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Also on today's calendar: Reflective Writing and Intuitive Collage and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. These 10 California Middle Schools Were Just Ranked The Best In The State By U.S. News (newsbreak.com) — Whitney High School in Cerritos just earned a top spot on U.S. News' list of California middle schools, thanks to its rigorous 7–12 program on Shoemaker Avenue. Local families learn that Whitney is a public high school with selective admissions, allowing academically driven students to stay on one campus from seventh grade through graduation within ABC Unified School District.
2. After Years of Fighting Metro, Cerritos Now Wants a Rail Station That Could Cost $200 Million (loscerritosnews.net) — Cerritos officials are weighing whether to pursue a costly new Metro rail station at Gridley Road and 183rd Street, with construction estimated between $150 million and $200 million. The City Council will review a feasibility study on November 9, decide if this corner should be the preferred station site, and consider seeking funding for environmental review and negotiations with Metro to pay for construction.
3. 'LASD Task Force Makes 22 Arrests During 'Bay to LA' Street Takeover Enforcement' from LASD - Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept Information Bureau (SIB) : Nixle (nixle.com) — Illegal street takeover crackdowns over the weekend included enforcement in Cerritos, where deputies made arrests, impounded cars for 30 days, and issued dozens of citations. The Sheriff's Department warns that even blocking streets for stunts can bring criminal charges, steep fines, DMV points, and soaring insurance. Residents are urged to report street racing or sideshows to law enforcement or Crime Stoppers.
4. Election results: Derek Tran, Chuong Vo face off in 45th Congressional District race (ocregister.com) — Early election returns show Democrat Derek Tran leading Republican Chuong Vo in the 45th Congressional District, which includes Cerritos and several nearby Orange County cities. Both candidates are children of Vietnamese refugees and have highlighted their families' immigration stories while competing in a district where Democrats currently hold a registration edge but Republicans and independents remain significant.
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