Los Alamitos News

Editor's Note: Reported from the Los Alamitos Weekly Crime Summary for the most recent week reported.

With the program expected to lose $40,000 this year and public and court opinion souring toward cameras and automated tickets, the San Juan Capistrano City Council decides not to renew a contract for cameras at two intersections, with citations ceasing after Sept.

Los Alamitos Police arrested a 39-year-old man from Orange, who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a Los Alamitos teenager.

Shipments - CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA - Movement expected to increase. Shortage of availability of trucks.

A Long Beach hospital charged Jo Ann Snyder $6,707 for a CT scan of her abdomen and pelvis following colon surgery.

The actor facing the death penalty for allegedly murdering and dismembering a friend in a Los Alamitos theater and then killing another woman in a convoluted plot to cover it up, admitted to police, "I'm crazy, and I did it." Grand Jury transcripts obtained by the Los Angeles Times sheds light on the bizarre confession of community theater actor ... (more)

A community theater actor accused of killing two friends in an elaborate plot to frame one for the other's murder confessed to police immediately after his arrest, according to a grand jury transcript made public Friday.

The trial of a man accused of repeatedly ramming a teen driver during a road rage-fueled chase through oncoming traffic across Los Alamitos is scheduled to begin toady.

Ralcorp has announced the acquisition of cookie maker Petri Baking Products shortly after It reported a sales boost in the second quarter 2012 driven by frozen bakery products.

Though it's hard to call a frontrunner in the crowded local race, Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar is raking in high-profile Republican support.

Los Alamitos native Patrick Cantlay, the number one-ranked amateur golfer in the world, won the Ben Hogan award given to the top college player of the year, making him the first sophomore to ever win the honor, according to GolfWeek.

In order to explain what I really think, I need to start at the very beginning of my own story.A I want to explain who I was and where I lived when I first looked into Capistrano Unified School District .A Fifteen years ago, I was a single parent living with my two children in Riverside County.A I was a teacher for a school district I thought was ... (more)

Amateur Patrick Cantlay hits a tee shot during a practice round prior to the start of the 2012 Masters Tournament at Augusta National.

Travis Allen, a Republican running for State Assembly, has in the past contributed to Democrats - something he says he now regrets doing.

Though his tenure was just three short years, Los Alamitos High School Principal Grant Litfin managed to become incredibly popular among students, parents and community-members. So when, he announced his resignation this week, the gasps of disbelief were audible.

With no incumbent on hand, the newly redrawn 72nd Assembly District race features five candidates vying for votes from communities as diverse from each other as Little Saigon is to Seal Beach.

A Los Alamitos doctor is facing fire for her opposition to a ballot measure that would add a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes and other tobacco products, raising $700 million a year for cancer research.

A decision on who will have guardianship of the son of a hairdresser who died in the Salon Meritage killings and the man charged in the slayings is set for trial.

Editor's Note: Reported from the Los Alamitos Weekly Crime Summary for the most recent week reported.

Los Alamitos High School was named among the nation's top 4 percent of schools this week by U.S. News & World Report The magazine's perennial rankings of top schools in the nation ranked Los Alamitos 167 th in California out of 2,409 schools in the state and 849 th out of 22,000 high schools evaluated nationwide.