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Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, logo
Community

ESGR to hold employment workshop at Los Alamitos JFTB

Posted  February 21, 2012  by  courtesy

The following information was released by California Employment Support of the Guard and Reserve. The workshop will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, MWR Billeting, 4522 Saratoga Ave., Building 19. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The workshop itself runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The public is invited to attend the “I Can Help” [...]

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USA Water Polo National Aquatic Center, WWRE, helicopter ride
Sports

U.S. women win Holiday Cup water polo tournament

Posted  February 21, 2012  by  courtesy

According to USA Water Polo, the United States women’s water polo team took first place at the Holiday Cup water polo tournament played over the weekend at the USA Water Polo National Aquatic Center at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. Opposing team Canada led by one point at the end of the first period [...]

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OCTA, WCC, East Segment Map
Calendar

Nighttime full closures of the southbound I-405 Freeway scheduled for Tuesday night, Feb. 21

Posted  February 20, 2012  by  courtesy

The following information was released by the Orange County Transportation Authority. The southbound I-405 freeway will be closed (between the I-605 freeway and Valley View Street) from midnight on Tuesday night, Feb. 21 until 5 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Feb 22. This overnight full closure is necessary to allow crews to perform minor demolition activities [...]

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Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base, 140th Chemical Company, paperwork
Community

140th Chemical Company flies out of JFTB

Posted  February 20, 2012  by  shelley

On Thursday, Feb. 16, the 140th Chemical Company began its year-long deployment to Kuwait by boarding a chartered Sun Country jet on the flight line at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. The Company flew to Selma, Mississippi, for several weeks of further training. The soldiers making up the Company gathered on the flight line [...]

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Los Alamitos High School, boy's basketball, CIF-SS playoffs round 1
Los Alamitos High School

Los Al Griffins lose in first round of CIF-SS boys basketball playoffs

Posted  February 19, 2012  by  courtesy

CSMP provides commentary and video of the loss: Griffins fall 50-48 to Knight of Palmdale in CIF first Round game. Los Al just couldn’t get their outside shots to fall. Here’s video : Thanks, CSMP TV and Los Al TV! Related articles Video of LAHS boy’s basketball vs. Fountain Valley 7 Feb. 2012 (oc-breeze.com) Video [...]

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Musique Sur La Mer, violin soloist, Doug Conwell
Community

Musique with cameo solos on siren and motorcycle

Posted  February 19, 2012  by  shelley

In a corner of The Shops at Rossmoor, tucked into a small space between Complexions Day Spa and Coldwater Creek clothing store, Musique Sur La Mer’s Honors Chamber Orchestra presented a diverse plein air program of classical music in a key of romance fit for the week of Valentine’s Day, arranged for an orchestra made [...]

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courtroom-diary
Crime

Court Room Diary: People vs. Brinda Sue McCoy, 17 Feb. 2012

Posted  February 18, 2012  by  shelley

The broadest exposure most of our readers have to the court system is jury service. Our new feature, Court Room Diary, will allow readers to gain insight into the day-to-day working of our court system from the viewpoint of a bystander, rather than as a prospective juror, plaintiff or defendant. Our first Court Room Diary [...]

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LAHS, cheer squad, 2012 champs
Los Alamitos High School

LAHS cheer squad win national championship

Posted  February 17, 2012  by  shelley

A proud papa sent OC Breeze a link to the embedded video below, and to an NBC video interview. The win by Los Alamitos High School Cheer was noted and applauded at the regular meeting of the Los Alamitos Unified School District Board of Trustees on Feb. 14. As part of her report, Kay Tanseco, [...]

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walnuts
Business

Hell no, and nuts to that

Posted  February 14, 2012  by  cehwiedel

Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new regulation that requires all employers to offer free “preventive reproductive services” as part of health insurance for their employees. The scare quotes decorate a phrase that’s a boring bland bureaucratic smokescreen hiding abortifacient birth control and sterilization. The immediate blowback to the [...]

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Cypress, 30-year instructors
Community

Long-time Cypress tennis instructor Nancy Jennings dies after brief illness

Posted  February 13, 2012  by  shelley

At the conclusion of the regular meeting of the Cypress City Council on Monday, Feb. 13, Cypress Mayor Doug Bailey announced that long-time Cypress tennis instructor Nancy Jennings died recently after a brief illness. Ms. Jennings was recognized at the Nov. 28, 2011, City Council meeting for thirty years of instructional service, along with Miss [...]

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Business
Los Alamitos Chamber,Cinnamon Stik, ribbon cutting

Ribbon-cutting at Cinnamon Stik Unique Gifts and Home Décor

The Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce recently held a ribbon-cutting at Cinnamon Stik Unique Gifts and Home Décor, owned by Deena Burch. The following article was written by me almost a year ago, when she first re-opened her sh...
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Papa J, House of Blues

Real Blues Festival Of Orange County founder Papa J at House of Blues in Anaheim

Hey Orange County! It’s a Real Blues Festival of Orange County “House Party” redux as festival founder/harpist-vocalist Papa J and Friends perform in concert at the House of Blues, 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. in An...
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Cypress Soroptimists, ladies night out 2011, Polynesian Warrior Dancer

Cypress Soroptimists plan ladies night out

The following information was released by the Cypress Soroptimist Club. Club members are arranging the final details for Cypress Soroptimist Ladies Night Out — ‘Arabian Nights.’ The 18th annual fundraiser will be held at ...
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Business
Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce, China trip

Los Alamitos Chamber sponsoring business and cultural trip to China

The following information was released by the Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce. The Los Alamitos Area Chamber of Commerce will again sponsor a business and cultural trip to China, this time at the end of October (Wednesday, Oct...
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Community
Los Alamitos police shoulder patch

Los Alamitos police blotter, February 10 to February 16

The items shown below are culled from the logs of the Los Alamitos police department. No inference of guilt is implied in showing any item. February 10, 2012 FOUND PROPERTY – 2:41 p.m. – 3900 block of Toland Cr. - Calle...
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Community
Cypress Police shoulder patch

Cypress police botter, February 9 to February 16

The items shown below are culled from the logs of the Cypress police department. No inference of guilt is implied in showing any item. February 9, 2012 SUSPICIOUS PERSON – 10:57 a.m. – 4100 block of Myra Ave. - Male sub...
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Community
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, logo

ESGR to hold employment workshop at Los Alamitos JFTB

The following information was released by California Employment Support of the Guard and Reserve. The workshop will be held on Friday, Feb. 24, MWR Billeting, 4522 Saratoga Ave., Building 19. Registration begins at 8 a.m. The w...
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Sports
USA Water Polo National Aquatic Center, WWRE, helicopter ride

U.S. women win Holiday Cup water polo tournament

According to USA Water Polo, the United States women’s water polo team took first place at the Holiday Cup water polo tournament played over the weekend at the USA Water Polo National Aquatic Center at Los Alamitos Joint Forc...
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Calendar
OCTA, WCC, East Segment Map

Nighttime full closures of the southbound I-405 Freeway scheduled for Tuesday night, Feb. 21

The following information was released by the Orange County Transportation Authority. The southbound I-405 freeway will be closed (between the I-605 freeway and Valley View Street) from midnight on Tuesday night, Feb. 21 until ...
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Crime
Rossmoor

RHA releases OC Sheriff 2012 fourth quarter crime summary

The following information was released by the Rossmoor Homeowners Association (RHA). At the RCSD’s monthly meeting held Tuesday, 2/14, Lt. Wren, of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, gave his quarterly report. ...
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Business
Robin Itzler, take 3

Marketing Maven: Value in a license

Many companies and/or professions need to be licensed in order to conduct business. For most, the license information must be included on their business card and on other material. Most licensed people or businesses must do som...
by Robin Itzler
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An OC Breeze poll

 

Former golf course property east of Cottonwood Church on Katella Ave. may be rezoned to allow development. What would you like to see on this property?

  • Another business park would give the City more space to use to lure large employers to town. (32%, 11 Votes)
  • Owners should be able to develop their property but I hate to lose the open space. (26%, 9 Votes)
  • Keep the open space! Keep the zoning unchanged! (24%, 8 Votes)
  • Retail commercial would strengthen the City’s tax base and revenue. (15%, 5 Votes)
  • Senior housing sounds okay. (12%, 4 Votes)

Total Voters: 34

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RSS Local Sports for LAUSD

 

  • BOYS SOCCER: Bacani’s OT goal lifts Los Al into CIF quarterfinals
    Giffins to face Millikan on Thursday While all around him were screaming, Los Al sophomore Evan Bacani calmly waited for his opportunity, then cut inside and found an opening from 18 yards out and sent a bullet into the upper left corner of the net to give the Griffin Boys soccer team a 1-0 win over Aliso Niguel in the second round of the CIF-Southern Sectio […]
  • 4-day weekend is 4-loss weekend for Griffins
    Griffin girls fall in soccer, water polo and basketball; Boys BB drops heartbreaker to Knight Friday was the start of a four-day weekend for Los Alamitos High students.  For the athletes it might have been less painful if they had to stay in school as four Griffin teams — girls soccer, water polo, and basketball and the boys basketball team — suffered losses […]