Bell Gardens News

Allen Ruiz, a 16-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Saturday, Oct. 31, in the 6000 block of Gotham Street in Bell Gardens , according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

Here is a round-up of some of the biggest Halloween Parades taking place across the United States on Halloween, October 31st.

Agnes Bratton, a 79-year-old white woman, sustained a blunt-force head injury and died Sunday, Oct.

A woman was found dead of blunt force trauma and her son was found injured with self inflicted injuries in what police believe was a failed murder-suicide. The body of an elderly woman was found brutally beaten in her home around 10:15 a.m. today in the 6300 block of Gotham Street in Bell Gardens, said sheriff's Deputy Lilliam Peck.

A 79-year-old woman was found dead today with her son nearby suffering from apparent self-inflicted injuries, sheriff's deputies said.

For a photo gallery of additional views of the Valley Center house designed by Cliff May, go to uniontrib.com/more/cliffmay DETAILS What: Valley Center historic home tour When: Oct.

Nearly 300 gang members and associates were arrested in the Los Angeles area in the last six months as part of a nationwide crackdown that targeted gangs involved in cross-border smuggling of people and weapons, drug trafficking, identity theft and other crimes, authorities said Thursday.

THE Montebello Unified School District is quite large, encompassing 18 elementary schools, six intermediate schools, three high schools, one continuation school and four adult schools.

Ricardo Lara, of Bell Gardens, is seeking the 50th Assembly seat currently held by Hector De La Torre, who will be termed out of office next June.

Finalists were named today for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.'s Most Business-Friendly City in L.A. County Award.

Last Sunday, when Cardinal Roger Mahony asked parishioners of Our Lady of Perpetual Help to stand up if they had been at the Downey parish since its founding in 1909, everyone laughed and no one stood up.

Federal agents have arrested nine men in a drug and weapons trafficking probe involving a South Los Angeles street gang.

It is 8:30 a.m. on a Sunday. Along streets of grimy stucco bungalows with bougainvillea, American flags and "Beware of Dog" signs on chain-link fences, a couple of residents are hosing down lawns, the Los Angeles Times reports.

A man killed in drive-by shooting over the weekend was identified Monday as 20-year-old Jefte Hurtado.

BELL GARDENS, Calif.-- The U.S. Census has its eye on Bell Gardens because the city in Southeast Los Angeles County is considered one of several target areas with a 'hard to count' population.

The 50th Assembly District is in Los Angeles and contains the entire cities of Bell, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Commerce, Cudahy, Lynwood, South Gate, and Walnut Park .

P.J. Mellana, a recreation supervisor for the city of Bellflower, is seeking to become the next assemblyman in the 50th District, which includes portions of Downey.

Mary Kay has been one of the Haves, but being one of the Have-Nots is seared deeply into her soul.

Sixteen alleged associates of the Mexico-based Sinaloa drug cartel were indicted and more than 550 pounds of drugs were seized as part of an eight-month undercover investigation that included surveillance operations in San Diego, Attorney General Jerry Brown announced today.

Prosecutors today charged a Rialto man for Friday's fatal hit-and-run of a 63-year-old bicyclist.