Winner of Twelve LA Press LOS CERRITOS Club Awards from 2012- 2016. Pages 8 & 9 Serving Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Commerce, Downey, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, La Palma, Norwalk, and Pico Rivera • 86,000 Homes Every Friday •March 30, 2018 • Vol 32, No. 51 STEVE CROFT APPOINTED ASM. CRISTINA GARCIA AS LAKEWOOD MAYOR ADMITS USING By Tammye McDuff HOMOPHOBIC SLUR The Lakewood City Council held AGAINST FORMER SPEAKER their annual reorganization March 27, 2018 appointing Steve Croft to serve as By Brian Hews Lakewood’s mayor for the 2018-‘19 term, and In an interview with KQED, As- naming Todd Rogers as semblywoman Cristina Garcia admitted, Vice Mayor. among other things, that Lakewood mayoral she used the word 'homo' duties rotate annually to describe fellow elected among the five members officials. STEVE CROFT of the city council. The "Have I at some point mayor has the same vote NEW TECHNOLOGY: Children and their families from the Blind Children’s Learning used the word 'homo'? as any other council member in meet- Center before viewing “Titanic: An Icy Adventure." 4DPLEX “eliminates the boundary Yeah I've used that word CRISTINA 'homo.' I don't know that ings, but chairs the meetings and serves between audience and screen” with motion chairs that move in perfect synchronicity GARCIA as the city’s main spokesperson at public with the film being shown on-screen. Photo by Tammye McDuff. I've used it in derogatory events. This will be the third term as context. I think you need to think about mayor for Steve Croft, who was origi- the context in which it was used. But See LAKEWOOD page 7 CINEMAGINE 4DPLEX See GARCIA page 7 FORMER DOWNEY MAYOR A NEW VISION FOR THE BLIND TRANSIENT ASSAULTS LUIS MARQUEZ ANGLING TWO CERRITOS HIGH By Brian Hews and Tammye McDuff California. The brainchild behind Cinemagine, FOR CENTRAL BASIN This past Saturday, Southern Califor- Fernando Christo, has partnered with 4DX SCHOOL STUDENTS, nia children from the Blind Children’s to bring this new vision to the blind. WATER BOARD SEAT Learning Center and their families joined “Our children and their families, for TEACHER AND SIA'S 4DX, in an immersive cinema technology the first time, were able to attend a movie By Brian Hews that synchronizes motion chairs and envi- and together have a multi-sensory experi- DETAIN MAN ronmental effects to movies, for a special ence. Their lack of sight didn’t deprive Hews Media Group-Community audio only presentation created by Cin- them from fully experiencing Christo’s By Brian Hews News has learned through high-level emagine. vision,” said Rosario Sanchez, Coordina- sources that former Downey Mayor Luis It was the first showing of its kind in tor of Youth Services at Blind Children’s HMG-CN learned this past Wednes- Marquez is attempting to garner votes the United States. Learning Center. day, through a reader email and not from Central Basin Municipal Water 4DX “eliminates the boundary be- “We are so grateful for the opportu- an alert from ABCUSD, that a pervert District Board members to be appointed tween audience and screen” with motion nity to partner with both Cinemagine and to the Division I seat left open by Pedro scared two female students on their way chairs that move in perfect synchronicity the Blind Children’s Learning Center to to school Wednesday morning. Aceituno’s resignation. with the film being shown on-screen. The give these students a new type of movie- The man, who was eventually arrest- The Division I seat became vacant immersive theatre technology uses effects going experience,” said Brandon Choi, ed in the Cerritos Center for the Perform- Mar. 8 and includes the cities of Bell to simulate the five senses, giving the au- COO of CJ 4DPLEX Americas. ing Arts parking lot, closely followed the Gardens, Downey, Montebello, Pico dience a true experience. The Blind Children’s Learning Cen- females and at one point "bumped into Rivera, West Whittier-Los Nietos, and CJ 4DPLEX, the world’s leading 4D ter is a non-profit agency that provides them." unincorporated areas of Los Angeles company, debuted a special movie presen- services for children with visual impair- The two students immediately in- County. tation titled “Titanic: An Icy Adventure,” ments. Founded in 1962 by six adults formed a teacher and pointed the man The appointment process calls for that was created with blind and visually who were blind, the organization was out standing at 183rd and Bloomfield, interested residents “to submit a letter impaired children in mind. originally called “Services for the Blind the teacher along with two SIA's bravely of interest and a résumé that includes The audience accompanies a narrator Orange County.” The founders quickly a statement of qualifications and other as he travels around the doomed Titanic discovered the key to helping a person detained the man until Cerritos Sheriff's information by April 6 at 3 p.m.” cruise ship meeting people, getting into with visual impairments was to start arrived. The man was immediately ar- The Board of Directors will interview trouble and having a good time all before working with them at a very early age. rested. candidates at the April 12 Special Board working to save his own life as the “safest Today the agency serves children and The Deputies informed the school that Meeting, at which point the Board “may Trans-Atlantic” vessel meets it fate. their families through a Global Infant De- the suspect was a known transient who vote on making an appointment.” More than 50 students and their fami- velopment Program, Bright Visions Early had been previously arrested for "upskirt- It was first revealed by HMG-CN lies attended the showing of this audio Childhood Center and Youth Outreach ing" (taking pictures of undergarments of in Oct 2016 that a paternity lawsuit had movie supplemented by the innovative with the mission to prepare children with unsuspecting females). been filed by Maribel Zavala against cinema technology of 4DX at the CGV The details of the investigation seemed w See CENTRAL BASIN page 7 Buena Park 8 in the city of Buena Park, See CINEMAGINE page 11 See CERRITOS page 11 “Where the old fashioned neighborhood pharmacy meets the high tech pharmacy of tomorrow.” Pay Your Utilities Here! 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