TORRANCE TRIBUNE December 7, 2017 Page 3
Police Reports
Sunday, November 19
Auto Theft-All 11/19 5:50 PM 3100 BLOCK
188TH ST. Stolen vehicle: ‘08 Ford E350.
Battery-Simple 11/19 1:47 PM 4700 BLOCK
EMERALD ST. Suspect repeatedly punches
victim in the face, causing injury.
Burglary-Residential Betw. 11/19 11:15:00
AM & 11/21 2:30:00 PM 2800 BLOCK
179TH ST. Suspect(s) opens window for
entry, ransacks and takes property/jewelry,
electronics.
Burglary-Residential Betw. 11/19 8:30:00
AM & 11/19 7:00:00 PM 18700 BLOCK
FONTHILL AVE. Suspect(s) kicks in door
panel for entry, ransacks/unknown property
loss at time of report.
Monday, November 20
Burglary-Auto Betw. 11/20 8:00:00 PM &
11/20 11:20:42 PM 4600 BLOCK GARNET
ST. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry
and takes property/sports attire, eyeglasses.
Robbery-StrongArm Betw. 11/20 7:45:47
PM & 11/20 7:46:58 PM 3600 BLOCK
ARTESIA BLVD. Suspect punches victim in
the face and takes his property/cash.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 11/20 7:00:00 PM &
11/21 8:30:00 AM 20800 BLOCK ANZA
AVE. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry
and takes property/jacket.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 11/20 7:00:00 PM &
11/21 7:00:00 AM OCEAN AVE. & MERIT
PL. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry and
takes property/drone.
Battery-Simple Betw. 11/20 6:25:00 PM &
11/20 6:35:02 PM 2600 BLOCK LOMITA
BLVD. Suspect punches victim in the face.
Burglary-Commercial Betw. 11/20 5:45:00
PM & 11/21 9:00:00 AM 3400 BLOCK
SEPULVEDA BLVD. Suspect(s) enters business
by unknown means and takes property
from safe/cash.
Battery-Simple Betw. 11/20 5:25:00 PM &
11/20 5:52:45 PM 4100 BLOCK TORRANCE
BLVD. Suspect hits victim in the upper body.
Burglary-Auto Betw. 11/20 8:30:00 AM &
11/20 11:46:54 PM 20700 BLOCK ANZA
AVE. Suspect(s) smashes window for entry/
unknown if loss at time of report.
Theft Betw. 11/20 7:55:00 AM & 11/21
8:55:00 AM 20400 BLOCK VICTOR ST.
Suspect(s) takes property locked to rack/
bicycle.
Burglary-Auto 11/20 7:45 AM 2800 BLOCK
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THURSDAY, DEC. 7
• Calle Mayor Middle School Winter Concert,
7:00 PM. – 9:30 PM., Tickets $5,
James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic
Center Drive, Call: 310-781-7171 or 310-
533-4790.
• Thrilling Thursday Theatre, 4:00 PM., free,
Henderson Library, 4805 Emerald Street,
Call: 310-371-2075.
FRIDAY, DEC. 8
• Free Advance Directive Workshop, 11:00
AM. – 12:00 PM., Institute for Human
Caring, 5315 Torrance Blvd. Suite #B1,
Call: 310-543-3402.
• Winter Concert (North Torrance Youth
Musicians Ensemble), 7:00 PM. – 9:30
PM., Tickets: $10/$5, James Armstrong
Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Call:
310-989-4550.
• Ready for the Wii-kend, 3:30 PM., teens
and tweens only, free, Katy Geissert Civic
Center Library, 3301 Torrance Blvd., Call:
310-618-5964.
SATURDAY, DEC. 9
• Torrance Certified Farmers’ Market at
Wilson Park, 8:00 AM. – 1:00 PM., 2200
Crenshaw Blvd., Between Carson St. &
Sepulveda, Call: 310-781-7520.
• The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged),
8:00 PM. – 10:30 PM., Tickets: $30, Torrance
Theatre Company, 1316 Cabrillo
Ave, Call: 424-243-6882.
• Holiday Pop Up Card Making, 10:00 AM.,
Walteria Library, 3815 242nd Street, Call:
310-375-8418.
• Free Oil Filter Exchange, 9:00 AM. – 2:00
PM., Residents may receive 2 new filters in
exchange, O’Reily Auto Parts, 4308 Pacific
Coast Highway, Call: 562-944-4766.
• The Nutcracker (Dance West Dance
Studio), 7:00 PM. – 9:30 PM., Tickets:
$19.50/$17.50, James Armstrong Theatre,
3330 Civic Center Drive, Call: 310-781-7171
SUNDAY, DEC. 10
• 35th Annual Christmas Boutique, 9:00 AM.
– 4:00 PM., Wilson Park, 2200 Crenshaw
Blvd., For more info: www.torranceca.gov.
• The Ultimate Christmas Show (Abridged),
2:00 PM., Tickets: $30, Torrance Theatre
Company, 1316 Cabrillo Ave, Call: 424-
243-6882.
• The Nutcracker (Dance West Dance Studio),
2:00 PM., Tickets: $19.50/$17.50,
James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic
Center Drive, Call: 310-781-7171.
MONDAY, DEC. 11
• BeTween Fact and Fiction, 4:00 PM., free,
no registration required, El Retiro Library,
126 Vista Del Parque, Call: 310-375-0922
TUESDAY, DEC. 12
• 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, 8:00 PM. – 10:00
PM., City Hall, Council Chambers, 3031
Torrance Blvd., Call: 310-618-2780.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 13
• Craft Delight, 12:00 PM. – 2:00 PM., free,
Henderson Library, 4805 Emerald Street,
Call: 310-371-2075.
• Armchair Traveler Book Group, 11:00
AM., free, Walteria Library, 3815 242nd.
Street, Call: 310-375-8418.
THURSDAY, DEC. 14
• Mayhem in the A.M. Mystery Book Group,
10:00 AM., free, Henderson Library, 4805
Emerald Street, Call: 310-371-2075.
• Mistletoe and Merriment, 7:00 PM., Tickets:
$20, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330
Civic Center Drive, Call: 310-781-7171. •
Finance
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Visionary Gets the Green Light
to Transform Automotive Industry
By Rob McCarthy
A dirty little secret about hybrids and electric
cars is they’re only better for the environment
once they leave the car assembly plant.
They’re harder to create than conventional
automobiles, and forging aluminum instead
of steel to make cars lighter requires more
energy and creates more pollution. It’s not
a win-win situation…yet.
That’s what makes the research and
development work going on at Divergent
3D in Torrance so interesting. This 2014
technology startup says it has come up with
the blueprint for how carmakers can make
the manufacturing process as clean as the
cleaner-running, high-mileage people movers
rolling off Detroit assembly lines.
Remaking the automotive-manufacturing
industry starts with 3D printers using strong
carbon-fiber materials instead of forged
stainless steel. Divergent’s Chief Executive
Officer Kevin Czinger and his team of engineers
and designers are putting together an
end-to-end system to build car chassis that
can be assembled in minutes, according to
the company. “The Divergent system allows
automakers and technology companies to
innovate at a much faster rate—scaling up
volume production at only a fraction of the
cost while also alleviating environmental
damage,” Czinger said last month.
Automotive experts say that the manufacturing
process accounts for up to 20 percent
of a vehicle’s lifetime greenhouse gas emissions.
There is considerable interest in the
car plant technology coming from China,
where an investor group has pumped $65
million into Divergent’s ongoing research
and development in Torrance.
The Chinese involvement with Divergent
makes sense because that nation’s car market
is the biggest in the world and it’s growing.
The government is attempting to reduce pollution
and modernize the local auto industry,
according to writer Tycho Deijter, who covers
the Asian car market and contributes to
Forbes magazine.
Divergent, which recently won a
Petersen Automotive Museum Award for
Leadership & Innovation, describes itself
as a technology development and licensing
company. Licensing opportunities abound
in China, where there are 130 passenger
car brands. The majority of car brands are
made locally in China, Deijter noted. “The
number of brands is staggering,” he wrote
in a May 2016 piece for Forbes, and “new
brands keep popping up.”
Divergent will use the $65 million to further
develop and commercialize the eco-friendly
car technology, it said. With the latest round
of funding, CEO Czinger says his venture
is fully funded to complete “our reference
factory.” The company sees the emerging
Chinese electric car market as a primary
customer for its technology.
The industrial 3D printers create interlinking
parts of the car’s frame using a process known
as additive manufacturing. The printers keep
adding layers of material--in this case, carbon
fiber--guided by computer software. Additive
manufacturing has the potential to create new
body parts and organs from living tissue.
A 3D printer works much like a home
or office laser printer. Open a file, hit print
and wait for the copy. The difference is that
3D printing jets build three-dimensional
prototypes and parts using 100 different
kinds of materials, from plastic to metal to
nylon. The process is so unique that people
in the fields of manufacturing, medicine
See Divergent, page 8
See Finance, page 5
See Police Reports, page 8
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Divergent Chief Executive Officer Kevin Czinger created this prototype sports car using a radically different method of manufacturing.