Norwalk News

Many customers at the Eclipse Cafe in Bellflower seemed to have a common thread in their lives that transcended the coffee shop's mocha macchiatos, lattes and panini sandwiches - they were impacted in some way by Michael Jackson's death last week.

Wendelyn Davio, an assistant principal at Waite Middle School in Norwalk, has been named the new principal for the upcoming school year at Murphy Ranch Elementary School, one of 13 campuses in the East Whittier City School District.

AltaMed Health Services will be presenting helpful tips to avoid heat stroke from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday at the Whittier Senior Center, 13225 Walnut St.

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

UNDOUBTEDLY, the most overwhelmed state bureaucracy in this recession is the Employment Development Department.

Two mutilated cats were found in a Norwalk park, only one of which appeared to be the work of a coyote, officials said Monday.

The Norwalk Senior Center, 14040 San Antonio Drive, will celebrate Green Tea Week today through Friday.

Just as another school year has run its course, so has the leadership of two longtime Whittier-area principals, who say it's time for a fresh perspective next fall at Edwards Middle and Studebaker Elementary schools.

A monetary settlement has been reached in a sexual harassment lawsuit against City Councilman Mike Mendez and the city.

Norwalk American Legion Post No. 359, 11986 Front St., cordially invites the public to its Father's Day Weekend this Saturday and Sunday.

A 24-year-old Southern California man has pleaded no contest to murder for the stabbing death of his 9-year-old cousin and a judge found that he was legally insane at the time of the crime.

From a press release issued by STAR Motorcycle School: Norwalk, CA - Two-time AMA Champion Jason Pridmore's STAR Motorcycle School has added Heartland Park Topeka and rescheduled Spring Mountain Motorsports dates to its 2009 schedule.

Come enjoy a dinner of gourmet sandwiches and Stella's potato salad and the movie "Quantum of Solace" from 4-6 p.m. June 22 at the Whittier Senior Center, 13225 Walnut St.

The ideas to redevelop the Five Points area were flowing Friday at Whittier City Hall.

A bill that would make it harder for cities to seek bankruptcy protection -- and is opposed by the cities of Long Beach and Signal Hill -- was passed by the state Assembly on Wednesday June 3 . AB 155 received "yes" votes from LB-area legislators Assemblyman Warren Furutani and Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal .

A southern California demonstration trailer for plastics recycling and processing - which has been idle for two years - is back in operation with a solar panel and a donated 22-ton Boy injection molding machine.

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Spring 2009 Talon marks newspaper Editor in Chief Scott Watkins and former Editor in Chief Hersson Preciado brainstorm ideas to convince college administrators to continue the print edition of the campus newspaper.

The fashions were well-received, but it was the men who stole the show at the second annual "Spring Into Fashion" luncheon and fashion show put on by the Woman's Club of Artesia-Cerritos. There were 150 people attending, a sellout crowd at the March 28 event that raised over $10,500. It was held at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts.

Detectives are hoping a $10,000 reward will help solve the May 1 rape and robbery of an 82-year-old Norwalk woman who is legally blind.