HEWS MEDIA GROUP Winner of Fourteen LA Press Club Awards from 2012- 2017. Serving Cerritos and ten other surrounding communities • April 30, 2021 • Vol 35, No. 32• loscerritosnews.net HMG-CN Exclusive Inconsistencies II: Pathologist Says Aisha Nava Struggled, Death Not a Suicide would not confirm. The pathologist volunteered Then Natalie went to the and is not taking money; riverbed where Aisha was found, at first glance, he knew it and discovered evidence that the was not a suicide. investigators evidently missed; Aisha’s backpack, a tooth, and her eyeglasses. BY BRIAN HEWS She notified LASD detectives but they did not ask Last week, Hews Media for the items. spacex at the port of long beach Group was the first news outlet There were two camera on to report that there was major nearby companies with a clear SPACEX is coming to Long Beach after reaching a sublease agreement with the Board of Harbor inconsistencies in the LASD's view of the area where Aisha Commissioners on a waterfront facility. The company will occupy about 6.5 acres on the port's Pier T investigation of Hawaiian was found, which Aisha's mom beginning May 1. The facility will be used for SpaceX's West Coast rocket recovery operations. Gardens resident Aisha Nava's told the investigators about, as death. of the time of the first report The 18 year-old died March Natalie was not informed they Pico Rivera Looks to Increase Water Rates La Palma Bans 28, found under a bridge in obtained the video. Compton. Finally, there was a cell five, for a five-year cumulative Firework Sales First, the investigators ruled A study shows that $37 total of nearly $16 million. it was a suicide but the coroner See NAVA page 12 million in infrastructure The additional revenue will in City must be repaired provide for operational expenses Mayoral Transition within the next 5 years. and capital improvement projects including the Per- and Local organizations Polyfluoroalkyl substances Cerritos Mayor Pro Tem Vo Calls BY BRIAN HEWS (PFAS) treatment projects. asked the city to allow The move will also fund sales, which is a big Himself Too Inexperienced to Be Mayor The Pico Rivera City improvements to the north side fundraising source. Council, at its June 22 meeting, water system, piping upgrades, Derek Chauvin verdict on Apr. will consider raising water rates The move is followed 21, assisting with crowd control new storage tanks and well BY TAMMYE MCDUFF for all customers of the Pico improvements. by the nomination of in case it was an unfavorable Rivera Water Authority (PRWA) According to the city, Grace Hu for mayor, verdict. by 10% a year until 2025. “the future rates are designed and Vo pro tem. Vo is a Torrance Police The City Council took its At its April meeting, the La detective with seniority, to establish fiscal stability, Palma City Council discussed first step in the rate increase Torrance is only 30 minutes maintain required debt revenue and the sale of fireworks within BY BRIAN HEWS process, adopting a resolution at from Cerritos. The verdict came requirements and fund necessary La Palma city limits, future last Wednesday's meeting. in at 2 PM, with Chauvin guilty improvements. city events, and the outdated If approved, the move will on all three counts, guaranteeing The PRWA serves nearly home based business policy, In another first for Cerritos raise nearly $927,000 the first no serious crowd control would with the discussion of firework City Council, following year, reach $5.7 million in year See PICO page 12 be necessary. sales within city borders getting Councilman Solanki occupying rather heated. the mayor’s chair for two The transition meeting was “I’ve had several nonprofit consecutive years, Mayor pro at 7 PM, but Vo chose not to CDC Issues Fully Vaccinated Mask Guidelines organizations like the Christian tem Chuong Vo, who was absent come and instructed Cerritos church and a few clubs ask me from Wednesday’s mayoral personnel to play the video. BY TAMMYE MCDUFF parties. to sell fireworks in our city, transition, told the council In the video, Vo cited that he Unvaccinated people should they can make approximately and residents that he was too was the first rookie Cerritos City As COVID-19 slows people still wear masks, and keep at seven to ten thousand dollars inexperienced to be mayor and Councilmember to be appointed who are now fully vaccinated least six feet away from others, from the sales, it’s a big deal” wanted to wait a year. Mayor pro tem and wanted to can safely stop wearing masks in so get a shot. said Mayor Pro Tem Michele Vo read his speech from wait one year, asking the council many outdoor settings, the CDC Guidance in outdoor gatherings Steggell. a legal pad in a pre-recorded to nominate him as Mayor pro said this week. “Generally, for vaccinated La Palma resident Teddy video and indicated he wanted tem. Masks are still recommended people, outdoor activities Saile also voiced his support to to wait a year in order to gain Cerritos residents know Vo for everyone while in crowded without a mask are safe,” the approve firework sales in the more experience. was on the Cerritos Planning outdoor settings, such as packed CDC stated. city. As the time neared to Commission for a few years stadiums and concerts, but the “If you are fully vaccinated “I’ve lived here for many nominate the mayor and mayor and functioned as the chair, pace of vaccinations along with and want to attend a small years, and I’ve never heard of pro tem, City Clerk Vida demonstrating he could preside falling coronavirus case rates outdoor gathering with people anyone getting hurt or house Brone directed the council and over council meetings. nationally meant it was time who are vaccinated and fires occurring,” Saile said, residents watching on cable to Barrows thought he was to relax guidance for when to unvaccinated — or dine at an “it is my hope you legalize the view Vo’s speech. experienced enough, saying outdoor restaurant with friends wear masks for fully vaccinated safe and sane sales. I have a Vo said he was absent from later in the meeting that Vo, “did people, including in outdoor from multiple households — the granddaughter who is on the the meeting due to the possible more work than anybody I have social gatherings such as dinner See MASKS page 12 See LA PALMA page 12 See VO page 5 Cerritos Vaccinates Talent Hide Your Converters First Woman Mother's Day Wisteria Blooming 1,000 people got a vaccine Artesia Kindergartner Three in Cerritos and three Lakewood resident first to Bower's Tangata and get free Visit Rancho Los Cerritos and at the Civic Center. wins photo contest. more in La Mirada. train at San Diego USMC. admission to museum. enjoy the outdoors. Page 2. Page 3. Page 6. Page 7. Page 9. Page 16. 2 Los Cerritos Community News - LosCerritosNews.net To advertise call 562-407-3873 APRIL 30, 2021 Over 1,000 vaccines administered by Cerritos clinics STAFF REPORT at the Cerritos Civic Center. A total of 665 doses of the Pfizer The City of Cerritos offered several vaccine was administered to people age COVID-19 vaccination clinics in April, 16 and older. resulting in more than 1,000 shots being The second dose will be given on administered. Wednesday, May 12. On April 21, a vaccination clinic On April 9, 240 doses of the Pfizer hosted by the Los Angeles County vaccine were administered at a vaccine Sheriff’s Community Advisory Council clinic held at the Cerritos Center for the with support from Los Angeles County Performing Arts (CCPA). Sheriff Alex Villanueva and Los Angeles The second dose will be administered County Supervisor Janice Hahn was held at the CCPA on Friday, April 30. A total of 115 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were administered on April 19 CLINIC: L.A. County Sheriff at a vaccine clinic held at the Cerritos Alex Villanueva and L.A. Senior Center at Pat Nixon Park. County Supervisor Janice Hahn The second dose will be administered at a recent vaccine clinic held at the Senior Center on Monday, May at the Cerritos Civic Center in April. 10. US NEWS: Whitney HS Ranks Number 2 in State Cerritos, Gahr and Artesia all Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) high schools. rank in top third; Whitney is U.S. News gave Whitney High ranked 25th in the country. School an overall score of 99.85. The score consists of AP exams – FROM ABCUSD both the percentage of students who take and pass the exam - math proficiency, All four ABC Unified School District reading proficiency, and graduation rate. comprehensive high schools were The Whitney High School graduation ranked in the top third of all California rate showed 99 percent in the data high schools in the annual ranking by considered by U.S. News. U.S. News and World Reports. This percentage was due to a few Whitney High School was ranked students who took the California High second in the state and first in Los School Proficiency Exam leaving school Angeles County. early to attend college. Cerritos High School was ranked “We are incredibly proud of our high 64th, Gahr High Schools ranked 295th, schools for all ranking so high,” said and Artesia High School ranked 746th Board of Education President Sophia out of the nearly 2,600 California High Tse. Schools. “We take pride in the success of our “It’s amazing to have our high students, which these rankings clearly schools recognized for the outstanding demonstrate.” education they provide to our students,” The data used for this year’s ranking said Superintendent Dr.