

During the month of February, D.I.S.A.R.M. Officers confiscated 107 weapons – including 48 handguns,23 assault rifles, and 21 rifles/shotguns, $3.9 million in illegal drugs, and arrested 264 probationers during 1,400 unannounced searches of residences, persons, vehicles, and businesses, announced Mayor Michael D. Antonovich. The searches were conducted through the Probation Department’s D.I.S.A.R.M. (Developing Increased [...]

No Weapons Recovered in Deputy Involved Shooting at Del Taco oin Rosemead During the early morning hours of Saturday, March 26, 2011, Sheriff’s Homicide detectives responded to the 200 block of Rosemead Boulevard, unincorporated area of Pasadena, to investigate the circumstances surrounding a deputy-involved shooting. Investigators learned that four suspects pulled their car into the [...]


Tom Chavez named Temple City’s Mayor Following the swearing in of three council members to their elected posts, the Temple City Council named its new mayor and mayor pro tem: Tom Chavez and Vince Yu, respectively. In a unanimous action Monday night, the council voted both men to the one-year posts minutes after incumbents Carl [...]


SPRING PLANT SALE April 2 & 3 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Mark your calendars. You’ll find fabulous buys at the Arboretum’s two-day plant sale. Come early to shop for orchids, berries, fruit trees, vegetables, succulents and a variety of annuals and perennials. The Arboretum Library will be selling used garden [...]


Governor Brown and Director of Public Health Issue Statements on Radiation Safety SACRAMENTO – Governor Jerry Brown and the interim director of the California Department of Public Health, Dr. Howard Backer, today assured Californians that public health and safety do not face any threat from radiation released at nuclear facilities in Japan this week. “As [...]

More Homes Could be Operating Illegally in Temple City, Arcadia and Rosemead On March 8, the Neighborhood Improvement Services Division (NIS), the Building Division, and the San Gabriel Police Department investigated an illegal maternity house operating in five (5) attached townhouse units in south San Gabriel. Beacon Media spoke with NIS Officer Jorge Arellano Friday [...]