Whittier News

Police departments in Downey, Bell Gardens and Whittier received a joint grant to assist in local efforts to curb alcohol sales to minors and illegal activity at businesses that sell alcohol.

A 45-year-old bicyclist from Whittier remains hospitalized after he was shot in the right leg and back earlier this week.

The Whittier Police Department has begun a month-long extra enforcement campaign aimed at improving motorcycle safety and reducing the number of injuries and deaths caused motorcycle crashes, officials said.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating reports of a man armed with a rifle holed up inside a South Whittier home.

A man allegedly stabbed another man in the neck and chest then fled but was later found by deputies Wednesday night.

Her daughter, Stephanie Henry-Ball, was hunched over, clasping her hands as if in prayer.

WHITTIER >> Even though the use of fireworks is prohibited in Whittier, July 5 is a busy day for area animal shelters because a large number of pets run away from their homes after being scared by fireworks.

Whittier Area Peace and Justice Coalition is hosting a free screening of, “Genetic Roulette: The Gamble of Our Lives,” at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, 7056 Washington Ave. Butch Patrick, who played the role of Eddie Munster in “The Munsters,” will make an appearance from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Cal State Fullerton men's golf coach Jason Drotter thinks Sahalee Country Club perfectly suits his former No.

The money will be used for drought-tolerant landscaping and urban runoff capture on the east extension of the Greenway Trail, according to a statement from the City Manager's Office.

WHITTIER >> Eleven-year-old Joshua Godinez stands in a line of students, all dressed like him in giant yellow plastic bags fitted like togas, with laurel wreaths on their heads, and posing like statues.

His parents, Arthur Hugh and Eula Bessie, along with his three siblings, Myrtle, Waymond and Cecil, preceded him in death.

Suspicious circumstances at an Uptown Whittier apartment drew a large police response Sunday, but investigators found no initial evidence of a crime, officials said.

Suspicious circumstances at an Uptown Whittier apartment drew a large police response Sunday, but investigators found no initial evidence of a crime, officials said.

A Whittier Police Department officer has been hospitalized with minor injuries after his vehicle was involved in a possible DUI collision with two others early today.

Two men who took part in a string of five robberies of bank branches located inside Orange County grocery stores were sentenced today to lengthy prison terms.

LA PUENTE >> Waste collection rates will jump by 4 to 8 percent for residents and businesses in La Puente as trash hauler Valley Vista Services ups prices to offset new costs from closure of the Puente Hills Landfill.

Transit: Most Foothill Transit lines will be on weekend schedules. The Puente Hills Transit Store will be open from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. www.foothilltransit.org .

LONG BEACH >> A double murder trial that opened Monday in Long Beach continued Wednesday with evidence from the fatal bludgeoning of a Whittier man in 1996.

WHITTIER >> A man suspected of fatally stabbing a 29-year-old man in South Whittier Heights was arrested Tuesday after barricading himself inside a residence.