A man was convicted today for setting fires inside his Stanton home and killing his dog, Dexter, by poisoning him and slitting his throat. Jaime Arturo Garcia, 31, Stanton, pleaded guilty to the court to one felony count of arson of an inhabited property, one felony count of animal cruelty, and one misdemeanor count of [...]

The following information was released by the Orange County Transportation Authority. After nearly 12 months of construction, crews will reopen the northbound I-405 / westbound SR-22 / 7th Street connector, also known as the 7th Street bridge, the morning of Saturday, April 28. The bridge reconstruction was necessary to accommodate new carpool lanes on the [...]

The following information was released by the Cypress Community Festival. “Sponsors” and “sponsorships” are two important words to the Cypress Community Festival. Each year, the Festival Association invites businesses, business leaders and civic groups to become sponsors of the largest single-day festival in Orange County. Sponsorships undergird annual preparations for the city-wide Cypress Community Festival. [...]

The following information was released through Los Alamitos Unified School District. Emphasis added. The Nation’s top twenty-two show choir’s competed for the title of National Champion in Chicago’s famed Arie Crown Theater this past weekend. Representing thirteen states from across America. “These outstanding show choir national finalists performed their hearts out.” said Joel Biggs president [...]

The following information was released by the City of Cypress. The City of Cypress’ Assist Grow Educate Network and Thrive (AGENT) and Sole Proprietorships Identify Realize Invest and Transform (SPIRIT) Programs, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, held an informative workshop on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at the Cypress Community Center for Cypress [...]

Beach Cities Candies is a local candy maker — based in Lakewood — that uses all natural ingredients. They’re looking for funding, and using Kickstarter to get two new flavors up and yumming. Kickstarter allows ordinary folks with creative ideas to find funding from other ordinary folks. If you become a Kickstarter project backer, you [...]

Fiddler on the Roof is an old reliable of the musical theater world — since its first run in 1964, it seems everyone’s seen it at least once, or watched the movie, or can recognize some of its extremely catchy numbers. But seeing it performed today brought unexpected nuance to the familiar story, in light of [...]

Westside and Bay Area wild lifestyles and hijinx may capture tabloid headlines in print and online, but it turns out that California households aren’t as wild as those headlines portray. According to a recent report analyzing 2010 Census data (pdf), the number of households in California grew from 11.5 million to 12.5 million from 2000 [...]