Bellflower News

A photograph of Melody Ross sits among flowers, candles and balloons on Ximeno Avenue at the location of last Friday's deadly shooting.

Police were working with the district attorney's office Thursday and prosecutors in the Hard-core Gang Division are expected to file a charge of murder Friday against a 16-year-old gunman and his 16-year-old accomplice for the shooting death of a Wilson High School honor student at the end of her school's homecoming game last week.

LBPD has issued a release stating that "there has been an increase in the number of auto burglaries throughout the City, with the East Division being targeted the heaviest." Although many of the incidents have occurred in the area bordered by Cherry Ave.

Residents who live in the Long Beach, ABC, Bellflower and Paramount school districts and the Cerritos College district will - if they're smart - go to the polls today.

By now you've been able to peel your eyes off our cover with that gorgeous 2010 Camaro and its stunning orange custom paint job - yes, that paint is a waterborne finish.

A 20-year-old man accused of binding a 15-year-old boy with duct tape and sexually assaulting him near a Cerritos warehouse may have assaulted an adult victim in Carson, authorities said Thursday.

Police said the shooting was at Clark Avenue and Oaks Street at 1:22 a.m., but did not release further information.

A 20-year-old man was in custody today on suspicion of luring a 15-year-old boy to Cerritos by promising him a job, then binding him with duct tape and sexually assaulting him, sheriff's officials said.

Norwalk city councilman Rick Ramirez was arrested late Friday on suspicion of making criminal threats against his wife, authorities said.

Doctors Mandhir Gupta , Karen Maples at the podium, Harold Henry , Alejandro Vazquez , Jalil Riazi helped deliver octuplets on January 27, 2009 in Bellflower, California.

Richard Fox looked fit Saturday for a 62-year-old - and he is. But the Bellflower resident was looking ahead to the advance years, when ebbing health would make it important to know what steps are needed to become eligible for long-term care.

Judith Eunice Hyder, 83, died peacefully at home on October 5, 2009, while recovering from pneumonia and health complications arising from her hip fracture 13 months before.

A three-car collision in Bellflower left two children critically injured Sunday.

"Yesterday, Oct. 4, my car was stolen off Bellflower and PCH, in front of Stoneybrook Villas," emailed an LBReport.com reader a few days ago...who added "I've spoken with several people, all of [whom] live within the Los Altos/Belmont [Shore] area, who have either had a car stolen themselves within the past few weeks, or know of someone who has." ...

Reporting from Washington - To New York officials, the $3 million in federal economic stimulus money they received to transform an old canal boat into a 259-foot-long floating museum was money well spent.

Three robbers held up a Kentucky Fried Chicken in Lakewood and led law enforcement officers on a chase into Long Beach, where they were arrested early this morning, authorities said.

The L.A. County Sheriff's Lakewood substation says that on Tuesday night Sept. 29, a horse got loose in the city of Bellflower...and headed down Woodruff Ave.

The Cerritos College gymnasium will become a hub of information and guidance for high school students on Wednesday 7 p.m., as they will meet with representatives from colleges and universities from across the nation.

Two sheriff's deputies driving through a Bellflower neighborhood late Wednesday suddenly became ill and were transported to a hospital after complaining of respiratory problems, authorities said.

Los Angeles County Fire Hazmat crews conducted an investigation in Bellflower today after a pair of sheriff's deputies became ill while driving through the area, authorities said.