Feb
21
Race On The Base – 2010-02-27
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[Ed note: Dave is out of town and I have been asked to cover for him while he is gone. This is STILL Dave's space, but I know that he would have put something up on this event, so I will do so in his place. - JM Ivler]
For 29 years the City of Los Alamitos has, along with the Joint Forces Training Base and The Cancer Support Foundation have been having the Race On The Base. All proceeds will benefit the USA Water Polo National Training Center at the Joint Forces Training Base. The 5K Walk is co-hosted by the Cancer Support Foundation and a portion of the proceeds, generated from the 5K Walk and through race registration, is donated to the organization.
Jan
20
Updated sand & sand bag availability for Los Al, Seal Beach, Rossmoor
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5:45 p.m. Wednesday: This just in: Los Al Fire Station now has sand bags, just stop by the front entrance before 9:30 p.m. or after 7 a.m. The sand at the north of the Los Al City Hall parking lot is supposed to be accessible 24/7, but you may need to bring your own shovel.
Sand and sand bags are also available at the downtown Seal Beach Fire Station (behind Walt’s Warf). The worst downpour is expected mid morning Thursday.
1:30 p.m. update: Latest weather reports make it sound like we’ll have some pretty intense rain and winds around 3:30 – 4:30 today, followed by “the big one” mid morning tomorrow, Thursday. More info below.
11:30 a. m. update: Fire station & city hall out of sand bags, city hall still has sand. Other options might include heavy duty trash bags, pillow cases, or waiting & hoping Ganahl’s shipment finally comes in (details below)
(01/20/2010, Los Alamitos) Many Los Alamitos City residents are being auto-called by the Los Al Police Department with a warning of extremely heavy rains and possible flooding this afternoon.
The message warns that Read more
Jan
19
Los Al drains overwhelmed? Rain’s over, water’s rising!
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(1:50 p.m., 1/19/2010, Los Alamitos) Reporting from just west of Little Cottonwood Park: After one of the most intense downpours I’ve witnessed, it wasn’t surprising to see local streets filled above the curbs with water about a half hour ago.
Nor was it a surprise when the water began receding after the rain stopped.
What was a surprise was that Read more
Jan
16
Time to shut off your sprinklers!
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5/16/2010, Los Alamitos: With 4 to 8 inches of rain forecast locally for the coming week, Saturday night or Sunday morning might be an excellent time to shut off your sprinklers for a couple of weeks.
The storm is expected to blow in sometime Sunday, with sprinkles starting as early as mid-afternoon, and last into next weekend, according to Weather.com’s 10 day forecast for Los Alamitos (forecast may be updated by the time you click).
Mountain areas of Southern California could get as much as 20 inches of rain!
But that doesn’t mean that our drought is over, since our drinking water mainly comes from vastly depleted reservoirs north of here. Besides, you don’t want your neighbors laughing at you when your sprinklers are running in the rain on Monday!
So allow extra time to get to work Monday morning, drive very carefully, and experience a week in Seattle without ever leaving Los Alamitos!
Jan
12
Haiti Earthquake Relief: What we can do today
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(1/12/2010) As Californians we’re used to earthquakes, but not many reach the 7.0 magnitude of this afternoon’s disaster in Haiti.
Combine the huge earthquake with the poor quality of construction and readiness of the hemisphere’s poorest nation, and the projections of massive loss of life ring true.
Fortunately, helping out is as easy as a few mouse clicks. What is needed most, especially initially, are Read more
Dec
18
(12/18/2009, Los Alamitos) There are plenty of places around where you can purchase a Christmas tree. Over the years, Barb and I have discovered that the freshest, best trees at a very convenient location and for an excellent price. But that’s not the best part!
You see, in addition to receiving excellent service, when you buy a tree at our favorite local tree lot,
Dec
11
(12/18/2009, Los Alamitos, by Dave Emerson) A friend of mine in a neighboring community came home from work last night to find her home ransacked and a number of items missing, including two flat screen TVs.
Happy Holidays!
It’s bad enough to lose money and time during the one month most of us are the shortest of both. Even worse Read more
Nov
21
Was your paper late again today?
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(11/21/2009, Los Alamitos) If you live in Los Alamitos or Rossmoor, and possibly some of our neighb0ring West Orange County communities, you may have noticed your newspaper arriving late this week. . . or not arriving at all.
I was away the first part of the week, but on Wednesday my paper never did arrive, although I posted a missed paper request online prior to the 10:00 a.m. deadline.
On Thursday, a very frazzled couple was slowly working their way around my cul de sac at 8:30, as several neighbors waited in their driveways. They would stop for what seemed like several minutes in front of most houses, then sometimes toss a paper and move on, other times back up a house or two and start over.
They made the 8 a.m. gridlock on Los Al Blvd. at Katella look like a wide open freeway! At least you don’t have to back up on Los Al!
Here’s what’s going on: Read more
Oct
31
Los Al’s falling back. . . again!
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(10/31/2009, by Dave Emerson) You can protest, but it won’t do any good.
So it’s probably best to just get with the program and set your clock back an hour before you go to bed tonight.
If I get the post up as planned, you can use some of that extra hour to review Read more
Oct
21
News flash: Prices drop on Thursday Angels-Yankees League Championship Series
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(10 p.m., 11/21/09, by Dave Emerson) Taking a brief break from Los Al news & politics, I made a discovery this evening I thought worth sharing with local sports fans.
Apparently Tuesday night’s blowout loss by the Angels (and possibly the ensuing melee of gloating Yankees fans) has resulted in a fairly large number of Angels season seat holders dumping their seats for Thursday’s game on Read more
Aug
14
Council to discuss proposed construction moratorium this Monday, 8/17
Filed Under 2009 Issues, City Council Meetings, News you can use, Planning & Zoning, Traffic | 6 Comments
Los Al Med Center's last major project
(by Dave Emerson) The potential impact of future medical development in town has got some citizens concerned about impacts on traffic, future development, and potential for expanding Los Alamitos’ sales tax base.
The Los Alamitos City Council is slated to further discuss the issue near the end of this Monday’s Regular Council meeting in response to an interesting letter from former Read more
Aug
13
20th Harvest Crusade this weekend
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Crowd at Angel Stadium for last year's Harvest Crusade
(8/13/2009) Riverside Pastor and long time O.C. resident Greg Laurie brings his Harvest Crusade to Orange County for the 20th year in a row this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights at Angel Stadium in Anaheim.
What exactly is a Harvest Crusade like? Church for those who don’t like church? A combination of outstanding music of several varieties and a jargon-free, relevant presentation of Read more
Jun
30
Schedule for JFTB’s Big 2009 July 4th bash
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(6/30/09, Los Alamitos) Sounds like this year’s 4th Celebration at the Joint Forces Training Base may be the biggest and best ever. Bands, speeches, and two big flyovers are just part of what’s planned. And, once again, admitance is free!
Activities begin at 2 p.m. and continue until the fireworks at 9. This year marks General James Combs retirement, not to mention the birth of our nation.
Here’s the latest, straight from Read more
May
26
“O.I.C.” Artesia’s “Bloodless” Bullfights challenged by animal rights group
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(5/26/09, by Dave Emerson) We Realtors come across all sorts of little known facts in the course of our work. I still remember how startled I was over twenty years ago to learn that there’s an active bull ring in our neighboring town of Artesia. Having grown up in Lakewood with a great aunt living in Artesia, I was surprised I’d never heard about it.
Artesia has a variety of ethnic communities, including Portuguese-Americans, Asian Indian-Americans, and some Argentine-Americans. The bull ring has been located behind the Portuguese Community Center in Artesia for years.
The L.A.Times reports that a humane officer with Animal Cruelty Investigations Read more
May
26
O.C. Human Relations calls neighborhood meeting Wednesday, 5/27
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The tag of the Northwest Orange Skins covered one side of the van
5/20: Wednesday morning update. Due to a prior commitment I will not be able to attend this informal meeting, but would love to have at least one person report back to us on what took place. If you can stop by and report back, please mention it in a comment below now, then report back after the meeting by way of another comment. If nobocy’s volunteered yet, maybe you’d like to try your hand at being a neighborhood reporter! The more the better.
The idea here really is to make this a community website, not my website. Here’s your chance!
(Los Alamitos, 5/26/2009, by Dave Emerson) In an effort to respond to issues raised in April by the hate crime/vandalism/grafitti in Apartment Row, the Orange County Human Relations Commission has called an informal meeting at Little Cottonwood Park this Wednesday evening from 6 – 7.
I spoke with James Armendaris about the meeting today, who indicated it was called to allow the community, especially those living in Apartment Row, to address concerns with representatives from the Los Alamitos Police Department. In addition there will be a representative from the Anti-Defamation League as well as a victim’s advocate.
At the time of the incident concerns were expressed Read more
