Vans volunteers clean up nature park
Vans® team members pulled up in the Vans® Bus to the Cypress Nature Park to donate their time for a park clean-up day on April 26.
Group makes donation to WE CARE
Members of the South Coast Chapter of National Charity League recently presented a $10,200 check to WE CARE.
Soldiers compete in Race on the Base
After the participation of thousands of runners and triathletes at the Race on the Base event at the Joint Forces Training Base in February, the event actually went international in late April
Lillicrop leads Cypress with no-hitter

With a slim lead in the Empire League baseball race Cypress High pitcher Kevin Lillicrop turned in an outstanding performance to keep the Centurions out in front with just three games to play.
Cypress leading tight Empire League race
The Cypress High baseball team hosts Pacifica today and will play at Pacifica on Friday. Both games start at 3:15 p.m.
Griffins roll past Barons

Gianni Castillo was 3-for-3 with a home run and five RBIs to lead the Los Alamitos High baseball team to a 10-3 Sunset League victory over Fountain Valley on Friday at Fountain Valley High.
Cypress School District looks to impove district safety
Since the Newtown School tragedy and other incidents in districts across the country, the Cypress School District is working with local police and community members to strengthen safety plans district-wide at each school site.
Cypress Police arrest man in shooting
Cypress Police arrested a man on assault charges after an investigation into a shooting that occurred on Monday in the 9500 block of Linda Lane.
Friday Night Lights
It’s still spring, not fall, but football players and cheerleaders still gathered in Los Alamitos to play under the hot white lights.
The largest one-night, one-location youth spring football competition in the United States opened its spring season playoffs at Oak Middle School on Friday, April 19. That’s right, the Los Alamitos-Seal Beach league of Friday Night Lights Youth Flag Football League set record-breaking numbers as 1,200 players, from grades 1-8, comprised the 125 different teams that attempted to advance to the next round.
Federal court upholds Sex Offender Ordinance in Cypress
A federal court rejected an injunction against the Cypress Registered Sex Offender Ordinance on Monday, April 8.
The court action gives the council direction to begin its immediate enforcement.
The ordinance adds additional city restricts to California’s Proposition 83, known to the public as Jessica’s Law, which voters approved in 2006.
Katella Avenue truck protest continues in Cypress
The Cypress City Council faced another capacity crowd during its Monday, April 22, meeting that once again expressed their displeasure over the proposed 33-acre Katella Avenue truck project.

