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Leonard Mendoza Staff Report May 4, 2022~Hews Media Group-Community News reported last week about Leonard Mendoza threatening HMG-CN publisher Brian Hews in a series of emails. The emails contained several misspellings and grammatical errors, with some people commenting on HMG-CN's website that Mendoza was probably impaired at the time; Mendoza has said he is…
From 2004 to 2018, $94 million in bonds was authorized and issued, costing taxpayers tens of millions. This is part one of two on Bassett. By Brian Hews and Jonesy Smith Bassett Unified School District (Bassett) was established in 1898. The district serves the communities of La Puente and Baldwin Park, encompassing around 8 square miles. The area is absent of hills and valleys; residents call it “Pancakes” or the “Flatlands.” The Eastside 13 did not Walkout in this neck of the woods and face 66 years in prison. They marched for better conditions in schools and spearheaded a ...
By Brian Hews • May 24, 2021 COMMERCE, CA – Only months after Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia’s controversial bill failed, a bill that attempted to place Central Basin Water (CB) into receivership despite an $8 million reserve and a budget that showed a slight net operating margin (NOM), it is evident that the new CB Board, led by Art Chacon, and management team, led by Alex Rojas, cleaned up the mess left by Kevin Hunt, and the corporate sabotage of former Finance Director Andrew Hamilton, earning a $2.5 NOM and announcing a rate reduction. Despite a projected statewide drought, the CB ...
FRUSTRATED EL SERENO RESIDENTS CLAIM THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO LIVE IN “SLUM LIKE CONDITIONS” BECAUSE OF THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND NOW THEIR RENTS ARE INCREASING 10% EVERY SIX MONTHS. By Brian Hews • Aug. 22, 2013 The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is known for its’ meticulous maintenance of the state’s highways, bridges and roads managing more than 50,000 miles of California’s highway and freeway lanes, but that is not the case in the tiny neighborhood of El Sereno, where residents contend that Caltrans, who owns many of the houses in t...
Ketchup Shortage Hits Restaurant Industry Share this: By Brian Hews • April 7, 2021 The pandemic has caused shortages in pet food, pasta, cereal, toilet paper, paper towels, disinfectants, cleaning supplies, appliances, furniture, meat and more. Now the pandemic supply chain problems are reaching into America’s favorite condiment: Ketchup packets. Restaurants have had to rely heavily on takeout orders to survive, which amped up demand for the now prized packets Kraft Heinz Co. is ketchup’s king, with a research firm saying Heinz holds nearly 70% of the U.S. retail market for the condim...