🌱 Which Lakewood freshman just landed on the Press-Telegram Dream Team?
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In today's newsletter:
- Which Lakewood freshman just landed on the Press-Telegram Dream Team?
- How Lakewood’s Assemblymember voted on a bill targeting California’s high costs.
Today's riddle: What is the DJ's favorite part of the candy? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: Increasing cloudiness, with a high of 83 and low of 61 degrees.
- Sunday: Partly sunny and beautiful, temps: high: 77, low: 56.
- Monday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 75 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Press-Telegram girls basketball Dream Team: Bella Harmon is the Player of the Year (presstelegram.com) — Lakewood hoops fans can celebrate freshman guard Aniyah Lindsey earning a spot on the Press-Telegram’s girls basketball Dream Team second team, while St. Joseph star Bella Harmon is named Player of the Year. The feature highlights Harmon’s impact, her pride in the legacy she’s leaving in Lakewood, and the rapid rise of St. Joseph’s program under Coach of the Year Chris Childress. 
• Cost Cutter Regulatory Reform Bill Clears First Committee Hurdle (calchamber.com) — Lakewood residents are represented in a new push to make California agencies weigh cost-of-living impacts before approving new regulations, with Assemblymember Solache of Lakewood voting yes on AB 2366. The bill, backed by the state Chamber of Commerce, cleared its first committee 7–0 and now heads to Assembly Judiciary for further debate on how rules affect prices, jobs, and household budgets.
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A Conversation With David Archuleta at LA Times Festival of Books
University of Southern California
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Larry David in Conversation with Lorraine Ali
Bovard Auditorium , Bovard Administration Building , 3551 Trousdale Pkwy , Los Angeles
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🗞 Nearby News
Artesia
- 605 LEAGUE BASEBALL: Artesia's Lugo flirts with perfect game as Pioneers jump all over Whitney (loscerritosnews.net)
- Police Chase Yellow Corvette in Torrance (mynewsla.com)
Bellflower
- Trieu: Here are recruiting targets on tap to visit Michigan's spring game (detroitnews.com)
- How USC-bound Christian Collins uplifts: ‘I want to inspire others' (nypost.com)
Long Beach
- Teofilo brings Filipino coffee culture, history to Long Beach (sigtrib.com)
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