Montebello News

MONTEBELLO - The city will shut down a banquet facility operating for the last 34 years on Whittier Boulevard after a police investigation uncovered the sale of narcotics and alcohol. The City Council unanimously voted Wednesday to revoke the business license of Centro Social Terraza Jamay, a club at Whittier Boulevard and 10th St., the site of the old Montebello Ballroom.

A presentation on Montebello's municipal transit operations will take place at the Southern California Transit Advocates meeting 1 p.m. Saturday, 255 S. Hill St., Rm 422.

Ryan Rodriguez of Schurr wants to be an exologist or veterinarian. A proposed Nature Center in the Montebello Hills would help him in this goal.

A van and a city bus collided Monday afternoon, leaving 14 people hurt, police and fire officials said.

The past year has delivered a few set-backs to highly touted bantamweight contender Abner Mares, a 2004 Mexican Olympian, but he says he still has a lot to show the World.

Sobering news arrived on the jobs front Thursday when U.S. Labor Department figures revealed the nation's unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent in June - a 26-year high.

Aria International Incorporated, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Aria International Holdings, Inc. announced purchase of a model 40D Airship from Montebello Corp. Worldwide Aeros for use in Royal Thai Army surveillance.

Acting on a proposal by Councilmember Molinari, the city council unanimously voted to fund food distribution for Montebello residents in this time of 12.7% unemployment in Montebello.

Now that the city has approved plans to build a seven-story hotel and parking structure in an industrial area, the owner is asking for help in footing the bill (as others have done recently), officials said Thursday.

A fire gutted a home and sent two people, including a firefighter, to the hospital Thursday, authorities said.

After receiving a formal complaint, officials from the District Attorney's Office have requested copies of campaign and financial statements from all City Council members, officials said Wednesday.

The "closed" investigation appears to now be "open."

Greenwood Elementary School fourth graders, police and city recently helped kick off Operation Chill, at the 7-Eleven, located at 800 S. Greenwood Ave. The program seeks to 'chill' children with positive civic attitudes by way of free Slurpies.

As thousands of students prove year after year, it is possible to get a good education and develop a strong character regardless of what school you attend --- public, private or parochial. A Montebello student and others relate their experiences in Catholic Schools

A man was flown to the hospital in critical condition and a suspect was behind bars Friday after an apparent gang-related shooting, authorities said. He was captured and the gun recovered with assistance of a Montebello witness who happened to be driving by.

Gregory Ramsey has come a long way in the past two years, and now he is hoping his journey will help others, especially a Montebello teenager desperate for a bone marrow transplant.

The recall of Councilmembers Kathy Salazar and Robert Urteaga has turned combative as both sides claim they are being harassed and threatened, according to 29 police reports.

Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives on Tuesday asked for help solving the 2002 killing of a 15 year old Montebello girl who was taken on her way to school.

Cook-Hill Properties, llc., has recently submitted its Montebello Hills Specific Plan (MHSP) and its Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) 5000+ page documents for public inspection and comment. Cook-Hill wants to build a 1200 housing unit condo development with some single family homes on the last 480 acres of natural open space in Montebello. The public comment period ended May 28 and this is a summary of the comments.

With free cars, gas, and repairs, can lawmakers empathise with the problems of their constituents?

Page 8 of the June, 2009 Montebello Chamber of Commerce's Spotlight on Montebello newspaper has a full page unattributed news article about the proposed Montebello Hills condo project replete with economic benefit claims from a city document that does not exist.