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8th Grader Kenia Castillo Takes Center Stage At Eric Garcetti’s Oath of Office Ceremony

By Brian Hews Eric Garcetti is about to make history when he is sworn in as the new mayor of Los Angeles on Sunday at 6 p.m. The new leader…

Lifeless Body Found Floating In Rio Hondo Wash; Victim Suffered Blunt Force Trauma

Lifeless Body Found Floating In Rio Hondo Wash; Victim Suffered Blunt Force Trauma

By Randy Economy The lifeless body of a man was found floating in the Rio Hondo Wash on Saturday has prompted law enforcement officials to open up a homicide investigation.…

Power Outages Hit Los Angeles County As Heat Rises On Friday

By Brian Hews Residents in a wide section of Los Angeles County were hit with power outages, according to officials at Southern California Edison. The outages took place in La…

UPDATE 11:20 PM: Power Outage Effected More Than 45,000 Customers In Cerritos, Artesia, Lakewood

UPDATE: As of 10 p.m Friday, nearly 60,000 customers remained without power throughout Southern California – including at least 45,000 households, businesses, and other structures in Cerritos, Artesia and Lakewood. Another…

‘Latin Lotto Scam’ Results in Four Local Arrests, District Attorney Announces

‘Latin Lotto Scam’ Results in Four Local Arrests, District Attorney Announces

Three men and a woman accused of targeting four elderly victims through a financial scam dubbed the “Latin Lotto” were expected to appear in court on Firday, the Los Angeles County…

Gay Marriages To Resume Immediately in California Due to 9th Circuit ruling

Gay marriages in California will begin immediately after the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals cleared the way by lifting an injunction which ordered state officials to stop enforcing Proposition 8.…

La Mirada Crime Report for June 17 to 23

  The following data and information regarding current crimes in La Mirada has been provided by the City of La Mirada Public Safety Department.  This is for the week of…

Cerritos Crime Summary June 17-23

  Part I felony investigations dropped from 22 the previous week to 15 last week. Commercial burglaries increased and residential burglaries remained the same. Robberies, vehicle burglaries and vehicle thefts…

NLMUSD Supt. Perez Reacts To Benton Middle School VAPA Program

  Note: Dr. Ruth Perez, Superintendent of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District presented the following report at a school board meeting in regards to the Visual and Performing Arts…

Letters: VAPA Program at Benton Middle School Catches Parents Ire

  Dear Editor: This is a very complex issue. The stakeholders of Benton Middle School (La Mirada, part of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District) VAPA had multiple questions and…

National University Opens Up Online Center

  Downey, Calif. –  (June 24, 2013) – National University, the second-largest private, nonprofit university in California and the 12th-largest in the United States, has opened a new Online Information Center located at 177 Stonewood Street…

Pacifica Services Employees Removed From Central Basin Property

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews (Commerce) ~ Officials at the Central Basin Municipal Water District have cut ties with Pasadena based Pacifica Services this past Monday just three days…

Local Teen to ‘Conquer’ Ghana this Summer

Note: Los Cerritos Community Newspaper and the La Mirada Lamplighter will be following local teenager Nathan Chou during the next several weeks during a working volunteer trip to Denu, Ghana. …

FOURTH! Freedom Rings In Southeast Cities

FOURTH! Freedom Rings In Southeast Cities

By Justin Cooley CERRITOS – In celebration of the nation’s 237th birthday, cities all around Southeast Los Angeles County will be hosting their own festivities and lighting up the skies…

Lakewood Approves $68.2 Million Budget

Lakewood Approves $68.2 Million Budget

  By Rico Dizon The Lakewood City Council during its regular meeting last June 25 approved a $68.2 million budget for fiscal year 2013-2014 that ensures full funding and uninterrupted…

Jimmy Kimmel To Host Garcetti Mayoral Swearing In Ceremony On Sunday

By Brian Hews Comedian and late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel will be the official host and Master of Ceremonies for the Inaugural Ceremony of incoming Los Angeles Mayor…

Pacifica Services, Camacho Brothers Donated Thousands to Central Basin Director Apodaca

Pacifica Services, Camacho Brothers Donated Thousands to Central Basin Director Apodaca

By Brian Hews Documents obtained exclusively by Hews Media Group-Community News confirm that Pacifica Services, and its CEO Ernest Camacho, along with his well-connected brother Andy Camacho, poured over $53,000…

Heat Alert Prompts Local Cooling Centers To Open in Norwalk, Bellflower, Downey, La Mirada, Artesia, Lakewood, Hawaiian Gardens

Heat Alert Prompts Local Cooling Centers To Open in Norwalk, Bellflower, Downey, La Mirada, Artesia, Lakewood, Hawaiian Gardens

By Brian Hews With the heat getting ready to soar to possible record levels during the next few days, the Los Angeles County Office of Public Health has issued a Heat…

[UPDATED] Missing Cerritos Woman Found in Huntington Beach

[UPDATED] Missing Cerritos Woman Found in Huntington Beach

Mary Kay Bernat was located in the City of Huntington Beach by Huntington Beach PD and was safely reunited with her family. Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department…

Bomb Squad Sent to Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Care Facility in Van Nuys

BREAKING NEWS: Los Angeles Sheriff Arson & Explosive Detail responded to the rear parking lot of the Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Care Facility to investigate a suspicious package after it was…