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Rapper Travis Scott Cited for Publicity Stunt at Downey McDonald’s

Rapper Travis Scott Cited for Publicity Stunt at Downey McDonald’s

  Travis Scott in front of the original McDonald’s in Downey. Downey PD said nearly 500 fans showed up, both Scott and the owner of the McDonal’d were cited for…

Cerritos to contribute $10,000 towards the reward fund for deputies shot in Compton

Cerritos to contribute $10,000 towards the reward fund for deputies shot in Compton

  By Tammye McDuff • September 16, 2020 The City of Cerritos and City Council has agreed to contribute $10,000 towards the reward fund for arrest and conviction of suspect…

Free Countywide Household Hazardous & E-Waste Roundup in Artesia

Free Countywide Household Hazardous & E-Waste Roundup in Artesia

  WHAT:      County of Los Angeles residents will have the opportunity to safely dispose of household hazardous waste such as antifreeze, unused pharmaceuticals, car batteries, used motor oil, paint, pesticides,…

 Grab-and-Go Meal Service Returns to ABC Unified School District

 Grab-and-Go Meal Service Returns to ABC Unified School District

FROM ABC NEWS SERVICE September 16, 2020 – Thanks to recent action by the federal government, the ABC Unified School District is now serving meals at no cost to all…

How COVID-19 is spurring urban innovation

How COVID-19 is spurring urban innovation

By Michael Mehaffy, Ph.D., Executive Director-Suzanne C. and Henry L. Lennard Institute for Livable Cities Hosts of the International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) conference series Diners from two restaurants in…

PROP. 15: 90% of Tax Revenue From Top 10% Highest Value Properties

PROP. 15: 90% of Tax Revenue  From Top 10%  Highest Value Properties

  Prop. 15 would remove landmark measure’s tax protections on commercial property. BY BRIAN HEWS • September 15, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom has endorsed a November ballot measure that would…

Trump ad ‘support the troops’ uses a picture of Russian jets

Trump ad ‘support the troops’ uses a picture of Russian jets

An ad, made by the Trump Make America Great Again Committee, featuring silhouettes of three soldiers walking as Russian-made fighter jets fly over them.  POLITICO The Trump Make America Great…

WEAR A MASK: 24 New Deaths, 733 New Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

WEAR A MASK: 24 New Deaths, 733 New Cases of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County

  The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 24 new deaths and 733 new cases of confirmed COVID-19.  The lower number of cases today reflect…

Artesia Holds 2020 Chalk-A-Thon Census Event

Artesia Holds 2020 Chalk-A-Thon Census Event

RESIDENTS were invited to add to the Chalk-A-Thon after completing the census.   BY TAMMYE MCDUFF • Sept. 14, 2020 Saturday, September 5th, the City of Artesia and the California…

Lakewood Appoints Vicki Stuckey To Open Council Seat

Lakewood Appoints Vicki Stuckey To Open Council Seat

VICKI STUCKEY has been a resident of Lakewood for 28 years. She has been a Lakewood city commissioner for 19 years.   STAFF REPORT • September 14, 2020 At their…

LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE VIRTUAL GALA RAISES $300,000 

LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE VIRTUAL GALA RAISES $300,000 

  September 14, 2020…Laguna Beach, CA…Laguna Playhouse announced today that their virtual gala, held August 29, 2020, brought in over $320,000. The live stream of the event will be online to…

Kaiser Permanente Becomes First Carbon-Neutral Health System in the U.S.

Kaiser Permanente Becomes First Carbon-Neutral Health System in the U.S.

   PASADENA, Calif., Sept. 14, 2020 – Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest integrated, nonprofit health system with 4.7 million members in Southern California, has become the first health care system…

Downey Councilman Sean Ashton Sworn in as ICA President

  Downey Councilman Sean Ashton take the oath administered by L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn.     This past week, Downey Councilman Sean K. Ashton was officially sworn in as…

Two Companies Cited Over Thursday’s Pungent Chemical Spill in Compton

Two Companies Cited Over Thursday’s Pungent Chemical Spill in Compton

Area on South Main and Rosecrans where the spill occurred.   BY BRIAN HEWS The South Coast Air Quality Management District has cited a land developer and contractor over a…

50 Bay Area Locals Make a Dramatic Portrait to Save Dying Tule Elk

50 Bay Area Locals Make a Dramatic Portrait to Save Dying Tule Elk

50 local activists took part in this dramatic demonstration to free the elk from a fenced enclosure at Point Reyes National Seashore where they are dying. CREDIT Jack Gescheidt, TreeSpiritProject.com…

Video Shows 2 L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies shot in Compton ambush

Video Shows 2 L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies shot in Compton ambush

  “Two deputies were ambushed by a gunman,” said Sheriff Alex Villanueva said at around about 10:00 p.m. last night at a news conference at St. Francis Medical Center in…

September 12, 2020 COVID Report: 29 New Deaths and 1,177 New Cases in Los Angeles County

September 12, 2020 COVID Report: 29 New Deaths and 1,177 New Cases in Los Angeles County

  Public Health Reminds Residents to Minimize Non-Essential Activities The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 29 new deaths and 1,177 new cases of confirmed…

Rancho Los Alamitos Expands Garden Access

Rancho Los Alamitos Expands Garden Access

STAFF REPORT • September 12, 2020 Enjoy more garden spaces at the Rancho. The one-way pathway through the Rancho ensures visitors, volunteers, and staff can maintain safe distancing. This route…

Some Walls Crumbling In Cerritos

Some Walls Crumbling In Cerritos

ALKALI in the ground from the Dairy Valley times is said to erode walls such as this one in the city. A portion of this wall was fixed earlier, according…

What does a pandemic mean to the smallest City in Los Angeles County?

What does a pandemic mean to the smallest City in Los Angeles County?

By Hawaiian Gardens Councilmember Myra Maravilla • September 12, 2020 The City of Hawaiian Gardens is known as the little City with a big heart, and our motto is “our…