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Four Commerce City Officials Now Face Recall Campaigns

Four Commerce City Officials Now Face Recall Campaigns

Councilwoman Denise Robles joins Council members Altamirano, Baca Del Rio, and Leon as targets for removal from office. By Brian Hews     Commerce City Councilwoman Denise Robles was officially…

EXCLUSIVE: Records Show Montebello School Board Candidate Lani Cupchoy Has Never Voted in Los Angeles Election

EXCLUSIVE: Records Show Montebello School Board Candidate Lani Cupchoy Has Never Voted in Los Angeles Election

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews Official records obtained by Hews Media Group-Community Newspaper from the Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters confirm that Montebello Unified School Board Candidate Lani…

Ruben Guerrero, Husband of Montebello Mayor Cortez, Freed on Bail After Alleged Drug Arrest

Ruben Guerrero, Husband of Montebello Mayor Cortez, Freed on Bail After Alleged Drug Arrest

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews Ruben Guerrero, the husband of Montebello Mayor Christina Cortez,  who was arrested on Thursday morning on alleged felony related drug charges, has been released…

Death of Bellflower Senior Turns into ‘Nightmare’ for Family Dealing With Mortuary

Death of Bellflower Senior Turns into ‘Nightmare’ for Family Dealing With Mortuary

By Brian Hews For Evelyn Hileman of Bellflower, the recent passing of her beloved father Michael Henry Gregory-even at the age of 80-was a “sudden shock” to her and her…

California Controller Chiang Rebuffs Cerritos Mayor Barrows Statement On Redevelopment Payment Ruling

California Controller Chiang Rebuffs Cerritos Mayor Barrows Statement On Redevelopment Payment Ruling

COPYRIGHT. HEWS MEDIA GROUP. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Republishing Prohibited Without Proper Attribution. 2013. By Brian Hews and Brian Hews (Sacramento) California Controller John Chiang told Hews Media Group-Community Newspaper in…

Suspect in Norwalk Deputy Involved Shooting Tossed Semi-Automatic Gun From Passenger Car Window Before Arrest

Suspect in Norwalk Deputy Involved Shooting Tossed Semi-Automatic Gun From Passenger Car Window Before Arrest

By Brian Hews Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide detectives are continuing their investigation into circumstances surrounding a deputy-involved shooting that occurred on Saturday, October 12, 2013, near the intersection of…

BREAKING: Deputy Involved Shooting in Norwalk, Suspect Hit

BREAKING: Deputy Involved Shooting in Norwalk, Suspect Hit

Saturday Oct 12, 2013 at 4:33 p.m. The LASD-Norwalk Station is reporting a deputy involved shooting in Norwalk at Fairfond Ave. and Foster Rd at 4:10 p.m. The station is…

Dodi Soza, Downey High School Football Player Dies After Collapsing During Game

Dodi Soza, Downey High School Football Player Dies After Collapsing During Game

Dodi Soza, a popular student-athlete who was attending Downey High School has died after collapsing during a football game he was participating in on Thursday. Soza, a player on the…

Cerritos Mayor Barrows: ‘The worst that could happen is that we go bankrupt’

Cerritos Mayor Barrows: ‘The worst that could happen is that we go bankrupt’

  By Brian Hews and Brian Hews In a stunning omission, Cerritos Mayor Bruce Barrows told a daily newspaper in an interview on Thursday that the once fiscally successful municipality…

Lakewood Regional Medical Center Offers Robotic Surgery Program

Lakewood Regional Medical Center Offers Robotic Surgery Program

By Brian Hews The da Vinci Si e HD robotic surgery system was installed in the hospital’s recently expanded surgical services unit earlier this year. The first procedure using the…

Artesia Fights Obesity With New Revamped Parks

Artesia Fights Obesity With New Revamped Parks

    By Kristin Grafft   The city of Artesia welcomed their second tot lot park to their community with a grand opening of free games and healthy treats on…

E-Cigarettes Become Hot Topic with Lakewood City Council

E-Cigarettes Become Hot Topic with Lakewood City Council

By Rico Dizon E-Cigarettes have become a hot political topic in Lakewood. City officials are pursuing what they call “a deep concern on the proliferation of electronic cigarettes and vapor…

La Palma Chooses Cash Deposits for Digital Displays

La Palma Chooses Cash Deposits for Digital Displays

  By Rico Dizon After a long status quo, the La Palma City Council finally approved the offer of a $50,000 deposit over a reimbursement option, from La Palma Sign…

California State Controller’s Office Orders Cerritos to Sell $170 Million in City Property

California State Controller’s Office Orders Cerritos to Sell $170 Million in City Property

Wednesday October 9, 2013, 3:40 p.m. Report calls into question actions by City Council, city officials, and the Successor Agency Oversight Board for “unallowable transfers” of property and cash. By…

Flashy Franklins: New US $100 Bill Debuts on Tuesday Across America

Flashy Franklins: New US $100 Bill Debuts on Tuesday Across America

By Brian Hews Are you ready America for the “New $100 Bill?” The new $100 bill goes into circulation on Tuesday, and your wallet is about to get a “splash”…

Rep. Lowenthal Say’s ‘No’ to Paycheck as Federal Government Shut Down Enters Week Two

Rep. Lowenthal Say’s ‘No’ to Paycheck as Federal Government Shut Down Enters Week Two

  By Brian Hews Long Beach area Congressman Alan Lowenthal is joining a growing list of elected members of Congress who are refusing to take their pay check as the…

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Jackie Lacey Reflects On First Year as Los Angeles County District Attorney

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has a sign hanging on the wall near her bathroom inside her office that reads: “Put On…

Honda Rewards Local Cerritos Drivers With Free Gas

Honda Rewards Local Cerritos Drivers With Free Gas

  By Kristin Grafft Look out Honda drivers, because free things could be coming your way, especially if you live in the Cerritos area and you are in the need…

Incumbent Flowers Holds Campaign Tea Party In Artesia

Incumbent Flowers Holds Campaign Tea Party In Artesia

By Rico Dizon (Artesia) As part of her re-election campaign for the Artesia City Council, Mayor Sally Flowers’ friends Steve and Lisa Diaz hosted a tea party for her and…

Editorial: GOP Wanted a Government Shutdown All Along

Editorial: GOP Wanted a Government Shutdown All Along

    By Brian Hews When President Obama was elected in 2008, he came to Congress with a Democratically controlled Senate and House. In those two years he passed Wall…