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EXCLUSIVE: Wendy Greuel’s Official Calendar Shows Years of Campaigning for Mayor on Taxpayer’s Dollar

EXCLUSIVE: Wendy Greuel’s Official Calendar Shows Years of Campaigning for Mayor on Taxpayer’s Dollar

(Copyright. Los Cerritos Community Newspaper. All Rights Reserved. Republishing Granted With Proper Attribution). Documents can be found at the end of this article By Brian Hews A six month investigation…

Officer Involved Shooting In South Gate Leads To Arrests, Injuries

Officer Involved Shooting In South Gate Leads To Arrests, Injuries

(South Gate) Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives are continuing to assist South Gate Police Department (SGPD) personnel investigate the circumstances surrounding a South Gate Police Department officer-involved shooting.…

Cerritos Transfers $10.1 Million in Funds to the State

Cerritos Transfers $10.1 Million in Funds to the State

  Completes a $17.1 million transfer to taxing entities. By Brian Hews Cerritos: The State recently informed Cerritos that the city was required to transmit an additional $10.1 million in…

Man Dies After Norwalk Shooting On Gard Avenue Wednesday morning

Man Dies After Norwalk Shooting On Gard Avenue Wednesday morning

By Brian Hews Norwalk has it’s first homicide less than 48 into 2013. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives responded to the 14000 block of Gard Avenue, Norwalk, to investigate…

Mailboxes at LCCN Office Looted Once Again

Mailboxes at LCCN Office Looted Once Again

  Mailboxes outside the offices of LCCN have been broken into, the total now reaching five for the year. “ I am really frustrated with this”, said LCCN Publisher Brian…

Hundreds of New Laws Get Ready To Take Center Stage in Califonria

Hundreds of New Laws Get Ready To Take Center Stage in Califonria

  By Brian Hews Californians can look forward to having hundreds of new laws to look forward to right after the stroke of midnight on Monday as 2013 begins. One…

LCCN Editor Jerry Bernstein Hospitalized With Double Pneumonia

LCCN Editor Jerry Bernstein Hospitalized With Double Pneumonia

By Brian Hews Beloved Los Cerritos Community Newspaper Editor Jerry Bernstein has been admitted to an area hospital with a case of double pneumonia. Bernstein, who will be celebrating his…

Cerritos Friends Gather to Remember Wayne Wurzer, 50

Cerritos Friends Gather to Remember Wayne Wurzer, 50

By Brian Hews Longtime friends of former Cerritos resident Wayne Figueroa Wurzer gathered together last Tuesday night to remember his life at the Cerritos Sheraton Hotel. Wurzer died on Monday…

Cerritos High School basketball falls in Staples Center debut

Cerritos High School basketball falls in Staples Center debut

By Loren Kopff LOS ANGELES-The Los Angeles Clippers hosted Sacramento last Friday night but some seven hours earlier, the Cerritos boys basketball team took to the Staples Center court in…

City of Cerritos & Cerritos Sheriff’s Station employees help families for the holidays

City of Cerritos & Cerritos Sheriff’s Station employees help families for the holidays

  More than 250 gifts and $500 in gift cards were donated by City of Cerritos and Cerritos Sheriff’s Station employees to help families during the holiday season. Employees brought…

Goodwill SOLAC’s Response to False Email Rumor

Goodwill SOLAC’s Response to False Email Rumor

  Goodwill SOLAC is grateful to all the people who donate their gently used items, including clothing and household goods, so that we can provide career and social services for…

Violent car crash in Santa Fe Springs kills two boys ages 11, 13

Violent car crash in Santa Fe Springs kills two boys ages 11, 13

By Brian Hews THIS IS BREAKING NEWS IN SANTA FE SPRINGS A violent two car crash in Santa Fe Springs on Friday night has taken the lives of two boys just…

‘Demand A Plan’ Targets Gun Violence in America

‘Demand A Plan’ Targets Gun Violence in America

By Brian Hews A new campaign by some of the most recognizable figures in Hollywood and a coalition of city mayors  launched on this week that targets gun violence with…

Ban Assault Weapons and High Capacity Clips

Ban Assault Weapons and High Capacity Clips

By Brian Hews Publisher and President, Los Cerritos Community News   Before all you NRA members dismiss this column, I grew up shooting guns; youngest of three brothers who all…

Artesia family still searches for killer of Jonathan Muse five years after slaying

Artesia family still searches for killer of Jonathan Muse five years after slaying

By Brian Hews This week, Jonathan Muse would have been celebrating his 22nd birthday here in the Artesia, Cerritos community he called home. Instead, law enforcement officials continue to be…

Tate Stevens Wins ‘The X Factor’ and a HUGE $5 Million Contract

Tate Stevens Wins ‘The X Factor’ and a HUGE $5 Million Contract

(Los Angeles) Country singer Tate Stevens won the second season of “The X Factor” on Thursday night during the finale televised live on Fox television. Pop singer Carly Rose Sonenclar came…

Pioneer Boulevard ‘Bulb Outs’ Could Be Demolished by Artesia Council

Pioneer Boulevard ‘Bulb Outs’ Could Be Demolished by Artesia Council

By Rico Dizon They are octagonal in shapes.  They look like huge planters protruding on both sides of the streets along the Pioneer Boulevard stretch from 183rd Street up to…

20 Lakewood Residents Seek Appointment To City Council

20 Lakewood Residents Seek Appointment To City Council

By Brian Hews Twenty Lakewood residents have submitted applications to fill the vacancy on the city council after the recent death of longtime Councilman Larry Van Nostran. At a special…

Miss USA wins Miss Universe Crown Over Miss Philippines

Miss USA wins Miss Universe Crown Over Miss Philippines

  By Brian Hews (Las Vegas) Miss USA Olivia Culpo a 20 year old who grew up in Cranston, Rhode Island as the middle child of five was crowned Miss…

BREAKING NEWS: Former Artesia Mayor Gretchen Whitney passes away at age 99

BREAKING NEWS: Former Artesia Mayor Gretchen Whitney passes away at age 99

UPDATED: 11:00 p.m. Tuesday By Brian Hews Former Artesia Mayor Gretchen Whitney died on Tuesday morning at the Artesia Christian Home at the age of 99. Her great grandson Robert…