With Furman Park closed for Measure S renovations, I'm doing a lot more dog-walking on my neighborhood streets. And recently, Max and...

In the November 2016 election, Downey residents approved a sales tax increase of ½ percent. Part of its purpose is to improve our city pa...

It's still August and I'm not ready to think about preparing for winter yet. But these geese have already put their plans into ac...

The downside to a corner lot is that you have very little backyard space, and you have a lot of what seems like wasted space facing the st...

It's that time of year again, when the jacaranda blossoms turn neighborhoods into clouds of purple...and cars and sidewalks get stain...

One of my favorite annual Downey events is the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Downey Cemetery. The format stays the same from year to year,...

From the Memorial Day Ceremony at the Downey Cemetery, May 27, 2019. "It's hard to play [taps] sometimes because of if you thi...

Kaiser Permanente in Downey is expanding its hospital. Groundbreaking was last summer. You can see part of the beginning construction he...