La Mirada Lamplighter Newspaper

01/15/2026

1 girl and 2 adults found shot dead shot at Lakewood home

January 15, 2026 LAKEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- A girl and two adults were found dead after a triple shooting Thursday morning at home in Lakewood, authorities said. The shooting occurred shortly before 8 a.m. in a residential neighborhood near the intersection of Lorelei Avenue and South Street, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. Emergency responders arrived at the single-story house and paramedics entered the residence at 8:07 a.m., clearing the scene less than an hour later, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department....

January 15, 2026 LAKEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — A girl and two adults were found dead after a triple shooting Thursday morning at home in Lakewood, authorities said. The shooting occurred shortly before 8 a.m. in a residential neighborhood near the intersection of Lorelei Avenue and South Street, a sp...

01/14/2026

By Loren Kopff Sports Editor | Follow X January 14, 2026  Friday marks the end of the first half of action in the 605 League, Gateway League, Mid-Cities League and Olympic League with the second half beginning next week. Of the 31 area boys and girls basketball and boys and girls soccer teams, Here...

01/14/2026

January 14, 2026  By Loren Kopff • The defending 605 League champions are finding a tough time trying to repeat and following a historic loss to Whitney High this past Tuesday, Artesia High is falling deeper in the standings. For the first time in 14 meetings, all coming since the 605...

01/14/2026

Personal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Stasi Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach

January 14, 2025 A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good. Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement—have allegedly been released by a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower following last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. The Jan. 7 killing of the mother by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked nationwide protests and worldwide outrage, including among some DHS employees....

January 14, 2025 A DHS whistleblower appears to have exposed data on federal immigration workers after the shooting of Renee Good. Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees—including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement—have allegedly been released by a De...

01/14/2026

January 14, 2025 By Loren Kopff • on X When Whitney High stunned Cerritos High 61-58 in last season’s 605 League opener, it snapped a 15-game losing skid to its crosstown rivals, including the last 12 coming in league action. The Wildcats had a team of 16 players, including four seni...

01/13/2026

Cerritos High junior Kalana Nguyen (left) and senior Mady Macaraeg hold up a banner that recognizes head coach Marcus Chinen for winning his 200th girls basketball game at the school, which happened on Dec 18 at Garfield High. Then the Dons defeated Whitney High 72-58 to improve to 9-11 overall at t...

01/13/2026

In Another Big Middle Finger to Trump, Congress Agrees to Fund Voice of America

January 13, 2026 Lawmakers from both parties and houses of Congress have agreed to provide about $653 million to fund Voice of America’s parent agency, rejecting President Donald Trump’s demand to defund the international broadcaster and shut it down. republicans in the Senate apparently have got some guts lately and the latest spurn of Trump cuts during Felon Musk's reign....

January 13, 2026 Lawmakers from both parties and houses of Congress have agreed to provide about $653 million to fund Voice of America’s parent agency, rejecting President Donald Trump’s demand to defund the international broadcaster and shut it down. republicans in the Senate apparently have go...

01/12/2026

Congress Moves to Block Trump’s Deep Cuts to Science Funding

January 12, 2026 Congress is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s proposed reductions to federal science spending, rejecting what would have been the largest pullback in research funding since World War II and signaling bipartisan support for protecting basic research. Earlier budget plans from the White House called for cutting overall federal science funding to about $154 billion from $198 billion, a reduction of roughly 22 percent....

January 12, 2026 Congress is pushing back against President Donald Trump’s proposed reductions to federal science spending, rejecting what would have been the largest pullback in research funding since World War II and signaling bipartisan support for protecting basic research. Earlier budget pla...

01/12/2026

Norwalk Starbucks Employee Thinks Pig Drawing Is Protest, Not Just Petty

A Norwalk Starbucks employee thought it was clever to doodle a pig on a deputy’s coffee cup. Instead of making a point, they just proved that even with a Sharpie, some people still manage to say nothing intelligent at all. By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X January 12, 2026 The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is speaking out after one of its deputies was served a cup of coffee from an employee of a Norwalk Starbucks with a hand-drawn image of a pig on it....

A Norwalk Starbucks employee thought it was clever to doodle a pig on a deputy’s coffee cup. Instead of making a point, they just proved that even with a Sharpie, some people still manage to say nothing intelligent at all. By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X January 12, 2026 The Los Angeles County ...

01/12/2026

A Norwalk Starbucks employee thought it was clever to doodle a pig on a deputy’s coffee cup. Instead of making a point, they just proved that even with a Sharpie, some people still manage to say nothing intelligent at all. By Brian Hews Publisher | Follow X January 12, 2026 The Los Angeles County ...

01/12/2026

High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags Part Four: The Law is Automatic. And the Central Basin Water Board Isn’t Acting.

January 12, 2025 Five weeks ago, Los Cerritos Community News launched High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags, a multi-part investigative series revealing that for years Central Basin District Four Director Juan Garza quietly operated the California Cities for Self-Reliance Joint Powers Authority (JPA), a taxpayer-funded agency, through Bellflower-based Six Heron, his privately owned public-relations and government-relations firm. Garza’s decision to personally run a publicly funded joint powers authority through his private firm, which for years was not properly licensed with the city of Bellflower, raised immediate red flags under California law governing procurement, transparency, and conflicts of interest....

January 12, 2025 Five weeks ago, Los Cerritos Community News launched High Stakes, Dirty Water, Red Flags, a multi-part investigative series revealing that for years Central Basin District Four Director Juan Garza quietly operated the California Cities for Self-Reliance Joint Powers Authority (JPA),...

01/09/2026

January 9, 2025 By Cerritos Mayor Frank Aurelio Yokoyama As we emerge from the holiday season and settle into 2026, we have a lot to look forward to in the City of Cerritos. This year, we will continue progressing in implementing our Strategic Plan goals, including enhanced community programming.  ...