The Downey Patriot

08/08/2025

Neither grade point average nor career choice are factored into the Caring For Others scholarships, which honor teens who help others.

Once again, Barbara Risher Welch and her husband, Greg Welch, owners of Risher Mortuary and Cremation Service, provided $500 scholarships to high school graduates from Downey schools. The scholarship is named “Caring For Others” and the concept is rather unique, according to Greg Welch. Through ...

08/06/2025

07/31/2025

Hundreds of healthcare professionals are expected to rally outside Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center this Friday as their union negotiates a new contract with Kaiser.

The current agreement between the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals covers 35,000 healthcare professionals across California and Hawaii and is set to expire on Sept. 30, 2025.

More than 300 people are expected to participate in tomorrow's demonstration.

07/29/2025

DOWNEY — Local professionals will have the chance to network over breakfast during the Downey Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming “Pancakes with Professionals” event, scheduled for Tuesday, August 5 at 8:30 a.m. at Bob’s Big Boy Broiler. Billed as a casual networking brunch, the event will feat...

07/29/2025

Anthony Rendon, a Lakewood resident, worked in education before entering politics.

Former Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon Monday announced his candidacy for state Superintendent of Public Instruction, pledging if elected to confront "the youth mental health crisis" and develop policies on the use of generative artificial intelligence tools in schools. "We can't ign

07/28/2025

Demolition of the Downey Family YMCA began last week to make way for a new, state-of-the-art Y facility.

The Y's board of managers held a demolition ceremony to signify the start of major demolition. The new Kolar Family YMCA will feature a new fitness center, indoor swimming pool, multipurpose community room, child activity center, and more. The gymnasium will remain and is being renovated.

The YMCA board is still fundraising to build a warm water therapy pool that is projected to cost $2.5 million.

Opening of the new YMCA is planned for November 2026.

07/24/2025

The City of Downey has installed new signage to identify Rolling Greens Estates, a neighborhood of stately homes located between Stewart & Gray Road and Los Amigos Golf Course.

The tract was built in the 1960s and is named after the developer, Rolling Greens.

“From now on when you enter your beautiful neighborhood, and when I walk through here, we’ll get to see the signage that reads Rolling Greens Estates,” said Mayor Hector Sosa. “And that’s a cool thing. We take a lot of pride in our neighborhoods.”

07/24/2025

DOWNEY — David Kantar was sworn in as president of the Downey Chamber of Commerce during a lively installation ceremony Wednesday evening at the Columbia Memorial Space Center. The event, held outdoors on the museum’s back patio, embraced a western theme complete with country music and a barbecu...

07/22/2025

The average sales price of a Downey home in the second quarter of 2025 was $1,131,009, according to figures released by the Greater Downey Association of Realtors.

Overall, home sales fell in the Southland in June, while rising statewide after three straight months of decline, the California Association of Realtors announced.

07/17/2025

End of season honors for two Downey High School seniors culminated with the naming of the 2025 Boys and Girls Athletes of the Year. Amanda Velazquez, who starred in basketball for four years and flag football in her senior year, and Tyler Harris, who highlighted his basketball career as a new membe

07/16/2025

DOWNEY — A funeral service will be held today for a California Highway Patrol officer who suffered a medical emergency and crashed the SUV he was driving in Culver City while he and his partner were taking a DUI and drug possession suspect to jail. Wednesday's memorial service will be held at Calv