December 11, 2024 By Brian Hews Central Basin (CB) General Manager Elaine Jeng may not be the tool some CB Directors want her to be, or maybe she was not…
November 13, 2024 By Brian Hews It was well-known that Martha Camacho Rodriguez would lose her Central Basin Water District 1 seat in last Tuesday’s election so the new CB…
November 9, 2024 By Brian Hews An examination of Central Basin board meeting financial records by Los Cerritos Community News has revealed a massive drop in cash reserves and cash…
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November 1, 2024 By Brian Hews In their special meeting today that was illegally called, the Central Basin Board of Juan Garza, Martha, Camacho Rodriguez, Nem Ochoa, and Joanna Moreno…
November 1, 2024 By Brian Hews A takeover attempt of the Central Basin Board will occur today at 1 pm during an illegally-called special meeting when newly appointed Directors Nem…
October 18, 2024 In a stunning display of defiance and insubordination, Central Basin Interim General Manager Eliane Jeng has “gone rogue,” according to Board President Art Chacon, refusing to post…
October 11, 2024 The accounting firm was paid $400,000 for an audit. At the end, the firm backtracked and called it an ‘examination.’ A few weeks ago, Los Cerritos Community News exclusively…
September 12, 2024 By Brian Hews A Los Cerritos Community Newspaper investigation has found some Central Basin (CB) Directors, after they illegally voted to put Dr. Alex Rojas on paid…
IS THIS OK? From (l-r) three appointed (not elected) Central Basin Directors Juan Garza, Jim Crawford and Thomas Bekele with VP Martha Camacho. The group, with advice from attorney Victor…
August 8, 2024 By Brian Hews Two weeks ago, Los Cerritos Community News exclusively reported that Interim Central Basin (CB) General Manager Elaine Jeng, whose own hiring should be scrutinized,…
Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? _____________ By Brian Hews Interim Central Basin (CB) General Manager Elaine Jeng, whose own…
THE $49,000 FTB LIEN filed on Central Basin Director Juan Garza’s home on May 30, 2024. Click on image to view larger document. July 10, 2024 By Brian Hews •…
Former Central Basin Director Thomas Bekele (left) resigned May 20, 2024. Bekele stated when he resigned, “The demands of my current position [Director of Public Works at Signal Hill] have…
June 21, 2024 By Brian Hews Current Central Basin Water attorney Victor Ponto (left), who works for Burke, Williams, and Sorensen, is at the center of a battle between Central…
June 17, 2024 The wheels of corruption and misinformation are turning once again at Central Basin Water (CB) with the revelation that an audit related to a company called Capstone…
June 10, 2024 LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERVISOR Janice Hahn at the Metropolitan Water District’s ceremony this past week swearing in Central Basin Director Jim Crawford as a MWD Board Member.…
Director Juan Garza and VP Martha Camacho-Rodriguez cannot seem to grasp the fact that it is illegal under Government Code for a public agency board to hire an executive at…
Director Juan Garza and VP Martha Camacho worked together, just weeks earlier, Camacho had called Garza a dictator. May 24, 2024 By Brian Hews Fireworks erupted at this week’s Central…
Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? _____________ May 7, 2024 By Brian Hews At the end of last week’s CB…