Huntington Park News

WWll Veteran Vincent Longo was a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps, serving mainly in the Pacific Theater.

A recommendation from the Downey Police Department to contract with two local companies for towing services was delayed a second time this week.

Alexandra Arellano, a senior at Warren High School, won second place in Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard's 34th annual Congressional District Student Art Competition.

Plastic bag manufacturers took a hit Wednesday as the Los Angeles City Council voted to ban single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other retailers in the city.

With the arrest of a deputy assessor accused of lowering property values in exchange for campaign contributions to county Assessor John Noguez, two Los Angeles city officials called Tuesday for an independent review of the property rolls.

County tax assessor John Noguez is the target of a major investigation by the DA's office into shady tax deals, and has been urged to resign by District Attorney Steve Cooley himself.

A sheriff's SWAT team was deployed to a Huntington Park neighborhood on Monday, where a male kidnapping suspect was believed to be hiding in a residence.

A task force in Los Angeles County has shut down 24 illegal plastic grinding operations over eight months and received recognition for its efforts.

From the spa balcony at the Huntington Hotel, and wrapped in terry cloth robes and reclining upon chaise longues, we gazed at clouds drifting past the downtown skyline.

A 29-year-old Army Specialist serving in Afghanistan was hiding a big secret back home.

It was a solemn send-off for a soldier. Army Specialist Moises J. Gonzalez died in a vehicle rollover accident in Afghanistan on April 25th.

A man who led police on a high-speed pursuit was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday morning after crashing his car in South Gate.

Sixth grader Ricardo Valladres says performing in Middleton Street Elementary School's first musical is his only way to express his feelings.

John Morrison, Chris Masters, Chavo Guerrero & More Working NWA Hollywood House Shows Posted by Larry Csonka on 05.07.2012 Find out when and where... - NWA Hollywood will begin house show touring this spring.

The top administrator in Huntington Park stepped down this week after city officials learned his employment appeared to violate state retirement rules.

The first time I ever saw buches--perhaps more properly known as pescuezos de pollo --was at the late, lamented Breed Street vendor fair in Boyle Heights, where the scent of frying chicken competed for olfactory primacy against enchiladas, pambazos, churros, and pit-roasted meat.

The leader of a San Gabriel Valley Girl Scout troop has been arrested for allegedly treating herself to perks on the troop's dime.

Salem-News.com is the premiere Independent Online Newsgroup in the United States.

Girl Scout officials recently discovered that more than $4,000 in profits from cookie sales were missing from the account of a South El Monte/El Monte-based troop following a month-long effort to sell thousands of boxes of cookies.