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Ex-Tournament of Roses Volunteer Accused of Murdering Mistress and Dumping Her Body in Trunk in 2004 [UPDATED]

Ex-Tournament of Roses Volunteer Accused of Murdering Mistress and Dumping Her Body in Trunk in 2004 [UPDATED]

An ex-Tournament of Roses volunteer with a squeaky-clean image is being held in the 2004 murder of another volunteer Donna Kelly, 59, who disappeared before her daughter found her body in her mothers car. Detectives say that DNA evidence linked Richard Allan Munnecke, 71, of Alhambra was found on Kelly's decomposed body. more ›

Lone Women Targeted In SGV, Suspect Sketch Released

Lone Women Targeted In SGV, Suspect Sketch Released

Monterey Park police have now released a sketch of the suspect they believe is linked to more than a dozen crimes targeting lone women followed home late at night and robbed of valuables, reports KTLA. Officials are cautioning area residents about incidents reported in Alhambra, San Gabriel, South Pasadena, and Monterey Park in recent weeks. more ›

San Gabriel Cracks Down on 'Birthing Tourism'

San Gabriel Cracks Down on 'Birthing Tourism'

The fourteenth amendment states it clearly: A person born on U.S. soil is a full-fledged citizen subject to state and federal law. This direct path to citizenship lends itself to a shady business model that has prompted the city of San Gabriel to shut down at least one converted townhouse with 10 newborns and 12 Chinese nationals citing building code violations. more ›

Dumpling-throwing, Purse-snatching San Gabriel Ex-Mayor Won't Face Charges Since Victim Fled the Country

Dumpling-throwing, Purse-snatching San Gabriel Ex-Mayor Won't Face Charges Since Victim Fled the Country

It was a bizarre incident involving an alleged argument, food fight, purse-snatch and car chase in the streets of the San Gabriel Valley involving a political leader and a female friend. Now, however, former San Gabriel mayor Albert Y.M. Huang will not be facing domestic violence and robbery charges, according to the Pasadena Star-News, primarily because the victim has disappeared. more ›

Taiwanese News Animation Re-Creates San Gabriel Mayor's Dumpling-Throwing Purse-Grabbing Meltdown

Taiwanese News Animation Re-Creates San Gabriel Mayor's Dumpling-Throwing Purse-Grabbing Meltdown

Much like in the high-profile cases of the ex-Mrs. Tiger Woods versus the golfer's SUV and Jay Leno versus Conan O'Brien, a CGI rendering of the events that allegedly transpired last week that resulted in the arrest of now-former San Gabriel Mayor Albert Huang is helping people all over the world visualize the bizarre confrontation. more ›

San Gabriel Mayor Resigns After Alleged Food Fight & Crime

San Gabriel Mayor Resigns After Alleged Food Fight & Crime

It was 1 a.m. at the New Taste Dumpling House last Friday in San Gabriel. Mayor Albert Y. M. Huang and an unidentified women apparently got into a fight over money -- she reportedly throws a a steamer of dumplings at him and he returns with throwing vinegar. Huang then allegedly took her purse, tried to take her SUV before fleeing in his own vehicle, which she clung onto as he drove at speeds as high as 45 mph. Now, after lots of media attention and the arrest on suspicion for felony robbery and assault, Huang has resigned, both from his post as mayor and from the city council, according to the LA Times. Huang says it was all a misunderstanding and his lawyers say "he wants to prove his innocence." more ›

San Gabriel Mayor Calls Purse-Stealing Incident 'misunderstanding'

San Gabriel Mayor Calls Purse-Stealing Incident 'misunderstanding'

San Gabriel's mayor, Albert Y.M. Huang, is speaking out about his arrest on Friday following an incident during which he allegedly took a woman's purse, according to LA Now. more ›

San Gabriel Mayor Arrested for Stealing Purse and Worse

San Gabriel Mayor Arrested for Stealing Purse and Worse

Well here's a lede you don't read everyday. Courtesy of the LA Times's Sam Allen: "The mayor of the city of San Gabriel was in custody Friday on charges of felony robbery and assault after he allegedly took a woman’s purse and sped down a residential street with her clinging to the side of his sport-utility vehicle." Luckily the woman, who clung to the car for more than a quarter mile, was not seriously hurt. 35-year-old Mayor Albert Y.M. Huang was arrested and had his bail set at $100,000. more ›

Immigration Agents Bust Up Two San Gabriel Valley Brothels

Immigration Agents Bust Up Two San Gabriel Valley Brothels

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested four Chinese nationals over the weekend as part of a takedown of two brothels operating in the San Gabriel Valley, according to abc7. more ›

Gold Line Foothill Extension En Route to June Groundbreaking

Gold Line Foothill Extension En Route to June Groundbreaking

It looks like June is when we'll see the groundbreaking for the MTA Gold Line's Foothill Extension, which will take the tracks from its current terminus in Pasadena to the Azusa/Glendora border, reports the Pasadena Star-News. more ›

San Gabriel PD Begin Feeding Data to Crime Mapping Website Today

San Gabriel PD Begin Feeding Data to Crime Mapping Website Today

Crime Mapping is a website that "automatically retrieves data from a records management system," and tracks and maps the information for the public to view, explains KTLA. The San Gabriel Police Department has joined with about two dozen California law enforcement agencies to make use of the Google-powered mapping site so that are residents "can now track crime trends in their neighborhoods." The service for San Gabriel launched today, and marks the first time a police department within Los Angeles County is making use of the service, which "requires no man-hours from police." more ›

Morris Fire Jumps San Gabriel River, Voluntary Evacuation Turns Mandatory

Morris Fire Jumps San Gabriel River, Voluntary Evacuation Turns Mandatory

As the Morris Fire continues to burn in the San Gabriel Canyon of the Angeles National Forest, a spot fire that has developed on the eastside of the San Gabriel River has officials concerned. "It's becoming very active now," explained Robert Brady, a Fire Information Officer with the Forest Service. He said there's more dry fuel for the blaze on that side of the river. more ›

National Park Service Could Expand within the Los Angeles Region

National Park Service Could Expand within the Los Angeles Region

The Los Angeles region could get another National Recreation Area congressional designation under a study that is proposing three different concepts for the San Gabriel watershed and mountains. Congress directed the National Parks Service to study and evaluate resources in a large area from the Antelope and Santa Clarita valleys down to the Orange County border. No, it doesn't mean we'd be within minutes of a new National Park in the traditional sense--Yosemite, Joshua Tree--but it could mean better managed cultural sites or new trails and protected open spaces. more ›

Recession Obsession: Cheap-Enough Organic

Recession Obsession: Cheap-Enough Organic

Organic is not-so-secret code for expensive. (Even though LA organic is cheaper than other cities.) Expensive is code for not for Recession Obsession readers. That was until this author/adventurer stumbled upon Green Zone in San Gabriel. more ›

Masked Men Open Fire in Coffee Shop, 1 Dead, 6 Injured

Masked Men Open Fire in Coffee Shop, 1 Dead, 6 Injured

For unknown reasons, two men masked by bandanas walked into the Coffee Shop Cafe in San Gabriel last night around 11:15 and opened fire on the customers leaving at least one man dead and six others injured. The men then ran away leaving no one robbed and police puzzled over motive. The deceased man's identity has not been released and security cameras in the cafe were not in working order to record the incident. more ›

It Never Was Funny: Prank Guns at Schools

It Never Was Funny: Prank Guns at Schools

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 ›

Happy 95th Birthday, Montrose

Happy 95th Birthday, Montrose

Today the small town of Montrose, known first as "Glendale's first suburb," hits the big 9-5, and the Founders Day Celebration is expected to be a big draw. more ›

It's National Bird Feeding Month

It's National Bird Feeding Month

I'm for feeding birds all year, but as we're celebrating it this month, stop a moment and be grateful that our warm-blooded friends live in the California climate. As the Wild Bird Centers of America reminds us: more ›

Super Tuesday Results Recap:  Local Props & Measures

Super Tuesday Results Recap: Local Props & Measures

  • Area-specific Measures: Measure B, a communications users tax in Huntington Park: PASSED; Measure D, a telephone tax in Pasadena: PASSED; Measure E, Long Beach Community College Funding: PASSED; Measure A, San Gabriel schools: PASSED; Measure R, education parcel tax in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District: PASSED; Measure V, bond measure in the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School: DEFEATED; Measure F, fireworks purchasing in Inglewood: DEFEATED. more ›

  • Extra, Extra: Brought To You By The Number 9

    Extra, Extra: Brought To You By The Number 9

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    Weird Los Angeles: Strange Things Afoot!

    Weird Los Angeles: Strange Things Afoot!

    Welcome to the bizarre world of 'Weird Los Angeles', where shaggy-haired man-beasts roam the back roads, eerie phantoms drift through the night and peculiar objects move silently across the zenith. We'll be taking you on a weekly tour of the cities anomalies, beginning with sightings of Bigfoot, where it seems reports date back to the 1970s. more ›

    If You've Got Beef with Pasadena... and other Media News

    If You've Got Beef with Pasadena... and other Media News

    The Pasadena Star-News is looking for you. Or if there are problems to rant about in general throughout the SGV, then the San Gabriel Valley Tribune might be where you go. Or hey, same goes for Whittier and the Whittier Daily News. "It's a new year and we are on the lookout for letters to the editor. If you have a person that wants to write one, or is expressing an opinion on an article or photo, direct them to write a letter to editor..." That's Mickie of Mickie's Zoo talking. She's a professional belly dancer (swords are her specialty), a singer in a rock band and a full-time journalist. She also has been crowned the Queen of the 31st Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade that will take place on January 20th. more ›

    Best Cookbooks of 2007:  Part One

    Best Cookbooks of 2007: Part One

    Welcome to a two-part review of the year’s best cookbooks. In part one, I’ll list five new books that inspired me in the kitchen in 2007…part 2 will include five rediscoveries that you might want to add to your shelf. more ›

    New Rapid Bus Lines Let You Experience LA

    New Rapid Bus Lines Let You Experience LA

    Last week Monday, Metro released a series of service enhancements and additions including the new Gold Line schedule. In the additions bucket came two new Metro Rapid lines, both starting in Downtown. more ›

    Winds, Temps in the 70s, Christmas!

    Winds, Temps in the 70s, Christmas!

    Making sure that many have a safe holiday, fire fighters will be on watch because of SoCal's low humidity and high winds, a perfect mixture for wildfire. As of this posting, the Los Angeles Fire Department has not issued a Red Flag Warning. more ›

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