Category: Orange County News

Willowbrook man pleads guilty to bank robbery spree while on supervised release for prior bank robbery conviction

A Willowbrook man pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges for robbing three banks during a six-day crime spree while he was on supervised release for bank robbery convictions over a decade ago. Rickey Lewis, 53, pleaded guilty to three counts of bank robbery and one count of attempted bank Read More

Long Beach RWF October meeting to feature columnist Susan Shelley and decorating pumpkins for blind veterans

Susan Shelley, columnist, and member of the editorial board of the Southern California News Group. Courtesy photo. Susan Shelley, columnist, and member of the editorial board of the Southern California News Group that includes the Long Beach Press-Telegram, Orange County Register and Los Angeles Daily News will be the featured Read More

Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) joined by House leadership, partners and advocates to address voting rights issues

members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and Congressional leaders met with advocates to discuss legislative solutions for voting rights issues ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. Topics in today’s policy roundtable included voter registration and ballot access; voter education and language accessibility; voter I.D. laws, roll purging, and precinct closures; Read More

Slow down, look out for people walking: September is Pedestrian Safety Month

September is Pedestrian Safety Month, and the Seal Beach Police Department will participate in activities throughout the month encouraging the safety of people walking. Based on data projections from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), 7,485 people, or an average of 20 people every day, died after being struck by Read More

House passes bipartisan bill by Reps. Kim, Manning to secure technology supply chain

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Securing Global Telecommunications Act (H.R. 8503), a bipartisan bill led by U.S. Representatives Young Kim (CA-39) and Kathy Manning (NC-06) to promote secure telecommunications infrastructure. “As the CCP moves to dominate global telecommunications infrastructure, we must take steps to secure our networks and Read More