El Monte News

Saying that she lacked a conscience and empathy, a Contra Costa County judge on Friday sentenced a 60-year-old Southern California woman to eight years in prison for kidnapping her infant granddaughter as part of a bizarre plan to pass her off as her own.

A Southern California woman accused of kidnapping her 4-month-old granddaughter was sentenced Friday to eight years in jail, authorities said.

More than 111,000 cubic yards of sediment will be dredged from the bottom of a local spreading ground and a county park, twin operations that will involve a parade of dump trucks for at least three months heading to the Manning gravel pit in Irwindale.

It was easy to see that the very elderly couple was at the end of their rope. There was a colony of feral cats in their neighborhood, and mostly on their property.

Today, responsibility for operation and maintenance of the groundwater treatment system at the Whittier Narrows Operable Unit was transferred from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control .

About 30 members of the Boy Scouts of America protested in Los Angeles on Friday, May 17, 2013, because they do not want the BSA to lift a ban and let gays into the private organization.

Rep. Grace Napolitano recently honored 15 women who had been nominated by volunteer organizations for exemplary service at the 2013 "Women of the Year" ceremony at the Grace T. Black Auditorium.

Christian Trasvina, of Temple City, wheels his client Terence past an El Pollo Loco with a Fosters Freeze on Valley Mall in El Monte Wednesday morning, May 15, 2013 after a vehicle crashed through a window following a collision at Santa Anita Boulevard.

Southern California Tea Party groups blasted the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday, accusing the agency of pursuing a political agenda and mismanaging requests for tax-exempt status.

Two Southern California offices were named Tuesday in an Internal Revenue Services scandal where offices singled out Tea Party organizations during the 2012 election.

While the Internal Revenue Service has admitted that members of its Cincinnati office engaged in political targeting of some conservative groups, documents suggest at least three other offices did the same.

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Sidewalks, the graves of pioneers who were Whittier's founders and mobile apps were on the minds of City Council members at their budget meeting earlier this week.

With visions of skate parks, swimming pools and community centers dancing in their heads, the South El Monte City Council is considering asking residents to tax themselves to build a little fun into their neighborhood.

Literacy, story-telling, crafts, fun and games was the order of the day at the 30th Annual Fiesta of Books held May 4 at the El Monte Community Center.

Lon Schultz, 46, of Alhambra died in the apparent accident, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Lt.

A 33-year-old El Monte man was convicted Wednesday on child sex abuse charges, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced.

From the Arcadia Police Department: For the period of Sunday, April 28 th , through Saturday, May 4 th , the Police Department responded to 1,015 calls for service of which 114 required formal investigations.

That is, according to some legislators bubbling up with the latest fad in weight management crossed with fiscal policy.

An electronic sign on Baldwin Avenue and Valley Boulevard informing drivers know that a portion of Baldwin Avenue will be closed between Gidley Avenue and Rose Street Friday, May 3, 2013 in El Monte.