El Monte News

A local water district received two grants totalling $5.5 million out of 27 grants issued for water reclamation and reuse projects nationwide by the Bureau of Reclamation.

Residents have mixed feelings about the city's monarch grizzly bear statue located on the corner of Valley Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue, which arrived two weeks ago.

The El Monte Airport. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved plans to seek bids for runway and taxiway improvements at two San Gabriel Valley airports.

SOUTH EL MONTE A police helicopter caught three suspects fleeing a home that they are suspected of burglarizing this afternoon, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The three candidates vying for the 32nd congressional district seat will meet again Thursday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the American Legion post, 4542 N. Peck Road.

Amidst a big round of applause, El Monte California avoids bankruptcy after police union agrees to cuts .

A Cal Pest Control Services, Inc. owner Arlene Zuniga-Valdez at the El Monte office on June 26.

Monterey Park Councilwoman Betty Chu, who is running for the 32nd Congressional District seat, called a press conference Wednesday to discuss the arrest of a politically connected land developer.

Drained of its reserves and already working with a drastically cut staff, the city is weighing bankruptcy as a way to resolve the fiscal crisis that has plagued it since last year.

Michael Jackson's death Thursday has cast a spotlight on prescription-drug use. Former Jackson lawyer and family friend Brian Oxman said in a television interview Friday that Jackson was taking prescription drugs to deal with pain from a broken back and broken leg, which were getting in the way of his concert rehearsals.

Cities around the state, including several local ones, are squaring up for a legal fight with the state over money.

The city's police officers on Friday offered to give up next year's scheduled 4 percent raise, which they say would help the struggling city reach a balanced budget.

The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into a police officer's actions when he kicked a prone suspect in the head following a police pursuit, officials said Thursday.

Two development executives accused of embezzlement Wednesday resigned from their positions overseeing planning of a $1 billion transit center in El Monte, and legislators said they would return campaign donations from the pair.

EL MONTE, Calif. - Prosecutors have declined to charge two developers of a major El Monte project who were arrested on suspicion of forgery, embezzlement and theft.District attorney spokeswoman Jane Robison says prosecutors asked El Monte police to do further investigation on the case Tuesday.John Leung, president and chief executive of The Titan ...

A developer behind a proposed $1.2 billion project surrounding a transit center in the city of El Monte has been arrested on suspicion of fraud, forgery, embezzlement and grand theft.

View more news videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/video . By Rebecca Kimitch, Staff Writer EL MONTE - El Monte Flores gang member Richard Rodriguez, who was famously kicked in the head by an El Monte police officer last month in Pico Rivera, has three lawyers defending him against charges related to the high-speed car chase leading up to the ...

The arrest of developer John Leung on alleged fraud and forgery charges could railroad the future of a $1 billion transit center in the city.

The developer behind a proposed $1 billion transit-oriented project in the city was in custody Sunday night on suspicion of fraud and embezzlment, among other charges, authorities said.

When El Monte Police Officer George Fierro was seen on video kicking a prone, heavily tattooed gang member in the head at the end of a televised high-speed chase, he received some criticism but also a good amount of praise.