October 9, 2020 | Vol. XLII No. 42

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REOPENING

October 9, 2020 CRIME

LB woman pleads no contest in mall attack; must serve jail time City News Service Southern California Local News

Emma DiMaggio | Signal Tribune

Father-son duo Jesse (left) and Dan (right) Sundstrom stand in front of their brewing tanks, a feature of their open-layout taproom.

FOR TEN MILE BREWING, THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN A SOBERING EXPERIENCE Reopening guidelines bring relief and renewed hope for Signal Hill’s sole brewery Emma DiMaggio Production Manager

On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors announced some long awaited news for wineries and breweries— reopening was on the horizon. A week later, the reopening has come to fruition. But unlike restau-

rant reopening, it comes with extra contingencies. Patrons must make reservations 24 hours in advance for an outdoor table and breweries must pair their alcoholic beverages with a meal from a third-party vendor. Though not particularly ideal, the news prompted a sigh of relief from brewery owners, whose business has suffered under take-out only mandates and lowered foot traffic. Across from Sunnyside Cemetery in Signal Hill, Ten Mile Brewing co-owners Dan and Jesse Sundstrom have their tanks primed and ready for reopening.

“It’s certainly a relief, definitely,” head brewer Jesse Sundstrom said. “To be able to do this again, to start having at least a fraction of our business back.” For the Sundstroms, the pandemic has been a sobering experience. “This location has suffered extremely,” Jesse said. His father Dan Sundstrom said that business was down around 70% from last year. Summer, their most popular time of the year, was fraught with closures and uncersee TEN MILE page 2

A woman who was captured on video making a pair of racist rants aimed at Asian Americans at a Torrance park in June pleaded no contest today to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from an attack on a woman at a South Bay shopping center. Lena Hernandez, 54, was sentenced to 47 days in jail, 52 anger management counseling sessions and three years on probation, during which time she must stay away from Del Amo Mall in Torrance, according to Torrance City Attorney Patrick Sullivan. She is set to surrender Nov. 10 to begin serving her sentence, court officials said. Hernandez — identified by prosecutors as a retired social worker from Long Beach — was charged with the battery count for physically attacking a bystander who tried to intervene as Hernandez was verbally confronting a custodian at the mall last Oct. 11. In a statement in court, Kayceelyn Salminao said Hernandez “shoved me to the ground” and that she tried to stand her ground. “She grabbed my hair, pushed my head towards the ground and punched me multiple times in the see COURT page 4

SMALL BUSINESS

Cinthia Parada brings affordable vegan non-toxic skincare with Cinply Essentials Karla Enriquez Online Editor

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Photo by @HeatherLemmon

Cinthia Parada started Cinply Essentials, her vegan non-toxic skin and body care line in January and runs it out of her Long Beach home.

hen Cinthia Parada officially launched Cinply Essentials in January, she didn’t know much about being a business owner or about the vegan, non-toxic skincare field and only had a small amount of savings to get started. What she did have was the determination to take a leap toward her dream. “By starting this business I want

to be an example to my fellow Latinas that if they really want something in life just go for it,” Parada said. And go for it, Parada did, with the support of her husband and a close-knit group of people, she has been able to get Cinply Essentials off the ground in mere months. Parada started Cinply to provide a line of skincare products tied with positive vibes to her community, something that often comes with a large price tag, at an afford-

able price. “Cinply Essentials is a line of unique skincare essentials created with intention, Parada said. “I only use ingredients that we can get from Mother Earth so everything is natural.” Parada also likes implementing metaphysical objects to go along with a skincare routine such as crystals and smudge sticks. She continued, “I chose to go all-natural and non-toxic because I myself noticed a change in my skin see SKINCARE page 2


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