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Central Basin Water District Fiscal Meltdown Looms After Insurance Agency Drops Coverage

Central Basin Water District Fiscal Meltdown Looms After Insurance Agency Drops Coverage

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews   The politically explosive Central Basin Municipal Water District (CB) appears to be within a few days of financial armageddon after the agency was…

Op/Ed: Central Basin Director Leticia Vasquez Slammed at Her Own Press Conference

Op/Ed: Central Basin Director Leticia Vasquez Slammed at Her Own Press Conference

By Brian Hews The embattled Central Basin Municipal Water District (CB) exists for the purpose of providing fresh drinking water to two million residents residing in 24 cities. It is a far…

Mar. 14 Commerce Community News Digital Edition

Mar. 14 Commerce Community News Digital Edition

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Former Central Basin GM Art Aguilar Failed to Report Golf Outings on Government ‘700’ Forms

Pacifica Services VP Mike Sisson treated Aguilar to more that twenty golf outings in a 17-month period. By Brian Hews   Friday could not come quick enough at Central Basin…

Vasquez, Roybal, Apodaca Fall Short In Effort to Fire Central Basin Executive Perez

Vasquez, Roybal, Apodaca Fall Short In Effort to Fire Central Basin Executive Perez

Thursday March 13, 2014, 5:23 p.m.     By Brian Hews In a contentious meeting on Thursday, Central Basin Water Directors Leticia Vasquez, James Roybal, and Bob Apodaca came up…

Central Basin Votes to Censure Director Art Chacon

Staff Report In a contentious meeting today, Central Basin Water Directors Letica Vasquez, James Roybal, and Bob Apodaca voted to censure Director Art Chacon. Two censure items were voted on,…

Community Sports: NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW

Cerritos, Gahr baseball squads off to hot starts By Loren Kopff Gahr’s baseball team has dominated the area for a long time but early on in the 2014 season, Cerritos…

Central Basin Water Directors to Fire General Manager Tony Perez on Thursday

Central Basin Water Directors to Fire General Manager Tony Perez on Thursday

Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 2:30 p.m.     Firing comes two weeks after the biggest sale in CBMWD history, coordinated by Perez, netting the District over $4.5 million in profit.…

Two People Come Forward to Refute KPCC and Whittier Daily News Story on Chacon

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews Two individuals have come forward to Hews Media Group-Community News to dispute the content of articles published in the Whittier Daily News and posted…

Hews Media Group-Community News Mar 7. Digital Edition

Hews Media Group-Community News Mar 7. Digital Edition

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EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Tri-City CEO Dr. Arthur Gerrick Emerges as Figure in Drobot, Calderon Corruption Case

The hospital immediately fired Gerrick when the improprities were exposed by internal investigation. By Brian Hews  Many people had never heard of Michael Drobot until two weeks ago when he was…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW Cerritos grounded by Golden Hawks early, ousted in quarterfinals

By Loren Kopff PLACENTIA-Last Saturday night, Cerritos girls basketball head coach Arial Adams admitted her team didn’t expect to get to the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division II-A quarterfinals. Even…

Recall Campaign Launched Against Central Basin Water Director Leticia Vasquez

Wednesday March 5, 2014, 7:50 p.m.     By Brian Hews and Brian Hews Leticia Vasquez is no stranger to recall campaigns in Southeast Los Angeles County. The embattled Director…

Recall Campaign Launched Against Central Basin Water Director Leticia Vasquez

Wednesday March 5, 2014, 7:50 p.m.     By Brian Hews and Brian Hews Leticia Vasquez is no stranger to recall campaigns in Southeast Los Angeles County. The embattled Director…

Recall Campaign Launched Against Central Basin Water Director Leticia Vasquez

Recall Campaign Launched Against Central Basin Water Director Leticia Vasquez

Wednesday March 5, 2014, 7:50 p.m.     By Brian Hews and Brian Hews Leticia Vasquez is no stranger to recall campaigns in Southeast Los Angeles County. The embattled Director…

Sources: Central Basin Directors to Payoff Pacifica Services Tomorrow After Alleged Shakedown Meeting

Sources: Central Basin Directors to Payoff Pacifica Services Tomorrow After Alleged Shakedown Meeting

Monday March 4, 2014 2:26 p.m. By Brian Hews High-level sources have told Hews Media Group-Community News that Central Basin Municipal Water District (CB) Director Leticia Vasquez sent a “personal…

Sources: CB Directors to Payoff Pacifica Services Tomorrow After Alleged Shakedown Meeting

Sources: CB Directors to Payoff Pacifica Services Tomorrow After Alleged Shakedown Meeting

Monday March 4, 2014 2:26 p.m. By Brian Hews High-level sources have told Hews Media Group-Community News that Central Basin Municipal Water District (CB) Director Leticia Vasquez sent a “personal…

Lavish Friday Golf Outings ‘Routine’ With Ex-Central Basin Water GM Aguilar, Pacifica Services Executive Sisson

Friday, February 28, 2014, 5:15 p.m. Pacifica Services VP Mike Sisson treated former Central Basin Water GM Art Aguilar to more that twenty golf outings in a 17-month period. By…

EXCLUSIVE: Pacifica Services, Central Basin Officials Exchanged Thousands of Offensive Emails Bashing Obama, Gays, Ethnic Groups

Vice President Mike Sisson of Pacifica Services was leader of the email group. By Brian Hews  Top executives at Pacifica Services and officials within the Central Basin Municipal Water District…

Dirty Water: Central Basin Municipal Water District President Roybal and Director Vasquez Cashing in on New Positions

Dirty Water: Central Basin Municipal Water District President Roybal and Director Vasquez Cashing in on New Positions

Monday January 20, 2013, 5:50 p.m. By Brian Hews Hews Media Group-Community News has obtained documents from a public records request that show Central Basin Municipal Water District Director Leticia…