Word on the Street: Arnold’s friends, Shrynes design, Judge Rice, attorney Bird honored
Shorewood Realtors founder Arnold Goldstein celebrated his 50 years in real estate, and his 80th birthday with a few hundred of his closest friends Friday night at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center. Photo Skechers’ green giant Manhattan Beach-base Skechers will celebrate the LEED Gold Certification of its 1.8 million square-foot distribution center in Rancho Belagio tomorrow. The solar powered facility makes extensive use of parabolic skylights to increase natural lighting, low water-use fixtures, and recycled water for irrigation. It is the largest building of its kind to receive the top green building designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. The facility’s automated storage and retrieval system can process 17,000 pairs of shoes per hour. The system requires approximately 300 employees, or one-quarter the number previously required. Judge James Brandlin (right) presents the South Bay Bar Association Lawyer of the Year Award to George Bird, a criminal law specialist and Palos Verdes Estates City Councilman. Bird is a former bar association president and was the Los Angeles County Bar and Constitutional Rights Foundation Lawyer of the Year in 1988. He frequently…
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