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Rossmooor-Los Alamitos Republican Women Federated, Sophie Happel, 50th Year

Rossmoor-Los Alamitos Republican Women Federated celebrate fifty years

Rossmoor-Los Alamitos Republican Women Federated (RLARWF), founded in 1961, celebrated fifty years on March 24 at Old Ranch Country Club. Prominent in the audience were local politicians and candidates for office in this yearâ€...
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Rancho Los Cerritos residence

Rancho Los Cerritos sponsors speaker series on notable women

The following information was released by Rancho Los Cerritos. Rancho Los Cerritos announces a series of lectures that begin in February and run through May; the lectures explore notable women in Western history. Meet some of C...
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St. Isidore Chapel

Los Alamitos Museum to dedicate St. Isidore Chapel as historical site

The following information was released by St. Isidore Historical Plaza. Everyone is aware that Los Alamitos desperately wants to save the St. Isidore Historical Plaza from being sold and to save it as a historical site. To furt...
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Wendy Grose, headshot

Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Republican Women kick up their heels

The Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Republican Women Federated are celebrating 50 years of service to the community this Saturday, March 24th at the Old Ranch Country Club. The keynote speakers at the luncheon are two of our greatest pre...
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History
Christopher Columbus

Remembering Christopher Columbus, sailor and rather poor mathematician

Contrary to popular belief, Christopher Columbus did not believe that the world was flat, nor did the scholars of the time. (That notion was popularized in the 1800s by Washington Irving, who is better known his short stories â...
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Community
Cypress, Gift of History Event, Rob Johnson, Chris Phan, Angels Stadium

Cypress Councilman Johnson participates in Gift of History event at Angels Stadium

The following information was released by the City of Cypress. On Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, over 15,000 excited Orange county third graders from 80 elementary schools from 25 school districts across the county, along with Cypress...
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Honorees at Woman's Club of Cypress reception for 100th anniversary of CA women's suffrage

Woman’s Club of Cypress honors five local women

In honor of the hundredth anniversary of women’s right to vote in California, the Woman’s Club of Cypress held a reception in honor of five women who have served Cypress. The five honorees were: Jackie Gomez-Whiteley, Chief...
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History
Nixon and Brezhnev en route to San Clemente, CA

President’s Day in Orange County: Nixon and Brezhnev

According to the Richard Nixon Foundation, American President Richard M. Nixon and Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev met and talked three times: May 1972, June 1973, and June/July 1974. According to a Washinton Post archive page...
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Business
Colonel John Fer

Los Alamitos Chamber networking breakfast to feature Colonel John Fer, former POW

The following information was released by the Los Alamitos Chamber of Commerce. Taking off as the pilot of a B-47 on the morning of Feb. 4, 1967, was going to be as routine for USC student Col. John Fer, as it had been for 54 o...
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History
JFTB, 40th Infantry Division, Tojo's Eagle

Tojo’s Eagle tamed by the 40th Infantry Division

Building 3 on Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base houses the headquarters of the 40th Infantry Division (40th ID) of the California National Guard. According to the California State Military Museum, that Division was first ...
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Community
Los Alamitos, St. Isidore Historical Plaza, dedication plaque

St. Isidore dedicated as oldest community building in Los Alamitos

Not long ago, the Los Alamitos Museum Association decided to put to use a dormant section of the City’s municipal code that allowed for dedication of historic sites. The Association’s own building, housing the museum, was a...
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USAF 911 memorial ceremony at Hickam Air Base

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam remembers 9/11

Col. Sam Barrett, Hawaii National Guard Deputy Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Joseph Kim and Gov. Neil Abercrombie watch as two honor guard members raise the flag during a 9/11 tribute ceremony Sept. 9, 2011, at Joint Base Pearl H...
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Community
Staff of Cypress Police Department assembled for 35th anniversary memorial to Sgt. Donald Sowma

Cypress Police note 35th anniversary of loss of Sgt. Donald Sowma

On November 19, 1976, Cypress Police Officers were dispatched to an alarm call at the Pomeroy Medical Clinic, located at 5651 Lincoln Avenue. Sergeant Donald Sowma was the shift supervisor that night, and responded to the call,...
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Army nurse remembers Pentagon 9/11 attack

Army nurse remembers Pentagon 9/11 attack

Maj. Jennifer Glidewell left the apple core from her son’s breakfast sitting on the kitchen counter because it was the last reminder of a time, less than 20 hours earlier, when the world was “normal.” “I...
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  • Groundbreaking ceremony for new all-weather track at Los Al
    A giant step in a process that began over 12 years ago was made yesterday afternoon when the Los Al School District held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new lighted all-weather track and synthetic turf athletic complex on the Los Al HS site. Despite some challenges posed by the existing baseball field and the student parking lot, the new facility, which wi […]
  • GIRLS SOCCER: Griffins down Marina in Sunset opener
    The Los Al Griffins girls soccer team ended their Holiday vacation with a 2-0 win over the Marina Vikings in the Sunset League opener for both teams. Senior midfielder Hannah Goldsmith and senior forward Rachel Price both scored first half goals for Los Al.  It was Goldsmith’s third goal of the season. The Griffins. who have been beset by injuries in the pas […]
  • BOYS WATER POLO: Jarrels leads Griffin in post-season honors
    Five Los Al Griffins boys water polo players earned post-season honors on the All-Sunset league team. The Griffin award winners were led by senior Chandler Jarrells who made the all-Orange County team,  all-CIF and all-Sunset League. Jarrels missed most of his junior season with a back injury but came back to score 111 goals and help Los Alamitos reach the C […]