NORWALK — The La Mirada softball team relied on strong pitching, quality defense and clutch hitting by junior left fielder Angelina Ratzlaff to defeat rival Gahr 2-1 at Glenn High Thursday night. The victory, on the team’s senior night, secured back-to-back Gateway League titles for La Mirada. “It felt amazing,” said Ratzlaff, who hit the go-ahead RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning after senior catcher Rebecca Eckart (Notre Dame signee) was intentionally walked. “The energy was up and I was feeling it,” Ratzlaff continued. “In my head, I was like I’m not going to lose right now. I wa ..read more

Real estate investor Debra Falese called a landmark Realtor commission settlement “horrible” because it requires home shoppers to sign contracts with their agents. That could leave buyers “locked into” working with unreliable agents, the Huntington Beach property owner said. New homeowner Morgan Hedrick worries the settlement will make it harder for future buyers if their broker fees come out of pocket instead of from the sale of the home. And one home shopper outside an open house in Downey was visibly angry, saying the settlement does nothing to help the consumer. “Now I have to pay my own a ..read more

La Mirada’s Travis Friend powers a RBI double against Warren on Friday, March 8, 2024, at Glenn High School in Norwalk. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) NORWALK — La Mirada’s Travis Friend knew he was going yard from the moment the ball left his bat. Friend’s nearly 400-foot home run jump-started the Matadores offense in a 5-3 win against Warren in a Gateway League game at Glenn High Friday. “Right off the bat I knew it was gone and I was just pumped up,” Friend said. “I was pumped up to see the guys get going.” The junior center fielder, a UCLA baseball commit, went 2 for ..read more

Cerritos College celebrated the groundbreaking of its new Student Services and Administration Building on Wednesday, Feb. 21, which will serve as a new gateway to the campus for students and the community. The Student Services section of the new building was named after California Assemblymember Anthony Rendon, an alumnus who helped allocate state funds for the project. Rendon represents the 62nd Assembly District, which includes the cities of Lakewood, Lynwood, Maywood, Paramount, South Gate, Huntington Park, Bellflower, and Walnut Park. He was sworn in as Speaker in 2016 and served until Jun ..read more

Newlywed Analyse Higuera kisses her husband Noah Higuera after being married on Valentine’s Day at the LA County Registrar’s Office in Norwalk on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) Newlywed Analyse Higuera listens along with her husband Noah Higuera as Deputy commissioner James Martin speaks after marrying them on Valentine’s Day at the LA County Registrar’s Office in Norwalk on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG) Lorena Dominguez Jimenez listens to the deputy commissioner speak as she marries ..read more

A driver was killed after another motorist ran a red light and collided with his pickup truck in Norwalk over the weekend, a sheriff’s sergeant said. Before 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3, a Honda CR-V heading north on Pioneer Boulevard ran a red light at Lindale Street and hit a Toyota Tacoma, sheriff’s Sgt. Gamielle Marshall said. The Tacoma driver died at the scene. The medical examiner’s office identified him on Monday as Angel Valdez Arvizu, 64, of Norwalk. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Jury finds shooter’s mother Jennifer Crumbley guilty of manslaughter Crime and Public Sa ..read more

There’s a bit of a rematch happening in California’s 38th congressional district. Rep. Linda Sánchez, a Democrat from Whittier who is serving her 11th term, is being challenged by Walnut City Councilmember Eric Ching, pastor John Sarega and entrepreneur Robert Zhang Ochoa. She faced Ching and Sarega in the midterm election in 2022. Voter Guide Series Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series breaking down each of the six congressional races in 2024 in Orange County. We explore the districts and candidates’ platforms. For more, check out our comprehensive voter guide here. Sánchez’s seat is ..read more

Midway into LA Metro’s rollout of portable, self-contained bathrooms at four of its stations, the toilet units were used more than 17,000 times without any reports of illegal activity, the transit agency said on Tuesday, Jan. 16. LA Metro has reached 100 days of service, or a little more than three months into a small-scale, six-month pilot program, providing restrooms at a few designated stations for the first time in the county transit agency’s 30-year history. Of the 140 rail and bus transit centers that Metro serves on its 115 miles of rail lines, only three stations have public restrooms ..read more

Detectives are still looking for the assailant who fatally shot one man and wounded a second man in a Norwalk parking lot earlier this month. The two were in a car in the 10600 block of Firestone Boulevard when the shooting happened around 6:40 p.m. on Dec. 2., Sheriff’s Lt. Omar Camacho said. Investigators don’t know if the shooter was on foot or in a vehicle. Frank Perez Jr, 21, of Los Angeles died from a gunshot wound to the torso, according to the medical examiner’s office. Detectives believe he was the passenger. The driver, who was shot multiple times, ran to the nearby Target, Camacho s ..read more

NORWALK — An investigation was underway into the shooting death of a man in Norwalk. The shooting was reported at 6:46 p.m. Saturday in the 10600 block of Firestone Boulevard, near the 605 Freeway, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Information Bureau. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said. Sheriff’s homicide detectives were conducting a crime scene investigation. Anyone with information was asked to call homicide detectives at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8255. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | 33-year-old felon arrested in Lo ..read more