Southeast Torrance Homeowners' Association, Inc.Torrance CA 90501

 A draft plan called a Removal Action Workplan (RAW) to cleanup methane and prevent methane hazards at Torrance Unified School District’s (TUSD) Hull Middle School is available for public review and comment. Methane gas was found in the soil above acceptable levels at the school site located at 2080 231st Street in Torrance. This Fact Sheet provides a brief summary of: Why Cleanup Is Necessary History and Operations at the Site Environmental Investigations Proposed Cleanup Options California Environmental Quality Act Next Steps Where to Find the Documents Who to Contact for Information Why Cleanup is Necessary There is no immediate health risk to the public. Methane does not pose an immediate health risk to the public. However, because the accumulation of methane in buildings is a potential explosion hazard, DTSC recommends that TUSD prepare a plan to reduce methane levels, prevent methane from accumulating inside future buildings and protect future school site...

 The City of Torrance’s Madrona Marsh Preserve will be closed for a period of time as a health precaution. On Thursday, June 24, 2010, the Los Angeles West Vector Control informed the City of Torrance of a potential West Nile Virus presence at the Madrona Marsh Preserve located at 3201 Plaza del Amo. The City of Torrance places high priority on the safety and well-being of all community members. As such, the City is committed to providing safe facilities where community members can enjoy programs, events and activities. With this in mind, the City decided to close the Preserve as a precautionary measure until a resolution can be reached. City staff will be meeting with Vector Control on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 to discuss the issue and determine a course of action. The City’s goal is to reopen the Preserve as soon as possible without compromising the health and safety of visitors. The City asks for and appreciates the cooperation and patience of visitors and residents as staff...

 The Third Annual Southeast Torrance Garage Sale will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 8:00AM to 12:00 Noon.  This is a multi-family, neighborhood garage and yard sale which attracts a lot of buyers. There will be advertising in several papers, maps will be distributed by Joi Kimoto/Realtor at her home across from Sur La Brea Park and the address of everyone participating will be listed on the maps.  This garage sale was a huge success last year! If you are interested in participating, please contact Debbie Meyers @ 310.539.3105 or debkens25@yahoo.com .  You must reside in Southeast Torrance which is the area between Sepulvada Blvd on the north and the Lomita city limits on the south & Crenshaw Blvd on the west and the L.A. city limits on the east. Please register by Sunday, May 23rd to allow time for planning the event.

 The Coast Guard will join the public and members of the King Harbor Yacht Club for a day of fun with an emphasis on boating safety for this year's “Sea Fair" Boating Safety Open House on Sunday May 16, 2010 from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. Sea Fair will feature a man overboard demonstration and person-in-the-water recovery exercise in addition to a planned search and rescue demonstration featuring a HH65C Dolphin rescue helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Los Angeles. The demonstrations are planned to take place in the main channel of the Redondo Beach Marina beginning at 3PM. There will also be boating safety exhibits, a life jacket “fashion show, live music by the Big Torpedos as well as free refreshments courtesy of the King Harbor Yacht Club. This event is open to SETHA members and the public. King Harbor Yacht Club is located at 280 Yacht Club Way, Redondo Beach, CA 90277. For more information go to www.khyc.org --

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., invites the public to a close-up look at JPL's past, present and future at its annual Open House on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event, themed "Worlds Beyond," features displays and demonstrations from numerous space missions, and a first look at JPL's recently renovated von Karman Visitor Center. On special display will be the JPL-built Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, retrieved from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope last year by space-walking astronauts. The instrument, affectionately known as the "Camera that Saved Hubble," is on loan from the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. The camera captured many of Hubble's iconic space images. Other Open House highlights include: seeing JPL's next spacecraft bound for Mars, Mars Science Laboratory, under construction in the lab's largest "clean room;" life-size rover ...

 John Adams Elementary School will hold a 50th Birthday Celebration and Carnival on Friday, April 23rd from 4:30PM to 8:30PM at the school, 2121 West 238th St Torrance. A presentation at 5:45PM will celebrate the 50 years of John Adams School. There will be game booths, giant slides, live band entertainment, a bake sale and food including BBQ Chicken, Tri Tip and Pulled Pork.  Lots of fun for the whole family.

 Torrance Police Department has released the following important message concerning residential crimes in Torrance. Over the past several months, our City of Torrance has experienced an increase of daytime residential burglaries. The most common method of this increased trend seems to be where a suspect knocks on the door to the residence to see if anyone is home. If no one answers the door, the suspect walks to the rear of the house and forcibly enters via a rear door or window. Once inside, the suspect ransacks the residence and takes items that are easy to flee with (i.e. cash, jewelry, video games, laptop computers, etc). The suspect will make several trips to an awaiting vehicle, then flee the area with another suspect driving the car. We are asking our community to be more aware of people in their neighborhood who they do not recognize as residents of the block, and/or, individuals acting suspicious. For example, in two of our recent daytime burglaries, neighbors saw a su...