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07/11/2025

No bid. No oversight. Half a million taxpayer dollars.
Our latest exposé dives deep into how the Central Basin Board expanded a $25K consultant contract to $501K—with no public bidding.
📰 https://www.loscerritosnews.net/2025/07/11/central-basin-doubled-consultant-contract-to-500k-while-skirting-bid-process/
🗣 Sound familiar? It should.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Central Basin Board quietly turned a $25K no-bid consultant contract into $500K+—raising echoes of the Calderon era. Read the full LCCN investigation.

07/11/2025

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07/11/2025

INVESTIGATION: Central Basin's board just quietly turned a $25K consultant deal into a $500K+ contract.
Here's how it happened—and why it should concern every ratepayer in Southeast LA County. 🧵

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Central Basin Board quietly turned a $25K no-bid consultant contract into $500K+—raising echoes of the Calderon era. Read the full LCCN investigation.

07/10/2025

July 10, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday praised a company that makes $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees. He even thanked Mom’s Meals for sending taxpayer-funded meals “without additives” to the homes of sick or elderly Americans. The spreads include chicken bacon ranch pasta for dinner and French toast sticks with fruit or ham patties....

July 10, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday praised a company that makes $7-a-pop meals that are delivered directly to the homes of Medicaid and Medicare e…

07/09/2025

July 9, 2025 By Loren Kopff • on X Several travel softball players from the area have returned from the Rocky Mountain state where they participated in a combination of tournaments asso…

07/08/2025

Catastrophic injuries change lives in ways that are often permanent. These injuries can badly hurt the brain, spine, or limbs. They can make walking, talking, or caring for yourself hard. Daily routines that were once easy may become difficult or impossible. Relationships can suffer when one person suddenly requires constant care or support. Many families feel stressed and worried as they learn to live with these significant changes....

Catastrophic injuries change lives in ways that are often permanent. These injuries can badly hurt the brain, spine, or limbs. They can make walking, talking, or caring for yourself hard. Daily rou…

07/08/2025

As summer has arrived in Southern California, many families with children are left without the daily support of school cafeterias. To help bridge this nutritional gap, Kaiser Permanente Southern California is spreading the word that the Summer EBT program — also known as SUN Bucks —is now available to eligible families. This initiative provides $120 per eligible school-aged child to help families buy groceries during the summer months....

As summer has arrived in Southern California, many families with children are left without the daily support of school cafeterias. To help bridge this nutritional gap, Kaiser Permanente Southern Ca…

07/08/2025

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07/08/2025

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Photo courtesy Newsweek July 8, 2025 By Brian Hews What happened at MacArthur Park yesterday should send a chill down the spine of every American who still gives a damn about democracy. It wasn’t a…

07/07/2025

By Loren Kopff • on X This is the fifth part in a series of area schools involved in the upcoming Foothill Area releaguing that will begin for the 2026-2027 school year. The 20 schools involved in what will be a new conference are from the current 605 League, Del Rio League, Gateway League and Mid-Cities League. This is the third time since the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year that area schools have been involved in releaguing....

By Loren Kopff • on X This is the fifth part in a series of area schools involved in the upcoming Foothill Area releaguing that will begin for the 2026-2027 school year. The 20 schools …

07/07/2025

July 7, 2025 By Brian Hews, Publisher, Los Cerritos Community News While most Americans were looking skyward this weekend, Big Bear’s most famous residents—Jackie and Shadow, a beloved pair of bald eagles—were fleeing their nest in terror. Why? Because someone in Big Bear thought launching a massive fireworks show next to an active raptor habitat was a good idea. That’s right....

July 7, 2025 By Brian Hews, Publisher, Los Cerritos Community News While most Americans were looking skyward this weekend, Big Bear’s most famous residents—Jackie and Shadow, a beloved pair of bald…