The following announcement was received from Memory Lane Scrapbooking, 10690 Los Alamitos Blvd., Los Alamitos. It is with no small amount of soul searching that I announce the closing of our store as I concentrate on my home and family life. After just one year, Memory Lane Scrapbooking, a family owned business, operated with lots [...]

Thanks go to Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach for forwarding a copy of the case study considering the budgetary outcome of a northwest Orange County super city. I read through the report that considers whether smushing Los Alamitos, Rossmoor and Seal Beach together into a super city from the point of view of an interested [...]

As many, many, many other people already know: the McDonald’s restaurant on Katella Avenue just east of Los Alamitos Boulevard is now open again. When we sent our unpaid office intern down to verify that the re-opening, she reported lines inside and outside. She also brought back fries. Featured photo A medium-sized order of french [...]

Los Alamitos Unified School District is one of fewer than 400 public school districts in the nation being honored by the College Board with a place on the 2nd Annual AP® Honor Roll, for simultaneously increasing access to Advanced Placement coursework while maintaining or increasing the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher [...]

What kid wants summer to end? Certainly Alex Rogers wanted summer camp to go on forever. Alex started fourth grade at McGaugh Elementary School looking over his shoulder at the fun he’d had at musical theater camp sponsored by Southeast Civic Light Opera. Although he had never met the other kids before, by the time [...]

Forest Lawn® will again hold their annual candle lighting memorial services this holiday season.  The fourteen services will be held between November 29th and December 15th at the Forest Lawn locations in Long Beach and Cypress.  There will be a service in English and a separate service in Spanish at each location. Each of the [...]

Asian tiger mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus, have bitten their way into becoming the vector of the month for October. These mosquitoes, which are originally from Asia, are only 1/4 inches long with white and black coloring, which is why they are known as “tiger” mosquitoes. It should be noted that these mosquitoes feed during the day, [...]

Saturday, November 19th from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall The St. Irenaeus Home & School Association, in conjunction with many caring organizations, will sponsor a special fundraising night to benefit St. Irenaeus Parish School second grader, Charley Daugherty. Charley is currently undergoing chemotherapy and will soon be admitted to City of Hope [...]