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Cypress Police Department robbery suspects
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One suspect in attempted murder arrested, one suspect still at large

Posted September 30, 2011 by courtesy

On September 30, at approximately 4:38 a.m., a male subject called Cypress Police from a telephone in front of the police station, at 5275 Orange Avenue, to report that he was the victim of a robbery and had been stabbed. Officers located the subject at the front of the Cypress Police Station with obvious injuries [...]

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Rossmoor resident Rudy Sedano
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Rossmoor hero recruited to be Dallas firefighter

Posted September 30, 2011 by courtesy

This article was submitted by David Lara of the Rossmoor Predator Management Team. It was with happiness along with sadness that this writer learned that Marine Corps Sergeant Rudy Sedano has been accepted by Dallas Texas Fire Department as a firefighter. Sergeant Rudy Sedano has served in the Marine Corps for 8 years of active [...]

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Vintage warbirds need your help to attend Wings, Wheels, Rotors and Expo

Posted September 30, 2011 by shelley

The organizers of this month’s Wings, Wheels, Rotors and Expo have reached out to private owners of vintage warbirds like the Lockheed P-38 Lightning in the featured photo, asking them to bring their vintage aircraft to Los Alamitos for the show on October 23. These proud-as-peacock owners have agreed to participate — if they get [...]

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Los Alamitos Community Center
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Frisbee fun for you and your dog

Posted September 30, 2011 by courtesy

Here’s your chance to spend a few hours learning the fun sport of Dog-Frisbee Toss ‘n Fetch from an avid Dog-Disc competitor, David Procida. This one-day workshop for ages 9yrs. and older will include instruction on proper Frisbee throwing techniques, how to get your dog motivated to catch a disc and bring it back to [...]

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Lily-of-the-Nile (Agapanthus)
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Agapanthus gives color to drought tolerant gardens

Posted September 30, 2011 by Bonnie Wiedel

Agapanthus orientalis, sometimes called the Lily of the Nile but is usually simply known as Agapanthus, is a great addition to drought tolerant gardens. This plant can grow between two and six feet tall and one to two feet across. The flowers can range from white to dark blue to lavender or purple, depending on [...]

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California Congressional District 47, FEC Form 1, Statement of Organization, Troy Edgar for Congress
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Troy Edgar has formed a committee to run for Congress

Posted September 30, 2011 by shelley

Troy Edgar,currently mayor pro tem of the City of Los Alamitos, has filed a Statement of Organization with the Federal Election Commission (pdf) to run for Congress in California’s new district 47 that spans from the Port of Long Beach to Garden Grove. Congressional District 47 (like Congressional District 40 in the north of Orange [...]

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New Dollar Tree store in southwest Buena Park
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Dollar Tree coming to southwest Buena Park

Posted September 30, 2011 by shelley

The large retail space that has sat empty next to Big Lots in the shopping center on the northwest corner of Valley View Street and Lincoln Avenue has found a new tenant: Dollar Tree. Tenant improvements have been underway for several weeks, beginning with scraping the floor down to the cement. A banner draped across [...]

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Moody Street median under construction in Cypress
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Moody Street reduced to a single lane both directions

Posted September 30, 2011 by shelley

Drivers struggling to get from one point to another within the boundaries of the City of Cypress can only look forward to the completion of road construction on Moody Street, a major north-south avenue that has seen restricted traffic flow for months for one reason or another. The current project restricting the street to a [...]

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Seal Beach city seal
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Armed robbery in parking lot of Sprouts at The Shops at Rossmoor

Posted September 29, 2011 by courtesy

This report is from the Seal Beach Police Department. At approximately 2:30 p.m. today, the Seal Beach Police Department was notified of a robbery which had just occurred. The caller reported she had just been robbed at gunpoint by a male assailant. She reported that she was approached in the parking lot of the Sprouts [...]

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Robbery at Sprouts parking lot

Posted September 29, 2011 by courtesy

This is forwarded to OC Breeze by the Rossmoor Predator Management Team. Thursday, September 29, at approximately 2:30 p.m. in the Sprouts parking lot, a Rossmoor resident was robbed at gun point. The female resident was placing her child in a car seat when a male Hispanic in his 20s wearing a white T-shirt, jeans [...]

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WWRE raffle prize, a small radio-controlled helicopter
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Editorial

Room with a view: How’m I doin’?

Posted September 29, 2011 by shelley

Ed Koch, Hizzonner the Mayor of New York City, was known for asking his constituents for their opinion of his job performance — “Hey! How’m I doin’?” His constituents were not shy about telling him exactly what they thought. We hope that readers of OC Breeze will be as forthright and forceful in telling us [...]

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Free flu shots to be available in October

Posted September 29, 2011 by courtesy

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Placentia will host a one-day free flu-shot clinic on Friday, October 21, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The vaccine includes H1N1, so you won’t need a separate shot for that strain of influenza. Free flu shots will be given to adults and children (at [...]

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