The Norwalk Patriot

12/01/2026

11/12/2025

On Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the Norwalk City Council held its annual reorganization. By unanimous vote, Vice Mayor Jennifer Perez was selected as Mayor; and Councilmember Margarita L. Rios as Vice Mayor! 🙌

Both will serve in these roles for the next year. Congratulations to Mayor Perez and Vice Mayor Rios! We’re excited for their leadership as they guide Norwalk into 2026.

02/12/2025

Toys for Tacos returns to Norwalk High School this Wednesday.

14/11/2025

*MISSING PERSON*

23/10/2025

**Update - Scumpina Ciuraru was taken into custody on 10/24**

Hey ladies 👋 — it’s a good day to turn yourselves in… because trust us, our followers will find you and let us know.

The Fullerton Police Department is looking for information leading to the arrest of the females pictured below, who are wanted in connection with two separate distraction burglaries that occurred in the City of Fullerton.

If you know who they are—or if you are them 👀—give us a call before we find you first.

If you recognize them or have any information about their whereabouts, please contact the Fullerton Police Detective N. Curtis at (714) 738-5327 or [email protected].

You can also provide information anonymously through Orange County Crime Stoppers at 1-855-TIP-OCCS or occrimestoppers.org.

Let’s help bring these suspects in and keep Fullerton safe.

18/10/2025

16/10/2025

09/10/2025

*MISSING*

06/10/2025

Police are investigating reports of a death at a shopping center in Santa Fe Springs.

07/09/2025

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department circulated a photo today of an 82-year-old diabetic man who went missing in Norwalk.

Ramon Encinas was last seen about 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the 12100 block of Busiris Avenue.

He was described as a 5-foot, 10-inch tall Latino man weighing 210 pounds with brown eyes, gray hair, a goatee and wears glasses. He was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue jeans and a black Notre Dame baseball cap.

05/09/2025

The city of Norwalk has agreed to repeal its ban on homeless shelters and will pay $250,000 toward new affordable housing developments to settle a state lawsuit, officials said Friday.

The city had prohibited shelters along with laundromats, payday lenders and other businesses that predominantly serve low-income residents.

The settlement, if approved by the court, also requires Norwalk to create an affordable housing trust fund and undergo ongoing state monitoring.

"The Norwalk city council's failure to reverse this ban without a lawsuit, despite knowing it is unlawful, is inexcusable," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement. "No community should turn its back on its residents in need -- especially while there are people in your community sleeping on the streets. No city is exempt from doing their part to solve the homelessness crisis."

28/08/2025

NORWALK — Negotiations between the International Association of Machinists (IAM) Union, representing Norwalk’s city workers, and the city’s management team reached a deadlock after a short-lived bargaining session at Norwalk City Hall on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Union officials declared the impasse...