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Save $70 thru Monday on the best family fun deal in the state!

By Dave Emerson On April 28, 2012 · Add Comment · In News you can use, Parks and Recreation
(4/28/2012, Los Alamitos, CA)Lets face it, we live in Paradise. Or at least pretty doggone close. But the price of  parking in Paradise keeps going up. To help the state balance the budget we now have to pay $15 to  park at Bolsa Chica, Huntington, or Crystal Cove (pictured)  State Beaches.  That’s the bad news. But for [...]
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Hey, I’ve Seen You Before

By Highlands Guy On April 26, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Community News, Highlands Guy's Thursday column, News you can use
(Los Alamitos, 4/26/2012)  LDave E. here.  Boy, did I recognize exactly what HG’s talking about this week.  I think anyone who’s raised kids here will know exactly what he means: I guess I first became aware of it right around the time the two older kid were in second or third grade. Each year as [...]
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Faith

By Dave Emerson On April 22, 2012 · Add Comment · In Inspiration, Sunday Sermons, Songs & Stories
(4/22/2012,  Los Alamitos)   FYI:  As  is frequently the case on Sunday mornings, this post focuses on the spiritual,  from a Biblical perspective. Faith.  Everyone has it to some extent.  It takes faith to get in an airplane, bus, or even your own car.  It takes faith to take a sip of anything that you [...]
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So, What’s Really Important?

By Highlands Guy On April 19, 2012 · Add Comment · In Decency, Highlands Guy's Thursday column, Inspiration
(Los Alamitos, 4/19/2012) Our Highlands Guy wrote this  significant piece last month, but it got lost in the crash of the site.  Fortunately, the topic is just as relevant today as it was then, and I suspect will continue to berelevent for years to come! Got into work late Monday morning. Received the call about [...]
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Troy Edgar Endorsed By Every Mayor in 72nd Assembly District

By Dave Emerson On April 18, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Troy Edgar
(Los Alamitos, 4/18/2012)  This just in from’Troy Edgar for Congress.”  Since Mayor Edgar’s most significant opposition in the primary comes from individuals claiming to represent Huntington Beach and Westminster, it is significant that Edgar has wrapped up endorsements from the Mayors of both towns: (Edgar Press Release:)  Continuing his momentum in the 72ndAssembly race, candidate [...]
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Former Los Al City Manager goes to pot?

By Dave Emerson On April 17, 2012 · Add Comment · In 2009 Issues, Fire and Safety, Humor, Troy Edgar
(Los Alamitos, 4/17/2012)  Dude, where’s my City Manager? Like his predecessor, Henry Taboada, former Orange City Manager David Rudat had to move on from his C.M. gig in Los Alamitos due to double dipping rules from the state’s pension system. Taboada, former Long Beach City Manager, ended up as General Manager for the Rossmoor Community [...]
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Your reporting and comments on tonight’s Los Alamitos City Council meeting

By Dave Emerson On April 16, 2012 · 3 Comments · In City Council Meetings, Traffic, Your reporting & comments
(Los Alamitos, 4/16/2012)  Although we’re not expecting Santa Cruz’s Robert Morse (photo) to show up at tonight’s 7 pm Council meeting, you can bet something interesting will happen tonight. Will it be another “Love Fest?” Hopefully, at least one of our readers will take advantage of this post to tell us about it! So set [...]
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Cypress/Los Al shared radio frequency expedites rescue

By Dave Emerson On April 14, 2012 · Add Comment · In Crime & Police, Fire and Safety, News you can use
(Los Alamitos, 4/14/2012) A homeless man’s rescue Friday afternoon from the flooded waters of the Stanton Flood Control Channel was facilitated by the fact that Cypress and Los Alamitos Police deliberately share radio frequencies. Around about 1:45 p.m. on Friday several citizens had called to report a man struggling in the channel off of Knott [...]
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Traffic Commission: Thumbs down on one-ways, thumbs up on pedestrian overcrossings

By Dave Emerson On April 13, 2012 · Add Comment · In City Budget, City Council, Commission Meetings, Traffic
(Los Alamitos, 4/13/2012)In a meeting focused on 7 year Capital Improvement Project recommendations, our diligent Traffic Commissioners and City Traffic Staff spent three hours pouring over the City’s 2004-05 Traffic Calming Study, reviewing every single “Priority One” recommendation that has not yet been implemented. In the end, they rejected a handful of the suggestions but [...]
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General Plan, Meeting changes, speed bumps on Monday Council Agenda (4/16/2012)

By Dave Emerson On April 12, 2012 · Add Comment · In 2012 Issues, City Council Meetings, Planning & Zoning, Traffic
(Los Alamitos, 4/12/2012)  Not sure how long Monday’s 7 p.m. Los Alamitos City Council will last, but the Agenda alone fills six pages (link to agenda, attachments, and staff reports below). As you might expect, several items of interest are included: A consent item authorizing up to $20,000 of reserve funds to install speed bumps [...]
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Time to add a lane to Farquhar @ Los Al Blvd?

By Dave Emerson On April 11, 2012 · 6 Comments · In 2012 Issues, Commission Meetings, Fire and Safety, Traffic
(4/11/2012, Los Alamitos) At tonight’s meeting, Los Alamitos’ Traffic Commission will comb through dozens of recommendations from Los Alamitos $60,000 2004-05 “Traffic Calming Study” that have yet to be funded and implemented.  The goal is to choose the best to be considered for inclusion in the City’s 2012-13 budget. As a rookie Traffic Commissioner, I’ve [...]
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Traffic Commission to consider 2004/05 “Traffic Calming” recommendations this Wednesday

By Dave Emerson On April 10, 2012 · 2 Comments · In 2012 Issues, Fire and Safety, Traffic
(4/9/2012, Los Alamitos)At their regular meeting this week, our Traffic Commissioners will be reviewing a list of several dozen recommendations from the 2004 Traffic Calming Study that have never been implemented for possible inclusion in the City’s 2012-13 Fiscal Year Budget, and possibly others to schedule for later years. The study was commissioned by the [...]
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What Easter’s really all about:

By Dave Emerson On April 8, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Inspiration, Sunday Sermons, Songs & Stories
(4/8/2012, Los Alamitos)  [Note: This morning's post takes the Christian perspective on Easter, but we wish a happy holiday to all our readers, regardless of religious or non-religious beliefs]  Last year, Easter dawned wet and gloomy, this year Easter looks like it will be more springlike here in Los Alamitos, a step back from the early summer [...]
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Why police give tickets

By Dave Emerson On April 7, 2012 · Add Comment · In Crime & Police, Fire and Safety, News you can use
(4/7/2012, Los Alamitos) My lovely wife saw it first and shot me a text at 12:27:  ”Accident at Imperial Jewelers.” We were driving home separately from a delightful pre-Easter lunch at Shenandoah at the Arbor, one of Los Al’s many local treasures.   (Actually, one of three Los Al local treasures mentioned and linked in this post, [...]
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More site updates on the way

By JM Ivler On April 6, 2012 · 8 Comments · In 2012 Issues
  The site has undergone some changes as you can see. Right now we are working on upgrading some of the comment system so you can actually add titles to your comments rather than adding them as your names. This will make it easier for us all to know who is talking when you post [...]
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