VIDEO: Firefighters Make Quick Work of Dumpster Fire
EARLIER TODAY: Dumpster fire on border of Santa Fe Springs/La Mirada, adjacent to homes in La Mirada. http://www.youtube.com/user/lamiradablog#p/a/u/0/t3LHziT75bU
First Parent Meeting With New Administration at La Mirada High
La Mirada~A parent meeting will take place Wednesday, August 11th, at La Mirada High School from 5:00-7:00 pm. This will be the first opportunity for parents to meet the new principal, Bill Seals, and his staff, who will share their professional backgrounds and goals for...
Scout Gives His Final Thoughts of Jamboree
La Mirada~After returning from the 2010 National Boy Scout Jamboree celebrating 100 years in the United States on August 4, I spent the next few days relaxing and looking back before I headed off to another week long camp. I can honestly say that the...
La Mirada Salaries Are Middle-of-the-Road
La Mirada~La Mirada pays its city officials significantly less than that of Bell, which has recently been under fire for its exorbitant salaries of local officials. According to City Manager Tom Robinson, his annual salary is $187,380, which he said has not changed in three...
Patch Trading is Scout’s Favorite
With the many activities available for scouts at the Jamboree, it is without a doubt that patch trading is everyone's favorite. The roadsides especially after dinner become filled with scouts displaying patches on their cots or towels. It is a sight to behold as patch...
Oxman’s Debuts Military Museum
Santa Fe Springs~Oxman's Surplus reopened its doors to the public in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday with a new museum of military memorabilia and a new mess tent café. Long-time customers, new customers and officials from the La Mirada City Council and the Chamber of Commerce...
La Mirada Blog’s Preseason 2010-11 All-Suburban League Football Team
Well fans, it looks like we are in for an intriguing football season as this may be one of the better years that the Suburban League has seen in a long time; with talent all over the place at every school. Here is my Preseason...
Scouts Pack it in For Celebration
Fort A.P. Hill, VA~Boy Scouts at the National Jamboree filed into the natural arena for the opening show celebrating the 100th anniversary of Scouting in America on July 28, 2010. The scouts sat on a grassy knoll over looking a grandstand with two side mounted...
Twelve Days of Madness
La Mirada~On Saturday, August 7th, Phantom Projects of La Mirada presents a performance to feature 10 of Southern California’s Most Talented Young Performers in an Evening of Original Theatre, Dance, Music, Film, and more.After nearly 100 applications and interviews, 10 young performers have been selected...
Troop Arrives at Jamboree
La Mirada~On the morning of July 24, we woke up happy from sleeping in nice soft beds. After breakfast, we shipped out for Arlington. It was a solemn place with perfect rows of white headstones which reminded me how freedom isn't free and that it...