Lakewood News

Nearly a half-million dollars in federal stimulus funds will allow a a water treatment facility to double its water recycling capacity, officials said today.

Two Long Beach men were condemned to more than 100 years behind bars Wednesday for the 2007 murders of a 20-year-old Lakewood man and a 19-year-old Long Beach man, prompting the judge to declare both slayings a waste of human life.

Hearing Loss Association, Long Beach/Lakewood Chapter, a support group offering education on coping skills and resources to help the hearing-impaired survive in a hearing world, will host guest speaker Megan F. DiTolla, Esq., who will be speaking on a oeDocumenting Disability: Navigating the Social Security Disability Claims Processa on Thursday, ...

Rep. Linda Sanchez and a cadre of Latino lawmakers from greater Southern California are working to stop a boycott of the 2010 Census by immigrant rights activists.

We have some ideas this week for Lily in Long Beach on how to cook bok choy. Also known as Chinese white cabbage and white mustard cabbage, bok choy can be eaten raw or cooked.

The safe and sane stands will be open for business beginning Wednesday in Lakewood.

Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander and 3rd District Councilman Gary DeLong have created a fund to replace Elaine Touch's stolen wheelchair.

The scene of a traffic accident involving two cars and a school bus, at the corner of Alamitos Ave.

Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Lakewood, announced internship opportunities in her district office in Cerritos and is encouraging students to apply.

A martial arts coach pleaded no contest Wednesday to charges that he sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Lakewood.

Though Recipe Request has been around for about two years now, we've actually been fulfilling readers' requests for almost a decade.

Actor Morris Chestnut has placed his seven-bedroom, 5,522-square-foot mansion in Hidden Hills, Calif.

The proposed city budget will allow Lakewood to continue successfully fighting crime and provide more funds for streets, sidewalks and energy conservation, officials said.

When they started banging on his front door and the windows of his home at about 7 a.m. Wednesday, Lakewood resident Darryl Harris wasn't quite awake.

Madera County Sheriff's Deputies have released the name of the teenager who drowned at Angel Falls, near Bass Lake on Wednesday.

Gang members and guns were at the top of the list for hundreds of police, probation and parole officers who swept through Long Beach and neighboring cities Wednesday.

Police say 35 arrests were made during a gang sweep triggered by a spike in gang-related violence in the Long Beach area.

The list of visitors wanting to see the Tennessee football team open fall camp in August is long.

Mitchell Marien, a 23-year-old white man, was shot and killed on Thursday, May 28, by an off-duty Gardena police officer in 17800 block of Lakewood Boulevard in Bellflower, authorities said.

The conviction of a Long Beach gang member for the murder of a 20-year-old Lakewood gang rival brought some closure to the victim's family Thursday, but it was far from a good feeling.