Today the driver of a silver Lexus rammed through the wall of a La Puente backyard and went for a dip in the pool. It sounds like the driver survived okay but he or she will charged with driving under the influence. more ›

In a twist of fate for Grace -- the loyal black lab making international headlines for her courageous stance over a recently deceased dog in a busy Los Angeles street -- the man who protectively placed traffic cones around the canines and called animal control services will not be adopting the dog after all. more ›

The story of a loyal black Labrador retriever that stood vigil beside a fallen pooch has made worldwide headlines, and today the courageous canine is up for adoption. Dubbed Grace, the dog will be available at the Baldwin Park Animal Care Center today. more ›

With warmer weather on the way, L.A. County animal control officers are warning pet owners of the dangers of leaving animals in parked cars -- especially with the windows rolled up. Over the weekend, officers rescued a young Chihuahua mix from a locked SUV in La Puente. more ›

The members of Sober for Christ, a Catholic alcohol and addiction recovery group, strongly discourage enablers and are protesting the opening of a new liquor store in La Puente. The new booze shop is located in close proximity to the recovering alcoholics group's meetings. more ›

Police are looking for a man who raped a 14-year-old girl outside her apartment building in La Puente. The incident took place on January 2 in the evening, according to City News Service. The assailant, who's described as a young Hispanic man between the ages of 18 and 22 with a faux-hawk, started talking to the girl as she was walking towards the trash bins. more ›

Two men and one woman were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide this morning in La Puente. Investigators said that they suspect that one of the men killed his ex-girlfriend, her new boyfriend and then shot himself. more ›

A La Puente woman is facing DUI charges after driving her SUV into her 1-year-old son and his dad, according to CBS Los Angeles. The accident happened at the couple's home on Friday night. The unidentified woman had left her SUV running and in gear and it began rolling toward the man and his baby. She rushed to stop the SUV but ended up hitting the gas instead of the brake and plowing through the garage, her baby and his dad. more ›

When it comes to drive-thru food, Los Angeles may well have put the trend on the map in the 20th Century. Now, one list picks out three area spots as being among the most unusual drive-thrus in the nation--and not one of them serves up a burger! more ›

On Saturday, El Rey Farms brought their last batch of green chiles from Hatch, New Mexico, to La Puente High School. 38-pound sacks were sold fresh or roasted. The mood was festive, with customers sharing recipes and preparing for the big parties that they schedule around the deliveries. more ›

The former 33-year-old mayor of La Puente, Louie Lujan, was sentenced to three months probation, fined $1,000 and barred from holding elected office, a Superior Court Judge ruled today. Last month, Lujan pleaded guilty to one felony count of perjury not reporting contributions and expenditures during his 2009 campaign before submitting his resignation. more ›

A night of dancing at a Halloween party turned into a trip to the hospital for Susie Medina this weekend. She and her husband thought it was a urinary problem related to a recent gastric bypass surgery. Boy, were they ever wrong... and surprised. more ›

Today around 12:30 p.m. at Nogales High School in La Puente, a call came into 9-1-1 -- there was a gun on campus. Sheriff Deputies responded and found out it was a prank. "Apparently unsupervised students in a classroom there called 9-1-1 to report someone with a gun," reported Frank Girardot of CrimeScene Blog, which covers San Gabriel Valley area crimes. He says at least two students were in custody. more ›