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August 20, 2026 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X The time has come for the area’s 11-man football teams to kick off their 2026 football seasons and for the third straight season, the two Artesia Blvd. neighbors separated by approximately a mile will get things started in the HMG-Community News Game of the Week […]
Junior League World Series champs will parade through the city Tuesday before a Civic Center celebration and City Council recognition. LML Staff Report LA MIRADA — Break out the signs, grab the lawn chairs and get ready to make some noise — La Mirada is throwing a hometown celebration for its world champions. The La […]
By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X GAHR GLADIATORS 7-5 overall last season, 4-1 in the Mid-Cities League, second place, lost to Valley View High 28-21 in the Division 11 quarterfinals 26-31-1 overall last five seasons Head coach: Greg Marshall (24th season, 116-123) Lost 17 seniors out of 43 players from 2025 opening day roster […]
August 19, 2026 By Loren Kopff • @LorenKopff on X Gahr High’s Grag Marshall embarks on his 24th season as head coach of the Gladiators, hoping to get to the CIF-Southern Section playoffs for a fourth straight season and ninth time since he took over the program. New will be the operative word this season […]
LCCN Staff Report NORWALK — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an incident that occurred Tuesday, Aug. 18, near Rosecrans Avenue and the 605 Freeway, just three days after a separate incident in the same general area resulted in a death. The City of Norwalk is increasing coordination with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s […]
LCCN Staff Report ARTESIA — A hometown pop group fresh off a performance at Coachella is coming home to Artesia. The Two Lips will perform at the City of Artesia’s 13th Annual International Street Fair & Diversity Festival on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, with the group scheduled to take the stage at 9 p.m. The […]
LCCN Staff Report NORWALK — A 53-year-old man whose body was discovered Saturday morning at an off-ramp of the 105 Freeway in Norwalk has been identified by authorities. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified the man as Juan Navarrete. According to the California Highway Patrol, Navarrete was found at approximately 8:20 a.m. […]
August 18, 2026 LCCN Staff Report Grand Central Bakery has recalled several varieties of its Potato Sourdough bread after a pallet nail was discovered inside a loaf, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Seattle-based bakery said the recalled bread may contain pieces of metal. No injuries or illnesses related to the products […]
Sources: campaign-finance disclosures filed with the FPPC and the City of Cerritos water rate study. By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X August 18, 2026 A few months ago, this newspaper wrote that the effort to recall Frank Aurelio Yokoyama and Lynda P. Johnson, ostensibly over the water-rate increase, was a mask for Cerritos Republicans to […]
By Brian Hews The Trump administration has created a new process that allows people who are currently banned by federal law from having guns to apply to get their federal gun rights back. And the list goes well beyond people with old, nonviolent felony convictions. According to the Department of Justice, anyone prohibited under one […]
