LA TIMES CREDITS LOS CERRITOS COMMUNITY COMMUNITY NEWS FOR OUR COVERAGE ON NOGUEZ PROBE

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I want to publicly thank the publisher and editor of the Los Angeles Times for giving proper credit to Los Cerritos Community Newspaper on their on-line edition over the ongoing expose on the District Attorney's probe of Los Angeles County Assessor John R. Noguez. I also want to thank the dozens of good, honest people who work inside the Assessors office for their per
sistence, drive and determination for wanting to get "out in the open" once and for all. This is about a free and open society and how a local community newspaper can still be a vital voice in the world around us. 


LCCN has a tremendous amount of respect for Los Angeles Times Pulitzer Prize winning reporters and editors who are now actively involved in this probe. 


I sure hope the rest of the media corp here in Southern California can follow our lead. 


Randy Economy
Randy@CerritosNews.net

Breaking News-LA Times Confirms LCCN Story On Noguez Probe

Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez's dealings with a consultant are under investigation by the public integrity division of the district attorney’s office.

Click on link below to see article.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-tax-assessor-investigation-20120219,0,1501756.story

To our readers: We emailed the LA Times this morning asking why they did not give LCCN credit, they have since changed the online story to give LCCN credit.

  

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My note in the Los Angeles Times today....
RandyEconomy at 11:35 AM February 19, 2012

I would like to publicly that the Los Angeles Times for giving proper credit to Los Cerritos Community Newspaper for our efforts in breaking this story three weeks ago. Community newspapers are the heart and soul of America and will always have a proper place in our society. This situation is about keeping our government accountable and the ability of a FREE MEDIA to still exist in our society.  Thank you LA Times.  BTW.  There is a tremendous amount STILL unfolding.  Stay tune!

Randy Economy, Reporter, Los Cerritos Community News

http://loscerritosnews.net/breaking-newsla-times-confirms-lccn-story-on-noguez-probe-p2644-221.htm

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Rob Marciano: Tornadoes on the Sun has CNN's "Weather God" on fire this morning. W2G RoMar!

First of all, THE hippest weather dude in America is CNN's Rob Marciano, he is ultra cool, and has a totally bitchin' new hair style.

Anyway, today RoMar and CNN did a segment from images from  NASA tat shows "plasma indirection" that results in tornado-like action on the sun.  Holy crap.  This clip is going to be the "talk around" Los Cerritos Community Newspaper here in Cerritos, California this morning.

Pass me the coffee.

(UPDATED 5:05 p.m.) John and Ken pulled from KFI for comments made about Whitney Houston. Off air till Feb. 27. What do you think? Hit my comment section

John Kobylt: Photo taken by Randy Economy

5:08 p.m.
The news of John and Ken getting booted off the air has gone GLOBAL...


Around the world news.   Just read about it in the Washington Post....

rre

KFI has posted the following statement on their website about the suspension of John and Ken.


"Effective immediately, KFI AM 640 hosts John Kobylt and Ken Champiou have been suspended for making insensitive and inappropriate comments about the late Whitney Houston. 

Ken Champiou: Photo taken by Randy Economy

KFI AM 640 Management does not condone, support or tolerate statements of this kind. 

John Kobylt said, “We made a mistake, and we accept the station’s decision. We used language that was inappropriate, and we sincerely apologize to our listeners and to the family of Ms. Houston.” 

John and Ken will return to the air Monday, February 27."


My original post:

What the hell is going on with John and Ken and KFI Talk Radio today.  The ubber-famous afternoon shock jocks have been yanked from their mega famous chat show for making outlandish comments about the late Whitney Houston.

Here is a statement just posted on their Facebook page:

The Official John and Ken Show

KFI AM 640’S JOHN AND KEN SUSPENDED

Effective immediately, KFI AM 640 hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou have been suspended for making insensitive and inappropriate comments about the late Whitney Houston.

KFI AM 640 Management does not condone, support or tolerate statements of this kind.

John Kobylt said, “We made a mistake, and we accept the station’s decision. We used language that was inappropriate, and we sincerely apologize to our listeners and to the

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 family of Ms. Houston.” 

What do you think?  
Good idea? Bad Idea? Freedom of Speech?  Sound OFF!


Also, to my peeps over at KFI in the MANAGEMENT STAFF....

I AM WILLING and AVAILABLE to FILL IN while they are on their "Adult Time Out!"


Call me....
FACEBOOK ME....

Alain Eloym Salas: Ex-Freemont High School Coach. Teaching Assistant Charged in Child Sex Abuse Case

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Rack up another creepy teacher from LAUSD.  What the heck is going on...
From the crime file today.....

COMPTON – A teaching assistant and athletic coach at Fremont High School in Los Angeles accused of engaging in an inappropriate relationship with an underage student is expected to be arraigned this afternoon, the District Attorney’s Office announced. Alain Eloym Salas, 40 (dob 8/8/71), of Los Angeles is charged with four felonies – three counts of lewd act upon a child and one count of contact with minor for sexual offense – in case No. TA122002. Salas is scheduled to appear for arraignment in Department 12 of Compton Superior Court. The alleged crimes, which occurred between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30, 2011, involve a 15-year-old girl, according to the felony complaint. This case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s SAFE Team, a multi-agency task force that includes the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Los Angeles Police Department, the California Highway Patrol, the Office of the Attorney General, State of California Department of Justice, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Prosecutors have recommended that the defendant’s bail be set at $300,000.

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Gerhard Albert Becker: Architect Charged in death of LA Firefighter Glenn Allen

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6.0 Earthquake hits off Coast of Oregon; No Tsunami warning issued

Valentines Day Oregon Coast Earthquake Details

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The earthquake did hit off a well known fault area off the coast of Oregon.

Earthquake List for Map Centered at 44°N, 128°W

Update time = Wed Feb 15 4:00:02 UTC 2012

Here are the earthquakes in the Map Centered at 44°N, 128°W area, most recent at the top.
(Some early events may be obscured by later ones.)
Click on the underlined portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information.

	MAG	UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s	LAT deg	LON deg	DEPTH km	LOCATION
MAP	6.0	2012/02/15 03:31:20	43.536	-127.381	10.0	245 km (152 mi) WNW of Bandon, OR

By Randy Economy

A 6.0 earthquake hit off the coast of Oregon just around 30 minutes ago. At 7:31 PM Pacific Standard Time on February 14,  The magnitude is such that a tsunami IS NOT EXPECTED. This will be the only WCATWC message issued for this event.
Did you feel it?  Hit my comment section below.  Here is the official details for the USGA.

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	6.0
Date-Time	Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 03:31:20 UTC Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 07:31:20 PM at epicenter
Location	43.536°N, 127.381°W
Depth	10 km (6.2 miles)
Region	OFF THE COAST OF OREGON
Distances	256 km (159 miles) W of Coos Bay, Oregon 293 km (182 miles) WSW of Newport, Oregon 302 km (187 miles) NW of Brookings, Oregon 380 km (236 miles) WSW of SALEM, Oregon
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 19.7 km (12.2 miles); depth +/- 6.2 km (3.9 miles)
Parameters	NST=205, Nph=211, Dmin=282.8 km, Rmss=1.15 sec, Gp=180°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usb00080ib

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Jose Fructuoso Sentenced in 2010 Murder of Theater Director Bennett Bradley

Director Bennett Bradley....

....convicted killer Jose Frutuosco

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