TorranceTribune 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. 33 - August 23, 2012 Inside Fundraiser EventPolice Protect and Serve at Tip-A-Cop This Issue A Student’s Perspective...4 Business & Professional.....................12 Calendar.......................... 2 Classifieds .................... 13 Crime Reports ................ 4 Crossword/Sudoku....... 13 Food............................... 10 Pets................................ 15 Politically Speaking....... 5 Real Estate ................... 16 Seniors .......................... 12 Smile Awhile .................. 2 TerriAnn in Torrance....... 7 The Torrance Police Department took “protect and serve” to another level as officers served as celebrity waiters at local restaurants to donate tips they received to local Special Olympic programs. See more photos on page 3. Photo by Charlene Nishimura. Up and Adam ................. 6 Wheel Deal.................. 8,9 Council Shares Information on ExpressLanes By Dylan Little be forced to exit the toll lane. pay a higher fee or do they pay the fee based On Tuesday, the Torrance City Council “You’ll be fine if you entered and it on when they entered. McCune responded invited Metro Representative Kathy McCune to didn’t say HOV only--your trip is fine,” said that the rate displayed when a driver enters give a short presentation on the ExpressLanes McCune. “It’s for all those other people who is the rate they’ll pay for their entire trip in pilot project. The program would convert 25 were contemplating entering the lane. Those the toll lane. “Your rate is locked in from miles of carpool lanes into combination toll are the people who CHP will pull over, and the time that you entered,” said McCune. “If lanes and high occupancy vehicle (HOV) our penalty is that for those people they will the price goes up after you entered the lane, lanes. The one-year trial of the system will be charged the maximum rate for their trip.” it doesn’t affect you.” begin this fall on the 110 freeway and in Scotto’s also wondered if the rate increases Councilmember Cliff Numark asked early 2013 for the 10 freeway. The goal is while a driver is in the toll lane, will they See Council, page 11 Weekend in Los Angeles’ carpool lanes. Torrance Residents Win“The way this works is, it offers a choiceto have a more even distribution of trafficand reduce the amount of unused pavementForecastStyle Competitionfor solo drivers now to use the carpool lanes,that will now be ExpressLanes,” said McCune. “So as people shift over into those lanes, it Friday It balances out the traffic a little better and Two Torrance residents were named the to work again. Each of the contestantsfrees up space in the general purpose lanes.point they can put their creative mindsBy Cristian Vasquez AM Clouds/ allows both parts of the freeway to flow better.” first finalists in the South Bay Galleria’s receives a $150 Galleria gift card so PM Sun focus of mass transit, with Metro and other competition that provided fashion after which they must create a video.The program also comes with an increasethey can go out and purchase an outfit,Project Style contest, an online fashion Cloudy transit lines along the route getting increased enthusiasts an opportunity to showcase Whichever video receives the highest votes 75˚/61˚ those lines’ riders. Torrance Transit received Christy Chen, and the round two winner, will be two new contestants. The mallservice and ideally faster commutes forbecomes the finalist. On August 15 theretheir style abilities. The round one winner, funds for four additional buses to serve Jennifer Gonzalez, are now set to compete will promote the competition via social the ExpressLanes corridor during the pilot in a final Style-Off competition scheduled media, its website, through e-mails and program. If the program doesn’t continue, for September 15 for a grand prize of a text messages. In addition, contestants are Saturday the funding for these buses will end but the $1,000 shopping spree. expected to promote their videos online. Sunny they are needed in the entire Torrance Transit Gonzalez said. “When I got home that 15-30 and at the end, whoever has theCity will be free to use the buses whereverVoting will take place between August“I’m usually not one to enter contests,” 69˚/63˚ system. night, I filled out the application and highest votes will become the finalist. After the presentation, Mayor Frank Scotto submitted it--it was a spur of the moment. “Right now, we are ready to launch the had a couple of specific questions about the I had nothing to lose and being that I have fourth contest in Project Style,” Marketing operation of the toll lanes. During McCune’s been styling for the past year, I figured I Director Mickey Marraffino said. “The Sunday talk, she mentioned that when the toll lane was a good candidate.” win a $1,000 South Bay Galleria gift cardperson who wins the overall contest willProject Style began in May and eachbecomes too congested, the toll prices will Sunny change to read HOV only. Scotto wanted to month since then there has been a new and then they will be entered into the 76˚/61˚ know what happens to a solo driver if the the end of each month, two finalists are online contest.”grand finale contest, which is a nationalopportunity for contestants to enter. Atlane restriction changes from tolls to HOV only. Will they have to exit immediately or selected. The finalists from each month For the live final Style-Off, Project can they continue to drive in the toll lane? then move on to the next round, at which See Style, page 3 McCune answered that solo drivers will not
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