This week State Senator Tom Harman named Los Alamitos’ Sir Speedy Print Shop as the Small Business of the Year for the 35th Senate District, which covers 16 communities including Los Alamitos, Rossmoor and Seal Beach. The shop is owned by Allen and Laurie McLean who opened their Sir Speedy Print Shop in Los...
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Former Lee Principal moves over to District Administration Press Release - July 7, 2011 Los Alamitos Unified School District is pleased to announce that Dr. Andrew Pulver has been selected as the new Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Director of Classified Personnel. Dr. Pulver has worked in education for over 16 and has been...
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Beachwood BBQ, which has been pleasing locals at their Old Town Main Street location since 2006, finally opened its long-touted second location — at the Lofts at Promenade in downtown Long Beach. Owners Gabe Gordon and partner/wife Lena Perlman will attempt to bring the Seal Beach experience and more to their new digs off...
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The OC Register’s Fast Food Maven, Nancy Luna and wine afficionado Paul Hodgins have run a couple blurbs on David Scales, who built up quite the local following at his popular wine store, MAWL, off Valley View in Garden Grove. Scales who announced last week that announced he will temporarily close the shop, expanded...
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This obituary was taken from the Maryville, Mo. —Maryville Daily Forum, posted Jul 03, 2011 @ 04:16 PM Lila Emrich (b. Lila Lee Schaaf), age 79, died June 9, 2011 following a lengthy battle with cancer. Born in a small Missouri town, Lila graduated from Stanberry High School in 1949 then moved to St....
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Patch.com carried a good article (written by Cristina De Leon-Menjivar) on the June 30 unveiling of Nancy Karmelich’s Banners of Honor project on the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. More information on the Banners of Honor can be obtained at their website.
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The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors approved a land swap between Los Angeles and Orange counties designed to tidy up the boundaries between Seal Beach, Long Beach and Los Alamitos. As reported by Patch.com’s Paige Austin, the move mainly affectsjetties, and isiloated unimproved lots which found themselves isolated when Coyote Creek and the San...
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KRIKORIAN: Broersma not flagging down in retirement By Doug Krikorian, Sports Columnist Posted: 05/04/2011 10:39:45 PM PDT Updated: 05/04/2011 11:06:44 PM PDT When he retired six years ago at the elderly age of 45 – he took one of those early corporate buy-out packages – a gentleman named Mark Broersma had no idea what new...
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DISTRICT PRESS RELEASE The Trustees of the Los Alamitos Unified School District are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Sherry Kropp to the Superintendent’s position effective July 1, 2011. Dr. Kropp has worked in the District since 1985 and filled several positions including teacher, site administrator, and assistant superintendent. Kropp has been the...
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Officials from Los Alamitos, Seal Beach and Cypress met this week to discuss the sharing or merging of elements of police services, but when they met, it wasn’t a meeting. “It’s not a meeting,” Seal Beach Mayor Michael Levitt told OC180 News Dolores Barr. he then added, “It’s just a couple of city managers...
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LAHS NON-SPORTS: Show Choir wins National title for second year in a row Los Al singers win National Show Choir Competition. Los Alamitos High choirs win Nationals – OC Register, April 10, 2011 Los Al dominates National Show Choir Competition for Second Year in a Row – Patch.com April 10, 2011 OC Jazz Bands...
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Over 5,500 runners participated in this year’s 5K-10K Seal Beach Run and “broke all records in participation, fundraising and sponsorships,” according to race director Marc Loopesko. Orange County register story
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Former Los Al Boys AD to take over duties effective Aug. 2. LOS ALAMITOS – The CIF Southern Section executive committee has promoted Robert Wigood to commissioner effective Aug. 2. Wigod replaces retiring commissioner Dr. Jim Staunton.”I am thrilled to be selected as the next Commissioner of Athletics for the CIF Southern Section,” said...
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It’s usually not a bad thing to get publicity when you’re opening a brand new business and it looks like Dan Stevens has done just that for his brand new Cowboy Dan’s Jerky Emporium, located on Katella Avenue near Noel — just west of Der Weinerschnitzel. First he was written up by Shelly Henderson...
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Are they friendly neighbors caught in the crossfire or are they loyal soldiers doing the dirty work for the county? Whatever they’re doing, the Los Al City Council is not making friends with Rossmoor — a fact further confirmed at last Monday’s City Council meeting in which a discussion of a Rossmoor District proposal...
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Los Al alum Alejandra Viana (’07) started her business Leg Candy as just a project for school, but her stylish offerings soon started getting lots of attention. Now her product, a funky alternative to bare legs or jeans, is also getting shelf space at many boutiques around the area. Her business has its own...
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Newly appointed News-Enterprise editor Shelly Henderson has hit the ground running with a series of articles, many of which she has reposted at Red County, CA online magazine. Among them: An article on former Los Al HS boys soccer coch Trey Scharlin — who now operates Deft Touch soccer on Catalina. Hockeytron scores in...
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With the remaining vote count dwindling Los Alamitos City Councilman Dean Zarkos remains in in fourth place, only 24 votes behind fellow incumbent Councilwoman Gerri Graham-Mejia. OC180 News reported that only 464 ballots remained to be counted in all of Orange County. As Los Alamitos is less than 1% of the county’s population, it...
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With the count of the mail-in ballots slowing down, it appears as if incumbent Los Al councilwoman Gerri Graham-Mejia will hold on to her lead and once again win a seat on the Los Alamitos City Council. Her fellow incumbent Dean Zarkos now trails her by 26 votes, up 12 from Tuesday when he...
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It may be premature but one New York paper is reporting that New York Knick coach Mike D’Antoni is giving serious consideration to former Griffin Landry Fields for one of the Knicks’ starting spots in this weeks NBA opener. A few days before the New York Post reported that D’Antoni said Fields had solidified...
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Griffins victory over Fountain Valley is available here.
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Los Al High’s Sound FX 2009-2010 has made Parade Magazine’s Top 25 Show Choirs in America, and now the Griffin song stylists and their energized support team (i.e., their parents) are asking for your support to take them to the top of the Parade pop poll. “Click the link below to vote and make...
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We told you a few days ago that Los Al freshman Adam Kolkin would be appearing on Glee portraying a young Kurt Hummel. Hummel, played by actor Chris Colfer, is down in the dumps after his dad has a heart attack of sorts — and has flashbacks to he and his dad in younger...
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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. of Seal Beach (offices in the Old Ranch Business Park, or whatever that’s called) has signed an agreement with Pilot Travel Centers LLC to build, own and operate public access, compressed and liquefied natural gas fueling facilities at truck travel centers nationwide. Pilot Travel, under the brand Pilot Flying J, ...
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Finbar’s — Joseph Barbara’s popular bistro which has been located in the Bay City Center for the past 12 years — has received a nice write-up on the Grunion/Downtown Gazette website. Gazette reviewer Larry Hill notes that “The original pasta dishes and Left Coast Specialties, which were so good when Finbars opened some 12...
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Los Al High School, which already has a strong presence on the hit Fox TV show “Glee,” will further cement that relationship this year when Griffin freshman Adam Kolkin portrays a young Kurt Hummel in this coming Tuesday’s episode. Kolkin, 13, appears in a series of vignettes flashing back to Kurt as an 8-year-old...
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The Los Alamitos Race on the Base — actually a series of races — is set for Saturday, February 26, 2011 at the Joint Forces Training Base. The race, sponsored by Southland Credit Union, will once again take place on the runways at the JFTB and features helicopters, planes and military vehicles with music...
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Los Alamitos High Principal Dr. Grant Litfin kept a hair-raising — er hair-cutting — promise to his students today — allowing six of them to give him a haircut after the school raised its state API scores by 12 points last year. (Check out the OC Register story and photos.) Litfin told the students...
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It’s a tough world out there — especially if you’re a non-profit organization trying to tap into local wallets — which four will be doing over the next two weeks. First up on the Tour de Funds are two excellent events which help people in bad situations get back on the right track. Casa...
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Northrop Grummond workers, many of whom live in Los Alamitos, Rossmoor and Seal Beach, are bracing for a big round of job cuts, according to an article in the LA Times. Century City-based Northrop cited anticipated slowing in defense spending for the cutback. 500 job losses are considered likely in coming years as the...
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The photograph to the left goes to show that Main Street in Seal Beach has changed quite a bit over the past fifty years (and for the better, we think — although there is a certain charm of sorts to its previous treeless landscape.) To see larger versions of this photo and more of...
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Los Al Griffin sophomore Esther Lee has been named the OC Register’s Golf Athlete of the Week. Lee won the individual portion of the Ayala Tournament, shooting a 4-under 70 on the South Course at Los Serranos Country Club. She also was the medalist in two matches that the Griffins won during the week.
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Rossmoor bomb scare closes Foster, turns out to be make-up kit – OC180 News. State says coyotes not an imminent threat in Rossmoor – OC180 News
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There are still plenty of Seal Beach Founders Day Activities coming up — a dinner/dance, a tennis mixer, golf tournament, a sidewalk sale and parade and Joy Zone Family Festival. First up is the Dinner, Dance & Auction this Saturday (Oct. 2) at Old Ranch Counry Club. The dance will feature the music of...
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