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July 28, 2021 BY BRIAN HEWS COMMERCE, CA ~ The Central Basin Municipal Water District (CB) ended its fiscal year on a positive note with a position of strong fiscal…
Central Basin customers expected to pay 14 percent less for imported water. By Brian Hews • May 24, 2021 COMMERCE, CA – Only months after Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia’s controversial…
Friné Medrano BY BRIAN HEWS • March 20, 2021 HMG-CN has learned from several sources that the Jane Doe in the Archuleta harassment lawsuit is the senator’s former District…
BY BRIAN HEWS • November 13, 2020 Dallas Fowler, the self-proclaimed media professional and consultant, has sent a threatening letter to the Central Basin Board and spoke during public comment…
BY BRIAN HEWS • November 8, 2020 Hews Media Group-Cerritos News has obtained documents via a public records request that show public relations firms using the names of Central Basin…
FAVORS LATER? Newspaper editor and Downey City Council candidate Eric Pierce (left) and former Downey Mayor Mario Guerra. Guerra sold a condo he owned to Pierce for 12% less than…
Downey Councilman Sean Ashton take the oath administered by L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn. This past week, Downey Councilman Sean K. Ashton was officially sworn in as…
Partial first page of Speaker Rendon’s letter. BY BRIAN HEWS • September 10, 2020 In a questionable last ditch effort to pass SB 625, the bill that would have…
BY BRIAN HEWS • August 21, 2020 Central Basin Director John Oskoui has missed several meetings since January, preventing the agency from moving forward and addressing infrastructure problems left…
After ruling, Oskoui and Apodaca once again fail to attend crucial board meeting. BY BRIAN HEWS • July 26, 2020 A Superior Court judge has joined the fray at…
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon BY BRIAN HEWS • July 22, 2020 The allegations of corruption and privatization have been swirling around Central Basin Municipal Water District for months now, as…
BY BRIAN HEWS • JUNE 28, 2020 Hews Media Group-Cerritos News has learned that Central Basin appointed Director Dan Arrighi will be resigning his seat effective tomorrow. The resignation…
BY BRIAN HEWS • June 20, 2020 Hews Media Group has obtained a letter from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger addressed to California State Senator…
BY BRIAN HEWS • May 24, 2020 Hews Media Group-Los Cerritos Community Newspaper has learned that the Commerce City Council voted to remove themselves as party to a…
The employees are allies of the Cristina Garcia appointed directors Joshuana “John” Oskoui and Dan Arrighi, along with Director Bob Apodaca. BY BRIAN HEWS When a reporter initiates a…
San Pedro, CA—Today, LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn announced that the County will operate a new drive-up COVID-19 testing site starting Wednesday April 15 in the City of Bellflower. …
BY BRIAN HEWS • April 3, 2020 Central Basin held a special meeting today via teleconference that included Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who was given a front…
BY BRIAN HEWS When a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is a danger to others or to himself, a professional person designated by the county may,…
Sheriffs and their patrol cars outside Central Basin. At the time of this picture CB President Leticia Vasquez was in the back of the first patrol car. BY BRIAN…
BY BRIAN HEWS The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office of Integrity (OI) normally takes a few months from the time the office receives a complaint to the time the…