SGMHS Senior Accepted to West Point

By Jo Anne Disney
May 22, 2013 • 70 views
Filed under Cities, News, Schools, Showcase

San Gabriel San Gabriel Mission High School is proud to announce that Senior, Nancy Mattazaro has been accepted to West Point. She plans on majoring in science, hoping to pursue a career in the medical field. Ms. Mattazaro believes that her 4 years at Mission High offered her more opportunities and... Read more »

Memorial Day – A Day of Remembrance

By Jo Anne Disney
May 22, 2013 • 117 views
Filed under Cities, News, Showcase

El Monte History tells us that Memorial Day, which at first was called Decoration Day, "originated during the Civil War when some southern women chose May 30th to decorate soldiers’ graves. The women honored the dead in both the Union and Confederate armies. It is believed that a Virginia woman, Cassandra... Read more »

Potrero School Wins District Wide Attendance Competition for Second Trimester

By Shirley Burkhardt
May 15, 2013 • 129 views
Filed under Events, News, Schools, Showcase

El Monte Potrero School’s 7th and 8th grades earned first place in the El Monte City School District ‘s second trimester attendance competition between six district middle schools. The middle school with the highest attendance percentage earned a barbecue put on by the Child Welfare Department. ... Read more »

The Mother’s Day Legacy: Celebrating Honor and Tradition

By Jo Anne Disney
May 8, 2013 • 324 views
Filed under Cities, News, Showcase

El Monte Mother’s Day is one of the most celebrated holidays of the year. Children and adults of all ages honor their mothers on this day. History tells us that in 1872 Julia Ward Howe, a poet and writer who lived in Boston, Massachusetts, made the first suggestion to celebrate Mother’s Day in... Read more »

Formula Drift Round 1 Day 1 on the Streets of Long Beach

Andrew Paul Bettridge
May 1, 2013 • 286 views
Filed under Car Culture, Racing, Showcase

  Formula Drift rolled into its hometown April 12-13th on the Streets of Long Beach. The day started with several messy crashes leaving parts scattered across the track constantly sending out crews for clean up. Last years Irwindale winner Justin Pawlak "JTP" slammed into the wall during the first... Read more »

City of El Monte Celebrates Grand Opening of State-of-theArt Public Works

By Chelsea Dickerson
May 1, 2013 • 226 views
Filed under Cities, News, Showcase

El Monte The City of El Monte celebrated the new home of its much-anticipated state-of-the-art Public Works and Transportation Yard with a grand-opening celebration on Thursday. "This is another step in the right direction for an improved El Monte," said Councilmember Juventino "J" Gomez.  "This new... Read more »

Long-Time El Monte Community Volunteer Retires

By Jo Anne Disney
April 24, 2013 • 319 views
Filed under Cities, News, Showcase

El Monte Mr. Bill Yates is retiring from the El Monte Air Resources Board after 56 years of service.  He first began his career at the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District and moved to the State Health Department. Then he moved to the Air Resources Board in Downtown Los Angeles, which... Read more »

State VFW Commander Visits El Monte

By Elvira Quinteros
April 24, 2013 • 189 views
Filed under Cities, News, Showcase

El Monte On Friday, April 12th, California State VFW Commander Earl Fulk and his wife State Auxiliary President Rene Fulk paid a visit to Greater El Monte VFW Post 10218 as part of the Annual visit to District 6 of which includes El Monte. Over 150 people showed up for a night of great food and entertainment. ... Read more »

‘Kiwanis News’

by Jerry Jambazian
April 18, 2013 • 189 views
Filed under Columns, Jerry's Journeys, News, Schools, Showcase

Rosemead Improvement Project Rosemead Mayor Pro Tem Carl Blum spoke of his 3year odyssey with the Rosemead ImprovementProject. This is a major project for our citythat covers 2 miles from the railroad tracks to Callita. This is a 20 million dollar project with one million by the city and 19 million... Read more »

El Monte Community Track & Field Meet a Huge Success

April 10, 2013 • 340 views
Filed under Cities, News, Schools, Showcase, Sports

The El Monte Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department, and the El Monte Union High School District hosted a Community Track and Field Meet on Wednesday April 3, 2013.   The meet was held at Mountain View High School for boys and girls 9-14 years of age that reside in El Monte Union High... Read more »