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Guest Opinion: Central Basin Municipal Water District Candidates Becerra, Jaimes, and Barba Never Campaigned

Guest Opinion: Central Basin Municipal Water District Candidates Becerra, Jaimes, and Barba Never Campaigned

Three cheers for James E. Becerra, Noel A. Jaimes and L. Hilary Barba. Bravo for having your “E, A, and L” all appear on an actual election ballot!  I’m sure…

Central Basin Water President Robert “Bob” Apodaca Named Worst Boss in America

Central Basin Water President Robert “Bob” Apodaca Named Worst Boss in America

Website eBossWatch puts  self-proclaimed Bob “Tag Team” Apodaca on its country-wide list of 100 terrible bosses for 2014. By Brian Hews Central Basin Municipal Water District Board President Robert “Bob” Apodaca can…

Guest Opinion: Where Does ABCUSD Go Now?

Guest Opinion: Where Does ABCUSD Go Now?

By Gavin Riley Whenever prospective home buyers are looking, their checklist of most important considerations, located somewhere between square footage and kitchen amenities, is the local school system. For years realtors have loved to promote…

Candidates File Election Papers in La Mirada and Commerce

Candidates File Election Papers in La Mirada and Commerce

Two seats open in Commerce, three open in La Mirada. By Brian Hews Six candidates have filed for two open Commerce City Council seats for the upcoming March 3, 2015…

Cudahy Mayor Chris Garcia Supports Central Basin Candidate Stinnett Despite HMG-CN Story About Criminal Past

Mayor Chris Garcia: Why I Support Central Basin Candidate Jason Stinnett Randy: Thank you for your inquiry regarding your recent article about Central Basin Candidate Jason Stinnett. I did have…

Mayor Pro-Tem Luis Marquez Owes Downey Coffers $54K, Colleagues Contend

Mayor Pro-Tem Luis Marquez Owes Downey Coffers $54K, Colleagues Contend

By Tammye McDuff Back in November 2013, the Downey City Council was in a heated and contentious debate over who should be serving in the capacity of Mayor Pro-Tem. Fernando…

Candidates for 32nd Senate District Square Off During Debate in Whittier

Candidates for 32nd Senate District Square Off During Debate in Whittier

By Tammye McDuff The League of Women Voters of Whittier was host to a candidate forum for the five Senate hopefuls for the newly created 32nd District. Margo Reeg, President…

New Laws Affect Businesses in Hawaiian Gardens

By Kristin Grafft An “urgency ordinance” was voted into effect Tuesday, January 28, imposing a moratorium on any smoke shop or electronic cigarette retailers in the city of Hawaiian Gardens,…

California ‘Affluenza’ Legislation Introduced by Assemblyman Gatto

California ‘Affluenza’ Legislation Introduced by Assemblyman Gatto

By Brian Hews SACRAMENTO, CA – It is being called the new “California Affluenza Law,” and radio talk show hosts up and down the Golden State are already weighing in…

Knabe Delivers State of County Address in Cerritos

Knabe Delivers State of County Address in Cerritos

By Kristin Grafft Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe presented the 2014 State of the County on Thursday, February 13, at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. It was…

When Teen Dating Becomes Dangerous; What Parents Need to Know

When Teen Dating Becomes Dangerous;  What Parents Need to Know

Note: This is part of an ongoing series provided by Hews Media Group-Community Newspaper reporters about issues that affect every member of our community. Reporter Tammye McDuff takes a deeper…

Major Advertising Agencies Once Again Ignore Community Newspapers

Major Advertising Agencies Once Again Ignore Community Newspapers

Thursday Dec. 12, 2013 4:34 p.m. Editor’s note: An article published  in the LA Times Friday Dec. 13, 2013 appears at the end of this article. Retail sales were flat…

Community Voices: California Declared Homestead Law Failures Leads to Senior Citizen to become Homeless

Dear Editor: For the benefit of those who did not read my original story I will go over the major facts. This involves the California  Declared  Homestead  Law which is…

Voters Head To Polls Next Tuesday To Pick City, School Leaders in Southeast LA County

Voters Head To Polls Next Tuesday To Pick City, School Leaders in Southeast LA County

By Brian Hews Voters in several Southeast Los Angeles County cities will be heading to the ballot box next Tuesday, November 5th to elect several new city council members, as…

Endorsement: Reelect Hengler, Rios, Valencia, and Adams to the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Board

Endorsement: Reelect Hengler, Rios, Valencia, and Adams to the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School Board

Hews Media Group-Community Newspaper is endorsing the four incumbents in next Tuesday’s election for the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District Board of Education. While we appreciate the spirited and even…

Community Voices: The Tea Party Experi(ence)ment

By Mario Rivas For quite a while now it seems we’ve gotten hit with what I would phrase as the Tea Party experiment-experience.  You see, I’m a student of public…

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…

Editorial: GOP Wanted a Government Shutdown

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 Street reform,…

Community Voices: ‘We Still Have a Dream’ Rally, March Planned in LA on Saturday

Community Voices: ‘We Still Have a Dream’ Rally, March Planned in LA on Saturday

The We Still Have A Dream Coalition will hold a march and rally to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the march on Washington.  The event will be on Saturday, August…

Community Voices: Federal Judge ‘Trumping’ California Law of Declaring Homestead Exemption

In an effort to provide our readers with a platform to be heard in their own words, Hews Media Group-Community Newspaper has created “Community Voices!” for both our print and…