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City of Los Alamitos holding annual Spring Carnival on Saturday, April 16

The City of Los Alamitos Recreation and Community Services Department is holding its annual MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach Spring Carnival on Saturday, April 16th at Little Cottonwood Park (4000 Farquhar Avenue). The event is from 9:30am – 12:00pm and offers egg hunts, face painting, carnival games, Read More

Caltrans maintenance closures, March 26-27, 2022

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is schedule to conduct the following closures for maintenance repairs: Saturday, March 26 Eastbound SR-22 Bristol St off-ramp from 10AM-11:30AM Eastbound SR-22 Main St off-ramp from 8AM-10AM Northbound SR-55 Costa Mesa Frwy connector from 6AM – 12PM Southbound SR-55 Costa Mesa Frwy connector from Read More

Two bills clear Senate Education Committee, broaden pathways to community college and STEM education

Senator Min (D-Irvine) announced two of his bills, Senate Bills (SB) 1080 and SB 1299, passed out of the Senate Committee on Education. These bills will strengthen educational opportunities for both two-year and four-year degree seeking high school students. As California’s workforce faces shortages of vocational and technology industry workers, Read More

Bill to expand access to housing for low-income Californians and their pets advances

Legislation to improve access to rental housing for California’s low-income pet owners passed out of the Senate Housing Committee today with a 6-0 vote. SB 971, authored by Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), will expand pet-inclusive policies for housing financed through the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Read More

DFPI marks success in implementation of the California Consumer Financial Protection Law

A year after implementing one of the most expansive consumer protection laws in the country, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced it has collected close to $1 million in restitution for consumers, fielded hundreds of additional complaints related to the law, and launched more than 100 investigations Read More

Dr. Rena Gibbs Named Curriculum and Instruction Administrator of the Year by Association of California School Administrators, Region 17

Rena Gibbs, Ed.D.,Coordinator of Curriculum & Instruction for the Cypress School District. Courtesy photo. Cypress School District is pleased to announce that Rena Gibbs, Ed.D., has been named Curriculum & Instruction Administrator of the Year by the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA), Region 17. Dr. Gibbs has been supporting Read More