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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…

Artesia Historical Society Celebrates at 10th Annual Gala

Artesia Historical Society Celebrates at 10th Annual Gala

By Brian Hews The Artesia Historical Society held its 10th Annual Gala Dinner this past Saturday night attracting more than 100 celebrants including several local community leaders and longtime residents…

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro Headlines Community Lawyer Celebration Friday Night in Downtown LA

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro Headlines Community Lawyer Celebration Friday Night in Downtown LA

By Brian Hews Community Lawyers, Inc., will be hosting their 5th Annual Justice Jam, “Celebrating Our Tradition of Advocacy,” this Friday, October 4 at La Plaza de Cultura y Artes…

WRD Board President Rob Katherman Admits He Formed PAC to Influence Elections

WRD Board President Rob Katherman Admits He Formed PAC to Influence Elections

By Brian Hews and Brian Hews In an interview with Hews Media Group-Community Newspaper on Tuesday Rob Katherman, an elected member of the Water Replenishment Board of Directors, confirmed he…

Early Morning Fire Destroys Five Businesses in La Mirada

Early Morning Fire Destroys Five Businesses in La Mirada

By Brian Hews A large fire has destroyed at least five businesses at a La Mirada strip mall early Tuesday morning that also resulted in the minor injury of a…

Tisbury Circle in Huntington Beach Scene of Deadly Vault Explosion, One Killed

Tisbury Circle in Huntington Beach Scene of Deadly Vault Explosion, One Killed

By Brian Hews Officials said one person was killed Monday afternoon in an underground vault explosion in Huntington Beach in the 16200 block of Tisbury Circle. Specific details of the…

Norwalk Family Searches for Stolen Memorial Cross of Slain Teenager

Norwalk Family Searches for Stolen Memorial Cross of Slain Teenager

  By Brian Hews The family of a Norwalk teenager who was killed after being hit by a car on the 605 Freeway this past June is in search of…

Supervisor Don Knabe Blasts Feds For Shuttering Long Beach C-17 Program

Supervisor Don Knabe Blasts Feds For Shuttering Long Beach C-17 Program

    By Brian Hews Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe blasted Federal government officials on Monday regarding the shuttering of the C-17 Program out of Long Beach. Knabe sent…

El Rodeo Nightclub in Pico Rivera Scene of Shooting Death Early Sunday Morning

El Rodeo Nightclub in Pico Rivera Scene of Shooting Death Early Sunday Morning

(Pico Rivera) Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau detectives are en route to the 8800 block of Washington Boulevard, Pico Rivera, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of…