Hmg-Cn Exclusive: Andrew Sarega Failed $5,000 to L.A
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COUNTY SHERIFF'S TEAM SCHEME TO FIRE PICO TO ATTEND IMPORTANT RIVERA CITY MANAGER COURT HEARING RENE BOBADILLA DRIVEN Staff Report BY LUST AND GREED La Mirada Councilman Andrew Sare- By Brian Hews ga has once again showed that he has no intention of arguing a questionable law- Last week, Hews Media Group-Com- suit filed against his own hometown City munity News was first to report that Pico newspaper, and that his Rivera City Manager Rene Bobadilla, only goal is to force La who had his contract extended less than Mirada Lamplighter a year ago on a 3-2 vote, would be forced Publisher Brian Hews to resign by three city councilmembers to spend money while that include disgraced El Rancho Unified needlessly clogging up teacher Gregory Salcido. the county’s crowded According to the sources, a lunch court system. meeting was held two weeks ago at Pico The latest evidence Rivera’s Dal Rae restaurant attended by made this even more Bobadilla, Assistant City Manager Ben LA MIRADA clear as Sarega did not Cardenas, Mayor Gustavo Camacho, Ar- COUNCILMAN attend a recent court The Irving Moskowitz Foundation donated $5,000 to the Sheriff's running team that will be ANDREW SAREGA menta and two “potential city vendors.” date, missing a hear- competing in the annual Baker to Vegas marathon. Foundation Consultant Sal Flores (far left) and During the meeting, Armenta report- See SAREGA page 11 Captain Jim McDonnell (center) are with the woman's running team at Sheriff's HQ. edly ordered Bobadilla to terminate the city’s contract with LEBA Inc., the long- time operators of the Pico Rivera Sports CERRITOS COLLEGE TO LAKEWOOD HS PARTICIPATES IN #ENOUGH Arena (Arena). Bobadilla evidently objected to the HOST FORUM ABOUT NORM termination because LEBA was not in vi- WALKOUT IN MEMORY OF SCHOOL SHOOTING olation of their contract, a 20-year agree- ment that expires in 2034. REEVES STORAGE LOT Armenta angrily stood up from the meeting and said, “if that is the way you Staff Report want it, then we will do something else.” The two vendors left with Armenta. Cerritos College will host its second Days later an emergency meeting was community forum to update residents on called to announce Bobadilla’s formal its efforts to change the Cerritos College termination with Armenta indicating that lot located at 166th Street and Studebaker Councilmen Bret Tecero and Salcido, Road. along with Armenta, would vote to ter- On September 18, the Cerritos City minate. Council approved the College's Temporary The statement that “the three were Use Permit (TUP) which authorizes the ready to terminate Bobadilla” was a bla- College to convert the property on 166th tant Brown Act violation that should get Street and Studebaker Road into an auto- the attention of Los Angeles County Dis- mobile storage facility. trict Attorney’s Public Integrity Division. The College Board passed a resolution The initial HMG-CN article caused Lakewood HS students with their poster during the #ENOUGH event at the school. The event was on September 6 to address issues raised by such an outrage in the City that it forced organized in memory of the Parkland, FL. school shooting and others that occurred in the U.S. Their residents and the City, including dust and the three Councilman to back off on the poster had twelve schools where mass shootings took place. Photo by Tammye McDuff. light mitigation, hours of operation, load- resignation and “wait” until the next ing of vehicles, security, and landscaping. Council meeting occurring tomorrow, The College continues to work closely By Tammye McDuff As the words of John Lennon’s song March 13. Now an HMG-CN investigation has with the City of Cerritos. ‘Imagine’ rang out across the Lakewood uncovered new information into the cir- The meeting will occur Monday, March On Wednesday, March 14th, stu- High School football field, hundreds cumstances surrounding the attempted 26, 2018, 5 p.m. The event will take place dents all over the United States left of Lakewood High School students, forced resignation, and what was discov- at the Cerritos College Science Building their classrooms for a National School signs in hand, joined with kids across ered will send shockwaves throughout S-201 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA Walkout to protest gun violence. the nation in protest and memory of w 90650. See LAKEWOOD page 6 See PICO RIVERA page 6 “Where the old fashioned neighborhood pharmacy meets the high tech pharmacy of tomorrow.” Pay Your Utilities Here! 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Broker - Advisor The ALA is responsible for some of the most patriotic veterans advocacy in Phone: 562-533-5600 the area. Tamara Bell, Public Relations www.CenturionMF.com Chairman, stated “Last year our Auxil- CA DRE 01443787 NMLS 206457 iary donated over $20,000 in computer equipment, cameras, music therapy and art supplies to U.S. Veterans Village Ca- brillo, Woman’s Advance program. We also throw an annual military Christmas party for our local California National Guard, hosting 200 veterans and their families. The ALA held a luncheon to Some of the Ladies of the Lakewood/Long Beach American Legion Auxiliary. Founded in 1919 during PHARMACY & MEDICAL SUPPLIES honor the sacrifice and dedication of fe- the First National Convention of The American Legion, the ALA has grown to be the world’s largest male soldiers and we had a 9/11 memo- women’s patriotic service organization. • Local Delivery Available rial celebration honoring veterans who • We Are A Compounding Pharmacy had lost loved ones in the wars.” In this day and age when everyone • Ask About Our Weight Loss Program more than 8,000 local units, donating and support, helping them succeed in the is spouting their patriotic views and 13 million volunteer hours, raising and mobile military lifestyle. opinions, these ladies quietly go about dispersing $68 million to veterans and During the year the ALA host tea 17623 PIONEER BLVD. the act of true loyalty to those who have military families. parties, QuarterMania events, fashion ARTESIA served. For nearly a century, the ALA The ALA awards $1.1 million shows, CPR/AED training with Red 562-402-1000 has been serving, educating and giving to in annual scholarships, with 16,000 Cross, Bingo every other month for the fax 562-402-2471 America’s finest, truly embracing the call young women that attend ALA Girls veterans at the VA, deliver lunches to of ‘Service Not Self’. State each year. Girls State is a unique homeless veterans and those with mental 176th ST The ALA is made up of wives, moth- government-in-action learning program health issues at PIER and host an annual ✖ ers, daughters, sisters, grandmother, where members mentor young women to beach bash at Camp Pendleton for active granddaughters and descendants of become knowledgeable stewards of free- duty Marines. veterans who serve and have served our PIONEER dom, democracy and patriotic citizens. Now is the perfect time to get Stan Winters, R.Ph country during times of war. There are Developing leadership skills, confi- involved, with their open membership dence and action-based understanding campaign. As an ALA member there are SEWER & DRAIN CLEAN-OUTS • FAUCETS • VIDEO SEWER INSPECTION • GAS LINES of the government process gives young numerous benefits from dental discount BENEFITS OF COPPER REPIPING: women a lasting foundation for success, plans to real estate needs to pet insur- SLAB LEAKS • WATER HEATERS • DISPOSALS R Increased water pressure both personally and professionally. The ance. 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Over the years, The Ameri- The Month of April is dedicated to can Legion Family has influenced con- WE USE ‘The Military Child’. “As you know chil- siderable social change in America, won dren serve just like their soldier parent,” hundreds of benefits for veterans, helped EQUIPMENT notes Bell, “we usually have a children’s military families through transition and $ carnival and an Easter party at Los produced many important programs for 5OFF Alamitos JFTB.” The organization will our country’s youth.