No, they’re not actually cooking yet at Johnie’s Broiler–AKA Harvey’s Broiler, the authentic 1950s Downey drive-in that was illegally demolished a year and a half ago.
But as Samantha Gonzaga writes in this morning’s Press-Telegram, crews are finally out there sifting through the rubble, saving what’s left to be saved, and getting it ready to become [...]

The City of Downey has purchased The Avenue, Downey’s smallest, most vacant movie house–a single-screen theater on Downey Avenue in the heart of the downtown.
That’s according to Samantha Gonzaga in this morning’s Press-Telegram–part of which was once prepared in a small office next door.
The city’s cost: $1.2 million for the 850-seat theater which is housed [...]

Its civic motto has changed from “Tomorrow’s City Today” to “Times Change, Values Don’t”, but at just 54 years old, Lakewood is still new enough that some of its founders still survive.
Sadly, their numbers are becoming fewer. As Samantha Gonzaga writes in today’s Press-Telegram, Lakewood lost a former mayor and one of its founders, Jacqueline [...]

The return of Robert Avila
What’s going on today? Happy kid photos in the Press-Telegram–where happy kid photos are prized even above happy dog or fluffy kitty photos. They’re like gold down there–gold, in digital form. (Reminds me, where’d I put my Krugerrands?)
This time, it’s the P-T story on the kidnapping–and eventual return–of two-year-old Robert Avila. [...]