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US News’ High School Rankings: Cerritos’ Whitney High Falls From Top in State, and Plunges 16 Spots in National Rankings

US News’ High School Rankings: Cerritos’ Whitney High Falls From Top in State, and Plunges 16 Spots in National Rankings

BY BRIAN HEWS • April 23, 2020 U.S. News & World Report’s newest 2020 rankings placed two of the top 20 high schools in the nation in Southern California and…

Free food distribution in Downey April 24

The office of Supervisor Janice Hahn has partnered with the LA Regional Food Bank to distribute free food in the city from 9 am to noon tomorrow. The drive-thru distribution…

Gahr High baseball continues to be one of Southland’s top programs

Gahr High baseball continues to be one of Southland’s top programs

By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on Twitter •April 23, 2020 The first thing Gerardo Perez wanted to do when he took over the Gahr High baseball program in 2005 was keep…

Senate Leader McConnell Will “Not Provide Financial Assistance to Blue States”

Senate Leader McConnell Will “Not Provide Financial Assistance to Blue States”

NY Daily News Mitch McConnell is effectively telling New York and other coronavirus-stricken states to drop dead. The iron-fisted Senate majority leader announced Wednesday that his Republican caucus won’t support…

April 22, 2020 Los Angeles County COVID-19 Report: 1,318 New Cases (+693 compared to 4/21), 60 Additional Deaths

April 22, 2020 Los Angeles County COVID-19 Report: 1,318 New Cases (+693 compared to 4/21), 60 Additional Deaths

    Artesia – 12 (+1) Bellflower – 87 (+9) Cerritos – 44 (+2) Commerce – 10 (+1) Downey 155 (+11) Hawaiian Gardens – 9 (+1) Lakewood – 69 (+8)…

Governors Should Form The Anti-Pandemic States of America!

Governors Should Form The Anti-Pandemic States of America!

    BY BRIAN HEWS • APRIL 22, 2020 Here is my dream…. Governors of states who want to rid the country of COVID-19 must take control now and create…

Bi-Partisan Senate panel backs assessment that Russia interfered in 2016

Bi-Partisan Senate panel backs assessment that Russia interfered in 2016

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate report released Tuesday affirms the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election in a far-ranging influence campaign approved…

April 21, 2020 Los Angeles County COVID-19 Report: 625 New Cases (+332 compared to 4/20), 46 Additional Deaths

April 21, 2020 Los Angeles County COVID-19 Report: 625 New Cases (+332 compared to 4/20), 46 Additional Deaths

    Artesia – 11 (+1) Bellflower – 78 (+4) Cerritos – 42 (+2) Commerce – 9 (+2) Downey 146 (+10) Hawaiian Gardens – 8 (+2) Lakewood – 61 (+4)…

April 21, 2020 Orange County COVID-19 REPORT: 29 New Cases in Orange County, 0 Deaths

    Case Counts by Cities CITY POPULATION1 TOTAL CASES Aliso Viejo 51,372 17 Anaheim 359,339 215 Brea 45,606 17 Buena Park 83,384 60 Costa Mesa 115,830 32 Coto de…

2020 Comic-Con Cancelled Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

2020 Comic-Con Cancelled Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

STAFF REPORT For the first time in its 50-year history San Diego Comic Convention (SDCC), the organizers behind the annual pop culture celebration, announced today with deep regret that there…

Poll: 92% of California Small Businesses Report Negative COVID-19 Impacts, Inability to Secure PPP Grants

Poll: 92% of California Small Businesses Report Negative COVID-19 Impacts, Inability to Secure PPP Grants

STAFF REPORT In light of reports that California small businesses received the fewest PPP loans nationwide, new data reveals a shocking rate of small business closures and reductions to the…

Grants From CARES Act Supports Older Adults and People with Disabilities in California

Grants From CARES Act Supports Older Adults and People with Disabilities in California

  Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is announcing $955 million in grants from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to help meet the needs of older…

Homeschool is not a hobby: Educating our children in the face of a global pandemic

By Jodi Redmond  The rapid spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted public life in more ways than any of us imagined. As the whole world adapts to this new and challenging…

April 20, 2020 COVID-19 REPORT: 293 (-274 compared to 4/17) New Cases in Los Angeles County, 17 Additional Deaths

April 20, 2020 COVID-19 REPORT: 293 (-274 compared to 4/17) New Cases in Los Angeles County, 17  Additional Deaths

    Artesia – 10 (+5) Bellflower – 74 (+13) Cerritos – 40 (+5) Commerce – 7 (+2) Downey 137 Hawaiian Gardens – 6 Lakewood – 56 (+10) La Mirada…

CITY OF CARSON ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A COVID-19 TEST SITE FOR AREA RESIDENTS

CITY OF CARSON ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A COVID-19 TEST SITE FOR AREA RESIDENTS

CARSON, Calif. – APRIL 20, 2020 – – The City of Carson today announced the opening of a new COVID-19 test site for area residents with Los Angeles County finally…

Social Distancing Serves a Critically Important Purpose to Protecting Public Health and Curbing the Spreading of COVID-19

Social Distancing Serves a Critically Important Purpose to Protecting Public Health and Curbing the Spreading of COVID-19

STAFF REPORT  PASADENA, Calif. — April 20, 2020 — Social crowding – individuals gathering less than six-feet apart – has been proven to enable the coronavirus (COVID-19) to spread through…

Cerritos will hold special meeting today ‘to discuss increasing deficit’

Cerritos will hold special meeting today  ‘to discuss increasing deficit’

  BY BRIAN HEWS • April 20, 2020 The Cerritos City Council has called a special meeting for today at 2 p.m., it is unclear why, and it is causing…

Cerritos Update from Councilmember Frank Aurelio Yokoyama

Cerritos Update from Councilmember Frank Aurelio Yokoyama

Greetings Cerritos residents: During these unprecedented times I’ve decided to write an article every week giving Cerritos residents updates on what’s going on in the city; the Los Cerritos Community…

ARTESIA & STATER BROTHERS HELPING TO FEED SENIORS

ARTESIA & STATER BROTHERS HELPING TO FEED SENIORS

  ARTESIA MAYOR PRO TEM  Rene Trevino (2nd from right) gathering food items with (l-r) Jonny Gutierrez, Anthony Gonzales, and Linda Gonzales. With them is  David Godinez Stater Brothers Store…

Residents Complain About Food Offered at the Cerritos Senior Center

Residents Complain About Food Offered at the Cerritos Senior Center

  ONE OF THE MEALS offered at the Cerritos Senior Center, everything in the serving platter was frozen. “We are not expecting lobster,” said one resident, “but this is dog…