Norwalk News

Sheriff's traffic enforcement deputies arrested eight Bellflower drivers during a recent traffic checkpoint, and they also made seven arrests in Norwalk, including a driver who had $145,000 in tickets, authorities announced this week.

Twenty-one years ago, then-Assemblyman Charles Calderon helped then-Norwalk Councilwoman Grace Napolitano get elected to the state Assembly, but now there's no love lost between Napolitano and the Calderons.

Cumberland University's Anthony Gomez was voted honorable mention all-America by the NAIA Baseball Coaches Association All-America Selection Committee.

With funding help from the Federal Transit Administration, Norwalk has purchased 14 compressed natural gas buses to replace existing diesel buses.

It's spurred talk of dynasty from their enemies but that talk is mostly poo-poohed by the Calderons themselves.

Los Angeles County Fire Department received a call at 5:10 a.m. about an accident at Pioneer Boulevard and Riviera Road.

Dozens of law enforcement officers kept the "Flame of Hope" alive through the San Gabriel Valley as part of a nine-day Torch Run to raise funds and awareness for the Special Olympics Southern California.

With the help of residents, deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Cerritos Station arrested 23-year-old Long Beach resident Antonio Ford, who has been charged with felony burglary, Det.

A young woman suffered a gunshot wound to the leg in a shooting at Hermosillo park early Wednesday, officials said.

The search is on for a brazen armed robber dubbed the "Midnight Bandit." Police say he strikes mostly at night and has hit dozens of gas stations and convenience stores in Orange and Los Angeles counties.

Maxine Sears, a longtime public safety volunteer who officially retired Friday after 20 years of service, was named Citizen of the Year by the Norwalk Community Coordinating Council on Sunday.

Travis Toth, center rear, an auctioneer of trustee sales for Fidelity National, reads descriptions of foreclosed properties offered for sale as potential buyers contemplate bids during a home foreclosure auction on the steps of the Los Angeles County Courthouse in Norwalk, Calif., in this 2007 file photo.

Without the bard's deft touch, the debate over a statewide ban on plastic bags got a little untenable Thursday on the floor of the state Senate in Sacramento.

Approximately 7,000-8,000 family, friends and loved ones gathered at Falcon Stadium on the Cerritos College campus last Saturday to share in the joy of this year's graduating class.

Marian Beverly Klausman Klaas, a World War II veteran, died May 2. She was 88. Marian was born in Wadena, Minn.

A police officer assigned to Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk has been accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl.