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Ex-ABCUSD Superintendent Smuts Selected Cerritos College Commencement Speaker

Ex-ABCUSD Superintendent Smuts Selected Cerritos College Commencement Speaker

  By Brian Hews Former ABC Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Gary Smuts has been selected to serve as the speaker at the 56th Annual Cerritos College Commencement Ceremony to…

Governor Jerry Brown Heads to China One Week after Mexican President’s Trade Visit

Governor Jerry Brown Heads to China One Week after Mexican President’s Trade Visit

    By Brian Hews SACRAMENTO – Governor Jerry Brown is on an official trade mission to China this week just one week after the President of Mexico met with…

Faculty Senate President Calls Cerritos College a ‘Homophobic Institution’

Faculty Senate President Calls Cerritos College a ‘Homophobic Institution’

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews (Norwalk) In an unprecedented rant during the April 3 Board of Trustees meeting, a Cerritos College Faculty Senate President referred to the Norwalk-based campus…

St. Anthony of Padua Relics on Display at Holy Family Church in Artesia April 15

St. Anthony of Padua Relics on Display at Holy Family Church in Artesia April 15

By Brian Hews After a successful visit to the New York metropolitan area and New Jersey this past February, two important relics of St. Anthony of Padua are returning to…

Greuel Threatens Los Cerritos Community Newspaper Over Public Records Request

Greuel Threatens Los Cerritos Community Newspaper Over Public Records Request

By Brian Hews Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel turned to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office in order to delay a request made by Los Cerritos Community Newspaper, a…

Dirty Water: ‘Pay to Play Culture’ Trickling Out At Central Basin

Dirty Water: ‘Pay to Play Culture’ Trickling Out At Central Basin

Director Vasquez wastes no time in approving contracts for political friend and fiancé’s law firm. By Brian Hews (Commerce)-Despite repeated claims at Board meetings of promoting transparency, embattled Central Basin…

April 5 Los Cerritos Community News E-edition

April 5 Los Cerritos Community News E-edition

Click on image to view in full screen.   Open publication – Free publishing…

Simulated Terror: Gahr High School Scene of ‘Active Shooter’ Exercise

Simulated Terror: Gahr High School Scene of ‘Active Shooter’ Exercise

    Article and Photos By Brian Hews (Cerritos) It was just a drill, but the flash grenades, smoke, gun fire and television news crews made the scene at Richard…

Forever 49! Hawaiian Gardens Celebrates Birthday April 12-14

Forever 49! Hawaiian Gardens Celebrates Birthday April 12-14

 By Brian Hews   The City of Hawaiian Gardens will be celebrating its 49th Anniversary as a municipality  next weekend, April 12-14, with a massive three-day party. During the weekend…

Sheriff’s to Conduct ‘Active Shooter’ Drill at Gahr HS on Tuesday

Sheriff’s to Conduct ‘Active Shooter’ Drill at Gahr HS on Tuesday

On Tuesday, April 2, 2013, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Cerritos Sheriff’s Station and the Los Angeles County Fire Department are conducting an active shooter response drill at Gahr High…

Tobias Dustin Summers Named As Suspect In Northridge Kidnapping

Tobias Dustin Summers Named As Suspect In Northridge Kidnapping

By Brian Hews Los Angeles Police Department officials have named Tobias Dustin Summers as a suspect in the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a Northridge girl this past week.…

Friends of the 1st CEB Bowl-a-Thon Raises $4.8k

Friends of the 1st CEB Bowl-a-Thon Raises $4.8k

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LCCN to File Court Order Compelling Wendy Greuel to Turn Over Public Records

LCCN to File Court Order Compelling Wendy Greuel to Turn Over Public Records

By Brian Hews LCCN has retained La Verne Attorney Kelly Aviles to file a Petition for Writ of Mandate, which seeks a court order compelling Wendy Greuel to comply with…

The Vernola’s: Norwalk’s New ‘First Lady’ Salutes Her Husband

The Vernola’s: Norwalk’s New ‘First Lady’ Salutes Her Husband

  By Brian Hews During last Tuesday’s emotional Mayoral Transition at Norwalk City Hall, dozens of people took to the podium to congratulate reelected councilmembers Mike Mendez and Cheri Kelley.…

Steve Croft Takes Over Mayor’s Gavel From Dianne DuBois in Lakewood At Emotional Transition

Steve Croft Takes Over Mayor’s Gavel From Dianne DuBois in Lakewood At Emotional Transition

  By Brian Hews It was the “Changing of the Guard” on the Lakewood City Council this past Tuesday night. The Lakewood City Council completed its annual reorganization by selecting…

Operation No Laughing Matter: Cerritos, Norwalk, Huntington Park businesses raided for illegal Nitrous Oxide sales

Operation No Laughing Matter: Cerritos, Norwalk, Huntington Park businesses raided for illegal Nitrous Oxide sales

A female attempts to enter BPG Performance in Cerritos on Friday afternoon during a raid on the location for the sales of nitrous oxide. Randy Economy Photo  UPDATED AT 7:45…

LCCN to File Court Order Compelling Wendy Greuel to Turn Over Public Records

LCCN to File Court Order Compelling Wendy Greuel to Turn Over Public Records

By Brian Hews LCCN has retained La Verne Attorney Kelly Aviles to file a Petition for Writ of Mandate, which seeks a court order compelling Wendy Greuel to comply with…

Council Members Sarega, Deal Takes Oaths at La Mirada City Hall

Council Members Sarega, Deal Takes Oaths at La Mirada City Hall

OATH OF OFFICE – La Mirada City Council Members Pauline Deal and Andrew Sarega are administered their Oath of Office by City Clerk Anne Haraksin this week.  The two were…

Vernola Named New Mayor of Norwalk As City Council Reorganizes

Vernola Named New Mayor of Norwalk As City Council Reorganizes

  By Brian Hews With the March 5 Norwalk City Council campaign now behind them, the Norwalk City Council on Tuesday night celebrated the reelection of incumbent councilmembers Mike Mendez…

L.A. Mayoral Hopeful Wendy Greuel Delays Public Records Release to LCCN

L.A. Mayoral Hopeful Wendy Greuel Delays Public Records Release to LCCN

By Brian Hews Los Angeles City Controller and Mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel has once again delayed the release of two public records requests submitted January 22 and 23, 2013 by…