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The Whittier Daily News
April 14, 2018
Chief Executive Officer Carl Ferrer will serve no more than five years in prison under a California agreement in which he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy and three counts of money laundering in California. Also Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the company pleaded guiltyÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
April 14, 2018
A man was arrested Thursday for allegedly stabbing and critically injuring a fellow passenger aboard a transit bus in East Los Angeles. Manuel Ortiz, a 27-year-old transient, was arrested about 1 a.m. and booked on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the attack, which occurred about 10:15Ãâà...
The Whittier Daily News
April 14, 2018
With at most 38 ballots uncounted from Tuesday's Whittier City Council election, Mayor Joe Vinatieri, Councilman Fernando Dutra and challenger Henry Bouchot all appear to have won — although Dutra's opponent has questioned his victory. Vinatieri's lead grew to about 72 percent. Meanwhile in District 2Ãâà...
The Whittier Daily News
April 13, 2018
... who are the likely winners in Whittier City Council race Ãâ÷ Bonsignore: Colin Kaepernick, NFL must find compromise Ãâ÷ Basketball: St. Paul's Cedric Sobers turns it up late to lead Stars past Stripes in Whittier area all-star game Ãâ÷ Cannabis rules in California: Are some cities trying to regulate away Prop 64?
The Whittier Daily News
April 6, 2018
“This was the second state school in California,” Whittier Mayor Joe Vinatieri said. “It was brought in by the founders of the new Quaker colony. The school brought in jobs, all the way until 2002. In 2004, this bad boy school was shut down and became a blighted eyesore.” State officials initially planned onÃâà...
fox5sandiego.com
March 19, 2018
SAN DIEGO -- An approaching winter storm is poised to open an "atmospheric river" of subtropical rain clouds on Southern California this week, but ... "This storm will bring the potential for major mud and debris flows on the recent burn areas, including the Thomas, Whittier, La Tuna and Creek burn areas.
KABC-TV
March 17, 2018
A 21-year-old man was hospitalized after being wounded in a shooting in Whittier, authorities said, and three suspects were arrested. (KABC). KABC. Saturday, March 17, 2018 12:03AM. WHITTIER, Calif. (KABC) --. A 21-year-old man was hospitalized after being wounded in a shooting in Whittier, authorities said, and threeÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 17, 2018
A vacancy on the Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors will be filled by appointment. The district includes Downey, Montebello and Pico Rivera. The seat opened with the resignation of Pedro Aceituno of Bell Gardens, first elected to Central Basin in November 2016. He has filed to run forÃâà...
KTLA
March 17, 2018
The victim was taken to a hospital after being shot in the back and is expected to survive, Whittier Police Lt. Bryan Ellis told KTLA. Witnesses gave officers vehicle and suspect descriptions and soon after police were able to find people and a vehicle matching those descriptions in Pico Rivera. No furtherÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 16, 2018
The vehicle traveled at slower speeds before the California Highway Patrol used a PIT maneuver on the car. The car traveled off the freeway in the Camp Pendleton area just before 11:30 p.m. and the driver came out with his hands up and surrendered to authorities. The chase caused a large backup onÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 15, 2018
FILE PHOTO. Pico Rivera City Manager Rene Bobadilla speaks during a “Student Town Hall Meeting” where El Rancho High School student leaders participate in an open forum with city administrators at the Pico Rivera, Calif. campus Dec. 10, 2014. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/Whittier Daily News).
The Whittier Daily News
March 15, 2018
Sophomore Guillermo Rodriquez, 16, holds up a sign during the National School Walkout at Schurr High School in Montebello, Calif. on Wednesday March 14, .... About 1,500 students participated at Whittier High, while senior Owen Sneddon, one of the student-leaders at La Serna, said the protest thereÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 14, 2018
A Pico Rivera man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 30 felony counts stemming from an alleged months-long robbery spree targeting cellphone stores. Michael Anthony Tapia, 51, is charged with 29 counts of second-degree robbery and one count of kidnapping to commit robbery. The criminal complaintÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 14, 2018
Lind Coop is pictured in front of his recognized historic home in Whittier, Calif. on Thursday March 8, 2018. (Photo ... When longtime Whittier resident Gwen Woirhaye went to London about two years ago, she recalls seeing plaques honoring some of its historic homes, such as one that identified the formerÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 13, 2018
Two men attacked another man Sunday night in Norwalk, hitting the victim in the head with a golf club and stabbing him several times. Deputies have not found the assailants. Sgt. Godin Gonzalez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Norwalk station described the man's injuries as “non-life threatening.”.
The Whittier Daily News
March 13, 2018
Authorities do not believe any foul play was involved in the death of a person whose body was found Monday afternoon, police said. About 1:50 p.m., officers were dispatched to Whittier Boulevard and Painter Avenue for a report of a man seen in bushes, said Whittier police Lt. Aaron Ruiz. “It ended upÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 12, 2018
An early spring cleaning: Whittier residents, merchants hit the alleys Ãâ÷ Why are the I-15 rest stops closed on the route to Las Vegas? Man stabbed to death in fight with another employee in La Puente Ãâ÷ These are the 7 best items at Disney California Adventure's Food & Wine festival Ãâ÷ Montebello school boardÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 9, 2018
The triple shooting took place at this South El Monte karaoke bar at the Golden Vista Plaza at 9251 Garvey Ave. (Photo by Ruby Gonzales/San Gabriel Valley Tribune). SOUTH EL MONTE — Three men were shot early Friday in an argument at a karaoke bar in a South El Monte strip mall. The shootingsÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 9, 2018
FILE PHOTO. Pico Rivera City Manager Rene Bobadilla speaks during a “Student Town Hall Meeting” where El Rancho High School student leaders participate in an open forum with city administrators at the Pico Rivera, Calif. campus Dec. 10, 2014. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb/Whittier Daily News). By HayleyÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 8, 2018
John and Ken of KFI-640 welcome Whittier Mayor Joe Vinatieri and Councilman Fernando Dutra to the broadcast of their radio show at the Whittwood Town Center in Whittier on Thursday, March 8, 2018. The show was collecting signatures for the Keep California Safe initiative. The initiative would changeÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
March 6, 2018
Flush with its first collection of property taxes, an association of property owners in Uptown Whittier is getting ready to make its first expenditures. ... LiMandri, whose San Diego-based company New City America, manages similar districts all across California, said he's not surprised the association is havingÃâà...
LA Daily News
March 6, 2018
Onshore flow will strengthen Friday through the weekend, with cooler days and warmer nights as a weak trough of low pressure near the California coast ... Covina; 79 in Pasadena; 80 in Burbank, North Hollywood, Woodland Hills, Van Nuys and downtown Los Angeles; and 82 in Whittier and Long Beach.
The Whittier Daily News
March 6, 2018
The shooting was reported at 11:16 p.m. Monday on the 6000 block of Loma Vista Place, according to Deputy Wally Bracks of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which is assisting Bell police in the homicide investigation. Responding officers discovered the victim seated in a car parked along aÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
February 27, 2018
Last year's sizzling housing market spilled into January, with home prices rising at the fastest pace in 3Ãâý years, new CoreLogic figures show. The median price of a Southern California home — or the price at the midpoint of all sales — was $507,000 last month, just $2,500 shy of the all-time high reached inÃâà...
NBC Southern California
February 24, 2018
A man was killed and another man and a woman were wounded in a shooting early Saturday morning in unincorporated Whittier. The triple shooting was reported at 12:54 a.m. in the 13200 block of Imperial Highway, said Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's InformationÃâà...
89.3 KPCC
February 21, 2018
An alert security guard overheard a student threatening to open fire at his Southern California high school days after a massacre in Florida, and a swift investigation uncovered two assault rifles and nearly 100 high-capacity magazines at his home, authorities said Wednesday. Although the 17-year-oldÃâà...
KABC-TV
December 31, 1999
But some Whittier voters are complaining that the design of their city's ballots for its 2018 general election on Tuesday are so confusing that people are ... "This ballot has been constructed in such a way that it is misleading," said Whittier attorney Miguel Garcia during a news conference in front of WhittierÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
December 31, 1999
Whittier Mayor Joe Vinatieri Tuesday was easily re-elected to a second term, but long-time Councilman Bob Henderson appears to have lost his race to challenger Henry Bouchot. Bouchot, an executive director for a veterans organization, leads Henderson, 990-889 in the District 2 race, but there remainÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
December 31, 1999
Partly cloudy skies were forecast in L.A. County today, along with highs of 70 in Avalon; 72 in San Pedro; 74 in Torrance and on Mount Wilson; 76 at LAX; 84 in Long Beach; 86 in Downtown L.A.; 89 in Palmdale; 90 in Lancaster, Burbank, Whittier and San Gabriel; 91 in Pasadena, North Hollywood,Ãâà...
The Whittier Daily News
December 31, 1999
Authorities are asking for the public's help in identifying a man who stabbed another man Monday while riding a Montebello bus. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department released footage Tuesday that showed a man standing in the bus with his hand in his pocket. Suddenly, he takes out a knife andÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
December 31, 1999
This time last week, support for the controversial California WaterFix twin-tunnel Delta water project looked to have finally dried up. Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which supplies much of the water to the Southland and was a major supporter of the two-tunnel plan, seemed ready to putÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
December 31, 1999
SOUTH GATE — A man in his 40s was struck and killed by at least one vehicle on the Long Beach (710) Freeway Sunday night in South Gate, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash on the southbound 710 Freeway at Firestone Boulevard was reported at 7:24 p.m., CHP Officer Alex RubioÃâà...
The Whittier Daily News
December 31, 1999
... Unions are throwing money into Whittier City Council elections Ãâ÷ 3 wounded in South El Monte karaoke bar shooting Ãâ÷ Southern California car wash mogul cited for cheating 700 workers and destroying evidence Ãâ÷ These are the 7 best items at Disney California Adventure's Food & Wine festival Ãâ÷ Art Laboe,Ãâà...
The Whittier Daily News
December 31, 1999
Sessions spoke at an annual state law enforcement event just hours after the United States filed suit against California over three of its new immigration laws aimed at thwarting President Donald Trump's immigration agenda. “Federal agents must be able to do that job that Congress has directed them to do.
OCRegister
December 31, 1999
Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas speaks during the Keep California Safe initiative press conference at the Whittier Police Memorial in Whittier on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. The initiative is calling for reforms to some of the state measures, such as Props. 47 and 57 and AB 109. (Photo byÃâà...
KABC-TV
December 31, 1999
A house in Whittier caught on fire because of a lightning strike, fire officials said. KABC. By ABC7.com staff. Tuesday, February 27, 2018 06:42PM. WHITTIER, Calif. (KABC) --. A Whittier woman and her family of four children plus five pets were left homeless after a lightning strike sparked a fire that damaged their home.
The Whittier Daily News
December 31, 1999
Looking for housing in California — to buy or rent — means having the fewest choices in the nation. A curious stat from the U.S. Census Bureau tracks empty residences, whether those units are rentals or ownership properties. Basically, “gross vacancy rate” is a proportional measure of how many placesÃâà...
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