Covina News

Five of the eight Miss Costa Rica USA Pageant finalists from left: April Salazar, 17, of Rialto, Brittany Fox, 16, of Cudahy, Jenna Gallegos, 16, of West Covina, Michelyn Arroyo, 18, of Fontana, and Michelle Vargas, 16, of Grass Valley.

Police are looking for a pair of men believed to be linked to the robbery of at least two donut shops and a convenience store in the San Gabriel Valley.

It was a passing comment from her longtime tax preparer. In April, Melvin Mora, a Pacoima-based accountant but native Costa Rican, mentioned to Yami Gallegos that he knew a woman who was restarting a beauty pageant for young Costa Rican girls in the U.S. Gallegos, a former Miss Costa Rica USA, was interested.

A man who was found with a gun shot wound and his home burning in what is believed to be a suicide was identified Wednesday.

Authorities are investigating the death of a man who torched his West Covina home and shot himself as sheriff's deputies were preparing to evict him.

Three men and a woman were arrested Tuesday after police searched a Covina neighborhood following a bank robbery, according to officials.

A man in his mid-50s who was about to be evicted from his family home Tuesday, torched the building before shooting himself to death, police said.

Police arrested three men and a woman on suspicion of bank robbery in Covina Tuesday.

Covina, West Covina and Pasadena police are searching a Covina neighborhood for at least one person suspected of robbing a bank today, according to Covina police Det.

Fireworks filled the night sky above Edgewood Middle School on Saturday as thousands of people celebrated the nation's birthday.

Kiefer Sutherland is back at work and, according to sources on the set of his hit TV series, 24, is staying as dry as salted cod.

Police used a Taser gun and a "flash bang" grenade to arrest a local man following a five-hour standoff early Saturday, authorities said.

WEST COVINA A high speed police chase around the parking lot of Westfield West Covina mall ended in the stockroom of the Finish Line store, according West Covina Police.

Step 1 for a ticket to Michael Jackson's memorial service: Register at staplescenter.com. Tim Leiweke of concert promoter AEG Live on Friday announced ticketing details for the service, to be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. PT at the Staples Center: There will be 17,500 tickets for fans; 11,000 at Staples Center and 6,500 for the Nokia Theater for a ...

As they huddled around the first public unveiling of the city's plan for its Rose Parade Float this January, it's builder - Matt Rodriguez - faced his biggest critics Thursday.

Detectives are looking for two armed robbers who held a Yum Yum Donut Shops cashier at gunpoint late Sunday night, Covina police said.

Wendy Morales and her husband, Thomas, had a first home in their grasp last week.

Detectives are looking for two armed robbers who held a Yum Yum Donut Shops cashier at gunpoint late Sunday.

Police arrested four people on drug charges Sunday morning after a wild chain of events that kept a congregation away from it's church.

Tommy Neiheisel glanced around the newly reopened Hollfelder Teen Center with eyes wide open.