Baca Touts Decrease in Crime
Monterey Park~“With the 15 percent reduction in homicides from 2008 to 2009, and their continued decrease over the past five years, homicides are at their lowest level in Sheriff’s patrol
areas since 1975,” said Sheriff Lee Baca.
During a press conference recently at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Headquarters, Sheriff Baca discussed the continued decline in reported crimes for Sheriff’s contract cities and unincorporated areas. Overall, homicides, rapes, robberies, and aggravated assault crimes in Sheriff’s patrol areas decreased by over 11 percent between 2008 and 2009. Lancaster, Malibu/Lost Hills, Century, Compton, Norwalk, and Walnut Sheriff’s Stations showed the most substantial reduction in serious crimes,with decreases ranging between 12 and 21 percent.
Matadores Rout Golden Hawks
La Mirada~That's more like it.
Just a few days after a pathetic two-hit day at the plate against Lakewood, La Mirada High School stormed back to rout visiting El Dorado, 13-4, in Tuesday's third round of the Loara Baseball Tournament.
It took only the third game for the Matadores (2-1), the Los Angeles Times' No. 20 pre-season squad and the Whittier Daily News' No. 2, to reach their low point of the season after giving up three runs in the first inning to the Golden Hawks following an 11-0 rout to Lakewood. But just like that, the black clouds lifted and La Mirada put on its first display of offensive lightning.
Torres Wins Game for Matadores
Anaheim~La Mirada’s baseball team wasted no time in taunting and thrilling its fans in the season opener of what could be a memorable one in a long history of great baseball squads at the campus.
Down and out not once but twice in a Loara Tournament game against Fountain Valley at Brookhurst Park, the Matadores got off the mat and escaped with a 5-4 victory in 10 innings.
J.T. Torres, fresh off CIF Player of the Year honors in football, came up Buffalo again by hitting a towering, game-winning double to the left-center fence for a 5-4 win over the snakebitten Barons.
If Youâre Not Counted in the 2010 Census â Youâre Invisible
We all need to participate in the Census
The Constitution of the United States mandates that a count of the population of the be conducted every ten years. This count, or census, is conducted at the beginning of every decade, usually on April 1st. Our next Decennial Census is scheduled for April 1st, 2010.
How does the Census Bureau accomplish this?
Census operations are the largest non-war effort put forth by the Federal Government. It will take approximately 1.5 million temporary workers to complete this enormous task. All of the workers have to be hired, trained, given tools with which to complete their work (ie. computers, telephones, offices and supplies), and then after the Census process is complete, Decennial Census operations come to a close and the whole structure has to be dismantled. 
It begs the question, why do these workers want to be a part of the process? “Census workers are passionate about ouir work because we believe what we’re doing is important,” says Sandra Alvarado, Media Specialist with the Census Bureau. “Not to mention that 1.5 million people get to work and receive a paycheck which helps individual families who are struggling to get through these difficult times, and helps the economy at large.”
Participation in the Census is everyone’s civic duty and responsibility. Furthermore, it is of vital importance to each individual, their families and their communities. It is an opportunity, once every decade, to do something that will positively impact our lives for the next ten years.
Matadores Yet to Find Hitting Shoes
Lakewood~When the vast majority of the core of this year's La Mirada varsity baseball team were freshmen, they went and had their heads handed to them at Lakewood in a 10-0 loss.
The casts on both sides have changed little and, unfortunately, neither did the results Saturday in the second round of the Loara Tournament.
With a rainstorm blowing through just as the Matadores were going to take the field for warmups, getting in the contest was in deep jeopardy. But the dark clouds disappeared and so did La Mirada's bats for a second straight game to open the season in an 11-0 shellacking at the hands of the Lancers.
La Mirada (1-1) will likely play a home game Tuesday in the third round against either Vista Murrietta or El Dorado, one of which will also carry a 1-1 record into the meeting.
Matadore Baseball Season Returns!
Editors note: Follow the Matadores quest for their eleventh Suburban League title in twelve years this season as we cover every game to the very end.
La Mirada~La Mirada's pitching was dominant in a two-game sweep of visiting Montebello and Whittier in a shortened official scrimmage this past Tuesday rescheduled from Saturday's rain bursts. The Matadores won both mini contests, 2-0, by allowing just one hit over seven innings.
La Mirada, ranked No. 20 in the Los Angeles Times' pre-season rankings, opens the promising 2010 season Friday in the Loara Tournament against Fountain Valley at 3 p.m. at Brookhurst Park.
BREAKING NEWS-Vons Closing in La Mirada
Arbys La Mirada across the street closes recently also.
La Mirada~It's official. After a year of speculation, the Vons Supermarket at 12710 Valley View (at Imperial) is scheduled to close March 27th.
The store has been there since 1968-42 years. This site predicted the store would close last April.
All Vons employees will be tranfered to other locations.
This has to be considered a blow to the other tenants in the Mirada West Center. Probably the most underated center in La Mirada, the center has long been one of the most consistent sales-tax providers to the city's coffers, despite many obstacles.
March Madness Returns to LM Theatre
Eight Spectacular Events in One Amazing Month!
La Mirada~ La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts announces an extraordinary month of amazing entertainment! Once again, it’s MARCH MADNESS in La Mirada – and 2010 brings some of its most spectacular events to date - featuring everything from Debbie Reynolds to Ed Asner as FDR; Journey to Abbey Road, there is absolutely something for everyone in a month full of sensational musical events and theatrical wonder! MARCH MADNESS 2010 will include:
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Halloween Club Moving to La Mirada
La Mirada~The Halloween Club of Santa Fe Springs is moving to La Mirada-in fact, it has already opened for business.
Because of the I-5 Wideing Project, the business is being forced to move. The Halloween Club-a year round operation- will occupying the old Gateway Chevrolet site on Firestone Blvd. The Santa Fe Springs site is also on Firestone.
Not only will this provide a large sales tax boom for the city, improvements can be expected on the property, which has become an eyesore recently.
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