Bellflower budget overspend hits substitute nurse coverage
Bellflower Unified School District overran its substitute budget by 220000 this year forcing two schools to go without a nurse for a week while the regular nurse is on medical leave. Personnel Director Curtis Smith defended the decision not to hire a substitute nurse saying he lacked authority to overspend.
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Bellflower Unified
Curtis Smith
Bellflower High
Washington
Larry Ward
Smith
Ward
Richard Guengerich
Guengerich
Salvage A Rusty Pile Of Treasure At Long Beach Yard
Long Beach salvage owner Jay Garner describes a warehouse full of mixed metal, tools, and forgotten items stacked six feet high. He notes no formal inventory, with buyers seeking specific pieces and scrap shipped to Japan before returning as goods.
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Jay Garner
Maska Pipe and Salvage Co
Garner
Anaheii Street
Long Beach
Japan
Lakewood church expansion vetoed by council
The Lakewood First Assembly of God Church lost a bid to expand its sanctuary by adding onto three adjacent single‑family lots. The council sustained the Planning Commission and denied the conditional use permit despite calls for revision.
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Lakewood
First
Assembly of God Church
Candlewood St
City Planning Commission
Council
McKnight Drive
Planning Commission
Dan Branstine
Larry van Nostran
G. C. DeBaun
Pro Femn
Jo Bennitt
Mt the Church
Theroperty
Long Beach to pick new police chief after Kurtz retirement
City Manager John Dever said a replacement for Ralph Kurtz, who retired April 29, will be selected later with no fixed timeline. About 50 applicants from across the country are under review, with final candidates narrowed to around 10 for interviews by citizen and law-enforcement panels before a City Council recommendation. Names of finalists will not be released.
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Long Beach
Ralph Kurtz
John Dever
Dever
Cies
Westminster approves liquor store near churches on 3 to 2 vote
Westminster City Council narrowly approves the City Market site at 138 with a 3 to 2 ruling despite protests from pastors of Conference Baptist and St. Luke's Lutheran. Mayor Neugebauer backs the plan after city attorney says distance from churches cannot block the request.
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Westminster
Golden West
Frank Fry
Elden Gillespie
George Casto
Robert Milpaugh
Conference Baptist
Phillip Gellen
St. Luke’s Lutheran
Joy Neugebauer
Paul Morgan
Morgan
Five Harbor Officials Announce Retirements
Five top harbor officials reveal retirement decisions amid a long service record across the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Whiteneck oversaw terminal builds and hydraulic modeling at San Pedro Bay, while Robinson led public relations and campaigns for domestic and foreign audiences. Metzgar held multiple posts, led harbor tours, founded ambassadors, and contributed to port publications and community groups.
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Manila
Los Angeles
Whiteneck
West Basin
Hea
San Pedro Bay
Long Beach
Army Corps of Engineers
Vicksburg
Miss
California Marine Affairs and
American Association of Mort
Robinson
Veterans Administration
Metzgar
Roar of Harbor Commissioners
Long Seach
Harbor Htghlights
Yokkaichi
Valparaiso
Jail death report demanded after six days
Orange County Supervisors pressed for a full report on the death of a 6 year old boy at Juvenile Hall on May 11. They learned of the incident from news coverage and called Probation Officer Margaret Grier to explain at today’s meeting. Jeffrey Poole of El Toro was found hanged in a high cell and died at UCI Medical Center six days later.
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Orange County
Ralph Diedrich
Fullerton
Margaret Grier
Jeffrey Poole
el Toro
UCI
Lakewood Youth Win Bonds For Volunteer Service
Six Lakewood teens receive Liberty bonds in a Lakewood Chamber of Commerce salute to voluntary service. Jeff Myers Kim Lyon Nancy Cotton Candy Clepton Susan Tenzer and Dennis George are honored for work at the Recycling Center VeterAn's Hospital Animal Shelter Youth Center Muscular Dystrophy County Fire Dept Rescue.
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Lakewood
U.S
Lakewood Chamber of Commerce
Jeff Myers
Lakewood High School
Lakewood Recycling Center
Kim Lyon
Lakewood High
Long Seach Veteran’s Hospital
Nancy Cotton
Mayfair High School
Long Seach Animal Shelter
Candy Clepton
Susan Tenzer
Artesia High School
Dennis George
Mayfair High Serial
County Fire Dept
Bullock's
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Bellflower
Dorothy Korber
James Tunney
Leroy Small
Michael O'Brie
Wali
Jay Gendreau
Bellflower Board
Vermillion
Gendreau
Rudy Heyl
Ray Harper
Tan
L.B. ‘Collectors
By Denise Kuset
Stall Ariter
Harry Meinstein
Gomer
Maine
Portholes
Hobert Ginn
Lakewood Church
Phyllis Bear
Quincy Ave
Community Safety Committee
Paul Zeltner
Robert Glines
Tity
William Kenedy
Sheriff's Department
Robert Carter
L.A
Trol Board
Orange County Harbor, Beaches and Parks
Somemer Camp
Mile Square Park
Berry
Westminster Elks Lodge
Bill French
Page Bay
Nancy Cotton Candy Cleeton
Suan Tenzer
Phata
Hal Lowe
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