A head-on collision has claimed the life of one driver and put two others in the hospital.
On Aug. 19 around 3 p.m. two vehicles collided head-on on Los Alamitos Blvd. near the Los Coyotes Flood Control Channel. The collision caused major damage to both vehicles and three people were rushed to the hospital. One of them succumbed to her injuries there.
The Orange County Coroner’s office website identifies the woman as Cypress resident Pamela McKeon, 63. The website states that McKeon died at the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange.
Fatal collision in Los Al still under investigation
New Pacific Soccer Club teams scoop up OC tourney titles
Soccer season is almost here, and local AYSO Los Alamitos girl’s teams from Pacific Soccer Club (PSC) are already off to a fantastic start.
Last weekend, two new PSC girl’s teams made it to the final round and took their respective championships at the 13th annual Orange County Kickoff Classic (OCKC). More than 600 teams from across the Western United States participate in the OCKC, making it one of the largest youth soccer tournaments in the US.
Fall Prep Sports Preview: Depth on line could give Griffins offensive balance
The Los Alamitos High football team has essentially had nine months to prepare for their season opener with a new head coach, new system and renewed rigor. They’ve gone through all the off-season work and learning how to run a new system. And in the past few weeks as they went through conditioning, pads and scrimmages, new head coach Ray Fenton has seen a lot that gives him high expectations.
“All those things are pretty much in place now and it’s routine,” Fenton said of the prep work.
Fall Prep Sports Preview: Centurions battling back this season
The Cypress High took a few lumps last year, but with seven returning starters on offense and five on defense, the Centurions certainly have a chance to learn from last season.
Cypress is bringing back several key players at the skill positions, including junior quarterback Alex Ashcraft, who threw for more than 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns in part-time play as a sophomore. Ashcraft is the top candidate to take the primary starting job this season.
Ready to work
Ready to begin televising the season-opening Los Al vs. Beach Poly football game is the student crew at Los Al TV. The station has set a goal of telecasting 30 Games of the Week this year, and to cover more sports and activities than ever before. They will also be filming a fall sports preview show at the fundraiser at Chuck fil-A on Wednesday, August 24 from 5-8pm. Up to 25% of the nights proceeds will go to help TV coverage of Griffin sports. From left to right is Ryan Smith, Conner Brown, Ted Cruchley, Sam Barrazo, J.P.
Los Al stalls rezoning 4411 Katella Ave.
An ordinance to change the zoning code to retail business from industrial at 4411 Katella Ave. is currently on hold for at least three months following Los Al’s City Council decision to revisit the issue on Nov. 21 at their monthly meeting on August 15.
LA Fitness application is withdrawn
The original application to build an LA Fitness Club in the Shops at Rossmoor was withdrawn before the Seal Beach City Council meeting on August 8. Seal Beach’s Council was expected to approve a formal resolution to deny the project. Previously, the council voted against the project on July 25.
Los Al library receives Directors Award from Run Seal Beach
The Friends of Los Alamitos-Rossmoor Library received a $500 Directors Award from Run Seal Beach this week.
The donation will be used for children summer reading programs at the Los Alamitos-Rossmoor Library.
Run Seal Beach produces a 100 percent volunteer-supported race, which raises funds for fitness, recreation, students and a variety of other non-profit entities.
For more information about how to be a friend of the Los Alamitos-Rossmoor Library please visit http://www.friendsoflarlibrary.org/.
OC sees West Nile positive mosquitoes double
The number of adult mosquitoes that have tested positive for West Nile virus in 2016 has more than doubled in the past seven days, bringing the total to 113 samples collected in 22 Orange County cities.
For Los Alamitos, a total of three mosquito samples have tested positive for the virus. In the immediate surrounding communities of Cypress, La Palma, Garden Grove, and Anaheim the total number of positive samples found is 13. In Anaheim, at least one person has been infected with the virus.
For more information on surrounding areas see the map on page 12.
School is back in session in La Palma
It’s that time of year again. The school year in La Palma began on Wednesday, August 10 for all of the local schools within the City.
Some schools outside the city were already opened.
Please remember there will be an increase in traffic congestion around all the La Palma schools sites.
Some things to remember:
• Don’t use cell phones or drive distracted around School Zones.
• Don’t park across the street and have your child cross.
Griffins Marching Band ready to tackle new season
Los Alamitos High School Marching Band Boosters recently announced that they will tackle their fundraising goal using CharityMania’s FootballMania fundraiser, a sweepstakes fundraiser where prizes are awarded to the sweepstakes game cards with the teams that score the most points and gain the most yards.
“We are very excited about promoting the FootballMania fundraiser,” said Maria Gonzales-Brown, VP of Ways and Means for Los Alamitos High School Marching Band Boosters.
LB Soroptmist to host upcoming fashion show
Soroptimist International of Long Beach, a non-profit organization serving women and girls, will present its Dream Big Fly High Luncheon, Style Show and Boutique on Saturday, September 10 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Long Beach Marriott located at 4700 Airport Plaza Dr. Only 150 tickets are available.
The event benefits two very important Soroptimist programs: the Live Your Dream program and Soroptimist Day of Success.
Annual holiday craft show in Cypress currently seeks vendors
Attention crafters, the annual Holiday Craft Show will be held on Saturday, November 19 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Cypress Community Center located at 5700 Orange Ave. in Cypress.
Don’t miss a great opportunity to display your handmade crafts or commercial items at this fabulous event that also features food, entertainment and fun.
The Booth fee varies in price depending on if you are selling Handmade items or Commercial items. See application for specific requirements. Space is limited.
Los Al club wins invitational tourney
The FC Premier Los Alamitos Girls 2004 team won the FC Premier Invitational recently.
The team stayed atop their group with a record of 2 wins and 1 tie and played in the final against Westside Breakers.
The final was a close match and extra time was needed to determine the winner.
Isabella Reynoso made the winning shot off a rebound save from the goalie. Reynoso gambled, stuck with the play, and gained a wonderful goal to break the deadlock and hand her team the tournament trophy.
Pacific Soccer Club Team wins LA Galaxy Tournament
AYSO Region 159 Los Alamitos/Seal Beach Pacific Soccer Club Boys 2004 team won the inaugural LA Galaxy Cup tournament from August 13-14.
After a difficult run through pool play the team swept the semifinals and finals winning both games 3-0 with a victory over the tournament’s host club LA Galaxy Navy team in the final game.
Seal Beach Crafts Fair is next weekend
The Annual Seal Beach Arts & Crafts Faire, which has been taken over by the Seal Beach Lions will occur this year on Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sept. 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Eisenhower Park.
What many Seal Beachers may not know is that this event, started by business person Belinda of the former “Art on Glass,” has been one of the early launch shows of the arts & crafts show season for decades. She and a group of volunteers had run this event for some time, but due to her move away and other issues, she has to transfer it.
Sensational Students
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The News Enterprise will feature the youngster as a “Sensational Student.”
Who knows? Maybe that special student will wind up on the front page…
Los Al High grad competes in Rio
Rachel Fattal came to love water when she was just 3 months old, according to her mom. As she grew up, the Seal Beach native competed in three sports: swimming (obviously), volleyball and water polo.
Now she’s an Olympian.
Los Al probes for options on race track intiative
The Cypress Town Center and Commons ballot measure slated for the November 8 election in Cypress will be discussed in detail at Los Al City Council’s next meeting on August 15.
Los Al Council’s first round of discussions on the ballot measure at their meeting in July resulted in the search for options that the city has for the proposed measure.
Since that meeting a couple of things have happened.
The measure was recently approved by the Orange County District of Voters for receiving the necessary amount of signatures for the November 8 ballot.
La Palma street projects keep residents on the move
Over the last two months, several capital street projects have begun.
The Valley View and Fresca Streets rehabilitation project along with the Americans with Disabilities pedestrian ramp replacement project, to meet required updated federal standards, which have changed since the ramps were installed, are nearing completion.
Both of these projects are largely funded by federal grants, which allows the City to stretch its Capital Improvement Program dollars.