Anyone trying to either drive along Moody Street or cross Moody Street between Cerritos Ave. and Lincoln Ave. this week knows that the project to install a new median is not yet finished. The north-south street has been reduced to a single lane for most of that distance for months due to chained construction projects [...]

First and foremost is what exactly is a rain garden? A rain garden is quite simply a shallow depression filled with deep-rooted native plants and grasses that is placed near a water runoff source such as a downspout or a driveway. This placement enables these plants to capture rainwater before it reaches the storm drains. [...]

Cypress Council Parent-Teacher Association will again sponsor Sharing Is Caring, its annual distribution of free clothing. The event will take place on Saturday, Jan. 28, in the Donald A. Kouzes Building of the Cypress School District Offices, 9470 Moody St. in Cypress, from 9 a.m. to noon. Cypress Kiwanis will be on hand to provide [...]

At a press conference on Thuraday, Jan. 26, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that he will ask Congress to restart the Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC). The last BRAC saw the closure of The Marine Air Station in Tustin in 1999. Neither Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA40) nor Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA46) have not [...]

The following information was released by the office of Assemblyman Jim Silva. Yesterday in Sacramento, Assemblymember Jim Silva (R-Huntington Beach) introduced legislation that would ease some of the tax burden of owning or buying property. Assembly Bill 1552 codifies Mello-Roos fees as tax deductible. Since 1982, Mello-Roos fees have been used by some neighborhood communities [...]

The following information was released by the Cypress School District. The Landell Leopards recently competed against seven other Orange County student teams at the 2011 California Student Technology Showcase, part of the Orange County Computer-Using Educators Conference. Before being invited to the showcase, the students were interviewed and videotaped to make sure their project met [...]

In what has become a Super Bowl Sunday tradition for many locals, the annual Rossmoor/City of Hope Community Blood Drive will once again take place before the big game on Sunday, February 5, 2012. The 13th annual event is being organized by Rossmoor resident Michael Rorman, and honors the memory of his wife Elizabeth Rorman [...]