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Opinion: Safe and Convenient Medicine Collection is Good Medicine for LA County

  By Heidi Sanborn Executive Director of the California Product Stewardship Council Preventing prescription drug abuse and protecting water quality are two issues on the minds of Los Angeles County residents,…

A Climate-Change Policy that Pays for Itself

By Patrick K. Decker This week, government officials from 190 nations are meeting in Paris to forge a plan for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Among the most difficult issues they’ll face?…

Guest Opinion: The Battlefield at Home and the Struggle for Reasonable Healthcare

By Christopher Boits On October 7, 2001 the United States went into Afghanistan and on March 20, 2003 the U.S. went into Iraq. Over the course of our stay in these…

Guest Opinion: Let’s Talk About Teachers and Tenure

By Jenae Suite If you went to Subway and the person making your sandwich wasn’t wearing gloves as they held your tomatoes with their bare hands they just sneezed on,…

Guest Opinion: Planned Parenthood is More than Just Abortions

By Jennifer Dang A graduate student is raped and is impregnated as a result. Her decision is to get an abortion, and so she makes an appointment with Planned Parenthood.…

Homeless Heroes Need Affordable Housing

By Erica Madrid On any given night there are more than 49,000 veterans experiencing homelessness in the United States. In 2013 the Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) announced that there…

GUEST OPINION: Paving California’s Future Today

By Mario A. Guerra The California state legislature recently entered into a special session to deal with our state’s most pressing matters. Among the top concerns, and of special concern…

Los Angeles Times Grades Politicians, Who’s Grading the Times?

By Brian Hews Last week, the Los Angles Times graded Mayor Garcetti, and other Los Angeles politicians, giving him a “C” as Mayor of Los Angeles. I guess all of…

Rebuttal to Artesia Trash Contract Story

Dear Editor: I serve as the lead government affairs representative in Los Angeles County for CR&R. [Your] article takes provisions of the proposed agreement out of context. The City has…

OP/ED: “Smoking is Cool”: The Real E-cigarettes

I was watching a movie in the Lifetime channel and I noticed an advertisement on E-cigarettes and it caught my attention. This commercial compared E-cigarettes to tobacco products. The comparison…

Artesia Resident Calls Out Local Editor on Artesia 7-11 Store “Fluff” Article

Mr.  Bernstein: I do not understand your opinion from last week on the approval of a 7-11 in Artesia. I notice that your conversations usually have to do with your…

OP/ED: Chuong Vo Threatens HMG-CN….Wendy Greuel 2.0

By Brian Hews Back in 2013 during the Los Angles Mayor’s race, HMG-CN was alerted that mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel may have been campaigning on city time. HMG-CN subsequently requested…

Letters: Yes on AA, the Right Way

The proponents of Measure AA had the keys to the kingdom.  A well performing school district by most measures, labor peace, a well educated electorate, growing economy, and well stocked…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…