Irwindale News

When the redistricting commission finished drawing the new 32nd Congressional District, it appeared as if it was drawn for a Latino and a Democrat.

Four current and former city officials are accused of embezzling city funds on lavish trips to New York, but an attorney for one councilmember is asking for even more - $75,000 in legal fees.

A driver suffered a head injury when a tow truck ran a red light and struck his pickup truck early Tuesday morning, police said.

Ricardo Munoz, an agricultural aide for the California Department of Food and Agriculture, sprays pesticide on an orange tree in Hacienda Heights on Tuesday April 9, 2012, a few blocks from where state officials discovered a deadly and incurable citrus disease last month.

A driver suffered a head injury when a tow truck ran a red light and struck a pickup truck early Tuesday morning, police said.

A two automobile crash resulted in a fire hydrant being severed as thousands of gallons of water shot skyward and along the street causing traffic to slow along the north bound side of 5300 block of Irwindale Ave.

One person was transported to a local hospital after a two-car collision that damaged a water main valve at Irwindale Avenue and Arrow Highway around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Los Angeles County Fire officials said.

A charter school that targets homeless, foster and at-risk students is asking to continue operating in Baldwin Park Unified, but at least one board member is concerned about a 2006 audit that raised a number of financial red flags about the school.

A recall for GLX 501C motorcycle helmets made by Galaxy Helmets in Irwindale, Calif., has been issued by the U.S. Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

An Irwindale man who attacked and badly injured his mother with a hammer as she got out of the shower received a 16-year prison sentence Wednesday after taking a plea deal, officials said.

At its meeting on Wednesday, the City Council will consider continuing its resident medical benefits program and a temporary ban on digital billboards.

After 50 years, the Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire is still a spring favorite for southern Californians.

That mantra proved true in the film, "Field of Dreams." But in the case of Huy Fong Foods Inc., virtually no one from the company has shown up yet.