Azusa News

Azusa Unified School District is among 13 Southern California districts to receive a total of almost $43 million in grants from the Southland's air quality agency to replace aging diesel-powered school buses with alternative-fuel vehicles, the agency announced Friday.

Angeles National Forest Fire Prevention Specialist Robert J. Ethridge speaks about the fire danger in front of sign at Rinco Fire Station in the Angeles National Forest on Highway 39 north of Azusa on Friday, July 10, 2009.

Naked Juice , Azusa, Calif., claims that it has become the first nationally distributed brand to transition to a 100 percent post-consumer recycled PET bottle, known as the Naked reNEWabottle.

A day care operator won her appeal to expand her home day care service Tuesday, city officials said.

Sheriff's officials arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of stabbing and wounding three family members Saturday during a house party in an unincorporated county area near Azusa, authorities said.

An appeal for a day care permit will be heard at Tuesday's City Council meeting.

Preliminary drilling began this week for a bridge across the Foothill Freeway designed to serve as an "iconic" gateway into the San Gabriel Valley.

An attacker opened fire on a group of people early Sunday, striking no one but narrowly missing a young child sleeping in a nearby apartment, authorities said.

Along with blue prints, permits, environmental reports and parking, Azusa city officials are asking new developers to tap into their artistic side.

The city of Azusa will be celebrating the Fourth of July with the unveiling of two new wings to the Azusa Veterans Monument.

Police confiscated outlaw motorcycle gang paraphernalia over the weekend at a fundraiser held by the Mongols at a club on Foothill Boulevard.

A member of a motorcycle group said Monday he believed three men fired shots that ended up killing three of his friends and wounding seven others during a weekend shooting at an area pizza parlor.

Police officials said they were on alert on Saturday for outlaw motorcycle gang activity in Azusa, but were taken by surprise when three people were killed and seven others injured at a fundraiser held in Pico Rivera by the Old School Riders motorcycle club, which is not gang affiliated.

June 19, 2009 - SoCal Connected correspondent John Ridley, an Emmy Award-winning commentator and self-described fan of Las Vegas, takes viewers on a tour of the gambling Mecca that reinvented itself during good times only to now face new challenges during a tough economy.

Police arrested three men who they believe burlarized a truck parts store Wednesday night.

Police arrested two La Verne men on Wednesday suspected of breaking into an SUV and attempting to steal the vehicle's global positioning system, official said.

A young Pico Rivera man was killed and three others were injured late Tuesday when a car they were in went off the edge of Highway 39 north of Azusa, authorities said.

One person was killed and three others were injured when their car plunged off a canyon road in Azusa late Monday night.

Lizette Sales shot a 4-under 68 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of stroke-play qualifying at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links on Monday.

Battling a nationwide recession and a rising unemployment rate, about 2,000 people turned out for the Covina Job Fair on Saturday with resumes in hand.