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Asm. Speaker Rendon Went Around Senate Pro Tem Atkins to Push Passage of Bill

Asm. Speaker Rendon Went Around Senate Pro Tem Atkins to Push Passage of Bill

Partial first page of Speaker Rendon’s letter.   BY BRIAN HEWS • September 10, 2020 In a questionable last ditch effort to pass SB 625, the bill that would have…

National Park Service Allowing Tule Elk to Die of Thirst in Point Reyes

National Park Service Allowing Tule Elk to Die of Thirst in Point Reyes

An activist carries water to a trough for the elk. They installed two troughs carrying a total of 150 gallons of water.   By Tammye McDuff & Brian Hews •…

Suicide is a Major Concern During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Suicide is a Major Concern During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Mental Stress Over Financial Hardship, Loss of a Loved One and Other Factors Contribute to Thoughts of Ending One’s Life. Identifying Red Flags are Critically Important.   PASADENA, Calif.,…

State Says It Will Renovate the California Youth Authority in Norwalk for Non-COVID Patients

State Says It Will Renovate the California Youth Authority in Norwalk for Non-COVID Patients

    Three weeks ago Hews Media Group-Cerritos News exclusively reported that the Department of State Hospitals planned to re-open  the California Youth Authority facility In Norwalk to house COVID-19…

Veterans Memorial Upgrade Underway In Bellflower

Veterans Memorial Upgrade Underway In Bellflower

UPGRADE: Construction at Veterans Memorial Park will include flag poles for the five branches of the military and Prisoners Of War and a Battle Cross sculpture.   BY TAMMYE MCDUFF…

Gender Reveal Party Pyrotechnic Device Sparked El Dorado Blaze, Fire Officials Say

Gender Reveal Party Pyrotechnic Device Sparked El Dorado Blaze, Fire Officials Say

(FRESNO BEE) ~ The El Dorado fire that burned over 7,000 acres in southern California over the weekend was sparked by a device at a gender reveal party, Cal Fire…

September 4, 2020 Hews Media Group-Los Cerritos Community News eNewspaper

September 4, 2020 Hews Media Group-Los Cerritos Community News eNewspaper

Canadian Super Scoopers Arrive in Southern California

Canadian Super Scoopers Arrive in Southern California

  BY BRIAN HEWS • September 2, 2020 Los Angeles County has recently bought in two Super Scooper water dropping planes for the upcoming fire season. The two Bombardier CL-415…

Legislature Passes Save Local Journalism Act

Legislature Passes Save Local Journalism Act

BY BRIAN HEWS • August 31, 2020 Following a unanimous Senate vote yesterday, the California Assembly passed AB 323 by a 67-4 margin this afternoon  giving the newspaper industry one…

Trump Administration Proposes First Oil Lease Sale in California in Eight Years

Trump Administration Proposes First Oil Lease Sale in California in Eight Years

WASHINGTON— The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it intends to hold the first federal oil and gas lease sale in California since 2012. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans…

August 28, 2020 Hews Media Group-Cerritos News eNewspaper

August 28, 2020 Hews Media Group-Cerritos News eNewspaper

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Whittier Temporary Emergency Shelter for Homeless to Open September 1, 2020

Whittier Temporary Emergency Shelter for Homeless to Open September 1, 2020

The previously-announced temporary emergency shelter at the City of Whittier’s Uptown Senior Center will open on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. The emergency shelter will hasten the timeframe in which the…

City of Cerritos celebrates 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment

City of Cerritos celebrates 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment

  August 25, 2020 The City of Cerritos is illuminating the Civic Center Plaza and Cerritos Sculpture Garden in gold and purple lights to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the…

Orange County Removed From State COVID Watchlist

Orange County Removed From State COVID Watchlist

(NBC) Orange County was removed from California’s coronavirus monitoring list Sunday, starting the clock for all public schools in the county to potentially reopen in early September. The state mandates…

These California Congressmen Voted No to Help Your Postal Worker

These California Congressmen Voted No to Help Your Postal Worker

Hews Media Group-Cerritos News would like to let you know the California Congressmen who voted NO to help the postal service. We bet you can guess who they are. If…

LA Times Shakes Up Food Section Today Following Peter Meehan Internal Investigation

LA Times Shakes Up Food Section Today Following Peter Meehan Internal Investigation

August 20, 2020 (EATER) An internal Los Angeles Times investigation has shaken up the paper’s food section today, a month after the resignation of former food editor Peter Meehan following allegations of creating…

Wag Hotels Offers Shelter for Pet Evacuations Due to California Wildfires

Wag Hotels Offers Shelter for Pet Evacuations Due to California Wildfires

  By Tammye McDuff • August 20, 2020 A state of emergency has been declared due to the devastating wildfires burning across the state of California. To help alleviate the…

Impact The Change and Waste Not OC Coalition Unveil World’s First Off The Grid Solar Powered Cold Storage Unit

Impact The Change and Waste Not OC Coalition Unveil World’s First Off The Grid Solar Powered Cold Storage Unit

Inside of “The Beast,” a first of its kind modified shipping container that can operate on solar power and hold thousands of ready-to-eat meals.   STAFF REPORT Rolling blackouts, power…

Gary Cheung, Owner of Sam Woo, pleads guilty to multiple felonies, will pay nearly $3 million

Gary Cheung, Owner of Sam Woo, pleads guilty to multiple felonies, will pay nearly $3 million

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today announced the arraignment and plea of Gary Cheung for tax evasion and insurance fraud related to the Sam Woo restaurants he owned…

Harassment: Cerritos College places several women’s soccer coaches on leave

Harassment: Cerritos College places several women’s soccer coaches on leave

    Daniel Suarez Jr. and Edgar Mendoza AUGUST 16, 20 Cerritos College has placed several women’s soccer coaches on leave following allegations of misconduct which first surfaced on social media, prompting…