BELLFLOWER
BEGAN as a DUTCH-AMERICAN SETTLEMENT,
w/
LOTS OF DAIRY FARMS OWNED BY
IMMIGRANTS from
the NETHERLANDS but you won't find any farms or windmills or large tulip patches here today


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Friday, February 13, 2026

"The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion" | The New Yorker

https://archive.md/2026.02.09-111134/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/02/16/the-babies-kept-in-a-mysterious-los-angeles-mansion 

"A wealthy couple used multiple American surrogates to have more than twenty babies. Authorities removed the children after one baby was seriously injured and alleged abuse was discovered. Surrogates later realized the couple may have controlled the agency recruiting them. The story raises serious questions about how loosely regulated commercial surrogacy is in the U.S..."

Monday, February 9, 2026

"EXCLUSIVE: 1 in 3 LA Armenians using $30B IHSS program investigated by Dr. Oz | "

https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_803c5e4e-b136-44de-8b3b-c4d4d550770a.html 

"
While the U.S. Census estimates Armenians are only 2.1% of Los Angeles County's population, Armenian-speakers are 14.7% of LA County's 303,269 recipients of IHSS care, according to IHSS language data. No other group in Los Angeles County comes anywhere close in their utilization of IHSS with the next-highest utilization rate half that of Armenian-speakers..."

Friday, February 6, 2026

condolences 🙏, Westwood "Multiple dead, several injured after car crashes into Los Angeles grocery store "| Fox News

https://www.foxnews.com/us/multiple-dead-several-injured-vehicle-crashes-los-angeles-grocery-store 


"It appears the driver, the elderly driver, was trying to swerve out of the way of a bicyclist and all we know is that that elderly driver in that single vehicle did strike a bicyclist," he added. "What we do know again is a total of nine patients, three that tragically were deceased, two that are in serious, at least serious condition, two in moderate condition, and two that declined transport."