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CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III-AA BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS Fourth quarter shots wouldn’t fall for Gahr, lose in final minutes to Sonora

CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION DIVISION III-AA BOYS BASKETBALL FINALS Fourth quarter shots wouldn’t fall for Gahr, lose in final minutes to Sonora

          By Loren Kopff   ANAHEIM-The top two teams in the California Interscholastic Federation-Southern Section Division III-AA played like they belonged in the championship game at…

Los Angeles Based BIZFED Campaign Committee Supporting Cerritos Candidates Violated Election Laws

Los Angeles Based BIZFED Campaign Committee Supporting Cerritos Candidates Violated Election Laws

By Brian Hews BizFed PAC (PAC), a political action committee sponsored by the Los Angeles Federation of Businesses (LAFB), recently sent out a very expensive City Council campaign flyer to…

El Rodeo Nightclub in Pico Rivera Raided by the DEA and FBI

El Rodeo Nightclub in Pico Rivera Raided by the DEA and FBI

  Staff Report HMG-CN has been told that the El Rodeo Nightclub in Pico Rivera was raided two days took by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration with assistance from…

19 Cultural Treasures Returned to the Government of Italy

19 Cultural Treasures Returned to the Government of Italy

HMG-CN Crime Wire   NEW YORK — Seven U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge offices returned 19 cultural treasures to the Italian government this week.…

Campaign Irregularities Mar Commerce City Council Election

Campaign Irregularities Mar Commerce City Council Election

Commerce based Citadel Outlets owner Steve Craig donated $40,000 to committee opposing current Councilwoman Denise Robles and leading candidate Hugo Argumedo. By Brian Hews, Feb, 12, 2013, 1:20 pm Hews Media…

Protesters Rebuke Central Basin Director Leticia Vasquez at Metropolitan Water District  Swearing-In  Ceremony

Protesters Rebuke Central Basin Director Leticia Vasquez at Metropolitan Water District  Swearing-In  Ceremony

By Brian Hews Embattled Central Basin Water Board (CB) Member Leticia Vasquez’ second go-round at becoming a member of the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) Board of Directors was met with…

Voter Suppression: Commerce Unexpectedly Moves Mar. 3 Polling Places

Voter Suppression: Commerce Unexpectedly Moves Mar. 3 Polling Places

By Brian Hews Residents of Commerce in and around certain areas have been going to the same polling place and casting their vote for over 30 years. Until this year,…

CAMENITA-CLOSURE: 36-hour Closure of Carmenita Road for Bridge Work

CAMENITA-CLOSURE: 36-hour Closure of Carmenita Road for Bridge Work

From Caltrans Norwalk and Sante Fe Springs – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will only allow local access to businesses on Carmenita Road from Alondra Boulevard to Firestone Boulevard…

Norwalk Councilman Luigi Vernola Honored for Charity Work

Norwalk Councilman Luigi Vernola Honored for Charity Work

  Norwalk Councilman Luigi Vernola receives a “Pride of the 58th” certificate of recognition from California Assemblywoman Christina Garcia from the 58th district. Vernola was honored for his work for…

Stolen Bronze Statue Returned to Norwalk 

Stolen Bronze Statue Returned to Norwalk 

HMG-CN Community Wire A bronze sculpture reported missing from Norwalk’s Civic Center Lawn has been located and returned to the City. The location of the waving, pigtailed young girl in…

Best Plaza in Cerritos To Undergo Significant Remodel

Best Plaza in Cerritos To Undergo Significant Remodel

By Brian Hews The Best Plaza Shopping Center, located on 183rd and the 605 freeway and built in 1978 and 1979, will undergo significant remodeling in the coming months, as…

La Palma-Cerritos AAUW Hosts the ZOE Organization That Fights Human Trafficking

La Palma-Cerritos AAUW Hosts the ZOE   Organization That Fights Human Trafficking

By Edna Ethington Members of the La Palma-Cerritos Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) learned about how ZOE works to stop Human Trafficking in Thailand and in…

Bronze Sculpture Valued at $18,500 Stolen from Norwalk Civic Center

Bronze Sculpture Valued at $18,500 Stolen from Norwalk Civic Center

    HMG-CN Crime Wire (Norwalk, CA) ~ A bronze figure from the City of Norwalk’s “Looking to the Future” public art installation was reported stolen from the corner of…

EXCLUSIVE: FPPC Investigating Central Basin Water Director Leticia Vasquez for ‘Conflict of Interest and Violating Campaign Disclosure Laws’

EXCLUSIVE: FPPC Investigating Central Basin Water Director Leticia Vasquez for ‘Conflict of Interest and Violating Campaign Disclosure Laws’

By Brian Hews The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) has commented on what HMG-CN exclusively reported online last Friday, and in its print edition Jan. 23, concerning the investigation of Central…

Safari Invades the Artesia Library

Safari Invades the Artesia Library

By Tammye McDuff Thor’s Reptile Family paid a visit to the Artesia Library Saturday, January 17, 2015, to the delight of many squealing children.  Presented in a nurturing hands-on, interactive…

Cerritos Parks and Recreation Commission Collars Dog Park

Cerritos Parks and Recreation Commission Collars Dog Park

By Brian Hews On a 3-1-1 vote the Cerritos Parks and Recreation Commission voted not to recommend to City Council the construction of a dog park in Cerritos. Voting not…

Report Released on State Funding Options for LA Jail and Diversion

Report Released on State Funding Options for LA Jail and Diversion

HMG-CN Political Wire Advocates call for an immediate halt to new jail and more investment in services SACRAMENTO, CA – Today, the Department of Finance released their AB 1468 report…

TSA Week in Review: 32 Firearms Discovered in Carry-on Bags, a Sickle, and More

TSA Week in Review: 32 Firearms Discovered in Carry-on Bags, a Sickle, and More

From blog.tsa.gov   Loaded firearm discovered in carry-on bag at ATL 32 Firearms Discovered This Week – Of the 32 firearms, 26 were loaded and 13 had rounds chambered. Artfully Concealed Prohibited Items – It’s important to examine…

Commerce City Council OK’s Its Own 35% Pay Raise

Commerce City Council OK’s Its Own 35% Pay Raise

      Councilwoman Denise Robles cast the lone no vote during second reading, outgoing Councilman Joe Aguilar does his friends a favor by voting yes for the raise. By Tammye…

Norwalk to Get 15 Acres of the Norwalk Tank Farm

Norwalk to Get 15 Acres of the Norwalk Tank Farm

  By Brian Hews Norwalk City Manager Mike Egan was ecstatic when he heard the news that the city of Norwalk will finally receive 15 acres of the 51-acre former…