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Rich Pedroncelli/Getty Images An assessor's office report said the housing slump has caused Los Angeles County's total property value to decline for the first time in 13 years.

Budget cuts in California have resulted in some public lakes not being able to hire enough lifeguards and prompted limits on swimming.

Preliminary drilling began this week for a bridge across the Foothill Freeway designed to serve as an "iconic" gateway into the San Gabriel Valley.

Budget cuts have forced Los Angeles County parks officials to restrict swimming at three lakes this summer.

Erika Maldonado won't soon forget what she learned from the San Gabriel Valley Small Business Development Center.

A recycling service employee who was replacing a metal cable on a dump truck was killed Thursday when the cable snapped and struck him on the head.

Battling a nationwide recession and a rising unemployment rate, about 2,000 people turned out for the Covina Job Fair on Saturday with resumes in hand.

Despite a busy week at the shop and testing, I was able to get some R&R in. Paulie's Blog: Frequent flier miles add up out west By Paulie Harraka, Special to NASCAR.COM June 16, 2009 11:54 AM EDT This week was filled with some time at the Bill McAnally Racing shop, two days on the race track, some family time, and more traveling and frequent flier ...

With a troubled past, no resume and a pregnant girlfriend, 16-year- old Baldwin Park resident Pablo Gutierrez needed a job but had trouble finding it.

Any trace is gone of the former Pomona Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross.

AeroVironment celebrates Gossamer Albatross Thirty years ago Friday, pilot and "engine" Bryan Allen powered Paul MacCready's Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel to claim the second Kremer prize for human powered flight.

It's been more than two years since Lee Hatch climbed into his father's racing truck.

Rick Richmond is making the grade, so to speak. Richmond, CEO of the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority, based in Irwindale, received the 2009 Engineering Achievement Award last week from the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies of California.

There is more bad news on the horizon for California employers already reeling from the worst recession in decades.

Before John Fraijo became president of the Irwindale Police Officers Association, he held every job "under the sun" in City Hall.

Cloudy skies provide a backdrop for a bicyclist riding on the wet bike path pavement atop the Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale June 5, 2009.

City officials blasted a railroad company Tuesday for dragging its feet in cleaning up graffiti from unused railcars sitting idle on the Gold Line right-of-way. BNSF Railway owns the rights to a 3-mile stretch of track from Monrovia to Irwindale, and the railroad has been using it to store railcars that have been put out of service because of the ...

Nick Joanides got a primer in Toyota Speedway at Irwindale Auto Club of Southern California Late Model racing last week.

HRE Performance Wheels has selected In Sixth Gear as an authorized seller for its product line.

Irwindale staffers last week made several recommendations as part of their proposal to cut down on an expected $3 million budget deficit.