National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live.
The Torrance Police Department and our neighboring Seaside Neighborhood Association invite all Torrance District 5 residents to National Night Out, a community building event held by police departments across the nation.
Millions of neighbors take part in National Night Out across thousands of communities from all fifty states, U.S. territories and military bases worldwide on the first Tuesday in August. Enjoy the full moon and getting together with neighbors!
City Council Listens to Constituents – Initiates Progress on Aircraft Issues at Torrance Airport
On Tuesday, July 25, after hearing testimony during council and reading 450 pages of letters and supplemental materials, the Torrance City Council agreed to resident demands for the airport:
- They will implement landing fees for transient flights and for flight schools
- They will study the noise monitor situation and add noise monitors, as many as are needed
- Leaded fuel will be phased out in favor of unleaded. The goal is to have this within 1 year.
- There are 2 too many flight schools according to the Airport Manual, so the latest 2 schools will not have their permit or business license renewed. No new schools will be added in the future without council approval.
- Councilman Griffiths asked that the Torrance Municipal Code 51,2,3 e) be enforced, which means NO PLANES MAY TURN INTO THE RIVIERA AREA.
- Training flights will be restricted to 10 AM – 6PM Mon.-Fri. , NO TRAINING ON THE WEEKENDS OR HOLIDAYS. The frequency of training flights will be 4 flights every 2 hours maximum.
- The control tower and FAA will be asked to work with the city of Torrance when giving direction to pilots
This is a great result and thanks to all of you who wrote letters, put up lawn signs, and attended the July 25 meeting. We all owe Richard Root a special thanks for working on this issue for over a decade, and to the Coalition for Torrance Airport Reform (COTAR) board: Chuck Costello, Dan Will and Richard Root. It was an honor to work with this group, and this success is due to their efforts . Thank you, COTAR for pushing this over the finish line!!!
For more background on the issue, see COTAR’s website and our Torrance Airport Issues page.
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