It’s been quite a summer for former Los Alamitos High School football player Shaquille Richardson, And this is only early August. Yesterday Richardson started his college football career at
The University of Arizona, but that’s not where the summer started out for the star cornerback. He spoke to OC180NEWS by phone from Arizona Tuesday night.

Last month, while attending UCLA summer school, former Los Alamitos High School football player Shaquille Richardson was among three incoming UCLA freshman football players arrested on suspicion of felony theft. About a week later and before any decision about filing charges was made by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, all three were kicked out of UCLA and dismissed from the team.

Last Saturday and Sunday, the Long Beach Yacht Club was only one of more than 30 West Coast yacht clubs to host the Southern California Yachting Association’s 81st Midwinter Regatta. But it certainly must have stood out from the rest as man and machine on 34 boats were tested in consistent winds of 15-20 knots both days. Several spinnakers shredded, hardware broke and one crewmen received minor injuries when the six-foot swells and choppy seas added to the challenge.

By Kelly Ford-Harris
Los Alamitos High School Baseball Program Booster Club - Corporate Fundraising Chair

The Los Alamitos High School Baseball Program will hold its first annual Sports Equipment Sale on Saturday, January 30. Proceeds from the event will benefit the boys baseball program and help generate funds for needed improvements to fields and facilities.

Under a picture perfect Southern California Spring morning, 5,050, runners/walkers took to the streets of Seal Beach for the 35th running of the Seal Beach 5K/10K race. The proceeds from the race, all of which are donated to local charities, are expected to exceed $100,000.

Under a picture perfect Southern California Spring morning, 5,050, runners/walkers took to the streets of Seal Beach for the 35th running of the Seal Beach 5K/10K race. The proceeds from the race, all of which are donated to local charities, are expected to exceed $100,000.

West OC resident, Janet Mendoza, Los Alamitos, California, has won the 2008 Spy Optic/Sport Chalet wakeboard boat sweepstakes! Her Grand Prize? $68,000 in gear, including a 2007 Super Air Nautiques 210 Team Edition wakeboard boat, a 2007 DHM trailer, and a Liquid Force Wakeboard.

Weather you are an experienced Reverse Triathlon athlete, a wheelchair racer, a walker, a child, someone who likes to look at military aircraft, or just somebody who likes a $5.00 pancake breakfast for a good cause, there will be something for you at the 29th Annual Race on the Base. The big day in Los Alamitos is February 27, 2010, just a week from Saturday. The race will be held at the Joint Forces Training Base, JFTB, in Los Alamitos.

Imagine this—we finally get some winter rain, and it’s time to think about baseball. Many of our local boys play in either the St. Hedwig Pony Baseball or the Los Alamitos Youth Baseball Pony leagues. These leagues, which just recently held their tryouts and drafts for the 2010 season, are the feeder programs for the main local baseball action—Los Alamitos High School Baseball. And, that local baseball action begins now, and this coming Saturday, January 23, at 5:30 PM, Texas Hold ‘Em and baseball come together.

The annual Seal Beach 5K/10K charity fund raising run is this Saturday, April 4, 2009. The run, which also includes a Kids' 1K Fun Run, starting line is at the Seal Beach Community Center, 151 Marina Drive, Seal Beach, CA 90740. The finish line is at the Seal Beach pier.