By Jim Tortolano She was born stateless in a refugee camp in Hong Kong. When her family was able to come to America, they had to share a mattress in a one-bedroom […]
From Hong Kong to Yale to Stanton
Cannabis commerce concept advances
By Jim Tortolano Stanton took the first tentative steps toward allowing the commercial uses of cannabis – marijuana – at Tuesday night’s meeting of the City Council. In a special session starting […]
City Council will mull cannabis sales
A new member of the Stanton City Council is scheduled to be sworn in Tuesday night, but the biggest seeds – pun intended – of change could come earlier in the day. […]
Van is new councilwoman-in-waiting
The Stanton City Council has a new member, but she won’t take her seat just yet. Hong Alyce Van was unanimously chosen Tuesday night to fill a vacancy on the council, but […]
City will explore a bed tax increase
The possibility of raising the “bed tax” advanced a bit at Tuesday’s meeting of the Stanton City Council. A staff report providing more detail on the topic was requested by the council. […]
Hike in “bed tax” at motels considered
Money matters will be on the minds of members of the Stanton City Council when it meets Tuesday evening. The council will consider the idea of raising the transient occupancy tax – […]
Townhome project wins approval, 4-0
The building boom in Stanton is rolling on. At Tuesday night’s meeting of the City Council, approval was given to two matters, which aim at adding to the community’s housing stock. The […]
Stanton homicide victim is identified
UPDATE: The victim in Friday’s homicide has been identified as Jeffrey Cheng, 31, of Irvine. According to the OCSD, he is the registered owner of the vehicle he was found inside. Anyone […]
Ethans retiring; council to fill vacancy
Are you a resident of Stanton and ever thought you could be a good member of the city council? Your opportunity to serve might be coming up. At the Feb. 12 meeting […]
Council hires a new city manager
A new city manager for Stanton was hired at Tuesday’s meeting of the city council. The new top officer of the city of nearly 40,000 people will be Jarad L. Hildenbrand, currently […]
