Pico Rivera News

Students at Durfee Elementary School were entertained Thursday by a group of Israeli teens kicking off a three-month goodwill tour.

A Los Angeles man will be tried for allegedly using his pickup truck to ram his girlfriend's car which struck a tree and burst into flames.

Britain's Supreme Court is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to approve the extradition of WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange to Sweden, a potential turning point in the Internet activist's controversial career.

Sheriff's gang investigators are looking for a Pico Rivera man wanted for kidnapping a couple on May 13 and torturing the man over a debt.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies investigate the drive-by shooting of a 17-year-old boy at the intersection of Lindsey Avenue and Banta Road in Pico Rivera May 29, 2012.

A man and woman were arrested in Highland Park last week following an altercation in which a car, a crowbar and a knife were all used as weapons.

The Pico Rivera Veterans Council will host its traditional Memorial Day Ceremony honoring fallen military members at 10 a.m. Monday at the Mines Avenue Veterans Monument.

When this year began, Rep. Linda Sanchez was looking at a three-corner fight to keep the congressional seat she has held since 2002.

California Virtual Academies, an online K-12 charter school, holds one of three graduation ceremonies Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.

CareMore presents a complimentary movie from noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday at La Mirada Starplex Cinema, 15296 Rosecrans Ave.; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Norwalk Regency Theater, 13917 Pioneer Blvd.; 10:30 a.m. to Complimentary haircuts will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon every Thursday until the end of May at Friendly Hills Barber, 15236 Whittier ... (more)

The victim, 20-year-old Adriana Lopez of Pico Rivera, was later dropped off by another person, not believed to be involved in the kidnapping, at the sheriff's Industry Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Lt.

Chef David Luna, culinary class instructor at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, conducts a food tasting after his students in their final presentation for the year put their skills to the test under the watchful eye of celebrity judges in "The Ultimate Test Challenge." While most high school seniors are taking written final exams, those in Chef ... (more)

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is searching for a 43-year-old West Covina area man and the ex-girlfriend he is suspected of kidnapping from her Pico Rivera home.

Councilman Gregory Salcido, in his role as a high school history teacher, was put on paid administrative leave Wednesday following a complaint filed with the sheriff's department that he struck a student.

Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's recruits used their passed experience in emergency service to help one of their own Friday morning.

On May 14, 2012, Martin Salvador Alvarado, 30, of Pico Rivera, California, pleaded guilty to a series of assaults perpetrated on the Humboldt State University Campus in 2010.

La Mirada Starplex Cinema, 15296 Rosecrans Ave.; 11a.m. to 1 p.m. May 23 at Norwalk Regency Theater, 13917 Pioneer Blvd.; 10:30a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May23 at Whittier Village Cinema, 7038 Greenleaf Ave.

Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's recruits used their passed experience in emergency service to help one of their own Friday morning.

Opposition against a proposed $22 million water and nature museum at the Whittier Narrows Nature Center expanded Monday to include a member of the board overseeing the project.

The balloons, music and cake made Friday's celebration of Pio Pico's birth 211 years ago like any other birthday party.