California High School senior Isabella “Izzy” Nunez is celebrated by California High School staff after receiving an Award of Merit from the Whittier Union Board of Trustees during its April 9 Board meeting. WHITTIER – When California High School senior Isabella “Izzy” Nunez became a starter on the Condor girls’ varsity soccer team as a freshman, she was looking forward to the camaraderie and sense of belonging that comes from playing team sports. Instead, Nunez began feeling extreme pain and stiffness in her joints, the first signs of an eventual diagnosis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. T ..read more

CERRITOS – The Friends of the Cerritos Library will hold a one-day book sale from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4 in the Cerritos Library. The sale will be held on the first floor, near the Craftsman area. A large selection of fiction and nonfiction books in English and foreign languages, plus multimedia items, will be available at bargain prices.. The Cerritos Library is located at 18025 Bloomfield Avenue in the Cerritos Civic Center. For more information about the book sale, call (562) 916-1342. Funds raised by the Friends of the Cerritos Library help support the Summer Reading Progr ..read more

Supervisor Janice Hahn at County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 3. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors got its first look at a proposed $45.5 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024- 25 Tuesday, noting the need to continue the fight against homelessness and find ways to help renters avoid losing their homes. Fesia Davenport, county CEO, unveiled the proposed budget Monday, which represents a reduction of $1.4 billion from the current fiscal year. While the proposed budget is lower, Daven ..read more

NORWALK – Authorities Thursday appealed for the public’s help to solve the 2020 killing of a man who was gunned down in the parking lot of a business in Norwalk. Raul Cervantes Corona, 32, was wounded about 6:45 p.m. Dec. 18, 2020 as he sat in the driver’s seat of his truck outside a Dollar Tree store in the 10900 block of Rosecrans Avenue, where he was waiting for friends to arrive for an “off-road vehicle outing,” according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “An individual approached him on the driver’s side and shot him in cold blood,” Sheriff Robert Luna said at a news confer ..read more

NORWALK – Congresswoman Michelle Steel secured $1 million in congressional funding to expand student veteran employment at Cerritos College. Unemployment among young veterans is nearly triple the national average, yet student veterans possess an array of unique skills and training as a result of their military service. Studies show that veterans remain with their initial employers 8.3 percent longer and are 39 percent more likely to be promoted than their nonveteran counterparts. These numbers indicate that student veterans are more likely to be successful in terms of employment persistence a ..read more

NORWALK – Cerritos College hosted its third Economic Development Summit on April 5. The one-day conference featured four speakers and brought together industry leaders, businesses, organizations, and educators from across the region to examine an in-depth perspective of the incoming workforce and the critical role Cerritos College plays in the economic development of Southeast Los Angeles County. The opening keynote, Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, distinguished professor and director of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, presented data on the economic contributions of Latino ..read more

NORWALK – Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has sent a letter to the state asking for immediate safety measures at the Norwalk terminus of the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway, saying the abrupt end to the highway was the scene of a dozen crashes in 2023, including two fatalities, and Caltrans responded by saying multiple projects are in the works Tuesday. “The way the 105 freeway ends is dangerous and the intersection has become a crash-magnet,” Hahn said in a statement. “Too many people have been injured or killed because of this badly designed freeway. I am asking the state to put in p ..read more

Yetta Kane recounts her story of surviving the Holocaust to Artesia High School students on Tuesday, asking them to remember the importance of empathy and education. Photo by Vincent Medina ARTESIA – Holocaust survivor Yetta Kane, 91, shared her story of survival to ethnic studies students at Artesia High School, emphasizing the importance of kindness, education and treating others fairly. Dee Scorza, the ethnic studies teacher at Artesia High School, explained the ethnic studies curriculum aims to encourage a more inclusive society by educating students about the varied experiences and histo ..read more

From left to right: California High School Choir Director Dan Hawkins, junior Allison Orellana-Mejia, senior Roxie Navarro, senior Larissa Ortega, and sophomore David Gutierrez. WHITTIER – California High School’s acclaimed Chamber Choir offers a safe space for its singers, with the inclusive environment in Cal High Choir Director Dan Hawkins’ classroom encouraging students to showcase their talents without prejudice and find their voice as performers who are prepared to take their vocal gifts to the next level. This year, four Cal High Chamber Choir members have been recognized for their exc ..read more

NORWALK – The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Wednesday to its highest amount since Nov. 28, increasing 1.1 cents to $4.975, its fifth increase in six days. The average price has risen 4.5 cents over the past six days, including seven-tenths of a cent Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It rose three consecutive days, dropped one- tenth of a cent Monday and resumed increasing Tuesday. In Norwalk, the cheapest gasonline is at Costco, where a gallon of unleaded cost $4.38 as of Thursday. The average pr ..read more