Downey News

A Mardis Gras celebration - complete with masks, New Orleans jazz and bluegrass entertainment, food with a southern flare and, of course, lots of beads - will be held at the Rio Hondo Event Center on Feb.

Downey councilman Luis Marquez, with friends and neighbors of Ervin and Winifred Heilman, receiving a check on behalf of SEAACA from the Heilman Trust.

A two-vehicle crash on the Glenn Anderson Freeway involving a stolen vehicle and a fleeing suspect has resulted in a serious traffic snarl, authorities said Thursday.

Firefighters prevented a garage fire from spreading to an attached home in Downey last night.

The City of Downey has laid off an unspecified number of city workers due to the elimination of state redevelopment funds.

Downey, Calif. --02-03-12 - Stylist Carlos Sandoval,left, applies makeup to a juvenile as the LA county probation department hosted a fashion show as part of a weeklong program aimed at empowering females currently detained in the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.

Sandra's Special Delivery Plus, Channing and Rachel hit the red carpet, Katharine McPhee hits pay dirt.

Made to look like the living room of a house, the flames and smoke had blackened the walls and melted a portion of a couch.

Here's to hoping my Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America is hitting the cultural caliente list at the right time--and it is, if you go by recent histories on Mexican food published by mainstream publications.

DOWNEY Coinciding with the ninth anniversary of the ill-fated Columbia space shuttle that carried a crew of seven and broke up during re-entry over a swath of Texas on Feb.

Prosecutor and Downey resident Mario Trujillo, a candidate for Los Angeles district attorney, has been endorsed by the entire Downey City Council, Trujillo announced in an e-mail to supporters last week.

Fuddrucker's cruise night in Lake Forest is every Tuesday from 5-8PM. It is on El Toro Rd, North of the 5 freeway.

In 1999 the PRS announced that it was the most played song of the 20th Century. 1978 - The Bee Gees started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Staying Alive'. From the film soundtrack Saturday Night Fever, it gave the brothers their fifth US No.1, also No.1 in the UK.

Undated -- On February fourth, 1938, "Our Town," Thornton Wilder's play about small-town life in America, opened on Broadway.

1977 - Fleetwood Mac released their classic Rumours . The album grabbed the No. 1 spot on the charts for a whopping 31 weeks.

Hometown Hardware and Garden is expected to open at the former Vons location on Paramount Boulevard as early as May.

Stylist Carlos Sandoval,left, applies makeup to a juvenile as the LA County Probation Department hosted a fashion show as part of a weeklong program aimed at empowering females currently detained in the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.

February, the month of Valentine's Day - the month of love. One special kind of love the Downey Symphony Guild expresses is love for our magnificent symphony orchestra - now and forever! They manifest that love in varied ways, but one of their most ambitious is the one special gala each year.

DOWNEY aS' As residents continue to debate the merits of the newly-approved Tierra Luna Marketplace, city officials this week are highlighting another aspect of the 77-acre development, a 8,000-sq.-ft. fire station, which will provide a much-needed upgrade to the city's fire department while ultimately helping firefighters better serve the ... (more)

HAROLD YOUNG of Downey, Calif., has a car designed expressly for wheelchair users.