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High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags, Part Three: How Garza’s JPA Contract Renewal Vacated His Central Basin Water Seat Under G.C. 1099

High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags, Part Three: How Garza’s JPA Contract Renewal Vacated His Central Basin Water Seat Under G.C. 1099

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X December 19, 2025 Two weeks ago, Los Cerritos Community News launched High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags, a multi-part investigative series revealing that for…

Cerritos Well Suffers ‘Catastrophic’ Failure

Cerritos Well Suffers ‘Catastrophic’ Failure

December 19, 2025 By Brian Hews Last week, Los Cerritos Community News reported extensively on the growing water and sewer infrastructure crisis facing Cerritos, detailing decades of deferred maintenance and…

December 19, 2025 Los Cerritos Community News Digital Edition

December 19, 2025 Los Cerritos Community News Digital Edition

A 66-Year Tradition Rooted in Service: Kenny Hahn’s ‘Holiday Celebration’ Lives On

A 66-Year Tradition Rooted in Service: Kenny Hahn’s ‘Holiday Celebration’ Lives On

HOLIDAY CELEBRATION: Kenneth Hahn introducing a choir at the event in 1964. The Holiday Celebration has been a free event since its start 66 years ago. December 19, 2025 By…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: League configurations, schedules for 2026 fall season set for new conference

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: League configurations, schedules for 2026 fall season set for new conference

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X December 18, 2025  It’s never too late to start planning for the 2026 fall season and now that we have put a…

BOYS BASKETBALL: Gahr moves above .500 for third time, holds on late against Marquez

BOYS BASKETBALL: Gahr moves above .500 for third time, holds on late against Marquez

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X December 17, 2025  The early part of Gahr High’s 2025-2026 season has been like keeping track of the stock market. Entering its…

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Valley Christian cruises in battle between teams going in opposite directions

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Valley Christian cruises in battle between teams going in opposite directions

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X December 17, 2025  Three days before Valley Christian High visited La Mirada High, Hannah Burgoyne had the worst game of her high…

Cerritos Outlines Aging Water and Sewer Infrastructure as Cost Pressures Mount

Cerritos Outlines Aging Water and Sewer Infrastructure as Cost Pressures Mount

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X December 16, 2025 In a detailed assessment of its water and sewer systems, Cerritos outlined the significant infrastructure needs that have accumulated over…

Artesia Earns Gold Level Gateway Cities Energy Action Award for Third Consecutive Year

Artesia Earns Gold Level Gateway Cities Energy Action Award for Third Consecutive Year

LCCN Staff Report Follow X December 16, 2025 Artesia, CA – The City of Artesia has once again been recognized as a regional leader in sustainability, earning the Gold Level…

High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags Part Two: Central Basin Director Juan Garza’s Overlapping Roles, and the Law He May Have Already Violated

High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags Part Two: Central Basin Director Juan Garza’s Overlapping Roles, and the Law He May Have Already Violated

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X December 15, 2025 Last week, Los Cerritos Community News revealed that for more than four years, Central Basin Director Juan Garza has quietly…

Air Force Tanker in Near-Miss With Jet Blue Flight

Air Force Tanker in Near-Miss With Jet Blue Flight

December 15, 2025 WASHINGTON — A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curacao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker, and the…

2025 HMG-COMMUNITY NEWS FALL ALL-AREA TEAMS: Valley Christian football, Artesia girls volleyball cap off fall season with CIF-SS titles

2025 HMG-COMMUNITY NEWS FALL ALL-AREA TEAMS: Valley Christian football, Artesia girls volleyball cap off fall season with CIF-SS titles

The 2025 fall season was one of the best the area has seen in a while as five of the seven football programs advanced to the CIF-Southern Section divisional playoffs…

December 12, 2025 Los Cerritos Community News Digital Edition

December 12, 2025 Los Cerritos Community News Digital Edition

High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags: Compton Mayor Emma Sharif Chaired the JPA While It Operated Out of Garza’s Private Firm — And the Oversight Failures Are Staggering

High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags: Compton Mayor Emma Sharif Chaired the JPA While It Operated Out of Garza’s Private Firm — And the Oversight Failures Are Staggering

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X December 12, 2025 Compton Mayor Emma Sharif is already on the front page this week for a separate developing controversy. But her role…

Police ID alleged drunk driver who hit, injured Anaheim High students

Police ID alleged drunk driver who hit, injured Anaheim High students

December 12, 2025 Police identified the alleged drunk driver who hit eight Anaheim High School track athletes on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, as 27-year-old Anthony Alva Palafox of Anaheim, arrested on suspicion…

2025 GLENN-NORWALK GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL CLASSIC: Glenn goes winless in return to its own co-hosted tournament; Norwalk falls on final day

2025 GLENN-NORWALK GIRLS VARSITY BASKETBALL CLASSIC: Glenn goes winless in return to its own co-hosted tournament; Norwalk falls on final day

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X December 9, 2025 John Glenn High and Norwalk High wrapped up their annual girls varsity basketball classic last Saturday at Norwalk and…

CIF STATE DIVISION 5-AA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONALS: Valley Christian gets a taste of its own medicine in loss to Christian

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X December 8, 2025 Valley Christian High senior wide receiver Oliver Boateng navigates through heavy coverage to score on a 13-yard pass from…

Jeep Sells a Plug-In Hybrid You’re Not Allowed to Plug In, Leaves Owners Paying the Price

Jeep Sells a Plug-In Hybrid You’re Not Allowed to Plug In, Leaves Owners Paying the Price

Jeep Recall Day: Picture on the recall sign up page (no kidding). Mom’s thrilled, the dealer’s amused, and the kid just realized the family plug-in hybrid isn’t allowed to plug…

High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags: How Central Basin’s Juan Garza Turned a Public JPA Into a One-Man Operation

High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags: How Central Basin’s Juan Garza Turned a Public JPA Into a One-Man Operation

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X December 5, 2025 A Los Cerritos Community News investigation has found that Central Basin Water Director Juan Garza, who also serves as the…

December 5, 2025 Los Cerritos Community News Digital Edition

December 5, 2025 Los Cerritos Community News Digital Edition

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