Los Alamitos News

World Meningitis Day: A candlelight vigil will be held in honor of Lakewood resident Adrian Jimenez, who died from bacterial meningitis in January, and to call attention to meningitis.

OC doesn't have its own Thai Town, but this doesn't mean that we don't have great Thai restaurants.

Rossmoor resident and self-described history buff Larry Strawther, 61, said his latest book, "Seal Beach: A Brief History," is not meant to be the be-all and end-all of books on Seal Beach history.

In 2004, Zwelling turned her practice into what's called concierge medicine, sometimes known as direct care.

It's probably no news to seniors at Fountain Valley High School, but their school is considered among the most challenging in California.

STAR file Thousand Oaks played Camarillo in a nonleague football game last year, but the two schools weren't happy with being placed in the same football league as Westlake, St. Bonaventure and Oaks Christian for the next releaguing cycle.

About 40 proponents of a Los Alamitos restaurant that hopes to replace Ruby's Diner at the end of the Seal Beach Pier showed their support at Monday's City Council meeting.

Back when our kids were little, we celebrated the Fourth of July the way our Founding Fathers meant for it to be celebrated: We lit off a few Safe and Sane fireworks with the neighbors, then some guy who drove up from Mexico started blasting off some serious ordnance, then neighbors, many in tears, came over to beg us to stop and when we didn't the ... (more)

In 2004, Zwelling turned her practice into what's called concierge medicine, sometimes known as direct care.

On a recent weekday morning, a six-year-old girl with brown pigtails stared at an iPad perched on the desk in front of her, Takepart reports.

LONG BEACH >> The Pike Restaurant & Bar, one of the pioneering and popular eateries on Fourth Street's Retro Row, is expanding to bring the same mix of drinks, food and music to western Orange County and Long Beach's suburbs in the eastern part of the city.

Show choir members from Los Alamitos High School won two National Grand Championships at a national competition this weekend in Nashville.

Group formed to oppose loud and offensive protests by Westboro Baptist Church at military funerals, but its scope has expanded now it seeks to offer solidarity and solace to all families of fallen servicemembers.

Loft Walk Join Long Beach Heritage for the 2014 Loft Walk of the Walker Building and Big Red Bus Tour of Art Deco Downtown Long Beach to be held on Saturday, April 5. The evening begins with light hosted appetizers, moves on to an Art Deco Tour of Downtown Long Beach on the Big Red Bus with noted Art Deco historian John Thomas, followed by access ... (more)

Members of Carlsbad High School's Sound Express, the advanced mixed show choir, perform the finale at the "Burbank Blast" competition.

Coastal navigation will be taught by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary starting Tuesday at the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Los Alamitos.

Frieda's Specialty Produce, Los Alamitos, Calif., is encouraging produce companies and grocery retailers to share their appreciation for produce managers on the third annual Love Your Produce Manager Day, April 2. Frieda's started Love Your Produce Manager Day in 2012 in recognition of the role produce managers play in increasing produce ... (more)

The Affordable Care Act says you must enroll in a health insurance plan by March 31, 2014 or you could face penalties -- up to $95 a person this year, more in later years.

High school senior Steven Dreifuss, the lead character in Sound Express , Carlsbad High School's advanced mixed choir, was awarded "Best Performer" in his group by the judges at the Los Alamitos Xtravaganza show choir competition on Saturday, March 22, in Los Alamitos.

LOS ALAMITOS >> A city councilman and candidate for Orange County Clerk-Recorder will go to trial today over a lawsuit he filed against county Registrar of Voters Neal Kelley alleging he has been unfairly barred from filing nomination papers needed to qualify for the June 3 election.