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Former Central Basin Director Thomas Bekele (left) resigned May 20, 2024. Bekele stated when he resigned, “The demands of my current position [Director of Public Works at Signal Hill] have…
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…
June 17, 2024 The wheels of corruption and misinformation are turning once again at Central Basin Water (CB) with the revelation that an audit related to a company called Capstone…
June 10, 2024 LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERVISOR Janice Hahn at the Metropolitan Water District’s ceremony this past week swearing in Central Basin Director Jim Crawford as a MWD Board Member.…
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…
Director Juan Garza and VP Martha Camacho worked together, just weeks earlier, Camacho had called Garza a dictator. May 24, 2024 By Brian Hews Fireworks erupted at this week’s Central…
Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? _____________ May 7, 2024 By Brian Hews At the end of last week’s CB…
Michael Gualtieri Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? _____________ May 1, 2024 By Brian Hews Fireworks erupted yesterday at Central…
April 29, 2024 By Brian Hews Los Cerritos Community News has uncovered an email exchange revealing Central Basin Vice President Juan Garza’s attempt to thwart Director Leticia Vasquez’ urgent request…
Michael Gualtieri March 27, 2024 By Brian Hews Los Cerritos Community News has learned that Michael Gualtieri, who, due to an LCCN exposé, has a Fair Political Practices Commission complaint…
March 24, 2024 By Brian Hews Central Basin Water VP Juan Garza quoted in Whittier Daily News article, “Garza stressed that Rojas would be able to return to duty if…
Elaine Jeng By Brian Hews After placing Central Basin General Manager Alex Rojas on paid administrative leave a few weeks ago “pending an investigation into Rojas’ role in the hiring…
March 15, 2024 By Brian Hews • [email protected] Los Cerritos Community News has obtained an Oct 23, 2023 memo questioning the efforts by certain Central Basin Water Board members to…
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 Los Cerritos…
February 25, 2024 By Brian Hews Los Cerritos Community News has learned that Central Basin Municipal Water’s (CB) insurance carrier has notified the Commerce-based agency that it risks losing its…
Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? _____________ February 13, 2024 By Brian Hews • [email protected] Last week, Los Cerritos Community…
Sign up for local news and alerts; we will not sell your email, who does that? February 5, 2024 By Brian Hews, LCCN Publisher Flash back to 2013. Leticia Vasquez,…
JUAN GARZA’S incoming SEI Form 700 filed with Central Basin Water in January 2023. The Schedule A-2 requires the filer to list companies that pay the filer $10,000 or more…
GERRYMANDER: (l-r) Central Basin Directors Leticia Vasquez-Wilson, Martha Camacho-Rodriguez and Juan Garza. Vasquez and Garza are attempting to force an illegal redistricting to benefit both Vasquez her and her board…
October 20, 2023 The efforts by certain Central Basin (CB) directors to illegally oust CB GM Alex Rojas has gone on for months, with newbie Director Juan Garza, who Los…