The inaugural print edition of Orange County Breeze will be delivered free to 30,000 homes and businesses in the last week of May. You can supercharge the launch of our print edition! Watch our promo video at Kickstarter! Kickstarter is a new way to fund crazy creative ideas — like launching a print edition of [...]

According to Casa Youth Shelter staff members and volunteers, close to a hundred people squeezed into the outdoor recreation area at the front of the facility to watch while Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar sang Casa’s praises and presented an official commendation from the City. Before and after the official recognition, all those attending had [...]

Along the northern edge of Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base (JFTB) is a restricted area that few civilians see, even though it’s within a foul ball’s reach of the youth baseball fields on the far side of high chain link fences. Long-derelict base housing is used as a training ground for urban warfare, leased [...]

This article was originally published in @Cypress online (PDF), the college’s online newspaper. Cypress College hosted its annual Classified Appreciation Luncheon today (April 27), in the Theater Lobby. The 2012 Classified Employee of the Year was awarded to Donna Landis. President Dr. Michael Kasler said the annual event “enables the college to extend a heartfelt [...]

How many email messages do you send out on a daily basis? If you’re like most people, you send out dozens of messages to business associates, customers, potential customers, vendors, retailers … the list is endless. Do ALL your email messages have a signature? Talk about low-cost marketing! An email signature is what is automatically [...]

The following information was released by the Los Alamitos – Seal Beach Rotary Club. Los Alamitos High School (LAHS) senior Lance Oldenberg is the local Rotary club’s April Student of the Month. The Los Alamitos – Seal Beach Rotary Club honored Oldenberg at their April 18 meeting, when Engineering Instructor Martin Valenzuela spoke of Oldenberg’s [...]

The following information was released by Rossmoor Homeowners Association. The RHA Neighborhood Watch Committee is sending you this alert about what may be a car-buying scam. Back in the fall of 2011 there were several occurrences of someone leaving handwritten notes on parked cars. The man would leave notes, seemingly at random, on many parked [...]

The following information was released by the office of Senator Tom Harman. Sacramento – Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) announced he has introduced two resolutions, Senate Joint Resolution 24 and Senate Joint Resolution 25 urging Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Congress to preserve two military bases located in Orange County. The Naval Weapons Station, [...]

The following information was released by the Department of Defense. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Moises J. Gonzalez, 29, Huntington, Calif., died April 25, in Balkh province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when his vehicle rolled over. Gonzalez was assigned to the 509th [...]

The following information was released by the City of Los Alamitos. Being organized is much more than pretty containers… it’s about implementing solutions that can help control clutter on a daily basis. If getting organized has been on your list of things-to-do, the City of Los Alamitos Recreation and Community Services Department has just the [...]

Elva Veliz crossed the county line to turn in her outdated and unwanted prescription drugs. “I wish they did this in Cerritos!” she said to Cypress Police Detective Kyle Mori. Elva Veliz and her boyfriend parked and walked over to place her items in the open cardboard box. Once filled, the box would be sealed. [...]

This article was originally published in @Cypress online (PDF), the college’s online newspaper. Cypress College alumna Staff Sergeant Tanya M. Barrientes, of the 172 Infantry Brigade, was presented with the Bronze Star Medal on Monday, April 23, 2012, in a ceremony in Afghanistan, where she currently is stationed. Barrientes, who completed Cypress College’s Mortuary Science [...]