Covina News

Luciano De LA Hoya, 5, of Norco, performs rope tricks for the students during the Temple Station Posse horse safety and how to groom a horse learning event, at the West Covina Public Equestrian Center, in West Covina, Saturday, May 18, 2013.

After 15 years of service with the police department, during which time West Covina saw a marked drop in crime but also several department scandals, Police Chief Frank Wills will be retiring in June.

Soccer players Denise Aguilar and Karina Precido will both attend Missouri Valley College next season.

A bill by Senator Dr. Ed Hernandez, O.D. , Chair of the Senate Health Committee, that puts in place for California the vital consumer protections and reforms included as part of the federal Affordable Care Act was signed into law by Governor Brown today.

Friends Catherine Mistone and Bernice Eilers share a laugh as they celebrate their 100th birthdays at Bridgecreek independent senior living community in West Covina.

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.

Eighth grade students at Walnut Grove Intermediate School will experience the battlefield of the Civil War that they've read in books throughout the school year.

An officer tried to stop a car for traffic violations about 8:40 a.m. at Puente Avenue and Dalewood Street on the border between West Covina and Baldwin Park, but the driver did not pull over, West Covina police Lt.

Covina resident Renee Starr, 58, center, with three of her daughters, from left, Shanna Gardner, 33, Alicia Adamo, 37, Rebecca Rieben, 32, and grandchildren, from left, Alexa Adamo, 3, Leah Rieben, 2, and Dylan Rieben, 9, at the Covina home on Friday, May 10, 2013.

A man who robbed a Denny's restaurant at knifepoint Sunday was found and arrested while trying to blend in with the crowd at a nearby motel swimming pool, authorities said.

The push for green cars is failing. Ford's F-Series pickup truck was the top selling vehicle for April peaking at nearly 60,000 sold.

After more than a year of fundraising and preparations, officials this month plan to unveil Covina's new Police Officer Memorial.

The Citrus College Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to form an ad hoc committee to investigate board member Gary Woods.

Data released this week by the federal government that show a wide variation of what hospitals charge Medicare for everything from pacemakers to hip replacement to obstructive pulmonary disease may bolster a discussion on fair pricing but does little to help the average consumer understand what they are paying for, health policy experts said.

A 63-year-old man died from injuries suffered when he turned his bicycle into the path of an oncoming Lexus driven by a Pomona man Thursday.

Richard Lee Williams, 92, a longtime resident of Downey, died peacefully May 4 at South Hills Country Home for the Elderly in West Covina.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a pair of consumer protection bills that prevent health insurance companies from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions and limit how much insurers can charge older residents.

The Citrus College Board of Trustees on Tuesday voted to form an ad hoc advisory committee to investigate the residency allegations against Trustee Gary Woods.

Coronado Alternative School students from left, Cathy Avitua, Sergio Rios, Misael Feliciano, Savanah Lepe, Shawn Sessions, Manuel Vasquez and Efrain Peredia plant trees in a burn zone.

There are currently 290 probationers placed on community supervision through Gov.