I cheerily admit to being fat and happy — I never lost all the weight gained during my third pregnancy, and despite hit-or-miss efforts ever since, the needle on my bathroom scale has never slumped towards my premarital weight of 120 pounds. Although unlikely to apply its findings in my personal life, I did read [...]

The following information was released by the City of Cypress. OC Animal Care recently transitioned to a new phone system. Due to the transition, some service numbers have changed. The main phone for OC Animal Care remained the same (714) 935-6848. The new phone numbers to call for: Barking Dog Complaints: 714-796-6460 Animal Bite Reports: [...]

On Saturday, March 17 — St. Patrick’s Day — on-and-off wind-driven rain turned grassy fields into bogs and forced the change-of-command ceremony for the 40th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) inside Hangar One at Los Alamitos Army Airfield at Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. The refurbished hangar provided a dramatic stage for Brigadier General Donald [...]

In the “Beginning Art for Adults I” class, students will be taught drawing fundamentals, including contour drawing, perspective, shading, proportion and still-life rendering. Mixed media will be used. No prerequisite. A $5 material fee payable to instructor at class. “Beginning Art for Adults II” will teach students more basic techniques such as principles of linear [...]

The Cypress Chamber of Commerce, in association with the Cypress College Political Science Club, will host a candidate forum on Wednesday, April 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Room 131 of the Humanities Building on the Cypress College Campus, 9200 Valley View Street in Cypress. On hand will be candidates running for the [...]