At the Mercy of Guns and the Law: A Teen’s Perspective
By Ashley Lanuza
January 23, 2013 • 332 views
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San Gabriel Mission High School The Second Amendment is calling for "the right to bear arms," giving a citizen the possibility to obtain a weapon for their own personal reason. Often, the reason is to defend their lives and the lives of others. Unfortunately, it is apparent that it has been used to... Read more »
2013 Trip Around the World with ” The Sea Rebel “
January 23, 2013 • 228 views
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• Dwain C. Crum • It's 1,995 rail miles from Union Station in Los Angeles, CA to New Orleans, LA. On 1/18/2013 I had my last meal in Los Angeles at Philippe's. Philippe's has been a Los Angeles institution since 1908. I had their traditional French Dip sandwich then boarded AMTRAK's Sunset... Read more »
Early Morning Fire at Mt. View High School
by Clark Moseley
January 23, 2013 • 800 views
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Monday morning at approximately 2:30 am a fire started at Mountain High School on Gilman Road in El Monte, that burned over four hours before the Los Angeles County Fire department was able to extinguish the final flames at around 6:30 am. The blaze could be seen for miles and the intensity of the... Read more »
Oak Students Give Back to Kids in Need
by Lynne Burkardt
January 23, 2013 • 184 views
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Temple City The Associated Student Body officers of Oak Avenue Intermediate School in Temple City hosted a "Winter Wonderland Dance" to raise money for children served by Hollygrove. Over $400 was raised and used to purchase gifts from the Hollygrove holiday wish list. Oak students delivered the gifts... Read more »
El Monte/So El Monte Pageant Queen
by Ken Rausch, Executive Director
January 23, 2013 • 360 views
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Paige Hutsell is the current reigning Miss Friendly El Monte/South El Monte Pageant Queen. We had an opportunity to sit down and get to know Paige, and thought you should, too. Paige was raised and grew up in the El Monte/South El Monte area. She attended Norwood, Cherry Lee, Durfee, Arroyo and... Read more »
Assemblymember Roger Hernández Introduces Legislation to Honor La Paz as a State Historical Landmark
by Primo Castro
January 17, 2013 • 335 views
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Sacramento Assemblymember Roger Hernández (D-West Covina) has introduced Assembly Bill 34, a measure which would establish Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz (La Paz) as a state historical landmark. "Despite California’s labor, civil rights and cultural history, there seems to be a general deficit of... Read more »
City Develops El Monte Homeless Prevention Program to Aid Distressed Mobile Home Park Residents
by Chelsea Dickerson
January 17, 2013 • 312 views
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El Monte The El Monte City Council unanimously approved implementing and funding the El Monte Homeless Prevention Program which will help prevent residents of mobile home parks in the city from becoming homeless. The program, which is in response to an urgent need to stabilize rents in El Monte mobile... Read more »
State of Arcadia at Chamber Planning Conference
by Scott Hettrick
January 17, 2013 • 196 views
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Arcadia New City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto will give his first State of the City address to at the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Planning Conference on Jan. 24. The conference is being generously sponsored by Chamber member host Embassy Suites from 8 a.m. – 12 noon with a donated light... Read more »
2013 Trip Around the World with ” The Sea Rebel ” • Dwain C. Crum •
By Dwain C. Crum
January 17, 2013 • 297 views
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y 2013 trip around the world begins at Union Station in Los Angeles, CA. Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer working for Spain, sailed west in 1519 to begin the first expedition to sail around the world. Sir Francis Drake sailed west in 1577 to begin the second. Many people point out that while... Read more »
LAFCU Supports Toy Drive
by Dina Franks
January 17, 2013 • 369 views
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Los Angeles Los Angeles Federal Credit Union (LAFCU) collected 468 toys for its annual "Toys for Tots" toy drive aimed at spreading holiday cheer to local, needy children. For nearly 20 years, LAFCU has partnered with the U.S. Marines Corps Reserves Toys for Tots Program in asking employees and members... Read more »
