Baldwin Park News

Foster Elementary dual language students take part in the theatre storytelling of a folk tale led by Tony, top center, an educator with the Universidad de Guadalajara visiting from Mexico in the library of the Baldwin Park Campus on May 16, 2013.

The victim was walking in the area of Syracuse Avenue and Royston Street about 11:30 p.m. when he was approached by another man who brandished a handgun and demanded the victim's wallet, Baldwin Park police Sgt.

File - Construction workers build new homes in the Rosedale housing project in Azusa on Dec.

In other cities, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce would not be considered a flashy gig.

After weeks of slow-but-steady declines, gasoline prices are ramping up again in California.

Assemblyman Roger Hernandez wants to meet more residents of the communities he represents in the 48 th Assembly District and inform them on the latest developments in Sacramento in a coffee meet and greet May 18.

Who would choose to take home a 15-year-old German shepherd from the Baldwin Park, Calif., animal care and control facility? Who would walk through the aisles of kennels where healthy, young dogs vie for the attention of potential adopters, and choose the sad, senior dog who is well into the twilight of her life? Does anyone stop to offer a kind ... (more)

Pet parents, like human parents, often are faced with a "goodness of fit" issue with their cat or dog.

Johnny Mata, 32, was mistakenly released from jail in April by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department due to a clerical error, the department says.

The residents of Baldwin Park, as well as several other Southland communities, may actually help scientists provide an answer to that age-old question.

Sheriff's homicide detectives will hold a press conference Tuesday about a Baldwin Park murder suspect who was accidentally released from custody.

Johnny Mata who is a suspect in a 2010 Baldwin Park murder, was mistakenly released from custody on April 4. The Sheriff's Department is asking for help in finding Mata.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's authorities say a man charged with murder was accidentally released from jail last month because of a clerical error.

Following a recent court order hindering the city's plans to negotiate a contract with the sheriff's department, several residents and advocates spoke in support of the city's police department at Wednesday's council meeting.

A robber snatched a purse from a woman as she was arriving for work at a Baldwin Park bank early Wednesday, officials said.

A Congressional appropriation of $125 million to the state agency that has already built 31 water treatment plans within four Superfund sites came with a 10-year deadline.

The Baldwin Park man was riding his bicycle on Downing Avenue and Ramona Boulevard at 5:16 p.m. when three to five men in a pickup truck drove by, according to Baldwin Park police Lt.

A sex offender and parolee driving a stolen car was in custody Friday night after he allegedly fled from officers and was found hiding under a car, police said.

One example is the Southern California city of Baldwin Park, a working-class community, predominately Latino, which saw an 8 percent reduction in overweight children from 2005 to 2010, based on school fitness data for grades 5, 7 and 9. The recipe for success involved creating a community coalition, engaging youth as advocates and working with ... (more)

Parkview Elementary School students, staff and parents participate in a flash mob earlier this month at the El Monte school to promote the importance of physical activity.