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Congresswoman Linda Sanchez praised the Water Replenishment District for its successful efforts to ensure that the region has adequate groundwater supplies, but she said more regulations might be necessary to encourage conservation and reduce pollution.

The Urban Youth Academy in Compton will be the site for the USA-Japan Friendship Series set to take place this weekend.

The search is on for a man who assaulted a woman at knife point in Lakewood. Police said on Wednesday, he snuck into the woman's bedroom through an open window on the 5500 block of Gondar Avenue and fondled her while she slept.

A woman was injured late Saturday night in an auto accident when a black Toyota sedan traveling eastbound on Wardlow Street crossed Studebaker Road and ran into a tree on Lees Avenue, south of Wardlow.

Long Beach Police Department Gang Enforcement Section detectives are investigating a shooting that left a man injured Wednesday night.

Jeff Gritchen / Long Beach Press-Telegram Jeff Gritchen / Long Beach Press-Telegram Brandon Smith, at top, falls off a block of ice as he slides down a hill during Friday's Summer Ice Festival at the newly renovated Mae Boyar Park in Lakewood.

Artesia Historical Society docents tour the recently restored Old Fire Station #30. The are Janice Dawson, Delores Evelands, John Lyons , Margaret Toy, Pam Crawley, Barbara Applebury, Joanne Witt, Marilyn McGorman, and Wauthera Warnick.

Free Lecture The MemorialCare Heart and Vascular Institute will present a lecture featuring Serge Tobias, M.D., medical director of electrophysiology.

Rio Hondo College is in line to receive more than $2 million over the next five years to to help low-income, minority and disabled students.

The Lakewood, Calif., duo of defensive tackle Todd Barr and outside linebacker Rahim Cassell are two of the top players at their positions in the entire West region and both are poised for huge senior seasons.

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The 2010 Community Survey and a traffic signal upgrade at Clark Avenue and Del Amo Boulevard are on the agenda for Tuesday's City Council meeting.

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The Weingart-Lakewood Family YMCA will be going to the Dodger game Sept. 17th. Transportation is included, but space is limited.

We find it sad and disheartening that Lakewood did not step forward right after the City of Bell scandal broke like so many other cities did and post something about city hall salaries. Not a peep on the Lakewood city website about Bell or the fallout. (typical given Lakewood's usual tendency to "duck and cover") Sadly it was incumbent upon LAAG to make the CPRA (California Public Records Act) request to get something posted for all taxpayers to see. http://www.laag.us/2010/08/city-of-lakewood-responds-to-laags.html

To ensure children in their communities are active and healthy, 118 cities and towns across the country, including Cerritos earned recognition as 2010 Playful City USA communities despite difficult budgetary decisions and Park and Recreation department funding at its lowest levels in decades.

In light of city manager salaries being put under a microscope, the Lynwood City Council on Tuesday night ratified City Manager Roger Haley's three-year contract giving him a 3 to 5 percent pay increase.

The Whittier Public Library's summer reading program for toddlers and preschoolers came to an end Wednesday with a visit from Rep.