Gardena Ca Development And Redevelopment

Environmentalists who challenged construction of a grocery store and mini-market in Gardena, near the Willows wetlands, have lost their case. Now the city and the developer can concentrate on getting a tenant for the vacant grocery store at Artesia Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, City Manager Ken Landau said.

Environmentalists who challenged construction of a grocery store and mini-market in Gardena, near the Willows wetlands, have lost their case. Now the city and the developer can concentrate on getting a tenant for the vacant grocery store at Artesia Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, City Manager Ken Landau said.

HOUSING FOR SENIORS: Gardena city officials recently received a $6.4-million grant to build an 80-unit apartment complex for low- and moderate-income senior citizens. The grant was one of nine that were awarded in Southern California by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. About 33 cities in Southern California applied for the grant, said Gardena City Manager Ken Landau.

HOUSING FOR SENIORS: Gardena city officials recently received a $6.4-million grant to build an 80-unit apartment complex for low- and moderate-income senior citizens. The grant was one of nine that were awarded in Southern California by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. About 33 cities in Southern California applied for the grant, said Gardena City Manager Ken Landau.

Walk with Jim Cragin in "the slew" and hear him recall memories of a Depression-era boy who drifted across ponds on plywood boards and fetched tree frogs off branches and garter snakes off the ground to startle teachers and little girls. "One time we got a whole bunch of these little frogs and put it in the teacher's desk so when she opened it they all came jumping out," said Cragin, now a Gardena city councilman. With a mischievous giggle, he added: "We heard her screaming and screaming."

Environmentalists are grieving over the Willows Wetlands in Gardena after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge last week ruled that the city can allow the construction of a supermarket next to the historic marshland. Judge Robert H. O'Brien sided with the city, which had approved plans for Smith's grocery store chain to build a 54,000-square-foot store next to the wetlands. "I think the people who challenged this project had the environment at heart," said Gardena City Atty. Lisa Kranitz.

Environmentalists are grieving over the Willows Wetlands in Gardena after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge last week ruled that the city can allow the construction of a supermarket next to the historic marshland. Judge Robert H. O'Brien sided with the city, which had approved plans for Smith's grocery store chain to build a 54,000-square-foot store next to the wetlands. "I think the people who challenged this project had the environment at heart," said Gardena City Atty. Lisa Kranitz.

Walk with Jim Cragin in "the slew" and hear him recall memories of a Depression-era boy who drifted across ponds on plywood boards and fetched tree frogs off branches and garter snakes off the ground to startle teachers and little girls. "One time we got a whole bunch of these little frogs and put it in the teacher's desk so when she opened it they all came jumping out," said Cragin, now a Gardena city councilman. With a mischievous giggle, he added: "We heard her screaming and screaming."