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Firefighter injured in Montebello warehouse fire
WEBAug 8, 2024 · A third-alarm fire guts a 10,000-square-foot commercial building early Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, at 860 Truck Way in Montebello. About 80 firefighters responded to the scene. Working in defensive mode, they extinguished the blaze about 7 a.m. (Image from RMG News video) Firefighters had not yet determined how it started.
Sister of 13-year-old girl who died in 2020 Pico Rivera carjacking ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Alexia Cortes sat in her family’s minivan with her three younger siblings on a hot July 2020 afternoon, parked along Whittier Boulevard near Durfee Avenue with the engine running and the air conditioning cranked up as their parents shopped inside La Mano Tortilleria in Pico Rivera.
Column: They’re doing it right for 50 years at Pizzamania in Whittier
WEBUPDATED: September 9, 2023 at 6:33 a.m. (Left) Joan and Warren Haines, together with Jim and Jo Barritt, started Pizzamania in Whittier 50 years ago. The community favorite can also boast of giving generations of locals their first jobs. (Right) Jo and Jim Barritt were parents of young children when they and another couple, Warren and Joe ...
Montebello’s hospital reopens its ICU, opens to 911 calls after …
WEBOct 6, 2023 · Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello – formally Montebello’s Beverly Hospital – announced on Friday, Oct. 6, that it has opened a newly refurbished intensive care unit and has resumed 9-1-1 emergency transports to the hospital.
Whittier’s new homeless shelter opens – Whittier Daily News
WEBAug 13, 2021 · Whittier’s new permanent homeless shelter celebrated its grand opening on Friday Aug. 13, the culmination of three years of sometimes bitter debate over how to address the issue in the community. Whittier Mayor Joe Vinatieri led the celebration, shouting “yes!”. Salvation Army Captain Elaine Manor …
Whittier’s film highlights include ‘Back to the Future"
WEBJul 8, 2013 · Here are some of Whittier’s television and film industry highlights:February 1980 One episode of television’s “The Incredible Hulk,” starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferigno, was filmed at Whittier College.October 1986 The motion picture “Master of the Universe” was filmed in Uptown. April 1985 (I) March 1989 (II, III)“Back to the Future” parts I, …
Summer Street Fest returns to Pico Rivera this month
WEBAug 4, 2023 · The city of Pico Rivera announced this year’s Summer Street Fest with live music, food trucks, a beer garden, and more.. Festivities will happen every Friday night in August, starting on Friday, Aug. 11, at Smith Park, 6016 Rosemead Blvd. Summer Street Fest is open to the public to enjoy back-to-back concerts featuring artists of …
Sentencing set for gang member who shot two Whittier officers, …
WEBDec 1, 2021 · By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH | City News Service. NORWALK — Sentencing is set Wednesday for a gang member convicted of opening fire on two Whittier police officers, killing one and wounding the other, along with killing a man in East Los Angeles earlier the same morning.. UPDATE: Killer of Whittier police officer sentenced to life without parole Michael Christopher Mejia, 30, was found guilty ...