Montebello News

Longtime Councilman Bill Molinari and two challengers won three open City Council seats in voting on Tuesday.

Photo: The First Photo of Gomez, Molinari and Barajas together, at 1:00am, just after final results came in. Copyrighted Photo used with permission of Bill Molinari

Chamber to hold networking event The Monrovia Chamber of Commerce will present a networking breakfast on Thursday.

Voters ousted Mayor Rosie Vasquez and paved the way for longtime Councilman Bill Molinari to go from outsider to leader of a new City Council majority.

The Planning Commission on Monday night voted unanimously for a zoning change that would permit check-cashing businesses to open no less than a half-mile apart from each other.

With the top three vote totals, Bill Molinari, Art Barajas and Frank Gomez now become an new anti-Athens' style contract, anti-1200 mainly condo proposed project majority. With virtually all the candidates decrying the Athens' contract, the Hills appear to have been the deciding factor in this election. Will the bottom six run in the recall elections?

Nine candidates vying for three seats on the City Council hoped last-minute campaign tactics, including bullhorn shouting and flatbed trucks touting political signs, will pay off today at the polls.

A physician accused of deliberately injuring two cyclists by slamming on his car's brakes on a narrow Brentwood road was convicted Monday of mayhem, assault with a deadly weapon and other serious criminal charges.

Two challengers and three incumbents are seeking votes in the Montebello Unified School District, which has three seats open on Nov.

The Ladies' Aid of the Holly Cross Cathedral presents its annual holiday boutique and food bazaar from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8 at Bagramian Hall, 900 West Lincoln Ave. Armenian food, jewelry, handbags, hand-made items, dried fruit, nuts and more will be made available. The public is invited to attend. Admission and parking is free

A Montebello Transit bus collided with a car Wednesday, officials said, injuring five bus people on the bus and the driver of the other car.

California's new filming incentives appear to be heading for a happy Hollywood ending.

We would like to thank Rosie Vasquez for serving on the City Council. But it is time for new voices. There are other challengers who brought energy and ideas to the debate. We'd like to thank them all for volunteering to serve their town. But our choices for city council in Montebello are . . . . .

Photo: The Three recommended candidates are shown here. Can you guess which two didn't make it?

A recall election, a proposed development in the Montebello Hills and the retirement of City Administrator Richard Torres are among the mounting issues at Montebello City Hall.

Herlinda Ramirez Colosimo has lived in the city all her life but recently has found herself shopping outside its borders.

The treasure map for the ultimate burrito has to be here.

NCLB/SES: A+ Educational Centers are a California approved Provider of Supplemental Educational Services under the provisions of the "No Child Left Behind Act." We partner with over 100 school districts throughout California to provide supplemental educational support to eligible children attending Program Improvement schools statewide. If you qualify, some of these programs are free.

It was a case that generated outrage. A grandmother driving home saw a man spray-painting a wall in her neighborhood.

THE Montebello Unified School District is quite large, encompassing 18 elementary schools, six intermediate schools, three high schools, one continuation school and four adult schools.

Hospitals throughout the San Gabriel Valley face a possible shut down if they can't complete hundreds of millions of dollars in seismic retrofitting before a state-mandated 2013 deadline.

Police are looking for the armed man who robbed a Smart & Final over the weekend.