Southeast Torrance Homeowners' Association, Inc.Torrance CA 90501

Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 11:21 PM To: LAX Stakeholder Liaison Subject: Deviation from Over-Ocean Operations at LAX on May 23rd & 24th Please be advised that due to electrical maintenance work being performed this weekend on LAX's north runway complex (Runways 24R/6L and 24L/6R), Over-Ocean Operations will be suspended from Midnight to 6:30 AM on Saturday, May 23rd and Sunday, May 24th as these runways will be closed. When Over-Ocean Operations are suspended LAX remains in Westerly Operations. All aircraft operations will occur on the south runway complex, which will result in increased noise to the residents to the east and south of LAX (South Los Angeles, Lennox, Inglewood, El Segundo, Del Aire, Hawthorne, and portions of the Beach Cities). LAWA apologizes for any inconvenience this causes but this electrical maintenance work is critical to ensure the safety of the traveling public.

The Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Rockefeller Group Professional Center at 2740 Lomita Blvd (the vacant lot north of Costco) is available for public review until June 22, 2009. It is available on line at www.torrnet.com/8683.htm, the Katy Geissert Library, the SE Torrance Library, the City Clerk's Office and the Community Development Department at City Hall. There is no scheduled city meeting to explain the Draft Environment Impact Report. If you have questions, please contact Gregg Loden, City of Torrance Community Development Department at 310 618 5900. John Bailey, President SETHA

Fatal Traffic Collision Incident # 090030194 OnTuesday, 5 May 2009, at approximately 10:56 p.m., officers from the Torrance Police Department responded to a call of a traffic collision with injury inside Guenser Park (17800 Gramercy Place)in North Torrance. Upon arrival, officers discovered a man trapped beneath an overturned 2004 Hummer H2, as well as evidence that the vehicle had been driven through the park resulting in damage to the grass area. The driver sustained major injuries as a result of the accident and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was identified as a 31-year-old male with an address in Oxnard. His name is being withheld pending notification of family members. This collision is being investigated by the Torrance Police Department’s Traffic and Special Events Division under the command of Captain David Smith. If you are a witness to this accident or have any information pertaining to this investigation, please contact Detective Terry Tokle at (310) 618-5560. Lieute...

Torrance Unified School District will be holding a preliminary design meeting for the new Hull Middle School, 2080 West 231st, Torrance. The proposed opening date for the new middle school is October 2011. The project architect will present the site plan for the new campus at the meeting. WHAT: Preliminary Design Meeting on the new Hull Middle School WHEN: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 6:30PM WHERE: Hull Adult School Cafeteria, 2080 West 231st Street, Torrance The Hull Adult School housed at the 231st Street location will be closed at the end of the current semester next month. The demolition contract for the old Hull Middle School is currently open for bids. -- John Bailey, President Southeast Torrance Homeowners' Association, Inc. (SETHA)

JPL INVITES PUBLIC TO ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE Jet Propulsion Laboratory News Advisory WHAT: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., welcomes the public to its annual Open House on Saturday, May 2, and Sunday, May 3, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The lab will salute the 40th anniversary of NASA's Apollo 11 mission - the first human landing on the moon. JPL will also celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, a United Nations-endorsed series of events around the world that commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first telescope observations of space and planets by Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. Open House highlights include: seeing JPL's next spacecraft bound for Mars, the Mars Science Laboratory, in the lab's biggest "clean room;" talking to scientists and engineers who work on missions to destinations such as Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Earth's moon; and visiting JPL's Microdevices Lab, where engineers and scientists work in the wor...

Two incidents of the same scam have been reported in Old Torrance. Each incident has occurred in the evening and the suspect is described as an African American woman dressed in an medical smock frantically knocks on the door. She claims she lives down the street, but none of her neighbors are home. She just got a call --her husband is in construction and injured --or her husband was hurt at work and three of his fingers were cut off. She's got to get to the hospital in San Bernadino, but doesn't have enough gas. She needs money to get gas. She offers to leave her drivers license as proof that she'll pay it back. As it turns out she's hit the area south of Carson a few months ago and again this week. She claims to work at Harbor UCLA. The woman seems to cry a little and is in a "hurry up" panicked act--it is an act. As it turns out this same woman went to the same house with the same "emergency" a few months ago. So, far we know that she h...

You're invited to Easter In El Prado Park! The Old Torrance Neighborhood Association was founded in 1981. And . . . since its inception, OTNA has hosted Easter in El Prado Park -- 2009 marks our 28th consecutive year! It has become a tradition in our neighborhood. In fact, people that used to come to this event as a child are now bringing their children. On Easter Sunday, at 10:00 AM, Mr. & Mrs. Bun will arrive at El Prado Park in the bright blue "Bunny Mobile." Both will greet the 100+ kids, pose for Kodak moments, and then . . . Mr. Bun will lead the children in the Bunny Hop. After that, the Easter "egg" (candy) hunt begins - the kids LOVE it! (The parents love it too, 'cause you're outta there by 10:30 AM.) Bags will be handed out to each child prior to Mr. & Mrs. Bunny's arrival. If your child (niece, nephew, grandson and/or granddaughter) would prefer to bring their Easter basket to collect the candy, they are more then welcome ...