News Bites August 2024-Community Heroes Edition
La Mirada Kiwanis Club Members Honored as 2024 Women of the Year
La Mirada Kiwanis Club members Dr. Cathy Alvarez and Patty Miller were recognized recently for their valuable contributions to the community as 2024 Women of the Year award recipients.
Dr. Alvarez was honored by California Assemblywoman Blanca Pacheco as a Woman of the Year for her years of service to the community.
Cathy is a retired educator and school counselor, who served in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District for many years. She is a member of La Mirada Kiwanis Club, Norwalk 605 Kiwanis, La Mirada Ebell, Norwalk-La Mirada PTA Council, the La Mirada Community Foundation and the Community Services Commission.
Cathy volunteers at elementary schools for Read Across America and at a local senior center where she entertains others with music, singing and creating crafts. (more)
Parents defend swimming coach amid abuse allegations
Two parents of young swimmers took the podium up at last week's La Mirada City Council meeting to defend U.S. Olympic artistic swimming coach Hiea-Yoon Kang, who was suspended from her coaching position at Splash! La Mirada Regional Aquatics Center amid a reported investigation into allegations of abusive behavior against athletes.
Kang, who established and coached the world-renowned La Mirada Aquabelles, is the subject of an investigation by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, as first reported by the Orange County Register.
New Goodman Stadium Opens at La Mirada High School
Hundreds of students, staff, residents and local dignitaries celebrated at La Mirada High School this past Thursday evening at the grand opening ceremony of the new Goodman Stadium, marking the completion of the school's latest athletic facilities project.
The stadium, part of a larger project to upgrade the school's athletic space, includes a new synthetic track and turf fields for football and other sports events and satisfies all CIF requirements. It will have a seating capacity of 8,145. (more)
The Market by Superior calling it quits in La Mirada
The La Mirada Blog has learned that The Market by Superior, located at 12721 Valley View Avenue at Imperial Highway, is closing its doors at the end of June.
Superior Grocers is one of the largest independently-owned chains of grocery stores in Southern California, beginning its operations in 1981 with one store in Covina at a former Smith's (Food King) location. (more)
News and Happenings Around Town May 2024
Free Symphony Concert-The Pops are Back
On Sunday May 19, the La Mirada Theatre stage will come alive with the voices of Natalie Salins and James Salazar as they embark on a musical journey through Hollywood at the highly anticipated pops concert.
Both artists will be on stage with the symphony in an unforgettable afternoon of some of the best music from cinema, showcasing their unique styles and chemistry.
This concert is a must-see for anyone who appreciates the powerful impact of skilled vocalists sharing their art. (more)
SWPL Championship Sunday at Biola University
The biggest men's amateur tournament in SoCal reaches its zenith at the Southwest Premier League (SWPL) Championship Sunday hosted at Biola University’s Al Barbour Field May 19.
The SoCal Premier League’s Brent Freeman Friendship Cup Final will kick off at 4 p.m. PT with a matchup between Monsters FC and Desert FC.
The Raul Briones Cup Final will wrap up festivities in the evening at 7 p.m. kick off pitting tournament finalists La Familia FC and Lobos FC. (more)
Sarega Resigns from La Mirada City Council
Mayor Andrew Sarega has announced his resignation from the La Mirada City Council after 11 years of service.
Mayor Sarega was serving his third term on the City Council. He was first elected to the City Council on March 5, 2013 and re-elected on March 7, 2017 and June 7, 2022. He served as Mayor Pro Tem from July 2023 to April 2024 and was recently selected as Mayor on April 9.
His resignation is effective May 8, 2024, meaning he will have served 30 days in his only term as Mayor.
“I am grateful to the residents of La Mirada for allowing me to serve on the City Council during the past 11 years,” says Mayor Sarega. “I have enjoyed being able to represent our community and consider the experience to be a tremendous honor.” (more)
News and Happenings Around Town April 2024
Lunchtime Eclipse
A total solar eclipse will take place on Monday, April 8, visible across North America it will cut a swath through the continental US. The Great North American Eclipse will first appear in the La Mirada area about 11:07 a.m. local time, but only with partial coverage of around 50%, but it will still be very noticeable.
Thousand are flocking to cities such as Dallas, Austin, Indianapolis, and Cleveland for viewing as there won't be another coast-to-coast total eclipse in the US until 2045.
Jones in the Bigs
Jared Jones, the standout pitcher from La Mirada High School, made the Pittsburgh Pirates opening day roster to begin the 2024 season. (more)
Editorial-La Mirada has Responsive City Government
In it's nearly 64-year history as a city, La Mirada has always exceled in executing the two basic functions of local government: maintaining the roads and keeping the public safe.
The community is known for its lengthy, green, manicured roadways and is consistently recognized as one of the safest cities in the region.
Financial prudence, awesome community services, a model graffiti-removal program and just the overall well-kept nature of the city really should be considered as icing on-the-cake.
La Mirada may not be the flashiest city. We may not be perfect. We may not have an expensive nightclub or giant department store, but we do a lot of things well.
Many of these little things we do well fly under the radar. (more)
News and Happenings Around Town March 2024
Restaurant roundup
-La Mirada-based Cassidy's Corner Cafe is expanding out of Los Angeles County to open a new location in Eastvale, within the burgeoning Hamner Place, a 13-acre mixed-use shopping center with a targeted opening date of April 2024.
Many of you might remember Cassidy's operated as Bonjour Bagel for many years.
-Longtime friends at Taqueria Las Comadres have informed us they have recently extended their operating hours until 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.
They are located at 15008 Alondra Boulevard at Stage Road and feature all your Mexican favorites along with a couple of surprises such as the Taquito Tower and Surf and Turf fries.
Stop by and say hi to Stephany and the gang and tell them the La Mirada Blog sent you! (more)
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