At the regular meeting of the Los Alamitos City Council on Monday, June 17, Mayor Pro-Tem Gerri Graham-Mejia pulled Item 8D from the consent calendar to allow discussion. The consent calendar, by design, contains routine items that are grouped together to be handled with a single vote. The Los Alamitos City Council rarely lets a [...]

St. Irenaeus Parish’s annual Fiesta will open on Friday, June 21, at noon and continue through the day and evening until midnight. The Fiesta will continue on Saturday and Sunday, closing with a much anticipated drawing for a grand prize of $10,000! The Fiesta includes rides for all ages, game booths, live entertainment and a [...]

These were the most read stories at Orange County Breeze over the last week (excluding weather forecasts): Teen driver convicted for killing Steven and Douglas Uselton sentenced Los Alamitos woman victimized by home-invasion robbery Police seek help in identifying La Palma home-invasion suspects Letter from Prologis regarding 33-acre project Los Alamitos Police Department seeks public’s [...]

This morning’s “Meet the Editor” was a pleasant and low-key chat seated on the patio at Crema Cafe in Old Town Seal Beach. I went all the way to the beach to munch on a bowl of fresh fruit and yogurt while discussing land use issues in Cypress! Pro Measure A mailers One of the [...]

Want to bend my ear? I will be at Crema Cafe this Thursday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., wearing my Official Orange County Breeze billed cap, with a map of our coverage area displayed on the table. Come tell me what you see as important issues in your neighborhood! I understand from [...]

In just my small tract of homes north of Sorrento in Cypress, almost ten houses have come on the market since the beginning of the year — and all have sold pretty darned quick. Even the one on the corner, at the entrance to the tract. Two new housing developments — one in Cypress, the [...]

These were the most read stories at Orange County Breeze over the last week (excluding weather forecasts): Retired Los Angeles Police Department lieutenant chosen as ESGR national chair Teen driver convicted for killing Steven and Douglas Uselton sentenced Huntington Beach man found guilty in nationwide foreclosure-rescue scam Anaheim couple charged with neglect and endangerment of [...]

On Monday, June 3, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released its Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for all of 2012. Date are voluntarily submitted by local law enforcement agencies. The tables released with the report include one listing numbers for cities with a population greater than 100,000. The largest city in our coverage area [...]

Fabulous things happen daily at the Cypress Boys & Girls Club. But last week, an extraordinary fabulous thing happened. “Beyond a dream come true,” is how staffmember Shaunna Gamboa described it. This year, the Boys & Girls Club nationwide in partnership with the University of Phoenix, invited staff members, parents and Club graduates to compete [...]

Shane Flaherty lives in Los Alamitos and graduated last December with a degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. He loves sports — soccer, football, basketball, fishing, running. And bike-riding. Shane also loves building stuff. He learned from his Dad, and while attending Purdue he learned from Habitat for Humanity. Now he wants to join [...]

These were the most read stories at Orange County Breeze over the last week (excluding weather forecasts): Former LAUSD assistant principal hired by Manhattan Beach USD Camp Pendleton to host world-famous Mud Run Marketing Maven: Fly the friendly marketing skies Huntington Beach man found guilty in nationwide foreclosure-rescue scam Boeing contract work to be done [...]

Runners eager to line up dates for next year should circle Feb. 22, 2014, on their calendar, then visit RaceontheBase.com for the earliest details — including how to get early bird pricing by registering before Sept. 30. The 33rd Southland Credit Union Los Alamitos Race on the Base will include: 5k/10k run 5k walk 10k [...]