Lakewood News

The only thing the thief took from the Bellflower auto shop the night of Dec. 9 was an iguana named Lizard.

Firefighters and deputies responded to a garage fire in the 15000 block of Eucalyptus Avenue.

A On May 13, 2012, a beloved dog by the name of Penque was last seen on Lakewood Blvd.

Glenda Williams, Long Beach Public Library's director of library services, at the Main Library on May 24, 2012.

Musical Theatre West s Karen Larson, left is joined by Paul Garman, right, and scholarship recipients Adam Levy, Sarah Marion, Alexa Russo and Erica Schaeffer.

The primary for the new 38th Congressional District matches five-term Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Lakewood, against two first-time Republican candidates.

When he was 12, Dee escaped with his family from the civil war ravaging his native Congo, eventually finding hope and a home in a new country thanks to the Torrenses and others who went a step beyond to help and guide the kid with the luminous smile.

A list of the nation's most challenging high schools released recently by the Washington Post includes seven schools in the Long Beach Unified School District.

When this year began, Rep. Linda Sanchez was looking at a three-corner fight to keep the congressional seat she has held since 2002.

A resident since 1960, DuBois and his wife, Lakewood Mayor Diane DuBois, still lived in the home where they raised their family.

Four carwash workers filed a lawsuit Monday claiming a family of carwash owners routinely withheld pay for overtime and denied them breaks during the summer.

More than 50 sheriff's deputies, soldiers and people from the community came together on bikes and on footA to complete their 5-mile leg of the 35th Annual Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's Memorial Torch Relay run Friday night from the Cerritos to the Lakewood stations.

Refreshments and music will be provided. For general information about Commencement 2012, visit the graduation website www.csulb.edu/commencement or call Barbara Hall in the CSULB Academic Events Office at 985-2351. 5K Run/Walk The Thayer Family is hosting the second annual Jalen and Breanna Thayer Memorial 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, June 9. Proceeds ... (more)

LAKEWOOD, Calif., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- California Senate members from both sides of the isle voted today by a margin of 31-4 to approve Senate Bill 1386, a measure that would clarify existing language in the California Water Code, making it explicitly clear that the Water Replenishment District of Southern California would ... (more)

Bruce DuBois, the husband of Lakewood Mayor Diane DuBois, died of natural causes early Tuesday morning at the couples Lakewood home, according to a statement released by Bill Grady, Lakewood's public information officer.

A A recently released audit of the $5,268,344.00 contract for repair of storm surge damage to the Galveston Post Office and Courthouse building during Hurricane Ike found numerous violations by the principal contractor and its subcontractors of stimulus funding buy American and Davis-Bacon requirements.

You might not think of heading to a mall to rescue a dog or cat. But that could be changing.

Over the years, many companies claim to be emergent players in the general contracting industry.

Most of us would probably agree that we really screwed up our cities in the 1950s and 1960s.

The new 38th Congressional District's primary pits two Republican candidates with no experience in public office against five-term Democratic Rep.