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Mayor Pro Tem Barrows Battery Hearing Results in Mandate from Judge

Mayor Pro Tem Barrows Battery Hearing Results in Mandate from Judge

By Brian Hews Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Barrows appeared before the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office in Bellflower last Friday for an Office Hearing regarding allegations of criminal…

Bell Audits Remain Incomplete Since Rizzo Departure

Bell Audits Remain Incomplete Since Rizzo Departure

Critical fiscal data disappeared, went missing, misplaced new audit in Bell concludes By Brian Hews and Randy Economy Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has learned that the city of Bell has…

Sheriff’s Commercial Crimes Bureau Arrest Real Estate Agent for Defrauding Clients

Sheriff’s Commercial Crimes Bureau Arrest Real Estate Agent for Defrauding Clients

On June 2008 and August 2010, Licensed Real Estate Agent Jong Hwan Huh, aka David Huh, 47 years-of-age, from the city of Torrance, defrauded seven clients out of $404,000 by…

Court Rules ABC School District Fabricated Evidence Used to Demote Former Stowers Principal

Court Rules ABC School District Fabricated Evidence Used to Demote Former Stowers Principal

  Settlement Conference Set for July 17 It was February 2010 when then Stowers Principal Mrs. Eileen Bladgen reported a threat on the lives of two of her teachers by…

Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Barrows involved in alleged assault involving resident, council critic Jay Gray

Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Barrows involved in alleged assault involving resident, council critic Jay  Gray

By Brian Hews Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Barrows was involved in an incident Monday night that could land the veteran city councilman in legal hot water after he allegedly…

LA Time Story-Yelp reviews: Can you trust them? Some firms game the system

LA Time Story-Yelp reviews: Can you trust them? Some firms game the system

  BNI SOUTH BAY GAMES YELP SYSTEM From the LA Times Yelp reviews: Can you trust them? Some firms game the system CLICK HERE…

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Watch Resignation of SFS Councilman Joseph Serrano after plea deal on bribery charges

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Watch Resignation of SFS Councilman Joseph Serrano after plea deal on bribery charges

Los Cerritos Community Newspaper Group was the only media outlet in Southern California to film the resignation of embattled Santa Fe Springs City Councilman Joseph Serrano, Sr. Serrano resigned from…

Stovetop Fire Leads to 2,000 pounds / $6 Million Marijuana Seizure in Norwalk

Stovetop Fire Leads to 2,000 pounds / $6 Million Marijuana Seizure in Norwalk

Thursday June 28, 2012 6:04 PM: Deputies at the Norwalk Sheriff’s Station responded to a condominium Thursday evening regarding a “fire” call on the 12000 block of Cheshire Street, Norwalk.…

Serrano abruptly resigns from Santa Fe Springs City Council; Admits wrongdoing, asks for ‘forgiveness’

Serrano abruptly resigns from Santa Fe Springs City Council; Admits wrongdoing, asks for ‘forgiveness’

By Brian Hews Embattled Santa Fe Springs City Councilman Joseph Serrano, Sr. resigned from office Thursday night before a stunned and silent standing room only crowd. In a tearful announcement…

8,000 lbs of illegal fireworks seized at Norwalk storage facility

8,000 lbs of illegal fireworks seized at Norwalk storage facility

By Brian Hews A large cache of illegal fireworks was confiscated by the Norwalk Sheriff’s Department in what Captain Patrick Maxwell called a “major threat to the community.” Los Cerritos…

Bellflower man arrested in LA County dog fighting ring along with 11 others thanks to phone tip

Bellflower man arrested in LA County dog fighting ring along with 11 others thanks to phone tip

The latest phone tip to the L.A. County Dogfighting Hotline (1-877-662-3483) about a pending dog fight led to the felony arrests of 12 men from four Counties Saturday evening, June…

Brinda McCoy: Ex-Cypress ‘First Lady’ rushed to hospital after ‘life threatening’ situation

Brinda McCoy: Ex-Cypress ‘First Lady’ rushed to hospital after ‘life threatening’ situation

By Brian Hews The wife of a former Cypress mayor, Brinda Mc Coy was rushed to a local hospital on Sunday after local law enforcement received an emergency at approximately…

Cudahy Mayor, Councilman, Staff member arrested in bribery scam

Cudahy Mayor, Councilman, Staff member arrested in bribery scam

Special agents with the FBI this morning arrested the mayor of the city of Cudahy, a member of the Cudahy City Council, and the head of the city’s Code Enforcement…

Artesia City Council Declares Financial Emergency

Artesia City Council Declares Financial Emergency

The Artesia City Council unanimously approved a resolution declaring the city is in a fiscal emergency at its June 11 meeting. City officials said historically the city has operated with…

Rocket launcher, weapons, meth seized; 4 gang members arrested by Lakewood Sheriff’s

Rocket launcher, weapons, meth seized; 4 gang members arrested by Lakewood Sheriff’s

Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Operation Safe Streets (OSS) Bureau gang detectives assigned to Lakewood Sheriff’s Station seized a rocket launcher, handgun, silencer, ammunition for an assault weapon,…

P.R.I.D.E. BBQ brings in bucks, dishes up great chow at Norwalk fundraiser

P.R.I.D.E. BBQ brings in bucks, dishes up great chow at Norwalk fundraiser

Photos by Randy Economy Hundreds of community members attended the annual P.R.I.D.E. BBQ at Norwalk City Hall on Wednesday to help raise money for the highly successful program that is…

Three Thank You Letters Sent to Cerritos 1st CEB Adoption Committee

Three Thank You Letters Sent to Cerritos 1st CEB Adoption Committee

Staff Report The Cerritos 1st CEB Adoption Committee has received three additional letters from troops stationed in Afghanistan.   Click here to see additional letters…

Artesia dedicates ‘Old Fire Station #30’ with pomp, ceremony

Artesia dedicates ‘Old Fire Station #30’ with pomp, ceremony

By Brian Hews They gathered to honor real life heroes who helped save countless lives and to dedicate a “little fire station” that will forever serve as a monument for…

DA will not press charges against Cerritos Mayor pro tem Bruce Barrows; Case to be handled ‘informally and internally’

DA will not press charges against Cerritos Mayor pro tem Bruce Barrows; Case to be handled ‘informally and internally’

By Brian Hews Updated at 8:10 p.m. The Los Angeles County District Attorney has decided not to seek felony charges against Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Barrows after an alleged…

Hawkins cleans up in ‘dirty’ water board race; Wins over Mendoza, Gray

Hawkins cleans up in ‘dirty’ water board race; Wins over Mendoza, Gray

By Brian Hews It was called the “dirty water campaign” but in the end, voters returned incumbent Phil Hawkins back to serve another four years as a Director of the…