Don Waldie, an original resident of the City of Lakewood, who grew up to become its official spokesman … and then, unofficially but even more importantly, the man who put Southern California’s suburban experience into perspective and poetry, has announced his retirement.
Waldie, who still lives in the same tract home where his parents raised him, transitioned into [...]

Brian Miller never told anyone why he was making mortars and rockets in his back yard, but ever since they blew up, fireworks have been an explosive subject in Lakewood

PHOTO COURTESY of STEVE KRAWCZUK
Clocks in people’s homes marked the zero hour differently, but officially it was “at about 6:50 a.m.” on Sunday, March 5, 2006, [...]

Utility giant Southern California Edison’s popularity contest in Lakewood is apparently far from over. The electric company started alienating its (sorry) power base last month when its workers quietly installed a 13-ton, 93-foot power pole at Centralia Street and Palo Verde Avenue, outside the home of Shelby and William Ranson.
“I think if SCE would have [...]