Taking out trash in Hawthorne
The trash will continue to get taken out in Hawthorne — and in the same bins. After a year of haggling, the former and current residential trash haulers have settled on a price to buy about 31,000...
View ArticleCHAT to improve Hawthorne
A group of Hawthorne residents who want to make the city a little better are meeting Saturday morning to figure out how to do a lot of heavy lifting: reduce gang activity and clean up the streets....
View ArticleBusiness as usual
Tuesday night’s Hawthorne City Council meeting was mostly regular business, meaning there were no controversial or ground-shaking issues. I know that’s not an exciting lede, but that’s why we have...
View ArticleTeen center is back in business
Two days before Hawthorne unveiled its new teen center, burglars broke in and ripped off eight computers and a flat-screen TV. So, the original Nov. 13 grand opening and ribbon cutting was postponed....
View ArticleQuake epicenter less than a mile from Sunday’s
Sunday’s epicenter is on the left, today’s is on the lower right. They’re less than a mile apart. That’s the Century (105) freeway on the bottom.
View ArticleToday’s 4.1 was an aftershock of Sunday’s 4.7; expect more
The U.S. Geological Survey says that today’s 4.1-magnitude earthquake, centered near Hawthorne, was indeed an aftershock of Sunday night’s quake.“It’s really close to where Sunday’s occurred,” says...
View ArticleHawthorne council members want to be heard
The new balance of power on the Hawthorne City Council was on display at Tuesday night’s council meeting as a law restricting council discussion was overturned.Newly elected Councilwoman Angie English...
View ArticleThe latest on local teen pilot Jonathan Strickland…
Jonathan Strickland, the 18-year-old pilot we wrote about Sunday (see story here), passed his commercial pilot’s test on Monday. His (very proud) father sent an e-mail on Tuesday to tell us about...
View ArticleVideo: Hawthorne-based Space X releases cool new animation of Falcon Heavy,...
Read more about the Falcon Heavy here and it’s significance to the city of Hawthorne here.
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