Whittier News

WHITTIER >> The audience at Wednesday's Whittier Chamber of Commerce candidate's forum broke into laughter and applause at one candidate's response to a question about people feeling uncomfortable walking in Uptown and what should be done.

Los Angeles County Deputy Forester, Jon Baker, gives out seedlings to school children during the Annual Arbor Day celebration at Michigan Park in Whittier on Thursday March 13, 2014.

CARE Ambulance and Los Angeles County Fire Rescue helicopter personnel prepare to transport a 12-year-old boy that was struck by a Chevy Suburban SUV on Bailey Street and Pickering Avenue in Whittier on Thursda,y March 13, 2014.

A Whittier man faces seven years in prison for stabbing to death another man during a fight outside a 2011 Halloween party in West Covina.

Sriracha may have a target on their back in Irwindale, but it's the spice of choice for season 12 “ Hell's Kitchen ” contest Bev Lazo-Gonzalez.

SANTA ANA Two men accused of being part of the "Market Duo Bandits" were convicted Tuesday for a string of Orange County bank robberies through January 2012.

WHITTIER >> Police on Tuesday released a composite sketch of a man who exposed himself to two girls on March 4. The earliest encounter happened about 8:30 a.m. at Telegraph Road and Laurel Avenue which is near Richard L. Graves Middle School.

The structures may be gone, but they've certainly not been forgotten. Thanks to the hard work of two Hacienda Heights history buffs and “Forgotten Tales” on YouTube.

WHITTIER >> Officials cautioned the public Thursday about two strikingly similar incidents this week in which two teenage girls were approached by a man who exposed himself to them.

WHITTIER >> A 70-year-old Whittier man suffered major injuries Thursday when he was struck and dragged by a pickup truck along Lambert Road, officials said.

A young woman who alleges she was sexually abused by her former history teacher is suing the man and the Whittier Union High School District.

During his 2010 reelection campaign, former Assemblyman Charles Calderon paid $40,000 to his son for Web-consulting services, but an investigation by this newspaper turned up no evidence of a campaign website or social media presence.

Hard Summer Music Festival will be held at Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in South El Monte Aug. 2 and 3. Los Angeles Historic State Park is closed for construction this year, but Hard Summer Music Festival fans can still get their fill of fun.

Nicole Puente receives ashes from the Rev. Joshua Peter Lee during the Ash Wednesday service at St. Hilary Church of Perpetual Adoration in Pico Rivera on Wednesday March 5, 2014.

But Whittier resident Tatiana Shabelnik has made both those journeys and will be showing her work at L.A. Fashion Week on March 10. “There is a whole piece where models will be walking one by one.

Ed Winter, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner, said the autopsy has not been scheduled for 28-year-old Jose Luis Salgado of Whittier.

In the industrial belt south of the Crosstown Freeway there stands, at 635 S. Aurora St., a vacant, three-story factory most recently occupied about 2010 by Oakland Bag, Inc. This is no potting shed we're talking about.

The food: Not so much a restaurant as a local institution. Dating back to Aug. 8, 1961, this venerable seafood house, far from the ocean, offers some of the best fish in town, reasonably priced, a wide selection of classic dishes that have been on the menu since the beginning - from seafood Louie to Manhattan clam chowder, from avocado stuffed with ... (more)

Since Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown took office in 2011, nearly 1,400 inmates with life sentences were released on parole.

WHITTIER >> The cities of Whittier and Santa Fe Springs are preparing to negotiate a new contract for police services provided by Whittier for Santa Fe Springs.