The following is a message from Los Alamitos Unified School District Superintendent Sherry Kropp: We are honored to announce that the Los Alamitos Educational Foundation (LAEF) has met its goal of raising over $100,000 for the Class Size Reduction Campaign. The generous donations support lowering class sizes at each school by providing small group instruction [...]

The staff of Fiddler’s Green is getting ready for some football! The Fiddler’s Green at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base is having the Super Bowl right here — and you’re invited to join in on the fun! Enjoy the game, atmosphere, fun bartenders, service and delicious food! See the Fiddler’s Green Super Bowl 2012 [...]

Shameless self-promotion in the service of strengthening community while building business wins for everybody. If you own or manage a local business, effective promotional marketing of one kind or another keeps you in business. If you run or belong to a non-profit, a high profile in the community keeps people donating and volunteering. As a [...]

Today, Assemblyman Jim Silva, R-Huntington Beach, reacted to Governor Jerry Brown’s annual State of the State address. “I think the Governor missed an opportunity to show Californians how he plans to encourage job creation,” said Silva. “Instead, what we heard was that he is 100 percent reliant on a massive tax increase to balance the [...]

This weekly shopping list was created by the American Red Cross. It helps people develop an emergency kit in 21 weeks, even when the household budget is tight. All that needs to be done is to follow the shopping list. The following is what to do in the eighteenth week as you continue to build [...]

On Friday, Jan. 13, Art Garcia of Maderas and his staff pulled together tables for a large weekday lunch party. As members of the party arrived, Art may have wondered what brought together high-level folks from the City of Los Alamitos, the Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce, Long Beach Veteran’s Administration Hospital, the Los Angeles [...]

GAP stores throughout Orange County and Los Angeles are supporting the Boys & Girls Clubs of America by providing a 25% discount to every shopper who makes a $5 donation at a GAP store from Friday, Jan. 20, through Sunday, Jan. 22. Donations received in Orange County will help support the Youth of Year Character [...]