Summer Wave by Garrett Byrum
Saturday, June 26th, 2010Garrett Byrum / Photo posted a photo:
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Two Men Arrested For Staging Accidents At Ralphs
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
ONEAL, GINO SR.
On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the El Segundo Police Department arrested Gino Oneal Sr. and Gino Oneal Jr. for grand theft to a person.
ONEAL, GINO SR, DOB: 03/03/1964, CDL: #C3859588, 5’-09”, 240 lbs, Booking #2255802
ONEAL, GINO JR., DOB: 05/26/1988, CDL: #D5778364, 5’-10”, 170 lbs, Booking #2255777
This father-son combination was arrested near the Ralphs market in the 500 block of north Sepulveda Blvd. after staging a traffic accident in an attempt to steal money and credit cards.
The suspects allegedly targeted elderly victims and are suspected of committing this same crime at the Ralphs market on March 5th and March 7th.
ONEAL, GINO JR.
During the exchange of information, the suspects presented a fraudulent California identification card and convinced the victim to provide their wallet containing their identification in return. The suspects secretly removed cash and/or credit cards before handing the wallet back to the victim.
At approximately 2:40 pm., patrol officers responded to a call of an accident involving two vehicles at Ralphs. As the officers arrived, they located the suspects driving away from area.
The Oneals were arrested and booked at the El Segundo Police Department for grand theft and are currently being held on related parole holds without bail.
If you have any information regarding these suspects or this type of activity, please contact Detective Hugo Perez via telephone at (310) 524-2216 or email at hperez@elsegundo.org.
INDECENT EXPOSURE SUSPECT ARRESTED
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Jeffrey William Freeman
Booking #2250425
Police Detectives obtained the warrant after an off duty El Segundo officer observed Freeman driving his silver 2008 Infiniti in a suspicious manner near the Richmond Street Elementary School at approximately 7:50 a.m. Follow up investigation resulted in evidence necessary to obtain an arrest warrant for Freeman, and search warrant for his vehicle and residence. Based on evidence obtained during the investigation, detectives believe Freeman is the man responsible for the ten reported incidents of indecent exposure which began in November 2008. The most recent reported occurrences happened in early January of 2010.
The suspect has been consistently described as a white male in his 20’s or 30’s, approximately 5’10” to 6’2” tall, medium to large build with short blond hair. During each incident, the suspect was wearing a t-shirt and athletic “basketball” type shorts. The vehicle utilized in the most recent occurrences was described as a newer model, silver or grey 4-door sedan.
Freeman, who is 6’00” tall, weighs about 220 pounds, and has blond hair, was arrested at approximately 8:30 p.m. from the Carmel Hotel in Santa Monica. He was booked at the El Segundo Police Department on charges of indecent exposure and possession of a controlled substance. Freeman’s bail amount was $360,000 and he was released after posting bond.
El Segundo Flasher flashes and is gone in a flash - Crime & Courts
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010The so-called “El Segundo Flasher” has struck for a 10th time, police said Monday.
The man who has repeatedly exposed himself to girls in the city committed a crime Friday afternoon in front of two girls, El Segundo police Sgt. Scott Doukakis said.The girls were walking at Holly Avenue and Maryland Street when the man called out, “Hey, look at this,” and exposed himself, Doukakis said
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http://www.insidesocal.com/crime&courts/2010/01/the-so-called-el-segundo-flash.html
Protesters rally in Hermosa Beach against tax hikes - Los Angeles Times
Sunday, April 12th, 2009The event, one of a number of recent “Tax Revolt Tea Parties” held across Southern California, was part of a larger effort by a statewide and national network that is planning rallies for Wednesday, the day federal and state income taxes are due. The rallies are planned as California is gearing up for a special election May 19 that will feature propositions that would extend recent tax hikes to help lawmakers deal with the state’s massive budget crisis.
Among those who showed up at the Hermosa Beach rally were Kande and Lenn Grabiner, who said they own a small ad agency in El Segundo and a day spa in Redondo Beach. With about 30 people on their payroll, the couple said, any taxes levied on them would trickle down to others.
“We already pay enough taxes,” Kande Grabiner said. “Enough is enough.”
They and other protesters were especially critical of California’s Proposition 1A, saying it illustrates big government at its worst.
Proposition 1A would cap state spending while extending billions of dollars in temporary tax hikes for up to two extra years. The measure, along with several others, is aimed at solving California’s budget crisis.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-taxrevolt12-2009apr12,0,6242072.story
New Year’s Eve Celebrations - QTVR panoramas
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009This page has QuickTimeVR panoramas of New Years celebrations from around the world. You probably have QT installed already, but it’s easy to install if you don’t. A “panorama” is a 3D view of the scene. You can turn left and right and move up and down. These are very cool if you’ve never seen one before, worth the download.
Times Square at New Year’s Eve - New Year Celebration in New York United States of America - QTVR panorama from panoramas.dk
Happy New Year 2005 from Hans Nyberg of panoramas.dk and all the VR Photographers in the World
The last 2 years Panoramas.dk has featured fullscreen 360 degree QTVR panoramas created by Jook Leung, from the famous New Year celebration at Times Square. They have become famous on the web seen by more than 400.000 visitors.
This year you will be able to see fullscreen panoramas from all the world.
Jook has again made a fabulous panorama from Times Square:
And other VR Photographers from all the world participate.Click links below for Fullscreen 360 degree Panoramas
note that some of them includes sound
El Segundo plant, Edison forge deal - The Daily Breeze
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009El Segundo’s NRG power plant has secured a 10-year contract to generate electricity for Southern California Edison - a deal needed to keep a planned modernization project on track.
Without a long-term power agreement, officials with NRG Energy have said the company would have difficulty attracting financial backers to fund the plant’s conversion to a closed-cycle system that no longer uses seawater to cool its turbines.
New Jersey-based NRG instead plans to use air-cooled technology allowing for water and steam to be recycled and recirculated. Two older generating units decommissioned in 2003 will be replaced with new ones that will bring the plant online much faster at peak periods.
And officials say the technology promises to use 30 percent less natural gas and cut down on emissions.
The project has yet to receive approval from the California Energy Commission, but the Edison agreement is a critical step forward, said Jesus Arredondo, director of regulatory and government affairs for NRG’s western region.
“I think this is good news for NRG. It’s great news for the work force that’s there (in El Segundo),” he said. “There will be an impact during construction; obviously there will be more jobs created. … It’s infrastructure that’s vitally needed.”
In a statement Friday, Edison officials said the power purchase agreement with NRG and a handful of other companies comes in response to “state forecasts of inadequate new power plant construction.”
Edison launched a competitive bidding process and eventually made agreements with five developers who have agreed to construct state-of-the-art generating facilities, a news release said.
NRG and Edison officials would not disclose the contract amount, but the deal promises a steady source of revenue for El Segundo.
Mayor Kelly McDowell said city officials learned in a meeting this week with NRG representatives that the plant could bring the tiny beach town an estimated $3 million to $6 million annually in utility-users’ taxes when the contract kicks in.
The agreement, which must be approved by the state Public Utilities Commission, is effective June 1, 2011. It provides Edison with 550megawatts of new generating capacity, or enough to supply power to roughly 400,000 homes.
The plant today is capable of generating 670 megawatts of power, but on average it only runs about 15 percent of the time through a short-term contract with Southern California Edison and at the direction of the state’s Independent System Operator.
The new agreement essentially kills El Segundo’s longtime dream of building a luxury seaside hotel on the plant’s land lining Vista del Mar.
Doubting that the company would secure a new contract, city officials in recent years have investigated rezoning the site for an inn that could generate up to $3 million in steady bed tax revenue each year.
In December 2005, the city devoted more than $260,000 to a preliminary “to-do” list to change the property’s zoning status.
While McDowell said he’d prefer to see a hotel along the city’s strip of shoreline rather than a power plant, he said he also believes NRG will provide a more guaranteed income stream, especially with the economy softening.
“This will represent a stable source of revenue for the city,” the mayor said. “As far as our budget is concerned, this is probably the better use.”
However, part of the power plant’s plans could still allow for a new use along the coastline.
NRG is planning to remove two large tanks sitting on roughly five acres at the southern tip of the site, Arredondo said. There, the company is weighing plans for an office building.
Read the entire article at El Segundo plant,Edison forge deal - The Daily Breeze.
abc7.com: El Segundo powerplant will get new energy-saving turbines
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009LAX-area powerplant goes ‘green’
New technology at plant will decrease pollution
EL SEGUNDO (CNS) — New high-tech natural gas turbines will be installed at an aging electrical generating station near Los Angeles International Airport, now that its owner has signed an agreement to sell the electricity.
The old power plant in El Segundo was mothballed in 2003, but will be refit with new equipment that will provide power to 400,000 residences and emit 30 percent less air pollution than the plant did when it was operated for decades using older technology, officials said.
Once it is restarted in three years, the NRJ Energy Inc.-owned electrical station will no longer suck in large amounts of seawater as coolant, a process that kills plankton, fish eggs and microscopic organisms, officials said.
Southern California Edison yesterday signed an agreement to buy the NRJ plant’s output for 10 years, company officials announced yesterday. The agreement is subject to approval from state regulators, and Edison said it expects that to be granted.
Natural gas for the electrical generation in California currently comes from pipelines from Texas and Colorado, but two companies are applying for permission to import natural gas in its liquefied form at offshore terminals in Santa Monica Bay and near Oxnard.
The NRJ generating station is a longtime coastal landmark, one of two sets of smokestacks along the beach between LAX and Manhattan Beach. The towers may get torn down as a part of the project.
Read the entire article at abc7.com: El Segundo powerplant will get new energy-saving turbines 3/08/08.
999 Sepulveda Building
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Quoting from elsegundo - Everyone’s Tagged Photos 999 Sepulveda Building
bigmikelakers posted a photo:
Completed in 1962
Gundo991
Saturday, January 31st, 2009Quoting from elsegundo - Everyone’s Tagged Photos Gundo991
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offshore winds blowing hard
Main Street U.S.A. in El Segundo - The Daily Breeze
Monday, January 26th, 2009Quoting from Main Street U.S.A. in El Segundo - The Daily Breeze
And just a few days later, I pulled into the small but adequate parking lot, wandered through the front door and started contemplating the virtues of chicken piccata versus some nice grilled salmon, while sipping from an oversized tumbler of icy iced tea.
Main Street Cafe is the sort of salt-of-the-earth place that’s rarely written about by food critics.
My brethren, as a rule, are obsessed with fizzy foams and impossible jellies, with margaritas served as a solid and foie gras wrapped in cotton candy, to settle down to the pleasures of a good old-fashioned chef’s salad or an avocado half-packed with tuna salad - dishes that aren’t even vaguely cutting edge.
But the fact that they aren’t edgy doesn’t mean they aren’t good. As they say at the end of “Death of a Salesman,” “Attention must be paid.”
Dinner is served Monday through Saturday at Main Street Cafe (breakfast and lunch are available seven days a week). Actually, the dinner menu is pretty much the same as the lunch menu, though the penchant is probably for burgers and sandwiches for lunch, and for more substantial entrees for dinner.
Whatever your druthers, the house style is large portions of chow that’s clearly made in the kitchen.
I have to admit I was taken aback by a bowl of chicken soup I ordered. I expected something with roots in the land of Campbell’s. Instead, I got a bowl of soup that would have done them proud at Nate ‘n Al’s or Art’s.
What arrived in the bowl was more a stew than a soup - a thick morass of chicken and vegetables, cooked until they were in harmony with each other - the sort of chicken soup a mother would happily serve to her progeny on a cold winter’s day. (Or, in the case of El Segundo, not especially cold. But there was a hint of fog blowing in.)
If a restaurant can make a good bowl of soup, it can make a lot of other things. And in the case of Main Street Cafe, you can pretty much choose anything from the menu without hitting a glitch.
If I have any complaint, it’s that the french fries weren’t crisp enough (you can always ask to have them made crisper), and the fish dishes are cooked a little long for my taste. (Most folks, though, would be happy with well-cooked fish; serve a piece of underdone salmon to anyone in my family but me, and they’ll send it back). But I quibble.
Main Street Cafe is a fine neighborhood eatery. And for those stuck at LAX, it’s a reasonably close destination, unless you’re obsessed with eating at Encounter.
2009 Recreation ID Cards On Sale Now!
Monday, January 26th, 2009Quoting from El Segundo Website - News Details
2009 Recreation ID Cards are on sale now at the Checkout Building at Recreation Park. 2009 Recreation ID Cards are required to register for any classes or programs that occur in 2009, so please purchase or renew your ID Card now. For more information…please contact the Recreation & Parks Department at 310-524-2700.
Please note: Youth participants that wish to participate in a class or program must have a 2009 Recreation ID Card. Parents that are registering their children must also have a 2009 Recreation ID Card.
Recreation ID Card Fees:
Youth (3 - 17): $5
Adult (18 - 61): $10
Seniors (62+): FREECheckout Operating Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
Saturday - Sunday
9:00 am - 10:00 pm
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http://elsegundo.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=111
Winter 2009 Recreation & Parks Brochure
Monday, January 26th, 2009Quoting from El Segundo Website - News Details
After Summer fades and the wonderful colors of Fall have come and gone, the Winter season arrives. During the Winter season remember to take advantage of many programs, activities, parks and recreational facilities which are avaiable to you here in El Segundo.
Resident PRIORITY Registration begins Saturday, January 10, 2009. Resident Drop-Off, Mail-In and Fax-In Registration begins on Monday, January 12th and Late / Non-Resident Registration begins on Wednesday, January 14th. For more information, please contact the Recreation & Parks Department at (310) 524-2700.
Click the link below for a downloadable version of this Winter’s Brochure.
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http://elsegundo.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=161
El Segundo and the Sparkling Sea
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Quoting from elsegundo - Everyone’s Tagged Photos El Segundo and the Sparkling Sea
{Laughing Dog Photography} posted a photo:
Ah, the lovely ocean air on the way to Catalina island.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/pelesfury/3178396010/
Where are they now? - The Daily Breeze
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Quoting from Where are they now? - The Daily Breeze
Lawyer helps shooting victim
Devan Jackson, a 20-year-old man standing in line for a movie ticket, was shot in the leg in April when a gunman engaged in a shootout with two police officers at the Pacific Theaters in El Segundo.
A few days later as he recovered at home, Jackson learned his employer, Pinnacle Travel Services in El Segundo, had fired him for missing too many days of work.
Jackson wasn’t sure how he was going to pay the bills, but soon got himself a job with attorney Larry H. Parker, best known for his “Larry Parker got me $2.1 million” commercials.
Jackson is fully recovered, has a new job at a Los Angeles International Airport hotel, and still wants to become a Los Angeles police officer in 2009.
“I’m doing well with God’s grace and mercy,” he said. “Every day I wake up to see another day is perfect. - Life of course has it’s up and downs but other than that I’m blessed.”
Jackson said people take too many things for granted, including jobs and families.
“If we take time to thank God for the small things we have and appreciate them more, that’s when our blessings come flowing like a stream,” he said. “That’s where I get my attitude. The man above. Live and love life each day. Even the bad days, because some people weren’t blessed enough to live another one.”
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http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_11341491
Candy Cane Lane
Monday, December 29th, 2008szeke posted a photo:
Our small town of El Segundo in California has a tradition where all the houses in Candy Cane Lane Street are lavishly decorated. People from all over the place come to see it.
Photomatix of 5 exposures and Lightroom 2 contrast enhancement.
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Merry Christmas
Sunday, December 21st, 2008szeke posted a photo:
Merry Christmas to all my Flickr friends from Los Angeles, California.
Our neighbourhood has a tradition where all the houses in Candy Cane Lane Street are very nicely decorated. People from all over the place come to see it. This is one of my first attempts at HDR photography.
Read the entire article at elsegundo - Everyone’s Tagged Photos Merry Christmas
Clouds over the Course
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008idElusive posted a photo:
Pretty clouds over The Lakes golf course.
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IMG_6242.JPG
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Kent Francisco posted a photo:
The main entrance and tower for the beautiful El Segundo High School.
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