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WRD and the L.A./O.C. Building & Trades Council Sign Project Labor Agreement

WRD and the L.A./O.C. Building & Trades Council Sign Project Labor Agreement

  Project Labor Agreement Signing from (l-r)  WRD Board Member Vera Robles DeWitt, WRD Board Member Rob Katherman, LA/OC Building Trades Council Executive Secretary Ron Miller, WRD Board President John…

Central Basin Water Lowers Rates, Generates $2.5 Million Net Operating Margin

Central Basin Water Lowers Rates, Generates $2.5 Million Net Operating Margin

  Central Basin customers expected to pay 14 percent less for imported water. By Brian Hews • May 24, 2021 COMMERCE, CA – Only months after Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia’s controversial…

Gascon Recall Officially Underway, County Registrar Approves Petitions for Public Circulation

Gascon Recall Officially Underway, County Registrar Approves Petitions for Public Circulation

  Victims and Los Angeles residents are fighting for justice and the safety of their communities  (LOS ANGELES, CA) – Petitions for the recall of Los Angeles District Attorney George…

EXCLUSIVE: Two More Workers Sue Hawaiian Gardens for Harassment

EXCLUSIVE: Two More Workers Sue Hawaiian Gardens for Harassment

Hawaiian Gardens Code Enforcement Officer Fred Licon can add another two alleged harassment complaints to his tenure at City Hall.   BY BRIAN HEWS • May 15, 2021 Yet another…

Councilwoman Emma Sharif Finishes Strong, Heads into the Compton Mayoral Runoff Election on June 1st

Councilwoman Emma Sharif Finishes Strong, Heads into the Compton Mayoral Runoff Election on June 1st

Compton, CA—This week, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder certified the City of Compton election results and confirmed Councilwoman Emma Sharif is headed into the runoff election on June 1. Emma…

Majority Of LAUSD Students Choose Not To Return To School

Majority Of LAUSD Students Choose Not To Return To School

Although all schools within Los Angeles Unified have reopened, the vast majority of students are opting to continue remote learning, with the district reporting Monday that just 7% of high…

Gov. Newsom to Expand California Stimulus to Middle Income Families

Gov. Newsom to Expand California Stimulus to Middle Income Families

  Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday he will expand the state’s economic stimulus program to middle income families, which means the Golden State Stimulus now provides at least $600 to…

Ransomware Attack Leads to Shutdown of Major East Coast U.S. System, Colonial Pipeline

Ransomware Attack Leads to Shutdown of Major East Coast U.S. System, Colonial Pipeline

The attack on top U.S. operator Colonial Pipeline appears to have been carried out by an Eastern European-based criminal gang (WAPO) A ransomware attack caused a major East Coast fuel…

Pico Rivera to Consider Digital Billboards

Pico Rivera to Consider Digital Billboards

  BY BRIAN HEWS • May 7, 2021 The city of Pico Rivera Planning Commission, at its upcoming May 17 meeting, will consider an amendment to the city’s municipal code…

LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell to Host Veterans Food Drive-Thru Distribution

LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell to Host Veterans Food Drive-Thru Distribution

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Los Angeles County Supervisor, Holly J. Mitchell, representing the Second District,  is partnering with the County of Los Angeles Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, and the Culver City Recreation & Community Services Department to host a Veterans Food Drive-Thru…

Sup. Thurmond 2021 Finalists: Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math & Science Teaching

STAFF REPORT SACRAMENTO—Even through the challenges of remote learning and the COVID-19 pandemic, California teachers continue to find ways to bring out the curiosity, excellence, critical thinking, and problem-solving abilities…

La Palma Requests Congressional Funding to Repair 48 Medians

La Palma Requests Congressional Funding to Repair 48 Medians

LOOKING FOR FUNDS: The City of La Palma has five arterial street medians, consisting of 48 median islands for a total of 3.85 miles long, including: La Palma Avenue (East…

Pico Rivera Looks to Increase Water Rates

Pico Rivera Looks to Increase Water Rates

  BY BRIAN HEWS • April 30, 2021 The Pico Rivera City Council, at its June 22 meeting, will consider raising water rates for all customers of the Pico Rivera…

LED Streetlights Coming to La Mirada

  April 30, 2021 STAFF REPORT Nearly 4,000 streetlights in La Mirada will be changed from High-Pressure Sodium Vapor (HSPV) fixtures to Light Emitting Diode (LED) fixtures in residential areas…

La Mirada Approves Vote of No Confidence for Gascon

La Mirada Approves Vote of No Confidence for Gascon

D.A. GASCON was rebuked by Whittier and Pico Rivera also.   BY TAMMYE MCDUFF • April 30, 2021 This past Tuesday, April 27, Deputy DA and prosecutor Jonathan Hatami announced…

Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Vo Calls Himself ‘Too Inexperienced’ to Be Mayor

Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Vo Calls Himself ‘Too Inexperienced’ to Be Mayor

The move is followed by the nomination of Grace Hu for mayor, and Vo pro tem. BY BRIAN HEWS • April 30, 2021 In another first for Cerritos City Council,…

Newsom Recall Proponents Should Have to Pay

Newsom Recall Proponents Should Have to Pay

Gov. Gavin Newsom HMG-CN OP/ED • April 28, 2021 The Newsom recall proponents announced they had gathered enough ballots this week and, according to new reports, California is going to…

Vaccine Passport Makes Good Business Sense

Vaccine Passport Makes Good Business Sense

HMG-CN OP/ED • April 28, 2021 Editor’s Note: this opinion appeared in the April 23, 2021 print version. When this pandemic first occurred you could envision, after the virus was…

LASD Inconsistencies: Pathologist Says Aisha Nava Struggled to Live, Death Not a Suicide

LASD Inconsistencies: Pathologist Says Aisha Nava Struggled to Live, Death Not a Suicide

      BY BRIAN HEWS • April 26, 2021 Last week, Hews Media Group was the first news outlet to report that there was major inconsistencies in the LASD’s…

California losing congressional seat

California losing congressional seat

  California is losing a U.S. House seat for the first time, dropping its delegation from 53 to 52 members. (AP) SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is losing a U.S. House…