What should become of 61-year-old Bellflower truck driver Jerry Cress?
As John Canalis writes in this morning’s Press-Telegram, Cress is charged with one count of murder–and three additional felony counts: being a felon in possession of a firearm, being a felon in possession of ammunition and marijuana cultivation–in the Jan. 21, 2007 death of Jacob T. [...]

Paramount residential market goes limp. Also: 2008 elections in Long Beach

Not sure who wrote it, but there’s an interesting piece on the shocking drop in Paramount home sales, in today’s Press-Telegram opinion section.

The remains of Johnie’s Broiler–one of Southern California’s last large-scale drive-in restaurants, where custom cars were king and even the food was fast–needs your help.
It’s been nearly a year since a man driving a bulldozer managed to flatten most of the 1958 Downey landmark. What’s left of the Googie-style restaurant–replete with flagstone, exuberant script and [...]