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No Challengers File for District 1 and District 2 La Mirada Council Seats

No Challengers File for District 1 and District 2 La Mirada Council Seats

District 2 Councilwoman Michelle Velasquez Bean and District 1 Councilman John Lewis. March 7, 2026 By Brian Hews, [email protected] With the candidate filing period now closed, two city council…

Daylight Saving Time Returns: How the Time Change Can Disrupt Your Health

On Sunday, March 8, most of the United States — including California — will once again “spring forward,” moving clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. to mark…

American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia’ Illuminates the Segerstrom Center Stage April 9-12, 2026

American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia’ Illuminates the Segerstrom Center Stage April 9-12, 2026

The full-length classical ballet, based on Ashton’s original choreography for the Royal Ballet spins into dance to tell the story of the Sylvia, the chaste devotee of the…

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival: From Tamales to Tequila — It’s a Berry Big Deal

Knott’s Boysenberry Festival: From Tamales to Tequila — It’s a Berry Big Deal

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X March 2, 2026 Spicy Boysenberry Bulgogi with green onions over rice (l) and Boysenberry Tortillas Stuffed with deep fried cauliflower, boysenberry…

Trump’s tweeted ‘Obama will start war with Iran to distract from domestic failures’ in 2012-’13

Trump’s tweeted ‘Obama will start war with Iran to distract from domestic failures’ in 2012-’13

President Donald Trump , had some strong opinions against going to war with Tehran – before he was sitting in the Oval Office. In 2012 and 2013, Trump…

Art Alive Festivities Return to The San Diego Museum of Art with a Centennial Soiree in Full Bloom

Art Alive Festivities Return to The San Diego Museum of Art with a Centennial Soiree in Full Bloom

February 27, 2026 The Museum’s Signature Annual Fundraiser is a Highlight of the Centennial, Drawing Inspiration from its Renowned Collection of Works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec SAN DIEGO,…

Artesia Moves to Hold Property Owners Strictly Liable for Illegal Fireworks

Artesia Moves to Hold Property Owners Strictly Liable for Illegal Fireworks

February 25, 2026 By Brian Hews, [email protected] The Artesia City Council is moving to crack down on illegal fireworks by holding property owners and event organizers strictly liable if…

City of Commerce Votes to Place ¼-Cent Sales Tax Measure on June 2026 Ballot

City of Commerce Votes to Place ¼-Cent Sales Tax Measure on June 2026 Ballot

February 25, 2026 LCCN Staff Report COMMERCE — The City of Commerce City Council voted unanimously to place a ¼-cent sales tax measure on the June 2026 ballot,…

FBI Executes Search Warrants at LAUSD HQ, Superintendent’s Residence

FBI Executes Search Warrants at LAUSD HQ, Superintendent’s Residence

February 25, 2026 FOX LA is reporting that federal agents executed search warrants Wednesday morning at the home of Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and…

Dr. Lorena Vidaurre Resigns From NLMUSD Board of Education

Dr. Lorena Vidaurre Resigns From NLMUSD Board of Education

February 24, 2026 NORWALK, CA – Dr. Lorena Vidaurre, Trustee Area 6 and Norwalk-La Mirada Board of Education Vice President, has resigned from the Board of Education due to personal reasons,…

International City Theatre’s ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ Is a Relationship Road Trip Worth Taking

International City Theatre’s ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change’ Is a Relationship Road Trip Worth Taking

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X February 21, 2026 LONG BEACH — International City Theatre launches its 41st season with I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,…

Kaiser Permanente Tops U.S. Health Insurers for Sixth Straight Year in Customer Satisfaction

PASADENA, Calif. – For the sixth year in row, no health insurance company in the United States is rated higher than Kaiser Permanente for customer satisfaction and affordability, according…

Musical comedy revue ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect,Now Change’ celebrates the mating game at ICT

Musical comedy revue ‘I Love You, You’re Perfect,Now Change’ celebrates the mating game at ICT

February 13, 2026  International City Theatre launches its 41st season with I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, the wildly popular musical comedy revue, featuring book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro and…

GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PREVIEW: Valley Christian highlights quartet of area girls basketball teams in playoffs

GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PREVIEW: Valley Christian highlights quartet of area girls basketball teams in playoffs

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X February 11, 2026 One of the finest seasons in the past decade for the Valley Christian High girls basketball program…

WIRED: ICE leases office spaces in Irvine and Santa Ana

WIRED: ICE leases office spaces in Irvine and Santa Ana

February 11, 2026 FEDERAL RECORDS OBTAINED by WIRED show that over the past several months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have carried…

City News

Crowded Fields and Political Games: California’s Governor Race Is Learning a Lesson From Local Politics

Crowded Fields and Political Games: California’s Governor Race Is Learning a Lesson From Local Politics

Graphic courtesy ABC7 By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X March 7, 2026 The warning…

Pico Rivera Opens Alebrije Dog Park, First Dog Park Expected to Draw Visitors and Boost Local Spending

Pico Rivera Opens Alebrije Dog Park, First Dog Park Expected to Draw Visitors and Boost Local Spending

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X March 4, 2026 WOOF! 🐾 Pico Rivera Mayor…

VIDEO: Trump Veers Off Iran Briefing to Discuss White House Renovations

VIDEO: Trump Veers Off Iran Briefing to Discuss White House Renovations

March 2, 2026 By Brian Hews While addressing escalating tensions with Iran and preparing to…

A Message From Cerritos Mayor Frank Yokoyama

A Message From Cerritos Mayor Frank Yokoyama

February 27, 2026 More than a year after implementing new safety initiatives, we continue to…

EXCLUSIVE: Another GM Ousted at Central Basin as Financial Questions Mount

EXCLUSIVE: Another GM Ousted at Central Basin as Financial Questions Mount

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X February 25, 2026 Here they go again. The…

California’s Cardroom Crackdown: The Timeline, the Money, and the Risk to Cities

California’s Cardroom Crackdown: The Timeline, the Money, and the Risk to Cities

By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X February 24, 2026 California’s latest crackdown on cardrooms…

Two Cerritos Women Killed in Victorville Shooting; Family Member Arrested

Two Cerritos Women Killed in Victorville Shooting; Family Member Arrested

Two killed in Victorville, both from Cerritos, Ayanna Smith, 48, of Cerritos; Annaya Scott, 26.…

Bragg Elementary School Named 2026 California Green Ribbon School – Gold Level

Bragg Elementary School Named 2026 California Green Ribbon School – Gold Level

February 18, 2026 ABCUSD News Service Bragg Elementary School continues to prove that big change…

BREAKING: DR. NATASHA BAKER RESIGNS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF NORWALK-LA MIRADA USD 

BREAKING: DR. NATASHA BAKER RESIGNS AS SUPERINTENDENT OF NORWALK-LA MIRADA USD 

February 12, 2026 NORWALK, Calif. – During a Special Board of Education meeting on February…

ICE Detention Facility Acquisition Tracker

ICE Detention Facility Acquisition Tracker

Los Cerritos Community News has launched a new ongoing public-interest resource tracking the purchase and…

Soroptimist International of Artesia-Cerritos to Host 32nd Annual Monte Carlo Gala Fundraiser

February 9, 2026 LCCN Staff Report Lakewood — Soroptimist International of Artesia-Cerritos will host its…

Cerritos Economic Development Commission Reviews Third-Quarter Sales Tax Report as Local Economy Holds Steady

Cerritos Economic Development Commission Reviews Third-Quarter Sales Tax Report as Local Economy Holds Steady

February 9, 2026 By Brian Hews, [email protected] The Cerritos Economic Development Commission is reviewing a third-quarter…

Crime

Hot Streets Crime Report

Hot Streets Crime Report

January 27-February 2, 2026 Welcome to LCCN’s new weekly crime report, which tracks incidents reported by law enforcement across LCCN cities with an emphasis on repeat locations and…

A Norwalk Starbucks employee thought it was clever to doodle a pig on a deputy’s coffee cup. Instead of making a point, they just proved that even with…

Police ID alleged drunk driver who hit, injured Anaheim High students

Police ID alleged drunk driver who hit, injured Anaheim High students

December 12, 2025 Police identified the alleged drunk driver who hit eight Anaheim High School track athletes on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, as 27-year-old Anthony Alva Palafox of Anaheim, arrested…

Why Clients Choose Joye Law Firm Injury Lawyers for Personal Injury Cases

When someone is injured because of another person’s carelessness, life can change in an instant. Medical bills start piling up, work becomes difficult or impossible, and stress often…

Man shot and killed on Lakewood and South St. on Thanksgiving

Man shot and killed on Lakewood and South St. on Thanksgiving

(CBS)~One person was killed when an argument led to a deadly shooting in Lakewood on Thanksgiving, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies.  It happened at around…

Improving Public Safety in Cerritos with Community Resources

Cerritos is committed to enhancing public safety through collaboration with local organizations. These efforts aim to reduce accidents and provide residents with valuable resources. For those seeking guidance…

August 18, 2025: Man Shot and Killed in Bellflower

August 18, 2025: Man Shot and Killed in Bellflower

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide investigators are responding to a shooting death investigation. The incident was reported Monday, August 18, 2025, at approximately 9:16 PM, on the 14000…

5.1 Earthquake in San Diego

April 14, 2025, 10:18 am Did you feel it? People all across San Diego County are reporting feeling an earthquake. USGS reported a preliminary 5.1 magnitude earthquake just…

Local Sports

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Artesia’s offense, defense doesn’t give Lugo enough support in home loss

March 5, 2026  By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X  It’s a recurring theme for the Artesia High baseball team and head coach Jose Serrano is searching…

CIF STATE DIVISION I BOYS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Top-seeded La Mirada sees big second quarter lead slip away in upset loss to Mater Dei

March 5, 2026 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X When La Mirada High lost to Harvard-Westlake High in the CIF-Southern Section Open Division on Feb. 24,…

FIRST PITCH CHALLENGE CLASSIC: Banged up Gahr swept in final two games of early season tournament

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X March 2, 2026 HUNTINGTON BEACH-The Gahr High softball team began the season on a hot start, shutting out Foothill…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW: Gahr softball survives late rally from Valley Christian in battle of former CIF-SS champions

February 26, 2026 By Loren Kopff * @LorenKopff on X The Gahr High and Valley Christian High softball teams won the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 and 5…

BASEBALL: Cerritos jumps all over Valley Christian early in season-opening rout

February 25, 2026 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Cerritos High head coach Matt Joyce saw his team get rained out of its first two games…

CIF-SS DIV. 3 BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS: Gahr squanders 11-point first half lead, unable to overcome Aliso Niguel’s hot shooting

February 22, 2026 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X ALISO VIEJO-Gahr High needed to play a near perfect CIF-Southern Section Division 3 semifinal game if it…

CIF-SS Div. 3 BOYS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Gahr routs Aquinas behind Maxwell’s career night, making rare trip to quarterfinals

February 18, 2026 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X When Gahr High defeated La Salle High on Feb. 11 in the first round of the CIF-Southern…

CIF-SS DIV. 5 GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Whitney’s defense, So’s third quarter outburst does number on third-seeded Foothill

February 17, 2026  Nothing has been easy for the Whitney High girls basketball team this season, but when it needed a big time player, the experience of…

CIF-SS DIV. 6 GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Frantic fourth quarter rally comes up short for second-seeded Valley Christian

Valley Christian High freshman Ariel Martinez attempts one of her seven shots taken in the second half as she shoots over a pair of Silver Valley High…

GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFF PREVIEW: Valley Christian highlights quartet of area girls basketball teams in playoffs

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X February 11, 2026 One of the finest seasons in the past decade for the Valley Christian High girls basketball…

Crime

Hot Streets Crime Report

January 27-February 2, 2026 Welcome to LCCN’s new weekly crime report, which tracks incidents reported by law enforcement across LCCN cities with an emphasis on repeat locations…

A Norwalk Starbucks employee thought it was clever to doodle a pig on a deputy’s coffee cup. Instead of making a point, they just proved that even…

Police ID alleged drunk driver who hit, injured Anaheim High students

December 12, 2025 Police identified the alleged drunk driver who hit eight Anaheim High School track athletes on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, as 27-year-old Anthony Alva Palafox of Anaheim,…

Why Clients Choose Joye Law Firm Injury Lawyers for Personal Injury Cases

When someone is injured because of another person’s carelessness, life can change in an instant. Medical bills start piling up, work becomes difficult or impossible, and stress…

Man shot and killed on Lakewood and South St. on Thanksgiving

(CBS)~One person was killed when an argument led to a deadly shooting in Lakewood on Thanksgiving, according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies.  It happened at…

Improving Public Safety in Cerritos with Community Resources

Cerritos is committed to enhancing public safety through collaboration with local organizations. These efforts aim to reduce accidents and provide residents with valuable resources. For those seeking…

August 18, 2025: Man Shot and Killed in Bellflower

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide investigators are responding to a shooting death investigation. The incident was reported Monday, August 18, 2025, at approximately 9:16 PM, on the…

5.1 Earthquake in San Diego

April 14, 2025, 10:18 am Did you feel it? People all across San Diego County are reporting feeling an earthquake. USGS reported a preliminary 5.1 magnitude earthquake…

Detectives Search for Two People of Interest in Cerritos-Coyote Creek Shooting Death

March 7, 2025 Detectives asked for the public to help identify a man and a woman seen in the area where a 66-year-old man was fatally shot…

Defending Against Deportation: How a Lawyer Can Help

According to cbsnews.com, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported over 271,000 people in 2024, the most since 2014 and surpassing the 2019 Trump administration peak.  Experiencing deportation…