San Gabriel News

Lisa Yee, author of "Millicent Min, Girl Genus," will be at the San Gabriel Library, 500 S. Del Mar Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Dec.

Police asked the public's help Thursday in identifying an elderly woman who was critically injured while walking across the street earlier this week.

The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County Fire Department report says.

The San Gabriel Pomona Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross will host a presentation on landslide and flood preparedness at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the chapter's Pasadena headquarters, 430 Madeline Drive.

Photo by David Crane/Staff As Los Angeles County celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Civil Defense program this month, officials have rediscovered remarkable treasure troves of relics from the 1950s, a time when nuclear scares haunted average Americans in much the same way terrorism fears do today.

Mark Twain once said, "whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over." Indeed, this has been true, from Mulholland diverting flows from the Owens Valley to L.A. to local water wars involving the vast underground San Gabriel Basin.

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Nestled deep inside a San Gabriel warehouse complex, Jim's Bakery is rolling in more dough than usual these days - federal stimulus dollars, to be precise.

A brief but fierce cloudburst sent mud, water and large rocks flowing from slopes denuded by wildfire into a foothill neighborhood north of Los Angeles, authorities said Friday.

An alleged gang member linked to three recent killings made his first court appearance Tuesday since his arrest over the weekend.

Visit our special section for complete election coverage . Voters apparently went for experience in these uncertain financial times for public schools, re-electing all the incumbents in five West San Gabriel Valley school districts in Tuesday's elections.

The Station Fire that swept across the San Gabriel Mountains above Pasadena and Altadena has opened new concerns about what to do with non-native trees in Hahamongna Watershed Park .

Extent of Station Fire Burn On September 6, 2009, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument on NASA's Terra satellite captured this simulated natural color image of the Station fire, burning in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles.

Hector Zarate, right, vacuums as Miguel Moreno, in back, polishes a table at Royal Business Bank in San Gabriel on Oct.

Philip Hu, Denise Menchaca and Matthew Stadtler appeared to have won in the race for three open seats on the San Gabriel Unified School District board.

Want to help city officials select a new city logo? Officials will meet with residents at noon today in the Grapevine Room Adult Recreation Center, 324 S. Mission Drive, to get community input on three options for a new logo and signage system.

This week's tour heads to the trick-or-treating jackpot that is Los Feliz. These homes---all 2 or 3 bedrooms, between 1,000 square and 2,000 square feet--are priced from just under $700,000 to just over $1 million.

San Gabriel police officials plan to begin posting online crime information Monday, allowing residents an up-to-date view of crime trends in their neighborhoods.

The Los Angeles Chinese American Census Committee was set up on Oct. 27 with a mission to generate an accurate count of Chinese population in the larger Los Angeles area, reports the International Daily News.

Events, News & Notes: 3/18/09 Events, News & Notes: 3/18/09 Caltrans offers Eagle-eye view of nesting bird family near Redding A family of bald eagles is attracting nationwide attention after Caltrans officials placed a Webcam above the nest, giving anyone with a computer and Internet connection the chance to see a bald eagle chick hatch.