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2024 Officer Commencement
Spring 2024 Commissioning Ceremony CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY — FULLERTON ARMY RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS (R.O.T.C.) Before I give you, “just the facts,” I wanted to let you know that I had the special honor and privilege to witness the commissioning of my nephew(in-law), Austin Holloway as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. My […]
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STORY: School Board Confronted By Parents, Concerned Citizens
A planned agenda item regarding a Planned Parenthood clinic on the campus of John Glenn High School was postponed by the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District School Board on Monday, July 18 due to overwhelming public outcry. The proposal would have put the clinic on the property of, and in easy access to hundreds of […]
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NSSA Regional Championship Practice And More
On Tuesday I had planned to visit the northern beaches to see the waves and hopefully photograph some of the surfers there. But when I looked at Surfline, the waves were somewhere around 1-3 feet, which is pretty flat. But then I saw that The Wedge was consistently 8-10 feet! I had to see what […]
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Echoes Of Recall In Whittier
by Steve Marquez “I want Police reform, and I believe that people should have a second chance, but not for those who show no remorse.” Maricela Lopez, an area resident said during a Recall George Gascón event in front of City Hall in Whittier, California. Lopez and her husband, Ernie, were there to sign the […]
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Victims of Violent Crime Hold Rally To Recall Los Angeles District Attorney
Click here for a gallery of more images from this event. In the early evening of February 27, a group of people brought together by the horrific interconnection of a family member who has been the victim of violent crime. Through tears of sorrow and anger, one family member after another told the story of […]
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Springing Into Action
The first thing I noticed about Spring Street in Los Angeles was not the beautiful Beaux-Arts buildings, nor the signs and lights; not the traffic. It was the difficulty in parking. Like most big-cities, parking is atrocious. EVERY space on the street with a meter was taken.