Monterey Park News

Prosecutors on Thursday filed new charges of possession of child pornography against a Walnut man who is awaiting trial on accusations that he bound and attempted to rape and kill a female employee at a Monterey Park yogurt shop he owned, authorities said.

Three candidates with similar views are vying to succeed Democrat Assemblyman Mike Eng in the redrawn 49th Assembly district, the state's first to have an Asian majority.

Instead of facing a Republican heavyweight, Democratic Rep. Judy Chu is seeking re-election against two political newcomers in the newly drawn 27th Congressional District.

Commissioned artist Nathan Mauden of Pasadena places hand prints on his mural as part of Life Leaders Academy's after-school program at Brightwood Elementary School in Monterey Park.

Mitchell Ing, the current vice mayor of Monterey Park and candidate for a seat in the 49th Assembly District , believes his combined experience in public office and as a banker for the past 24 years can help him right the state's fiscal wrongs.

A registered sex offender was sent to prison Wednesday for exposing himself to a teenage boy at a Monterey Park gym last month, officials said.

MONTEREY PARK A - City leaders, law enforcement officers and family members are expected to announce a $20,000 reward for information in the murder of a former Army sergeant.

The Old Chinatown Central Plaza is reflected in the window of a restaurant in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles, Thursday, Jan.

The 25,000-square-foot market, at 935 W. Duarte Road, is expected to open in August or September.

A boy walks past a hair salon in Monterey Park. When Walmart announced plans to put one of its outlets in Chinatown, alarms were quickly sounded by people fearful the chain would destroy the character of one of the nation's oldest, largest and most historic Chinatowns.

Hundreds of people stood in line at Mt. San Antonio College on Sunday, waiting to catch a glimpse of the first annular solar eclipse in the United States in almost 20 years.

More than 50 sheriff's deputies, soldiers and people from the community came together on bikes and on footA to complete their 5-mile leg of the 35th Annual Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's Memorial Torch Relay run Friday night from the Cerritos to the Lakewood stations.

In his state of the city address Thursday, Mayor David Lau said Monterey Park has fared relatively well under strained economic times and is continuing to move forward.

The city will celebrate its 96th birthday this weekend with four days of festivities for the annual Play Days Carnival at Barnes Park.

Brianna Romero, 5, is dying of brain cancer. Her parents are organizing a walkathon on Saturday to raise money for her memorial services and also to raise awareness of her disease medulloblastoma.

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ONE of the most interesting and forward-spinning highlights of the inaugural LitFest Pasadena on Saturday - where something more than 1,800 people enjoyed books, writers, conversation and a hot Quidditch game through the day - was the idea Pasadenan Kathleen Peck came up with last year and that we announced and have put on the agenda for LitFest ... (more)

An Monterey Park man will spend the rest of his life in prison following his sentencing Thursday for kidnapping a San Gabriel Valley woman, slitting her throat, leaving her for dead in the desert and then attempting to extort a ransom from her father, authorities said.

The California Supreme Court has cleared the way for convicted serial killer and former Monterey Park resident Rodney Alcala to be extradited to New York City to face charges in two 1970s killings.

Factory tofu is fine, but it doesn't have the silken texture and nutty flavor of fresh tofu made by hand.