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VIDEO: MoveOn.org Slams Senator Chuck Grassley’s Obstruction of Supreme Court Nomination

Statement of California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton on Ted Cruz Naming Carly Fiorina as Choice for Vice President

“Sen. Ted Cruz’s choice of Carly Fiorina to be his vice president is the last gasp of desperation for a campaign that is going nowhere. Are they going to run…

Guest OP/ED: Extreme Anti-Trade Proposals by Trump and Other Candidates Would Hurt GDP and Jobs

April 26th, 2016, NEW YORK, NY (Updated from April 11th)- Fervent anti-free trade rhetoric dominates the U.S. Presidential campaign on both the Republican and Democratic side, raising the risk of…

OP/ED: THE TRUTH ABOUT COSTS OF THE LA COUNTY DRUG TAKE-BACK ORDINANCE

By Arthur J. Shartsis and Heidi Sanborn The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is considering an ordinance that would require pharmaceutical companies to operate and fund a program to collect…

Students in the Classroom or Money in the Bank? Cerritos College Board Prefers Money in the Bank

  By the Cerritos College Faculty Federation Executive Board In March 2004, the cities of the Cerritos Community College District passed a bond measure to provide $210 million to repair and…

Bellflower Councilman Larsen Resigns Post Effective May 29

  Move will leave council seat open until next election. By Tammye McDuff In a surprise statement at the Monday night Bellflower Council meeting, after the council reorganization, former Mayor and…

Letters: Cerritos College Faculty Federation Executive Board Speaks Out Againt Working Conditions

Letters: Cerritos College Faculty Federation Executive Board Speaks Out Againt Working Conditions

  CROSSROADS Cerritos College is sixty years old this year.  The old saying is that nothing is certain but change.  This certainly applies to the college, the people it serves,…

EXCLUSIVE: Norwalk Councilman Marcel Rodarte to Leave Council for California Contract Cities Executive Director Position

EXCLUSIVE: Norwalk Councilman Marcel Rodarte to Leave Council for California Contract Cities Executive Director Position

  By Brian Hews Hews Media Group-Community News has confirmed through a high-level source that Norwalk Councilman Marcel Rodarte is negotiating an employment contract to become the Executive Director for…

Op-ED: Scum Rises to the Top at Apple

By Brian Hews In a continuing thoughtless effort to keep from handing over information on a terrorists’ phone, executives at Apple sent what they called “their top ranking Latino,”  who…

OP/ED: Apple CEO Cook Protecting Terrorists for the Sake of Privacy

By Brian Hews HMG-CN Publisher A huge battle is brewing between the federal government and what people are calling the “flag bearer of the technological world,” Apple Incorporated. Apple’s chief…

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,…

Statement by L.A. Labor Leader Rusty Hicks on Supreme Court Taking on DACA/DAPA

Los Angeles, CA – The following statement was issued by Rusty Hicks, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to review President Barack Obama’s Executive Order…

New Laws for Californians in 2016

Staff Report SACRAMENTO – While everyone is out celebrating New Year’s Day, Californians should take note of new laws that will take effect as of January 1, 2016.  Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Glendale)…

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?…

Assembly Republican Leader Issues Statement Following Release of State’s Fiscal Outlook Report

SACRAMENTO – Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen, of Modesto, today issued the following statement after the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) released the annual Fiscal Outlook report for the 2016-2017 fiscal year: “For…

Runner and Huff File Water Priorities Constitutional Amendment & New Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Facilities Bond Act

 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Nov. 12, 2015) – Vice Chair, Board of Equalization, George Runner and California State Senator Bob Huff (R-San Dimas) today announced they have submitted for title and…

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…