Baldwin Park News Archives

The nation's economy grew at a better-than-expected 3.5 percent pace during the third quarter, officially ending the worst U.S. economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Even before he walks into the exam room, Dr. Michael Nguyen has up-to-the-minute health information about his Long Beach patients.

More than 70 volunteers took part in National Public Lands Day on Sept. 26 by helping spruce up the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale.

Police said a man who tried to snatch a 13-year-old girl in Maywood on Tuesday may be the same man who kidnapped and raped a girl in Baldwin Park two weeks ago.

Outside Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's bill signing last week in Industry, a small group of Walnut residents gathered to protest a proposed NFL stadium.

RESIDENTS of Baldwin Park will have to choose two candidates for City Council next Tuesday, as well as one for mayor.

Direct Pack Inc/PMC Global, Starbucks Coffee Foodservice, Sysco LA, Frito Lay, Hilton Garden Inn, Access Group, the Individual Group, Fresh Choice Produce, Hint support this year's Walk for Hope with the donation of products and volunteers.

Contractors have begun expanding a 2.2-mile stretch of the 10 Freeway, paving the way for a carpool lane on either side, officials said.

Some San Gabriel Valley residents have already seen their water bills go up. Those that haven't will soon.

Seems like poor El Monte can't catch a break. City plans for a transit village have gone up in smoke thanks to a criminal fraud investigation involving the developer.

A man nearly escaped arrest Monday after leading California Highway Patrol officers on a high speed pursuit that started on the northbound 605 Freeway and ended in a backyard near Chilcot Street.

City officials want Irwindale to take another look at the environmental effects of a proposed trash sorting facility on the city's border.

With millions of dollars in budget cuts, spikes in enrollment and an overcrowded campus, Mt.

For the second time this week, a pizza delivery man handed over his cash and pizza to knife-wielding robbers near the Palm Villa apartment complex.

Kelsey Shaw, 16 of Duarte, a student from the non-profit Metropolitan Education Theatre Network's East San Gabriel Valley group performs as Beauty during a production of "Beauty and the Beast" for a group of local school children at Baldwin Park's Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Oct.

More than 700 job seekers packed a community center in Baldwin Park on Wednesday, hoping to find something - anything - to survive.

Police are asking the publics help in finding the man a 15-year-old girl says kidnapped and raped her.

CyberPowerPC, located in Baldwin Park, CA, aims to eliminate the tradeoffs associated with customized system builds by providing the latest technology at affordable prices.

Elsie Marie Menegatti was a Renaissance woman - sewing, building, cooking, coin collecting.

Nick Barron is trying to keep his boat business afloat. But it's not easy. These days, his sleek, high-performance boats aren't exactly a discretionary item, so he's had to layoff employees and cut costs as demand has dwindled.

Three incumbents are facing four newcomers this November in the race for open seats on the Valley County Water board.

The City Council publicly admonished Councilman Ricardo Pacheco over his alleged berating of Police Chief Lili Hadsell, sources in the police department and city hall said Thursday.

THESE are difficult times for all K-12 school districts, and Covina-Valley Unified in particular.

The images are bold and somewhat disturbing - rolls of fat spilling out between a girl's undergarments; a boy pinching his large gut that hangs over his jeans; an obese boy with a huge waste, seemingly half as wide as he is tall.

The Catholic Resource Center invites the local community to a two-day Rosary Rally to pray for world peace The rally will start tonight from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Chapel, 381 W. Center St., Covina.

The Doggie Door is back on Park Avenue after a three-year hiatus. Owners Brian Wettstein and Jeff Brow three years ago closed their pet accessory shop along with the former Olive This, Relish That gourmet food store in Winter Park and combined those two concepts into Bullfish , which opened in Baldwin Park this summer.

A board member who has been arrested twice in the last year is not seeking re-election in November.

A truck loaded with 29,000 pounds of toys crashed on the 10 Freeway early Thursday, touching of a five-car collision that disrupted traffic for nearly five hours.

A Toys "R" Us big rig overturned and crashed through the center divider of the eastbound Interstate 10 Freeway in Baldwin Park -- causing several more accidents early Thursday.