Southeast Torrance Homeowners' Association, Inc.Torrance CA 90501

  This report is for Sunday, February 12, 2017 through Saturday, February 18,   2017. There were 63 incidents reported. RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY There were 4 in Torrance and none in Southeast Torrance. 2 in North Torrance, 1 in the Riviera and 1 in a hotel on Torrance Blvd. AUTO BURGLARY There were 7 in Torrance and none in Southeast Torrance. AUTO THEFT There were 9 in Torrance and none in Southeast Torrance. Link to the Torrance PD Weekly Crime Log:  http://www.torrnet.com/TPD/Documents/02-12-2017_to_02-18-2017.pdf Link to the Daily Breeze article on tracking coyote activity http://www.dailybreeze.com/environment-and-nature/20170227/new-web-tool-tracks-coyote-activity-using-shared-data-from-neighborhood-sightings#.WLS6Sq5SY4Q.email John Bailey, President Southeast Torrance Homeowners' Association, Inc. (SETHA)

 This is the link to the Daily Breeze article on the Tuesday Night Torrance City Council meeting with an update on the refinery. John Bailey, President Southeast Torrance Homeowners' Association, Inc. (SETHA) http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20170226/why-torrance-has-come-full-circle-in-its-battle-over-refinery-safety#.WLOeiJoI490.email

  City News Service posted this article. John Bailey, President Southeast Torrance Homeowners’ Association, Inc. (SETHA) Torrance refinery faces suit over 2015 explosion and aftermath Posted by Jackie Fernandez on February 21, 2017 in Business | 147 Views | Leave a response Three citizens are suing the Torrance Refining Co . and its new owners, alleging an ongoing nuisance at the facility stemming from the environmental fallout of an explosion in 2015. The Los Angeles Superior Court proposed class-action lawsuit was filed Friday, a day before a fire and another explosion at the refinery took about a half-hour to distinguish and forced the brief shutdown of Del Amo Boulevard. The plaintiffs in the case are Torrance resident and small business owner Arnold Goldstein, licensed Torrance real estate agent John Covas and Gisela Janette La Bella, who also works in the city. They are seeking unspecified damages. A refinery representative did not im...

In an unusual action on a Sunday, after the fire yesterday in a crude oil unit at the Torrance Refinery, the South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a notice of a special hearing on the frequency of breakdowns, flaring, accidents and fires at the refinery.     John Bailey, President Southeast Torrance Homeowners’ Association, Inc. (SETHA)   Latest Torrance refinery fire sparks AQMD call for community hearing

This is the link to the AQMD press release with more details of the Administrative Order.  The AQMD received 67 complaints from residents and issued a Notice of Violation to The Torrance Refinery Company for causing a public nuisance. http://www.aqmd.gov/home/library/public-information/2017-news-archives/torrance-refinery-agrees-to-take-steps-to-improve-power-reliability-reduce-flaring#.WKfgP3y8kOc.email This is the link to the first day of the hearing webcast: http://www.aqmd.gov/home/library/live-webcast?ms=NA82JovLXZ Mayor Pat Furey of Torrance spoke to the Board at 18:14 and Catherine Leys, Torrance resident and co-founder of FLARE spoke and showed videos starting at 34:00. This is the link to the second day of the hearing webcast: http://www.aqmd.gov/home/library/live-webcast?ms=MeHOzKDE4ZQ John Bailey, President Southeast Torrance Homeowners' Association, Inc. (SETHA) 

Torrance Refinery agrees to up its power to reduce flares The refinery has had to flare off gases during power outages that were outside its control, caused by reasons from Mylar balloons to fog. A new power line could prevent that. Read the full story:  http://www.scpr.org/news/2017/02/16/69099/torrance-refinery-agrees-to-up-its-power-to-reduce/

2/15/17 HEARING ON PETITION FOR ORDER FOR ABATEMENT, REGARDING TORRANCE REFINERY On October 21, 2016, the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) filed a stipulated petition for an administrative order, known as an Order for Abatement, against the Torrance Refining Company, LLC (“TORC”).  SCAQMD alleges that TORC’s flaring event at its Torrance refinery after an October 11, 2016 power outage, and the resulting impact to the surrounding community, caused a public nuisance.  SCAQMD seeks to require TORC to take certain measures to minimize the potential for future public nuisance events associated with power supply interruptions.  These measures include evaluation of TORC’s critical safety and utility systems, improvements based on those evaluations, and evaluation of proposed upgrades to TORC’s electrical distribution network design.   On Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. the Hearing Board of the SCAQMD will ho...

  Link to the Daily Breeze article by Nick Green on the morning fire at the 1963 era New Horizons community.            http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-news/20170203/3-alarm-fire-displaces-residents-at-torrance-retirement-complex John Bailey, President Southeast Torrance Homeowners’ Association, Inc. (SETHA)

  Residents in Southeast Torrance have reported two auto burglaries within the last 24 hours. Incident #1:    3:30 AM  Thursday, February 2, 2017  2000 Block 238th Street Description of Suspect:  Female in a older grey/silver Toyota Camary Incident #2:   Time:  Sometime after 9:30PM, Wednesday, February 1, 2017   1900 Block of 230th Street (Walnut-Cabrillo) Coins, reading glasses and additional personal items were taken from the vehicle. In the preceding week, there was an auto burglary in the 1900 Block of 234th Street, a vehicle window smashed in the 2400 Block  of 239th Street, and a 2012 Ford F350 Pickup stolen from the 22900 Block of Walnut Street. John Bailey, President Southeast Torrance Homeowners’ Association, Inc. (SETHA) Vehicle Burglary/Theft Message from the Torrance Police Department Vehicle burglaries and vehicle thefts are the most commonly reported crimes in Torranc...

Torrance Alerts Public- Community Impact-TFD Responded to Torrance Refining Co TFD responded to an active sewer fire in the tank farm.  TFD, refinery personnel, and fire brigade are mitigating incident. No off site impact confirmed.