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BK Towers celebrates 50-year anniversary of Retirement Housing Foundation

August 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Nick Diamantides
Staff Writer
Most people want to live an active life while enjoying a safe, friendly, clean environment. The residents of Bixby Knolls Towers retirement community have all that and more. Last Friday, Retirement Housing Foundation (RHF), the company that owns and manages the community, hosted its 50th anniversary celebration in the form of a [...]

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Documentary about Signal Hill’s skateboarding history in the works

July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Steven Piper
Editorial Intern
A host of signs can be found at the bottom of Hill Street’s nearly 30-degree incline that bottoms out onto Obispo Avenue. Their messages are clear: no skateboarding, no bikes, and no trucks over three tons. In fact, skateboarding is no longer allowed anywhere in the city of Signal Hill.
The same was [...]

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Four keys to do-it-yourself exterior painting

June 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Painting the exterior of your home is one of the most important types of home maintenance, and while many homeowners choose to hire a painting contractor, this is one project you may be able to tackle yourself, especially if you have the time and you’re the least bit handy.
By doing your own painting, you can [...]

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Around Town

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

MUSIC TO HIS EARS
Elise’s Tea Room, 3924 Atlantic Ave., will host a benefit concert for Wilson High School student Jon Luc Benavidez, who has qualified for the prestigious London College of Music exams in Austin, Texas. Benavidez is one of a select group of minors who qualify for the exams. The concert will take place [...]

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Seniors in retirement facilities might not see reimbursements of proposed skilled nursing fee

June 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

By Steven Piper
Editorial Intern
California seniors’ retirement arrangements could be put in jeopardy if plans in California’s revised budget come to fruition.
According to the May revisions of Governor Schwarzenegger’s 2010-2011 budget, among his proposals to help close the state’s $19.9-billion deficit is to suspend multi-level retirement communities’ (MLRC) and continued care retirement communities’ (CCRC) exemptions from [...]

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