
Results 1 - 20 of 236 in South El Monte, CA
... Corral Jr., a 27-year-old Latino, on Jan. 1. Corral was shot in the 10700 block of Klingerman Street in South El Monte. Paula Torres, a 44-year-old Latina, on Jan. 1. Torresdied from possible asphyxiationin the 1600 block of East 108th Street in ... Comment?
Thousands mourn death of El Monte educator Salcedo
... of our most important leaders who was changing our community for the better," said Eddie Zuniga, principal of South El Monte High School and Salcedo's colleague on the El Monte City School Board. Salcedo grew up in El Monte and went to school at ... 25 comments
Frank Girardot: Rethinking Mexico after Bobby Salcedo's death
... role models. He worked his way through school, he mentored kids and volunteered to help the less fortunate in South El Monte's sister city - Gomez Palacio. It was there he met his wife, Betzy. It was there Salcedo was abducted, shot to death and ... 61 comments
Our View: Mexico should cooperate on Salcedo slaying
... in the area, his students and his colleagues. It is an extreme irony that Salcedo is a past president of the South El Monte/Gomez Palacio Sister City organization, which has worked for 40 years to foster strong ties between our region, with so many ... 9 comments
Body of slain El Monte educator to arrive from Mexico tonight
... UCLA. He had regularly traveled to Gomez Palacio for more than a decade to do charitable work as a part of South El Monte's sister city program. During that work he met his wife, a native of the city in central Mexico. The couple was visiting her ... 3 comments
Slain El Monte educator to be honored Monday at vigil
... warring drug cartels. City Council members in El Monte, where Bobby Salcedo was an assistant principal, and South El Monte, where he was a former president of the South El Monte/Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico Sister City Organization, said they want ... 34 comments
Leftovers from City Hall: Maybe it's time to take a look into redevelopment agencies
... designated for fixing blight to buy what was essentially a wilderness area three miles away from Industry. South El Monte in 2005 used its redevelopment agency to pay $1.5 million for an empty bank building by the 60 Freeway on Santa Anita Avenue. ... 2 comments
Crossroads Gun Show makes its mark in Ontario
... of rifles ran all the way back to the Civil War, said Debbie Ramsey, who is married to the owner of the South El Monte-based company. The company has a presence at about 32 shows a year, she said. "We like California (shows). They are very ... 1 comment
... Line East is not likely to happen for decades, some San Gabriel Valley cities are hedging their transit bets. South El Monte, El Monte, Rosemead, Montebello and Monterey Park are collaborating on preliminary work to try to show transportation ... 1 comment
Cities collaborate for Gold Line extension along 60 Freeway
... transportation bets. Another extension of the Gold Line East is not likely to happen for decades. However, South El Monte, Rosemead, Montebello, Monterey Park and El Monte are collaborating on preliminary work to try to show transportation officials ... 10 comments
South El Monte homicide victim identified
Authorities released the name Saturday of a man who was killed in a drive-by shooting early New Year's Day. 38 comments
Family Demands Answers in Killing of California School Board Member on Vacation in Mexico
... the bottom of what she called a "senseless killing." "The Salcedo family, and indeed the entire El Monte and South El Monte community, deserve answers, and we will work hard to ensure that they get those answers and the justice they deserve," Chu ... Comment?
Civic leader from El Monte, Calif., is victim of Mexican violence
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... Mexican city. The school administrator, who was born and raised in California, was a past president of the South El Monte-Gomez Palacio sister cities organization and raised money for scholarships, clinics, firefighters, orphanages and playgrounds. ... 1 comment
Community mourns educator murdered in Mexico
... over the slaying of Agustin "Bobby" Salcedo, 33, who was found shot to death along with five other men in South El Monte's Mexican sister-city, Gomez Palacio, in the state of Durango. He sat on the school board of the El Monte City School District ... 50 comments
El Monte City school board member slain in Mexican massacre
... for education, cultural awareness, civic participation and economic development. Bobby was past president of South El Monte/Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico Sister City Organization, according to his biography filed with the Los Angeles County ... 94 comments
Deputies Search For Suspects In Fatal Shooting
... Deputies are searching for two suspects in a dark vehicle in connection with the fatal shooting of man in South El Monte early Friday morning authorities said. The shooting was reported at 1:45 a.m. in the 10700 block of Klingerman Street, said Sgt. ... Comment?
El Monte school official shot to death in Mexico
... published in Mexico, Salcedo was one of six men executed near the town of Gomez Palacio, the sister city of South El Monte. His body was discovered Thursday morning. Salcedo and his wife, Betzy Salcedo, were out to dinner with a large group of ... 51 comments
Rare Birds Visit Southern California
Birders in South El Monte got a holiday treat earlier this week with the appearance of not one but two rare birds at Legg Lake in Whittier Narrows Park. Comment?
Sanchez proposes creating jobs by fixing forests
... returning to the San Gabriel Valley from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Project Amiga, a South El Monte-based job training and placement agency that serves low-income communities in the Valley. Veterans have been particularly hard hit ... 10 comments
Rare Bird Sighting In El Monte
... Click to enlarge 1 of 1 Similar to these trumpeter swan, the Tundra Swan was one of two rare birds found in South El Monte. The Wood Stork was the second of the two rare birds found. CBS Close numSlides of totalImages A Tundra Swan and a Wood Stork ... Comment?