Montebello News

A man who died while in police custody last Friday has been identified as Guillermo Pablo Cedano, 34, of Montebello, Los Angeles County Coroner Lt. Fred Corral said. The cause of death is still under investigation.

Cedano called the police around midnight on Friday requesting medical help at his house on the 1000 block of Carob Way, officials said. It is unclear what type of medical problem he was experiencing. Cedano was tased by one police officer an unknown amount of times, Lt. Holly Francisco of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau said. Cedano was unarmed at the time of the incident and police did not use batons to subdue him.

"He was hostile. They restrained him. While restrained, he became unconscious," he said. An officer suffered a fractured right wrist during the scuffle and was released from the hospital that same day. No other injuries were reported, Lt. Francisco said. Cedano had been arrested four different times in the past for battery on a peace officer, obstructing justice, being under the influence, and disturbing the peace, Francisco said.

In an effort to curb the number of persons killed and injured in DUI-related crashes, the Alhambra Police Department will conduct a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint from 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday in the area of Garfield and Linda Vista avenues.

The Rev. Richard Ochoa, the pastor of the Lord's Vineyard Fellowship and a leading figure in battles to stop casinos and strip clubs from locating in the city, died Tuesday following a long struggle with cancer.

A joint investigation targeting criminal street gangs in over a dozen separate locations in the East Los Angeles ara resulted in several arrests, authorities said Wednesday.

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A team of Downey firefighters was dispatched to Camarillo Springs today to help battle a raging wildfire that has already burned more than 6,000 acres and threatened hundreds of homes.

Memorial to All Victims of Crimes Against Humanity Facing History and Ourselves LA Network Blog April 3, 2013 Written by Mary Hendra Fifty years after the genocide of the Armenians, a memorial was established in our very own Southern California.

BUILD ONE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MONUMENT IN PASADENA: San Gabriel Valley Tribune, CA April 24 2013 San Gabriel Valley Tribunesgvtribune.com A congressman with a lot of Armenian-American constituents bothers to learn enough of the Armenian language to give a speech on the floor of the House this week.

Petik Khantyan of Van Nuys places a flower on the monument during the 98th annual Armenian Genocide commemoration at the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument in Bicknell Park on Wednesday, April 24, 2012 in Montebello, Calif.

Meat a new friend! Jack Daniel's Properties Inc., Louisville, is partnering with Completely Fresh Foods Inc. (CFF), Montebello, Calif., on a national retail launch of Jack Daniel's ready-to-eat meat entrees.