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Christmas, lights, home, decoration

Decorate your home in the holiday spirit for 2012 Los Al Holiday Decorating Contest

The following information was released by Los Alamitos Recreation and Community Services. The City of Los Alamitos Recreation and Community Services Department would like to invite all City of Los Alamitos residents to particip...
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Home & Garden
Pups and Pals, Zeus, French Mastiff, Dogue de Bordeuax

Ready to go home: Zeus, a French Mastiff

This is the first in a new monthly series of articles showcasing adoptable pets available through Pups and Pals, a local pet rescue and adoption organization. Zeus is a purebred six-year-old Dogue de Bordeaux (French Mastiff). ...
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Home & Garden
Pups and Pals, Miniature Pinscher, Doberman Pinscher, Zelda

Ready to go home: Zelda, a Miniature Pinscher

This article is part of monthly series showcasing adoptable pets available through Pups and Pals, a local pet rescue and adoption organization. Zelda is a female black/tan purebred min pin (Miniature Pinscher). She is an elegan...
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Home & Garden
Backyard tomatoes, freshly picked

Backyard produce report: tomatoes

So far, the summer in northwest Orange County has been mild. A single span of really hot days embedded in swathes of milder days. Cool nights drive tomoato-lovers crazy because tomatoes need the temperature to stay above 50° F...
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Home & Garden
pansy

Prepare for Spring gardens in January

With the average January rainfall in Southern California at about three inches, gardeners have opportunities this month to spend time outdoors preparing their yards for the spring growing season, say experts at Agromin, a manuf...
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Home & Garden
Indigo Rose tomato

Indigo Rose tomatoes are blue, and mine aren’t ripe yet

About six weeks ago, we planted young tomato vines purchased from Fullerton College. One of the vines is Sprite grape tomotoes, indeterminate in growth pattern. It is rapidly taking over its corner of the flowerbed, with skilli...
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Community
Coyote, courtesy photo from Bureau of Land Management

RPMT passes along a Thanksgiving Eve coyote sighting

The following eyewitness report by a Rossmoor resident was passed along to us from the Rossmoor Predator Management Team. I just spotted an adult coyote on the 3300 block of Quail Run. It was running westbound on Quail Run and ...
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Calendar
Roses abloom.

May means Rossmoor Woman’s Club Garden Tour

The Home and Garden Section of the Rossmoor Woman’s Club will present its ninth annual Garden Tour on Sunday, May 20, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $10 per ticket. The Garden Tour is a self-guided excursion into seve...
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Pets
FDA logo

FDA issues warning about chicken jerky dog treats

Dog owners who like to treat their pets to chicken jerky should think twice. The treat could lead to serious and perhaps life-threatening illness. No urban legend & Snopes.com confirms that a problem has existed since at le...
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Community
Serval at Aukland Zoo

[Updated] Pet Tails: Born Free in Los Alamitos

Robin Itzler usually writes The Marketing Maven for our online news, and Pet Tails for our monthly print edition. However, the recent adventures of three exotic Serval cats in Los Alamitos inspired this article for oc-breeze.co...
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Community
Rossmoor, dog attack, Bichon Terrier mix Riley, owner Ron Singer

Small dogs attacked by unleashed larger dog

The following report was submitted by the Rossmoor Predator Management Team. On Friday evening at approximately 5:00 p.m. two team members were walking their small Bichon Terrier mix dogs on Yellowtail (between cross streets: S...
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Home & Garden
Pups and Pals, DJ, poodle, pet adoption

Ready to go home: DJ, a miniature Poodle

This article is part of monthly series showcasing adoptable pets available through Pups and Pals, a local pet rescue and adoption organization. DJ is a male three-year-old apricot-colored miniature Poodle. He weighs twelve poun...
by Valerie Burstein
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Business
Orange County Breeze, cover art, September 2012

The September Fall Home and Garden print edition of Orange County Breeze is here!

Our September print issue is at the printer right now! We want to take this opportunity to welcome Seal Beach into our coverage and delivery area. Send your news releases, photos and business briefs to editor@oc-breeze.com. Wat...
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Home & Garden
Mexican sage (salvia)

Get out and garden in May

The following gardening tips were provided by Agromin. You don’t have to have a green thumb to be a successful gardener. Plant just about any type of vegetable or flower in May for great results by summer say experts at A...
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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 […]