Pico Rivera

My LA: Chris Weitz On Hidden Neighborhoods, Food Trucks & Malibu

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 08.27.2011

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Who: Chris Weitz -- Director, best known for the American Pie franchise, New Moon, The Golden Compass, and About A Boy, which gained him an Academy Aw...

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Lotto Winners Set Up Scholarship Fund For Local High School Students

Posted 07.17.2011

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A Pico Rivera, Calif. couple who won the lottery last year are giving back to the community where their families have lived for generations. Gilber...

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WHOOPS: Pico Rivera Gang Member's Tattoo Leads To Murder Conviction

AP | Posted 06.22.2011

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NORWALK, Calif. -- A Southern California gang member has been convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a rival whose death authorities say w...

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City Must Continue To Pay Rent Despite Bookstore Closing

Whittier Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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PICO RIVERA - The city spent $1.6 million in federal grant money to bring Borders into the Pico Rivera Towne Center and to help pay its rent for nearl...

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Mega Millions Winner: KNBC News Staffer Takes Home $266 Million

AP | SUE MANNING | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The big news for KNBC worker Jacki Wells Cisneros broke right inside her own newsroom – she and her husband won the $266 mil...

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Los Angeles Earthquake: 4.4 Tremblor Hits Pico Rivera

AP | ALICIA CHANG and JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Southern Californians were jolted from their sleep before dawn Tuesday as a small but strongly felt earthquake struck beneath Los ...

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No Impact Week: Trash

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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As part of Trash Day for No Impact Week, (learn more here and sign up) we're taking a deeper look into trash, recycling and where it all goes after we...

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