here,” said Baker. “As many of you know, the Congresswoman was elected to Congress during a special Friday election in 2011. Prior to that, she served for Partly currently holds positions on two committees-10 years on the Los Angeles City Council and Cloudy -the Homeland Security Committee and 67˚/58˚ Congresswoman Hahn is an educator who hasthe House Committee on Small Business. championed the creation of green technology at the Port of Los Angeles, she has a fought for affordable healthcare for LAX workers Saturday and she worked with community leaders Mostly on anti-gang strategies by using anti-game curriculum in the classrooms.” Sunny The Congresswoman began her address by 73˚/59˚ stressing the need for everyone to smoothly adapt to the transition away from the recent decade of war. “We are finding ourselves at the end of a decade of war--we are climbing Sunday and while certainly I believe that Torranceout of the deepest recession in generations Sunny has weathered the storm better than most, there are new clouds on the horizon,” Hahn 79˚/62˚ said. “Your businesses depend on a steady stream of bright and young innovators. They depend on a robust economy transitioned by a strong middle class and consumer base. Hahn, Senator Roderick Wright and guest. Photo by Cristian Vasquez.
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