Mark your calendars and make sure to attend the next event of the City of Cypress’ Assist, Grow, Educate, Network & Thrive (AGENT) Program for Cypress small to mid-size businesses on Thursday, September 22, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cypress Community Center, 5700 Orange Avenue. The guest speaker of this event will [...]

In an editorial published yesterday in the Washington Examiner, Mark Tapscott riffs on an article by Michael Medved at The Daily Beast about the effect of migration from blue states to red states on next year’s election. Tapscott also refers readers to a series of articles by Mark Hemingway that compares California to Texas: Texas [...]

UPDATE: According to published reports, Crittenton was arrested at John Wayne Airport on Monday night. He subsequently waived his right to an extradition hearing and will return to Atlanta, Georgia, where he is wanted in regards to a fatal drive-by shooting. Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Brian D. Lamkin, in conjunction with Assistant Director in [...]

The Seal Beach Police Department Police Explorers competed in the Orange County Law Enforcement Explorer Advisor’s Association (OCLEEAA) – Explorer Competition this past weekend. The Seal Beach Police Explorers competed with Explorers and Explorer Post’s from law enforcement agencies across Orange County during the two-day event. The competition took place at the Orange County Sheriff’s [...]

BAN issuance keeps LAUSD construction projects on time and on budget Los Alamitos Unified School District took advantage of historic low interest rates to complete the sale of $18.7 million in Bond Anticipation Notes (BAN) this week. Pre-marketing the notes allowed LAUSD to actually lower the interest rate in the second sales period for a [...]

The items shown below are pulled from the logs of the Cypress Police Department. No inference of guilt is implied in showing any item. August 19, 2011 DISTURBANCE – 3:17 p.m. – Marcella Circle – Cab driver in an altercation with approximately five subjects. Taxi driver is being disruptive, yelling and stating caller is making [...]

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. August 19, 2011 COUNSELING – 6:39 p.m. – Green Ave. – Caller states his caregiver took his credit card and house keys. Caregiver tried to use the card for an [...]

This article by Cypress College Public Information Officer Marc S. Posner was originally published in @Cypress online, the college’s online newspaper. On Sunday, the San Diego Padres retired the #51 jersey of Cypress College alumnus Trevor Hoffman. Hoffman, the all-time saves leader in Major League Baseball history is one of 16 — and certainly the [...]

Every year in August, a handful of Chambers of Commerce in northwest Orange County organize a joint “legislative networking mixer.” Politicians from all levels of government are invited. This year’s mixer was hosted by Orco Block Company, a family-run masonry business based in Stanton. The Stanton Chamber of Commerce took the lead in organizing the [...]

As another school year begins this Wednesday, August 31, the police department is again educating our residents and school families regarding the importance of school and traffic safety. Please pay specific attention to these common areas for concern, safety and enforcement. Please remember if the crossing guard “STOP” sign is up and the crossing guard [...]

During their August 22 meeting, the Cypress City Council recognized Cypress Church for the extensive volunteer efforts by its members in the community. Mayor Mills highlighted the volunteer services provided at the Senior Center, Spring Egg Hunt, the 4th of July event at the Joint Forces Training Base, and the Cypress Community Festival. Cypress Church [...]

Earlier this year, we dug out all our roses bushes in order to make it easier to rehabilitate the planting bed. Except for the root balls of those rose bushes, the bed was made up of a thin top layer of “good” dirt covering adobe hardpan on top of bedrock. Back when Cypress was called [...]