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West Downey All Star Champions went undefeated (4-0) in the District 29, 7 and 8 year old all-star select tournament this past month. Hosted by Buena Park American, the district consists of 9 leagues; La Mirada, Metro, Buena Park National, Little Lake, Northwest Downey, La Palma Continental, Norwalk, the host (BPA), and West Downey. The kids opened up against the top seeded La Mirada team and battled hard for a come from behind win. With the tying and go ahead run on base in the bottom of the sixth, our second baseman snagged a line drive and doubledup the runner on third for a game-ending

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Consulting Firm With Calderon Ties Banked Thousands in Central Basin Contracts GIL CEDILLO JR., SON OF LA COUNCILMAN GIL CEDILLO, MANAGED THE CONTRACT AWARD PROCESS.

“THE HELICOPTERS USED WITH AERO BUREAU ARE ACTUALLY BETTER QUALITY AND MORE UP-TO-DATE THAN THE ONES USED FOR SKY KNIGHT.” JOEL HOCKMAN, PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, CITY OF BELLFLOWER.” Bottom Row; Derek, Chris R. Third Row; Robert, Julian, Miguel, Jay, Koen Top Row; Coach Sergio, Coach Angel, and Coach Rudy.

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ocuments obtained by Hews Media Group – Community News confirm a Los Angeles based consulting firm, who acknowledged to HMG-CN a long personal relationship with the Calderon family, landed a lucrative public contract in November 2011 to help redraw political voting lines for the Central Basin Municipal Water District, despite the fact

A shooting at a popular entertainment and shopping center in Artesia last Saturday morning has resulted in the death of an adult male. Several employees who work at different businesses at City Plaza at the 11600 block of South Street told Hews Media Group – Community News that at around 12:20 a.m. they heard “gun shots” coming from near Cha02 Restaurant prompting several officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to converge to the popular night spot. “A group of men were inside a local restaurant when another patron who was also in the restaurant, walked up to one of the men in the group and started an argument with him. They took the argument outside and as they continued to argue the suspect shot the victim with a handgun,” said Sergeant Diane Hecht. The victim who was hit in the torso was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Despite falling support from surrounding cities, on a 5-0 vote the Cerritos City Council voted to approve a $21,869 increase in spending for the next fiscal year in order to keep the Sky Knight program serving Cerritos. Sky Knight is a contracted program that is touted by supporters as a “unique and proven law enforcement tool that provides quick response to crimes in progress, conducts routine aerial patrols of the city, and enhances field officer safety in participating cities.” Originally five area cities agreed to participate in the program and split the cost, now there is only two. Due to “budget constraints” Paramount and Bellflower left the program a few years ago, and now Hawaiian Gardens is following suit. That leaves Lakewood and Cerritos to cover the costs on their own, bringing Cerritos’ portion up from $234,858 to $256,728. However, it is unclear how much extra coverage the remaining cities will get for the extra cost they will now be paying. The cities that have pulled out of the program will no longer be patrolled and the helicopter will not respond to calls for service in their area. But, according to a letter from Lakewood’s city manager obtained by Hews

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The statement implied that there are potentially no new patrol hours to be divided up, but the data was not available to the council at this particular meeting. Ray voiced his concern that there were many assumptions being made and that they did not have enough information. Ray questioned how many hours they would be getting from Hawaiian Gardens and how they would be split up, as well as the cost to Lakewood. He also commented that all the numbers were very ambiguous. Nonetheless, the council decided to move forward without that information and seemed to agree that the potential increase in hours was still worth the increase in cost. Before taking it to a vote, issues were raised regarding other cities continuing to use the service in emergencies, despite no longer paying for it. Mayor Pro Tem Mark Pulido complained that the citizens of Cerritos would be “shouldering the costs of policing the whole region.” Mayor Bruce Barrows disagreed with Pulido, explaining that all the cities in the area already “mutually aid” each other in emergency situations and then “hopefully it all averages out”. Councilmember Carol Chen echoed Barrows sentiments. “Crime knows no boundaries… even though it is not so clear cut and, unfortunately, we do patrol over other cities, I would much rather have this protection than not,” Chen said. Chen then moved for approval and the council voted unanimously to increase the budget by $21,869 and remain with the program even though no other options

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have voted for DeAztlan,” said Rexroad. “We (Dymally and Rexroad) never heard of DeAztlan before this presentation and have not heard from him since.” DeAztlan Consulting was awarded the contract. After the presentation, one source told HMG-CN that they heard an angry Dymally say that, “the Calderons, using Gil Cedillo Jr., fixed the bid process and that’s why DeAztlan won the contract.”Additional documents show that this was not the end of the gravy train for the DeAztlan Consulting family. Toni DeAztlan, Tizoc’s daughter and an attorney in Los Angeles, signed an agreement, with Cedillo Jr., who was listed as Project Manager, for “Election Selection Services” on November 2, 2011 for “no more than” $25,000. Ms. DeAztlan was paid the entire $25,000 in Dec. 2011. The contract called for “studying the cost/benefit of moving the Nov. 6, 2011 election for Districts 1, 4, and 5 to June 5, 2011.” DeAztlan recommended the move to June 5, which was implemented. That move benefited the now embattled CBMWD President James Roybal and Director Leticia Vasquez, who won their respective elections. But the money to DeAztlan did not stop there. An examination of CBMWD’s check register revealed Ms. DeAztlan received $8,300 in May and June of 2012 for “Consulting” and another check for $8,400 in October for “ConsultingElection.”HMG-CN has made a public records request asking for any documents, contracts, and emails related to the additional money paid to Ms. DeAztlan. HMG-CN was also told by sources that Ms. DeAtzlan has retained George B. Newhouse, a high-powered public corruption attorney with the firm Brown, White, and Newhouse, based out of Los Angeles.

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ployed at CBMWD and getting paid over $9,000 per month. Those same documents show Toni DeAztlan receiving $4,680 from PALS for “legal services.” The date of the check was Oct. 25, 2011, eight days before Toni DeAztlan inexplicably landed a $25,000 “Election Services Contract” with CBMWD of which Gil Cedillo Jr. was the Project Manager. But the money to DeAztlan did not stop there. An examination of CBMWD’s check register revealed Ms. DeAztlan received $8,300 in May and June of 2012 for “Consulting” and another check for $8,400 in October for “Consulting-Election,” for a total of $50,000. HMG-CN has made a public records request asking for any documents, contracts, and emails related to the additional money paid to Ms. DeAztlan. The informant went on to say that the FBI is also interested in a transaction between DeAtzlan, who was the counsel for PALS, and Cedillo Jr., wherein Cedillo Jr. received payment for the purchase of his classic Impala car with several transactions of cash and checks, ranging in the amounts of $7,000 and up. In addition, they are looking into Cedillo, Jr. receiving gifts of Las Vegas trips, free cell phone, dinners at the swanky Dal Rae Restaurant in Pico Rivera, CA, stipend check payments, and help with the purchase of his family home in Monterey Park, CA.

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Continued from page 1 “The cops where everywhere, it was very scary,” said Jason Nguyen who manages one of the restaurants a few doors down from the location where the argument broke out. Four other employees who work at another location in the City Plaza told HMG-CN that the entertainment center were working when they heard the gun fire. “It was very crowded. We all ran for cover, it was a very scary situation,” one employee who did not want to be identified said. Law enforcement officials said that the suspect fled the scene in a vehicle described only as a compact car and that there is no information regarding the suspect. There is no more information available at this time. “The entire parking lot was covered in yellow crime scene tape. You don’t expect this type of crime to happen here in Artesia,” another manager of a business at City Plaza said. “This is horrible,” Sue Yang of Buena Park said on Saturday afternoon. Yang was with a group of five friends sipping on tea just steps away from where the shooting took place just 14 hours earlier. ”This is such a nice place, we love coming here, I hope they catch the person responsible.” Yang said. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500.

Water Replenishment Director Lillian Kawasaki Succumbs to Cancer By Randy Economy

AUGUST 2, 2013

In In Memoriam Memoriam

FROM THE FROM THE WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Lillian Kawasaki, who represented the greater Cerritos area as an elected Director on the Water Replenishment District Board of Directors has passed away from complications from cancer. Kawasaki he was elected to the WRD Board of Directors in November 2006 to represent Division Three, which includes the cities of Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Lakewood, Long Beach and Signal Hill. She is the Chair of the Groundwater Quality Committee and member of the Administrative Committee. Friends and co-workers took to Facebook and other social media sites to remember the popular local elected official. Prior to her tenure at LADWP, Ms. Kawasaki served as the General Manager of the City of Los Angeles Community Development Department (CDD) for three years. In 1990, Ms. KaKawasaki was also Lillian will be remembered for her kindness, dedication, and tenacious advocacy work Lillian will be remembered for her kindness, dedication, and tenacious advocacy work the co-chair for the Friends of Manzanar, within and outside of the water community. She was a remarkable and extraordinary within and outside of the water community. She was a remarkable and extraordinary a National Historic Site, where Japanesewoman and an inspiration to all who met her. woman and an inspiration to all who met her. Americans were interned during World Lillian was a force of nature, continually effervescent, always cheerful, always on the War II. Lillian was force of nature, effervescent, always always on the run,aand always interestedcontinually in what she could do to help others. Her cheerful, personality was a In addition, Ms. Kawasaki served on run, and always interestedconstant in what couldpresence do to help others. Her personality was a andshe welcome at WRD. the California State University LA Founconstant and welcome presence at WRD. dation Board for more than 5 years. She The WRD Family and the environmental world will truly miss Lillian Kawasaki. Ms. Kawasaki recently joined the Cali- The WRD Family and the environmental world will truly miss Lillian Kawasaki. fornia Small Business Development CenBOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD OFOne DIRECTORS WILLARD H. MURRAY, JR. Division ~ ROB KATHERMAN, Division Two ter Network Advisory Board. LILLIAN KAWASAKI, Division Three ~ SERGIO CALDERON, Division Four WILLARD H. MURRAY, JR. Division One ~ ROB KATHERMAN, Division Two Lillian also held a Bachelor’s Degree ALBERT ROBLES, Division Five LILLIAN KAWASAKI, Division Three ~ SERGIO CALDERON, Division Four in Zoology and Masters in Biology from ALBERT ROBLES, Division Five California State University, Los Angeles.

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