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By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X January 16, 2026 Six weeks ago, Los Cerritos Community News launched High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags, a multi-part investigative series revealing that…
By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X December 29, 2025 Over the past two weeks, Los Cerritos Community News has published three installments of High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags,…
By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X December 19, 2025 Two weeks ago, Los Cerritos Community News launched High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags, a multi-part investigative series revealing that for…
Timeline: Garza and La Luz Del Mundo June 2019 – La Luz Del Mundo leader Naasón Joaquín García is indicted on 36 felony counts, including human trafficking, child pornography, and the…
August 1, 2025 By Brian Hews LCCN investigation revealed an unregistered Texas LLC tied to a no-bid contract; now the state could investigate fraud and illegal public contracting. …
Unauthorized letter asking AG Bonta for “clarification” on appointed Central Basin Board members. The members are currently termed out and should not be on the board acting as CB agents…
November 13, 2024 By Brian Hews It was well-known that Martha Camacho Rodriguez would lose her Central Basin Water District 1 seat in last Tuesday’s election so the new CB…
IS THIS OK? From (l-r) three appointed (not elected) Central Basin Directors Juan Garza, Jim Crawford and Thomas Bekele with VP Martha Camacho. The group, with advice from attorney Victor…
June 21, 2024 By Brian Hews Current Central Basin Water attorney Victor Ponto (left), who works for Burke, Williams, and Sorensen, is at the center of a battle between Central…
Director Juan Garza and VP Martha Camacho-Rodriguez cannot seem to grasp the fact that it is illegal under Government Code for a public agency board to hire an executive at…
Juan Garza November 8, 2023 By Brian Hews A Los Cerritos Community News investigation has found that former Bellflower Mayor and current Central Basin (CB) Director Juan Garza has not…
October 3, 2023 By Brian Hews A Los Cerritos Community News investigation has found that Juan Garza, Executive Director of California Cities for Self-Reliance (CSR), a joint powers authority that…
July 4, 2023 By Brian Hews ___________________ Director Juan Garza, appointed in Feb 2023, demanded a special board meeting tomorrow July 5 with one agenda item, “Public Employee Discipline, Dismissal,…