La Mirada News

High school All-American and Pepperdine third baseman Chris Amezquita has signed t to play for the Wisconsin Woodchucks this summer.

Language Arts teacher Cathy Jolley gets students started with their class that focuses on the California High School Exit Exam at El Camino High School in Unincorporated Whittier on Friday February 5, 2010.

The program will include the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major and the Violin Concerto in E Major, both by Johann Sebastian Bach; the Serenade for Strings by Elgar; and the Adagietto from Symphony No.

Actress Felicia Taylor E. transforms herself into self-made millionaire Madam C.J. Walker for "Dream a Little Dream," Saturday, Feb.

It started with a vision to create a safe place for adults requiring continuous daytime supervision and care.

Dads will have the opportunity to dance, twirl and boogie with their little girls ages 5 through 12 at the La Mirada Activity Center, 13810 La Mirada Blvd.

A man was wounded Sunday in an apparently gang-related shooting in La Mirada, authorities said.

The Boone, Iowa Society of Southern California will hold its 96th annual luncheon and reunion meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Feb.

Students at Edwards Middle School are hoping that a Hats for Haiti fundraiser taking place on campus Friday will help them reach the $1,500 mark in their weeklong campaign to raise money for the recent earthquake victims.

Unincorporated community divided between two L.A. County supervisors should have its own local government.

Area businesses struggling under the weight of the economic recession are being urged to participate in a new program that could help them prevent layoffs or shutting their doors.

After two weeks of frantic backroom maneuvers and withering on-air broadsides, NBC's siege with Conan O'Brien came to a close Friday evening.

The Kiwanis Club of La Mirada is sponsoring a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for the Meals On Wheels-La Mirada Program from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday in the La Mirada High School multipurpose room, 13520 Adelfa Drive.

Yvette Sanchez Fuentes, national director of the Office for of Head Start, visits with students in the Plaza de la Raza Head Start Preschool at the Los Angeles County Office of Education in Downey on Friday January 22, 2010.

La Mirada, Calif.-based Makita Industrial Power Tools has launched a oe Good-Bye Ni-Cad, Get Into LXT Lithium-Ion Technology ,a a new national promotion offering select free tools and accessories with a purchase.

U.S. Marine Pfc. Jeremy Robert Thomas was a diamond, his father said - very complex, with a multifaceted personality that ranged from a hilarious goof to a fierce warrior.

Biola University s Board of Trustees member Carol Stewart Hawkins signs the Red Book for the annual affirmation of the school s core values as the 25 Board of Trustees reaffirm their commitment to Biola s mission during the ceremonial signing, in La Mirada, Friday, January 15, 2010.

Everyone knows that John Smith is a common name. So it wasn't a surprise to Democratic Party activist John Smith of La Mirada to learn that someone with the same name was planning to run as an American Independent against Rep.

Geraldine Opal Davis Hamblen recently celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends.

Charles Calderon is objecting to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's comments that the Tax Reform Commission's proposal has been buried and missing.