San Gabriel News

Today, it has a majority Mexican population. But centuries ago, it was a largely desert and steppe area inhabited by the Tongva people whose territory stretched from parts of the Valley to the San Gabriel Mountains.

Four robbers with a handgun fled with a woman's purse after robbing her and attempting to rob another woman in a parking lot early Sunday, officials said.

Though the dust has settled after the most controversial two months in the city's recent history, the City Council must now foot the bill for nearly $140,000 in extra costs for an unprecedented administrative hearing to determine Councilman Chin Ho Liao's eligibility.

A blue sedan is seen mangled on June 13, 2013, at the scene of a two-car crash in Pico Rivera that left at least three people dead and several other people hurt.

Javier Hernandez, Bike Program Director of Bike San Gabriel Valley, rides his bike along the Rio Hondo Path in El Monte on Wednesday, June 12, 2013.

LA County District Attorney Jackie Lacey presented the Courageous Citizen Awards to four persons at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, sponsored by the Westchester Rotary Club.

It's hard to miss the enormous 20-foot-wide American flag on the side of Richard Ormbrek's home.

The first of its kind to promote Science, Technology, Engineering and Math principles in Los Angeles County and the surrounding areas.

The soulful 1960's Chicano rock 'n' roll sound that put East Los Angeles on the musical map was one of Southern California's most distinctly urban, joyful styles.

The coffee culture in Los Angeles may be stronger than ever, but over in the San Gabriel Valley, teahouses are clearly dominating the caffeine scene.

Dozens of law enforcement officers kept the "Flame of Hope" alive through the San Gabriel Valley as part of a nine-day Torch Run to raise funds and awareness for the Special Olympics Southern California.

Editor's note: This weekly column takes a personal look at the variety of worship styles, beliefs and activities of our diverse worshipping communities in the San Gabriel Valley.

Andrew Morales, of the Gabrieleno Tongva, blesses the San Gabriel's Centennial Dinner April 24, 2013.

Three massage parlors in Poway were raided and busted for allegations of unlawful touching and prostitution activity.

Lauren Small and her bedbug-sniffing dog, Honey, demonstrates what she does at Falco K9 Academy in Brea on Friday May 31, 2013.

The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments board of directors voted to give the Alameda Corridor East - an infrastructure agency that builds train overpasses - its freedom Thursday, setting in motion a separation agreement that will be final at the end of the year.

A San Gabriel girl, along with her family, sued United Airlines Thursday, claiming flight attendants didn't take action when she reported that a fellow passenger was pleasuring himself in front of her on a flight last year.

The Food: Old School-style Chinese food, including classics like paper wrapped chicken, egg flower soup, chow mein, chop suey, moo goo gai pan and fried rice done many ways, served in a properly downhome setting.

Madrid Middle School Principal Bonnie Tanaka never could pinpoint her school from afar during her drive up the 605 Freeway.

The yellow monkey flower, Mimulus guttatus, can quickly adapt to fewer pollinators in a few generations by changing its flowers to self-fertilize. A bee flies from plant to plant while feeding on a flowering Anigozanthus, also known as Kangaroo Paws, at a nursery in San Gabriel, California on March 25, 2013.