Lincoln Elementary Teacher Arrested for Possessing Child Pornography

Lynwood, CA - First grade teacher Kenneth Kothe at Lynwood Elementary has been arrested on possession of child pornography.

Kothe was arrested as a result of Operation Predator, an ongoing probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into the downloading of child pornography off the Internet.

Officers found hundreds of pictures of child pornography at his home in Alhambra. The Lynwood Unified School District have placed Kothe on unpaid administrative leave.

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Lynwood School Board Members Ignore Community

Lynwood, CA -Close to 100 teachers, parents and community activists demanded the superintendent's termination. The Lynwood School Board ignored the requests.

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Election Results

LYNWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNI    COUNCILMEMBER                                  
VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN   2                                                   
                                                                           
  AIDE CASTRO                                                  845    13.94
  ALFREDO FLORES                                               764    12.61
  JIM MORTON                                                   745    12.29
  PATRICIA CARR                                                708    11.68
  LETICIA VASQUEZ                                              583     9.62
  LOUIS BYRD                                                   436     7.19
  RAMON RODRIGUEZ                                              427     7.05
  EDWIN R JACINTO                                              264     4.36
  K WICKER-AMEY                                                260     4.29
  MARGARET ARAUJO                                              218     3.60
  FERNANDO PEDROZA                                             209     3.45
  HAROLD TUCKER                                                190     3.13
  REBECCA J WELLS                                              190     3.13
  JUAN J ENCISO                                                132     2.18
  ARTHUR MARTINEZ                                               46     0.76
  HARRY GIBBENS                                                 44     0.73
                                                                           
TOTAL PRECINCTS         11            PRECINCTS REPORTING        11   100.00
REGISTRATION        17,672                                                                                             
                                                                        

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As of Date: 11/06/2007 Time: 23:40                            Votes  Percent
                                                                         
LYNWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNI    CITY CLERK                                    
                                                                         
 MARIA QUINONEZ                                             1,684    65.63
 NANETTE COLEMAN                                              882    34.37
                                                                         
TOTAL PRECINCTS         11            PRECINCTS REPORTING        10    90.91
REGISTRATION        17,672                                                 
                                                                         

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As of Date: 11/06/2007 Time: 23:40                            Votes  Percent
                                                                         
LYNWOOD CITY GENERAL MUNI    CITY TREASURER                                
                                                                         
 SALVADOR ALATORRE                                          1,595    57.13
 IRIS PYGATT                                                1,197    42.87
                                                                         
TOTAL PRECINCTS         11            PRECINCTS REPORTING        10    90.91
REGISTRATION        17,672                                                 
                                                                         
LYNWOOD UNIFIED SCHOOL       GOVERNING BOARD MEMBER                        
VOTE FOR NO MORE THAN   3                                                  
                                                                         
 JOSE LUIS SOLACHE                                          1,849    26.60
 MARIA G LOPEZ                                              1,442    20.75
 OSCAR ESPINOZA                                             1,408    20.26
 D PLUMMER-JONES                                            1,127    16.22
 G R RODRIGUEZ                                              1,124    16.17
                                                                         
TOTAL PRECINCTS         11            PRECINCTS REPORTING         9    81.82
REGISTRATION        17,898