La Mirada News

Six Whittier-area school districts are receiving a combined $560,000 in federal stimulus monies to improve their food service operations and boost the amount and quality of meals being offered to local students.

Local cities' police and Sheriff's deputies will be out in force Saturday on Independence Day in the Whittier area to enforce the fireworks laws.

The city of La Mirada will hold its Independence Day celebration from 4 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday at La Mirada Regional Park, 13701 Adelfa Drive.

For those who have worked with and for Santa Fe Springs City Manager Fred Latham the past three decades, one word comes to mind.

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When they started banging on his front door and the windows of his home at about 7 a.m. Wednesday, Lakewood resident Darryl Harris wasn't quite awake.

GPS systems left on car dashboards or windows are proving to be irresistible to crooks on the lookout for easy pickings.

Nearly 600 artists gathered their chalk Saturday and set out to make their mark on the streets of Pasadena.

Resistance to a Metropolitan Water District mandate for water conservation is growing in this area.

The La Mirada Public Safety Team will be conducting a DUI/Driver's License checkpoint on Saturday.

A 22-year-old Viet Nam-born student, living in Texas, has won the US$10,000 Miss Viet Nam Global contest, in Las Vegas.

The official start of summer isn't until June 21, but area cities have already planned a music-filled calendar of events for residents.

The city of La Mirada offers many volunteer opportunities for residents wishing to contribute their time and energy to the community.

Coyle Reproductions in La Mirada, CA, one of the nation's largest most successful screen printers, is now one of the best equipped digital imagers as well, with its recent acquisition of two award-winning, continuous-print Durst Rho 800 Presto large-format UV inkjet printers.

It hasn't been easy, but City Manager Tom Robinson has proposed a fiscal 2009-10 budget with a balanced general fund.

This city's got a deal for you if you do your shopping here. Spend $300 in a La Mirada store, officials say, and you'll get a $5 voucher that can be used at a McCoy Rigby Theater show, a city recreation class or La Mirada's aquatic center, Splash! The city will issue up to $25 in vouchers per person until the program ends Aug.

About 48 years ago Ted Holdredge had to put away his toys. And he wasn't allowed to take them back out again until decades later.

Nona Watson, the new president and chief executive officer of the Tulare Chamber of Commerce, says she'll have an "open door" policy.

Parents Without Partners La Mirada-East Whittier Chapter 176 will hold a membership orientation at 7 p.m. and a dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Friday June 5th at the Candlewood Country Club, 14000 Telegraph Road.

A 10-year-old Southern California girl with an extremely rare, adult form of breast cancer says she's sad that her hair is gone but she's trying to remain brave.