Highlanders column from the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune Tribune is a daily newspaper established in 1955, providing community news, sports, entertainment, opinion, and classifieds for the communities of San Gabriel, Temple City, Baldwin Park, La Verne, Rosemead, Covina, West Covina, San Dimas, Monterey Park, El Monte, South El Monte, La Puente, Walnut, Diamond Bar, Montebello, Hacienda Heights, and Rowland Heights California. Read this News Section...
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Ashlyn Akins is catching the First Wave to college. No, the 17-year-old isn't a surfer, she's a poet headed to the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Read Full Artice...
Silvana Cavazos still remembers her senior prom at Pioneer High in Whittier.
"I wore a white halter dress with a beaded spring branch on it," she said.
"When I saw the dress I knew it was the one I wanted to wear. Read Full Artice...
Vietnam memorial wall
More than 300 volunteers are still needed to help when the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall comes to Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary in Whittier later this month. Read Full Artice...
Part 18 of an ongoing series
Three teens in a roadster took to the Mother Road more than 60 years ago, and the experience remains vivid in their memories today, reminding them of those innocent years, a time of freedom reserved for the young. Read Full Artice...
Powering through the snow, we entered a washed out world of grays and off-whites. We felt as if we were riding in the clouds, which we were, cruising at 9,000 feet in the crisp, cold air of the High Sierras. Read Full Artice...
We are going to continue with Elizabeth Elliot's memories of the local area from the 1920s on. She remembers some early guests at the Covina Woman's Club clubhouse like "- Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, founding president Calif. Read Full Artice...
Boxing
Develop defensive skills and become physically fit at the South El Monte Boxing Club.
The program stresses discipline and commitment, and trains participants in the essentials of boxing. Read Full Artice...
GLENDORA - This week has been a busy one for Jason Espinosa, as the 37-year-old beverage company manager gears up to move into his first home. Read Full Artice...
For those out driving before St. Patrick's Day, those flashing colors don't mean you found the end of the rainbow.
Five area police departments plan to hold DUI and driver's license checkpoints this weekend.
St. Patrick's Day is Wednesday. Read Full Artice...
Going from a war zone in Afghanistan to the kid zone at Bassett Unified School District is not an ideal transition.
But for Lynwood native Capt. Kenneth Singleton, it's all part of his duty - and he enjoys it. Read Full Artice...
Baldwin Park student wins district bee
Sixth-grader Vineland Elementary student Michelle Vu outspelled 26 fellow students from 13 different schools during Baldwin Park Unified School District's Spelling Bee held at the Baldwin Park Performing Arts. Read Full Artice...
THE tighter the state squeezes local school districts, the more K-12 administrators will scrap and fight for every last student, because student enrollment determines district funding levels. Read Full Artice...
3-on-3 and free throw
The city of Walnut will put on a weekend tournament from March 13-14. The basketball tournament will include a free throw contest with a minimum winning prize of $60. Read Full Artice...
POMONA - In the battle for Mini Rose Float supremacy, a smiling Mickey Mouse, spinning brooms and water waves was the runaway winner in Cal Poly Pomona's second annual float competition Thursday. Read Full Artice...
Silvana Cavazos still remembers her senior prom at Pioneer High in Whittier.
"I wore a white halter dress with a beaded spring branch on it," she said.
"When I saw the dress I knew it was the one I wanted to wear. Read Full Artice...
Counting to four has never been so fun in the classroom for these students.
But it wasn't just counting. It came with the perks of banging on something and making loud noises. Read Full Artice...
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