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Eckart, Zhang, two others to represent their countries in Triple Crown International Challenge

Eckart, Zhang, two others to represent their countries in Triple Crown International Challenge

Recent La Mirada High graduate Rebecca Eckart, a University of Notre Dame committ, is returning to the Triple Crown International Challenge this weekend to represent Team Mexico. June…

Hawaiian Gardens Man Found Guilty of Selling Fentanyl to 18-Year-Old Victim Who Later Died

Hawaiian Gardens Man Found Guilty of Selling Fentanyl to 18-Year-Old Victim Who Later Died

Monday, June 24, 2024 LOS ANGELES – A Hawaiian Gardens man was found guilty by a jury today of selling purported black tar heroin that in fact was fentanyl to…

Former President and CEO of the Commerce Casino Haig Papaian Passes

Former President and CEO of the Commerce Casino Haig Papaian Passes

Haig Papaian June 24, 2023 Haig Papaian, Jr., the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commerce Casino passed away on June 21, 2024, surrounded by loved…

Body Found in Storm Drain in Artesia

Body Found in Storm Drain in Artesia

June 23, 2024 (KTLA)~A male body was discovered this evening in a storm drain off the Artesia (91) Freeway. The discovery was reported about 6:15 p.m. Saturday off…

TRAVEL SOFTBALL ROUNDUP – Area players tune-up for Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships

TRAVEL SOFTBALL ROUNDUP – Area players tune-up for Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships

June 20, 2024 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X In the world of travel softball, if you’re not in a qualifying tournament for the Premier Girls Fastpitch…

Former 99 Cents Only Store Transitions to Dollar Tree in the City of Santa Fe Springs

Former 99 Cents Only Store Transitions to Dollar Tree in the City of Santa Fe Springs

June 13, 2024 SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. – On April 29, 2024, the 99 Cents Only Store permanently closed its location inside the Santa Fe Springs Promenade. Since…

Pico Rivera’s Free Lunch Program Begins

Pico Rivera’s Free Lunch Program Begins

June 13, 2024 Pico Rivera’s Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a Summer Food Services Program at five locations in June, July and August. Breakfast will be served…

Donors needed to protect Red Cross blood supply

Donors needed to protect Red Cross blood supply

June 10, 2024 Come to help save lives and get a $15 e-gift card June 10-30 Los Angeles, June 10, 2024 — As World Blood Donor Day approaches on…

Valley Christian’s football stadium getting complete makeover to keep up with the times

Valley Christian’s football stadium getting complete makeover to keep up with the times

Rendering of future Valley Christian stadium. By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Over the past decade or so, more high schools have converted the playing surfaces of…

PCH Closures this Week in Newport Beach

June 10, 2024 ORANGE COUNTY – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will have scheduled work in the city of Newport Beach at various locations on State Route 1 (SR-1),…

Potential VP Picks Have Slammed Trump Over the Years as an ‘Idiot, Whack Job, and Dangerous’

Potential VP Picks Have Slammed Trump Over the Years as an ‘Idiot, Whack Job, and Dangerous’

June 9, 2024 They’ve called Donald Trump a “whack job,” “reckless” and “reprehensible” and said they would not get into business with him. Now, they’re all vying to…

Justice Clarence Thomas ‘I Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor’

Justice Clarence Thomas ‘I Should Have Disclosed Free Trips From Billionaire Donor’

YA’ THINK?! June 7, 2024 The trips include vacations in Indonesia and at the exclusive, men’s-only Bohemian Grove retreat, which were first reported by ProPublica last year. ProPublica…

Study Suggests Hearing Aids Lower Cognitive Decline and Mortality Risk

Study Suggests Hearing Aids Lower Cognitive Decline and Mortality Risk

June 3, 2024 By Laurie Hanson Most people do not hesitate to wear glasses because they can’t read small words or see objects far away, yet most people…

2016 Trump: ‘President Under Felony Indictments Should Not Be Able to Run’

2016 Trump: ‘President Under Felony Indictments Should Not Be Able to Run’

“She (Hillary) should not be able to run, it would create a unprecedented constitutional crisis, if somebody with a felony was elected, it would grind government to a…

CIF SO. CAL. DIV. I BASEBALL REGIONALS – La Mirada’s bid for two-out, two-strike seventh inning rally comes up short in regional finals

June 2, 2024 La Mirada High junior shortstop Aiden Aguayo is safe at third after a botched pickoff attempt in the top of the first inning against Orange…

City News

Poker Tells: What are they and how to spot them?

Poker has become a hugely popular pastime in recent years, millions of people now love…

Do Local Governing Authorities Invest Enough in Cyber Security?

Do Local Governing Authorities Invest Enough in Cyber Security?

Whether local governing authorities invest enough in cybersecurity is a complex question that depends on…

L.A. County Will Launch Pilot Program to Eliminate Low-Income Residents’ Medical Debt

L.A. County Will Launch Pilot Program to Eliminate Low-Income Residents’ Medical Debt

June 25, 2024 A $5 million investment will eliminate an estimated $500 million of debt…

Goodbye to La Mirada, my childhood home

Goodbye to La Mirada, my childhood home

LA MIRADANS : from left to right the writer Mark Orwoll, his brother Bob, and…

Before You Cool off in a Pool, Lake or the Ocean, Protect Yourself Against What May Be Lurking in the Water

Now that summer has arrived, many people – including children – will enjoy swimming to…

When This Current Central Basin Attorney is Hired, Brown Act Violations Follow 

When This Current Central Basin Attorney is Hired, Brown Act Violations Follow 

June 21, 2024 By Brian Hews Current Central Basin Water attorney Victor Ponto (left), who…

The Wayward Artist Launches Shoe Drive Fundraiser 

The Wayward Artist Launches Shoe Drive Fundraiser 

SANTA ANA, CA, June 18, 2024 – The Wayward Artist, Santa Ana’s own ensemble theater company,…

Water Replenishment District Awarded $25 Million WaterSMART Grant For Brackish Groundwater Cleanup Project

Water Replenishment District Awarded $25 Million WaterSMART Grant For Brackish Groundwater Cleanup Project

Lakewood, CA – June 18, 2024 – The Water Replenishment District (WRD) has been awarded a…

Justin Timberlake Is Charged With Drunken Driving in Sag Harbor

Justin Timberlake Is Charged With Drunken Driving in Sag Harbor

June 18, 2024 Police in the Hamptons community gave few details about the arrest of…

Leak of Central Basin Investigation Violates Brown Act, Could Expose Agency to Massive Lawsuit

Leak of Central Basin Investigation Violates Brown Act, Could Expose Agency to Massive Lawsuit

June 17, 2024 The wheels of corruption and misinformation are turning once again at Central…

California Bill: Pay Your Taxes Online Sellers

California Bill: Pay Your Taxes Online Sellers

June 11, 2024 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California bill that would require marketplaces like eBay…

Crime

Body found near riverbed in Hawaiian Gardens prompts homicide investigation

Body found near riverbed in Hawaiian Gardens prompts homicide investigation

Police at Coyote Creek in Hawaiian Gardens. April 16, 2024  A homicide investigation was underway after a dead body was found near a riverbed in Hawaiian Gardens. Los…

LCCN Exposé Spurs FPPC Complaint Against Central Basin’s Michael Gualtieri

LCCN Exposé Spurs FPPC Complaint Against Central Basin’s Michael Gualtieri

Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? February 29, 2024 By Brian Hews • [email protected] On February 6, 2024…

A federal appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s claim that he was immune

A federal appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s claim that he was immune

February 6, 2024 The ruling answered a question that an appeals court had never addressed: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice system for…

Jury Reaches Verdict in Trump E. Jean Carroll Case

January 26, 2024 Compensatory $18.3 million Punitive $65 million…

Fatal shooting in Norwalk on Maidstone Ave.

October 30, 2021 NORWALK — A person was fatally wounded Sunday morning in Norwalk, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 1:00 a.m. in the 13900 block of Maidstone…

Ex-Compton City Councilman Isaac Galvan Arrested in Bribery Scheme

Ex-Compton City Councilman Isaac Galvan Arrested in Bribery Scheme

September 19, 2023 In November 2020, LCCN exclusively learned and reported that former Baldwin Park Mayor Ricardo Pacheco and then-current Compton Councilman Isaac Galvan’s homes were raided by…

Bell Gardens Mayor and Three Councilmembers Served Recall Papers

Bell Gardens Mayor and Three Councilmembers Served Recall Papers

September 18, 2023 By Brian Hews Bell Gardens Mayor Francis De Leon Sanchez and Councilmembers Marco Barcena, Gabriela Gomez and Maria Pulido were served with intent to recall…

3 people stabbed at party in Pico Rivera

August 28, 2023 PICO RIVERA, Calif. – Pico Sheriff’s Station deputies and the Los Angeles County Fire Department received a call at 11:30 p.m. reporting a stabbing and…

Sports

TRAVEL SOFTBALL ROUNDUP – Area players tune-up for Premier Girls Fastpitch National Championships

June 20, 2024 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X In the world of travel softball, if you’re not in a qualifying tournament for the Premier Girls…

CIF-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIVISION I BASEBALL REGIONALS Aguayo, Torres go deep in La Mirada’s historic victory in America’s Finest City

May 30, 2024 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X SAN DIEGO-The California Interscholastic Federation has been holding regional playoffs in baseball since 2021 but one of…

Betting on the LA Lakers, Responsible Wagering Guide

Amidst the bright lights and the energy of the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most celebrated franchises in sports. Being a team with…

Los Angeles Rams Select KT Leveston in Seventh Round of NFL Draft

KT Leveston, a formidable former tackle from Kansas State, has made a significant move to the Los Angeles Rams, selected as the No. 254 pick in the…

CIF-SS DIV. 2 SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS Gahr rallies late as Cortez delivers in walk-off fashion for program’s first championship

The Gahr High softball team claimed the program’s first CIF-Southern Section championship after defeating California High 5-4 in the Division 2 finals. The Gladiators rallied for two…

CIF-SS DIV. 1 BASEBALL QUARTERFINALS – Mistakes on basepaths keep La Mirada from having bigger innings against Orange Lutheran

May 15, 2024 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X La Mirada High head coach Jimmy Zurn must have felt like it was déjà vu when his…

CIF-SS DIV. 2 SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS – Gonzalez, Hill power Gahr to program’s third championship game appearance

The Gahr High softball team is all smiles as it will be playing in the CIF-Southern Section Division 2 championship game. The Gladiators defeated Mater Dei High…

CIF-SS DIV. 5 SOFTBALL QUARTERFINALS-Valley Christian’s Zhang shuts down hot-hitting Providence squad in low scoring affair

Valley Christian High sophomore centerfielder Choyce Chambers (#4) steals third base in the top of the third inning against Providence High in a CIF-Southern Section Division 5…

NEWS AND NOTES FROM PRESS ROW – Artesia baseball can’t recover from first inning deficit, season ends with second round loss

May 8, 2024 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Artesia High’s young baseball team, with only two seniors, had rallied five times this season for a…

CIF-SS DIV 1 BASEBALL PLAYOFFS – Pinch hitter Afemata’s double in sixth inning gives Gahr another playoff win over Fullerton

May 8, 2024 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X FULLERTON-Senior pinch hitter Donevahn Afemata had one hit in 17 at-bats in the regular season for Gahr…

Crime

Body found near riverbed in Hawaiian Gardens prompts homicide investigation

Police at Coyote Creek in Hawaiian Gardens. April 16, 2024  A homicide investigation was underway after a dead body was found near a riverbed in Hawaiian Gardens.…

LCCN Exposé Spurs FPPC Complaint Against Central Basin’s Michael Gualtieri

Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? February 29, 2024 By Brian Hews • [email protected] On February 6,…

A federal appeals court rejected Donald Trump’s claim that he was immune

February 6, 2024 The ruling answered a question that an appeals court had never addressed: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice system…

Jury Reaches Verdict in Trump E. Jean Carroll Case

January 26, 2024 Compensatory $18.3 million Punitive $65 million…

Fatal shooting in Norwalk on Maidstone Ave.

October 30, 2021 NORWALK — A person was fatally wounded Sunday morning in Norwalk, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 1:00 a.m. in the 13900 block of…

Ex-Compton City Councilman Isaac Galvan Arrested in Bribery Scheme

September 19, 2023 In November 2020, LCCN exclusively learned and reported that former Baldwin Park Mayor Ricardo Pacheco and then-current Compton Councilman Isaac Galvan’s homes were raided…

Bell Gardens Mayor and Three Councilmembers Served Recall Papers

September 18, 2023 By Brian Hews Bell Gardens Mayor Francis De Leon Sanchez and Councilmembers Marco Barcena, Gabriela Gomez and Maria Pulido were served with intent to…

3 people stabbed at party in Pico Rivera

August 28, 2023 PICO RIVERA, Calif. – Pico Sheriff’s Station deputies and the Los Angeles County Fire Department received a call at 11:30 p.m. reporting a stabbing…

Donald Trump Mugshot ‘Never heard that at Wharton’

Donald Trump listed himself at 6’3″ and 215 pounds with strawberry blonde hair.…

Trump to Surrender for Arrest, Fingerprints and Mugshot Today

Trump to Surrender for Arrest, Fingerprints and Mugshot Today…