The suburban city of 111,000 — which has a hotel called the Shuttle Inn, a park named after the Apollo program and a street named Columbia — is struggling to maintain a showcase for its seven ...

DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) -- The world is celebrating a historic anniversary on Tuesday - 50 years since Apollo 11 launched on its journey to the moon. The launch that millions watched from around the ...

Fifty years ago, Apollo 11 launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. However, the command module that brought those astronauts to the moon and back was built in Downey, ...

Look to the Apollo Capsule in front of the Columbia Memorial Space Center in Downey. There are no branches on this fascinating Boilerplate 12 test capsule, nor leaves or limbs, and it certainly ...

Bob Thompson fondly remembers when Downey was buzzing with pride and payrolls as a major hub for work on the Apollo space program and the construction site for six space shuttles. “Since the ...

It's a little hard not to laugh: "Although Downey has managed to save the first Taco Bell and the first McDonald's arch," they have pretty much welcomed the wrecking ball to the site where ...

Fifty years ago, the United States was beating the Soviet Union in the race to the moon. Beginning Saturday, July 13, a series of special events will be featured at the Columbia Memorial Space ...

Los Angeles reveals designs for LA River park, Apollo mission's history in Downey, Only in SoCal can you take the train with the sunset...and a song.

DOWNEY (CBSLA) -- It wouldn't have been a small step for man or a giant leap for mankind without the engineers in Downey who put the spacecraft together that allowed us to land on the moon and ...

DOWNEY – Apollo Boilerplate 19 must have drawn some curious stares as it traveled from Lancaster to Downey. The sight of BP-19 – 10,000 pounds, standing 11.5 feet tall and 12.5 feet wid… ...

A man accused of shooting an off-duty Monterey Park police officer to death outside a gym in Downey in 2022 during an apparent attempted robbery is also believed to have been involved in a similar ...

says the decision to terminate the agreement was mutual. Cedar Fair investors did not support the sale for $2.4 billion. 's owner will pay Apollo $6.5 million to reimburse the suitor for expenses ...