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Los Angeles City Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores has won the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Long Beach) in her bid to win a South Bay congressional seat. In a press release issued by the Flores campaign, Rohrabacher urged Republicans to support the councilwoman in her bid for the GOP nomination in the newly created 36th Congressional District, which stretches from San Pedro to Venice.

A 26-year-old employee at a Corona daycare center was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sexually assaulting two girls, authorities said. Miguel Flores of Corona was booked on suspicion of kidnapping and committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14, according to police and jail records. The records indicate he is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. lascivioushe was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. Corona police said their investigation began Monday after a guardian reported a possible "inappropriate sexual touching" of an 11-year-old girl while she was in the care of the Bixby Oaks daycare center where Flores worked.

Los Angeles Councilwoman Joan Milke Flores used her second annual "State of the City" address Thursday to deliver an upbeat message of change to neighborhood and business leaders in Wilmington, a community that for years has been struggling to overcome pollution, blight and the deterioration of its downtown business district. Flores also announced that "the chances are very good" that when the council restructures its standing committees in July, she will head a new committee that oversees the city's three independent departments: the Harbor Department, Airport Department and Department of Water and Power.

 Pitcher-infielder Eric Flores, who will be a senior at Glendora, has committed to Arizona. Eric.sondheimer@latimes.com  

This island had everything: empty beaches, waves perfect for surfing, coral reefs, smoking volcanoes. A mosaic of cultures, masterful arts. So where were all the tourists? About 500 miles northwest of the tip of Australia, Flores is surely one of the loveliest of the more than 13,500 islands of Indonesia. But in contrast to tourist centers like Bali, Flores remains a tranquil, deeply traditional, little-visited place. Even its name is a puzzle.

A diver who failed to surface off Santa Catalina Island on Sunday has been identified as a 20-year-old La Puente man who was a rescue air crewman with a Navy helicopter unit. Navy authorities in San Diego said Tuesday that Eric A. Flores, an aviation machinist's mate and airman apprentice, was on liberty with other members of a diving club Sunday morning when he sank 120 feet to the ocean floor. His companion failed in an attempt to pull Flores to the surface. Other divers searched for about four hours and the Coast Guard made a surface search by helicopter, but found no trace of Flores.

A 26-year-old employee at a Corona daycare center was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sexually assaulting two girls, authorities said. Miguel Flores of Corona was booked on suspicion of kidnapping and committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14, according to police and jail records. The records indicate he is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. lascivioushe was scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. Corona police said their investigation began Monday after a guardian reported a possible "inappropriate sexual touching" of an 11-year-old girl while she was in the care of the Bixby Oaks daycare center where Flores worked.

Stylized insignias. Deft strokes. Youth craze. All words used to describe what is commonly known as graffiti. I like reducing it to its more basic name: vandalism. J. VINCENT FLORES Colton

Capt. David L. Andrews is the new commanding officer of the Coast Guard Air Station and Group in San Diego, replacing Capt. Walter R. Glenning, who stepped down to begin a new job in Long Beach, a Coast Guard spokesman said. Andrews, a 1963 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., worked in the Pentagon as a liaison officer for personnel in the office of the Secretary of Defense, said Coast Guard Lt. Gilbert Flores.

After reading the article about the raising/sinking of the Princess Louise, I now know why I'll never make it in politics (Part B, May 3). Only a politician would understand spending $1 million to raise a ship so that it can be sunk again. J. VINCENT FLORES Colton

Former St. John Bosco infielder Dante Flores, who attends USC, has been named a starter for the Cape Cod League all-star game. The game will be played on Saturday. Also named to the team are former Chatsworth outfielder Aaron Brown of Pepperdine, former Crespi outfielder Scott Heineman of Oregon, former Chaminade pitcher Matt Troupe of Arizona and former Beckman pitcher James Kaprielian of UCLA. Eric.sondheimer@latimes.com  

A new juice bar named Clover is set to open on La Brea on Thursday. The shop's main draw is its cold-pressed juices, each of which, it claims, will pack the nutritional equivalent of three pounds of produce. There will also be kombucha on tap, Stumptown coffee, wheatgrass shots and various cleanse programs for detoxification. The refrigerated food will be a mixture of sandwiches and salads made by Flore vegan cafe in Silver Lake as well as by chef Bruce Kalman (of the Churchill).

While making the 1997 movie "Los Locos," Jean-Marc Vallée was befriended by a Down syndrome actor who was an extra in the production. "I had a special relationship with him," the French-Canadian director ("The Young Victoria") recalled. "Every time on the set he was coming to me. I was like his hero. He was very welcoming every day. I had a very nice connection. " Actor-turned-filmmaker Travis Fine was a regular on the ABC 1989-92 western series "The Young Riders," when he met Chris Burke, the Down syndrome star of the acclaimed drama "Life Goes On," which was also on the network at the time.

In Jean-Marc Vallée's time-shifting question mark of a movie "Café De Flore," love is a force by turns organic, therapeutic, alienating and enough of a connective tissue to bind two seemingly incongruent stories. One of Vallée's parallel tales is set in 1969 and concerns a Parisian single mother (an effective Vanessa Paradis) of less-than-modest means committing herself fully to the developmental needs of her Down syndrome son. The other follows a present-day Montreal DJ (Kevin Parent)

“Rockabilly filly” Rosie Flores returned to her Southland stamping ground Wednesday for the unveiling of a project obviously near and dear to her heart, “The Blanco Sessions” album she produced for '50s rockabilly singer and songwriter Janis Martin. The album comes out Sept. 18, but showcasing the material Martin sang for her first new recording in more than two decades falls to Flores. Shortly after working on the album in 2007 with Flores, Martin, then 67, learned she had cancer, and died a few months later.

Jockey Eswan Flores was pulled from his mounts at Del Mar more than a week ago after a random drug test came back positive for cocaine, Keith Brackpool, chairman of the California Horse Racing Board, confirmed on Tuesday in a statement. Flores is challenging the validity of the test, according to Doug Christensen, his manager. “He absolutely has not taken cocaine,” Christensen said. “I believe the test was corrupted.” Christensen said Flores took a second test two days later that came back negative for cocaine.

At the request of the developer, the Los Angeles City Council's Planning and Environment Committee has delayed a public hearing on a controversial project that calls for 100 condominiums and 68 apartments for senior citizens to be built in the Barton Hill section of San Pedro. The project has generated opposition from those who say that the site, 515 N. Beacon St., is unsuitable for senior citizens and that the condominiums will spark the gentrification of Barton Hill, which is home to many low-income people.

It's a good summer for institutions. The Statue of Liberty is 100. Jim Plunkett is 38. Both are sound again and back in the news. Lady Liberty had a gala birthday party. Plunkett has been promised a shot at regaining the starting job he lost in last season's third game, when the 49ers' Jeff Stover planted him at midfield in the Coliseum. Actually, Plunkett says he has been promised the second shot, behind Marc Wilson.

Apprentice jockey Eswan Flores has been removed from his mounts indefinitely under orders of the California Horse Racing Board, spokesman Mike Marten said Sunday. Flores was taken off his mounts on Saturday at Del Mar and was scheduled to ride in six of 11 races on Sunday. Marten said "no comment" as to the reason for the CHRB decision. Flores' agent, Joe Griffin, said Sunday Fores had "a couple of personal problems" he's working out. "He thinks everything is going to be fine," Griffin said.

When the soccer competition TV show Sueno MLS debuted in 2007, its first winner was a 17-year-old Mexican American forward from Orange County named Flores. On Sunday the latest champion was revealed and he, too, is a 17-year-old Mexican American forward from Orange County named Flores. The first one, Jorge Flores, was from Anaheim while Sunday's winner, Armando Flores, is from neighboring Santa Ana. So see? Not so similar after all. Yet while basking in his victory, Armando said he hopes the differences don't stop there because Jorge Flores - who changed his surname to Villafana last winter to honor his mother - is in his sixth season in Major League Soccer with Chivas USA. And two months ago he was playing for the U.S. U-23 national team in the Olympic Trials.