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Judge Spanks Council Members

Dateline Commerce -- In a wide-ranging, analytical, and hard-hitting decision, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Johnson slammed three Commerce City Council members and...

Half-Million $ Heist

A Cerritos man has been arrested for taking part in a two-year escrow fee scam that stole over $500,000 from more than 30 victims. Los...

Council Playing with Retirement Fire?

Only one year ago, the Commerce City Council approved a three-year Memorandum of Understanding, better known as employment agreement, with the city’s union. The MOU...

A City Going to Pot

Proliferation of pot shops in the Los Angeles area is drawing increased attention after last month’s passage of Prop. 64, with some cities scrambling...

Vice Mayor a Dropout

Hews Media Group-Community Newspaper can confirm that long-time controversial Norwalk politician Cheri Kelley will not be running for City Council in March. Filing deadline is...

A Hahn Conflict-of-Interest?

In a surprising move, ABC School Board member Lynda Johnson has left her post at the Compton District Attorney’s Office and is now working...

Five Years of School Fraud?

Last week, an ongoing exclusive investigation by Hews Media Group-Community News revealed that Montebello Unified School District Chief Business Officer Ruben Rojas defrauded public...

Cheating the School District

And I’m off to Ireland… I’m off for a bit of the crack…. I am awfully shifty, for a man of fifty… Catch Me...

Did Truth Take a Holiday?

  Everardo (Lalo) Trujillo is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered municipal advisor and a financial advisor to the Montebello Unified School District. He was...

Montebello School Board Places Key Staff on Administrative Leave

Dateline Montebello -- A raucous standing room only crowd that spilled out in to the lobby gathered Friday morning at a special meeting of...