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California Seizes $10.8 Million In Sales Tax Revenue From Cerritos

California Seizes $10.8 Million In Sales Tax Revenue From Cerritos

  Wednesday December 3, 2013, 12:58 p.m. By Brian Hews and Brian Hews Other local Municipalities slapped with payment demands include Lakewood, Montebello, Santa Fe Springs, Compton and Lynwood. SACRAMENTO…

Hometown Heroes: Whitney High School Baseball Coach Neil Freeman Looks To Future, Even at Age 85

Hometown Heroes: Whitney High School Baseball Coach Neil Freeman Looks To Future, Even at Age 85

By Brian Hews Note: Hews Media Group-Community Newspapers will be highlighting long time local residents and community leaders in a new on-going series called “Hometown Heroes!”  This week we feature…

Man shot, killed in Norwalk liquor store parking lot identified as Christian Rodriguez, 49

Man shot, killed in Norwalk liquor store parking lot identified as Christian Rodriguez, 49

By Brian Hews A man was shot and died from injuries he sustained while he was sitting in his car in a parking lot of a liquor store in Norwalk…

Fernando Vasquez selected Downey Mayor; Luis Marquez Mayor Pro Tem After Heated Exchange

Fernando Vasquez selected Downey Mayor; Luis Marquez Mayor Pro Tem After Heated Exchange

By Tammye McDuff Councilman Fernando Vasquez has been selected as the new mayor of Downey in a unanimous vote at the last city council meeting. Vasquez succeeds outgoing mayor Mario…

Hawaiian Gardens Warriors Go For Pop Warner National Championship in Florida

Hawaiian Gardens Warriors Go For Pop Warner National Championship in Florida

By Brian Hews It has been an amazing season for the Hawaiian Gardens Warriors Pop Warner Football team in 2013, and within the next week it could actually become historical.…

UPDATE: Man Shot, Killed on Rosecrans Avenue in Norwalk; Victim Was Sitting in Driver’s Seat of a Car

UPDATE: Man Shot, Killed on Rosecrans Avenue in Norwalk; Victim Was Sitting in Driver’s Seat of a Car

By Brian Hews Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives responded to the 12500 block of Rosecrans Avenue in Norwalk, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of an adult…

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Norwalk Athlete Margo Campos Fight With Diabetes Propels Whittier College to Hold Basketball Fundraiser

Norwalk Athlete Margo Campos Fight With Diabetes Propels Whittier College to Hold Basketball Fundraiser

(Whittier) The Whittier College Women’s Basketball team will dedicate a home game to the American Diabetes Association in support of one of the team Captains, Margo Campos, who is affected…

William Rawlings Hired as Artesia City Manager

William Rawlings Hired as Artesia City Manager

By Brian Hews A lame duck Artesia City Council met in closed session on Monday night to hire William Rawlings as its full time city manager. Rawlings has been serving…

Effects of Typhoon Haiyan Felt at Tri-City Regional Medical Center in Hawaiian Gardens

Effects of Typhoon Haiyan Felt at Tri-City Regional Medical Center in Hawaiian Gardens

By Brian Hews When Typhoon Hiayan took a direct hit on the island nation of the Philippines earlier this month, the aftermath was felt around the world, including tens of…

Irving Moskowitz Foundation Donates $100,000 to American Red Cross in Wake of Typhoon Haiyan

Irving Moskowitz Foundation Donates $100,000 to American Red Cross in Wake of Typhoon Haiyan

By Brian Hews   The Irving Moskowitz Foundation presented a check in the amount of $100,000 to the American Red Cross this past week to help support the relief effort…

Homicide Officials Investigate Dead Body Found on Alondra Boulevard in La Mirada

Homicide Officials Investigate Dead Body Found on Alondra Boulevard in La Mirada

La Mirada~ A body of an adult male Hispanic has been found deceased on Alondra Boulevard just east of Heron Avenue in La Mirada on Sunday night. The victim was…

Los Angeles Times Withheld Information, Facts on Central Basin Water Scheme Involving Calderon, Speaker Perez, and Villaraigosa

Los Angeles Times Withheld Information, Facts on Central Basin Water Scheme Involving Calderon, Speaker Perez, and Villaraigosa

November 22, 2013 By Brian Hews Note: Documentation can be found at the end of this article. Hews Media Group-Community News has obtained documentation that clearly shows the Los Angeles…

The ‘Doorway Defender Widget Company’ Sparks Local Outcry

The ‘Doorway Defender Widget Company’ Sparks Local Outcry

  By  Brian Hews, Publisher PUBLISHER’S CORNER So my friend from Cheesecake, Wisconsin visited the other day and promptly smashed his cheese cutter on my desk saying, “what in the…

Interim Commerce City Clerk Out of Job After Recall Election Dispute With City Attorney

Interim Commerce City Clerk Out of Job After Recall Election Dispute With City Attorney

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews A contentious recall campaign targeting four current Commerce City council members has apparently caused the Commerce Interim City Clerk her job. Hews Media Group…

Man Shot, Killed at Eastern Avenue and Harbor Street in Commerce

Man Shot, Killed at Eastern Avenue and Harbor Street in Commerce

By Brian Hews A man has been shot and killed on Thursday night in Commerce. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives responded to the intersection of Eastern Avenue & Harbor…

Central Basin Water Director Robert Apodaca Hit with Sexual Battery Lawsuit

Central Basin Water Director Robert Apodaca Hit with Sexual Battery Lawsuit

By Kelli Forsch, Randy Economy and Brian Hews A woman who worked as a public outreach director with the Central Basin Municipal Water District has filed a sexual battery lawsuit…

Breaking News: ABC Unified School Board Ends At-Large Voting Elections

Breaking News: ABC Unified School Board Ends At-Large Voting Elections

By Brian Hews In a stunning announcement, the ABC Unified School District Board of Education confirmed on Tuesday night that it has settled a civil rights law suit that will…

Current Cerritos Redevelopment Litigation Fees Total $480,000

Current Cerritos Redevelopment Litigation Fees Total $480,000

City Council Has Approved Further Litigation Fees Despite Controller Chiang Saying It Is A ‘Done Deal.’ By Brian Hews and Randy Economy Hews Media Group-Community News has obtained documents via a public records…

Central Basin President Roybal Pulled From LAUSD Classroom Duties; Attends ‘Teacher’s Jail’

Central Basin President Roybal Pulled From LAUSD Classroom Duties; Attends ‘Teacher’s Jail’

Posted Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 1:20 pm Under LAUSD rules, CBMWD special daytime meetings constitute a second job, which could result in felony fraud charges filed against Roybal, as well as immediate…