BY BRIAN HEWS In February 2021, Hews Media Group-Cerritos News exclusively learned that the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office of Integrity was investigating Metro CEO Phil Washington and served search warrants on the Los Angeles offices of Metro and Peace Over Violence. But the story was ignored by the media. HMG-CN reported that the…
February 8, 2022 By Brian Hews This past Sunday, Hews Media Group-Cerritos News, not City News Service, was the first to report that the ABC Federation of Teachers would stage a work slow down the next day, ahead of a sick-out and possible strike in the coming days. The teachers have worked two years without…
BY BRIAN HEWS • December 21, 2020
Last week, Hews Media Group-Cerritos News exclusively reported that embattled Rio Hondo College Superintendent Dr. Arturo Reyes had reached a settlement agreement for $642,000 with the college’s Board of Trustees.
In July of this year, HMG-CN was first to report how Reyes violated the Education Code, unilaterally lowering the annual workdays in his employment contract to 217 and giving himself the ability to take extra compensation for any days over 217, amounting to over $50,000.
Two days later the Whittier Daily News confirmed HMG-CN’s story and published their own.
Now, HMG-has obtained the settlement agreement between Rio Hondo College and Reyes.