Community Foundation, City Council Honors Haugh, Jenkins Scholarship Winners
La Mirada~The La Mirada Community Foundation has awarded new scholarships to local high school students in a special ceremony at the La Mirada City Council meeting this week that honors community pioneers Bob Jenkins and Ray Haugh. This year, 19 applications were received for the...
La Mirada City Council Moves Forward With Budget Despite Continuous Lambasting of State Actions
La Mirada~The La Mirada City Council took the first major steps into adopting a new fiscal budget for next year on Tuesday night. La Mirada and many other area municipalities will be going into the new budget year without the luxury of having income generated...
Bermudez, Calderon Campaigns Engage in War of Words Over âPornoâ Mailers
The campaign battle between local state assembly candidates Ian Calderon and Rudy Bermudez has taken yet another twist with the wife of Bermudez diving into the fray with a week and a half before voters head to the ballot box. Calderon and Bermudez are engaged...
Mayor, City Council Celebrate Mary Pearson’s 90th Birthday With Her
La Mirada~The La Mirada City Council honored longtime resident Mary Pearson for celebrating her 90th birthday with a special recognition at this week's meeting. Mayor Gabe Garcia highlighted many of Pearson's accomplishments and pointed out that she was born in Billings, Montana on May 15,...
57th Assembly Campaign Turns Into a War of Charges and Counter Charges; La Mirada’s Jaimes in Race
The race for a local California State Assembly seat between Democrats Rudy Bermudez and Ian Calderon has literally turned into a steel cage match that now includes charges of money laundering, and hiding personal income sources, and the filing of complaints with state campaign regulators....
La Mirada Resident Has Helped La Mirada Community Garden Grow
Bob Berklite and Jeanne Jenkins stand in front of entrance to La Mirada Garden See the Print Version in This Weeks Edition of the La Mirada Lamplighter! La Mirada~ For more than 20 years, every morning, one can find longtime La Mirada resident Bob...
Lady Matadores Draw Home Game
La Mirada~The La Mirada High School softball team are looking to take advantage of home cooking when they were lucky enough to get a home game for their next playoff contest. The Lady Mats advanced the CIF Division 2 playoffs after beating Beckman last week...
Miss Saigon Breaks Sales Record at La Mirada Theater
La Mirada~The recent run of the multiple Tony Award winning play Miss Saigon, at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts was the highest grossing production ever at the theatre said Producing Artistic Director, Brian Kite. "Of the possible 26,271 seats available for the...
Matadore Boys Bow Out of CIF; Girls Play Thursday
UPDATE: The softball team beat Beckman, 7-0 Thursday to advance to the second round. They will play Los Altos Tuesday, May 22nd at La Mirada High beginning at 3:15 p.m. La Mirada~The La Mirada High baseball season came to an end this afternoon, losing to...
La Mirada Girls Claim Suburban Title
UPDATE: The team also won the regular season finale on Thursday May 10th vs. Cerritos at La Mirada, 5-4, again in extra innings, to finish the Suburban League campaign undefeated at 12-0. The Lady Mats finished 21-7 overall. They await their first round opponent in...