Monterey Park Journal

07/15/2020

COVID-19 Update: LA County Announces Additional Closures of Indoor Operations and Sectors

07/10/2020

I need a reporter to cover all or part of the MP City Councill Meeting Saturday, July 11. It starts at 11 and will continue all day. I just don't have the Mojo to sit there all that time. I'll buy lunch?
Contact me via messenger

07/10/2020

MP Council to Hold Strategic Planning Session Saturday (7-11) Topic: Monterey Park By David Barron Clicks: 4  Print  Email Monterey Park City Council wll hold a strategic  planning session Saturday, July 11, "to collaborate on ideas and suggestions toward the future vision of the city." The sessi...

07/08/2020

Need Information on Opening your business? Call the Journal at (626) 572-7450 or email [email protected]

Here's A Guide for Reopening Your Business After Pandemic Closure Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 1  Print  Email Many businesses and nonprofit organizations have been shut down or operating at limited capacity for months due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Understandabl...

07/08/2020

Champion is Darlena Robinson, Schurr High graduate and daughter of Delario Robinson of Monterey Park.

For the fifth year in a row, and sixth in the last seven, a member of the Cerritos College women's track and field team captured the Southern California Heptathlon Championship.

07/07/2020

Bicyclest Killed in Collision, July 3.

Monterey Park Police Report Fatal Vehicle and Bicyclist Traffic Collision on Crest Vista Drive

07/03/2020

Here's official fireworks rules for July 4th

Monterey Park Fire Department: Firework Guidelines and Safety

05/26/2020

Corona Virus Deaths Decline, County Reports Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 1  Print  Email Los Angeles County public health  department  reported 12 deaths related to the novel coronavirus on Monday, May 25, (2020) one of the lowest number of deaths reported in a single day s...

05/26/2020

Some Good News, but we need to still be safe.

Corona Virus Deaths Decline, County Reports Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 1  Print  Email Los Angeles County public health  department  reported 12 deaths related to the novel coronavirus on Monday, May 25, (2020) one of the lowest number of deaths reported in a single day s...

05/26/2020

Report sounds positive, but....

Monterey Park Marketplace Revenue Brightens Proposed 2020-21 MP City Budget Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 10  Print  Email City of Monterey Park is predicting "steady revenue flow (of income) with a moderate decrease for the upcoming year in its revenue categories" thanks to t...

05/23/2020

Monterey Park Journal will have a special edition on July 1, 2020 when many new services and events will open up as the Corona Virus Pandemic begins to ease. Send us your personal experiences at less than 100 words to post in the digital and print edition of the Journal

05/22/2020

The Monterey Park Journal is sponsoring a "Summer Corona Virus Edition" for the youth of the community. It will be planned, written, edited and distributed by youth volunteers. We hope to provide an outlet where the youth of the community, can publish their experiences from the current Pandemic. First Group of 3 of more volunteers can plan and schedule the content of the publication via Zoom. This is for youths, high school age and younger. Email you interest to [email protected].

05/21/2020

MP Council Okays Project Room Key, Clears up Rumor Topic: Monterey Park By David Barron Clicks: 60  Print  Email At Wednesday night’s (5/20/2020) Monterey Park Council meeting, Council members rebuffed complaints about plans to house homeless people at the Lincoln Plaza Hotel and another motel o...

05/09/2020

JOURNAL FOOD PHOTO CONTEST!
Buy a take-out dinner at a restaurant in Monterey Park, Alhambra, Rosemead or San Gabriel and email it to the Monterey Park Journal. The top four quality photos will get a $25 gift card and posting on the Journal website and page. Email your photo with complete description to [email protected]. Make sure to include your name, mailing address, email address and, of course, name of restaurant. Send before May 20.

05/04/2020

NOVICE JOURNALISTS WANTED to help cover Monterey Park City Council meetings and other community events. If you worked on your high school or college newspaper, or club newsletter, you Can Do it!
For Example, Wednesday's Council meeting (May 6) has at least five individual stories. Council meetings are broadcast in the city cable station and on the City Website so you do not have to leave your home. Prepping for a council meeting takes about a half-hour to review the staff report, about 1 hour see the meeting item and an hour to write up your article or at least a 400 word summary of the action. Your story will then be posted on our website at www.sgvjournal.com. and the Printed edition of the Journal.
Respond to [email protected] with a brief sample of your writing.
If we can get at least three volunteers we will have a Zoom Workshop to get you started.

07 Apr Health Insurance Sign Up Plans Overloaded, Help Available Clicks: 87 Clicks: 87    Thousands of people have lost their jobs in California and although some say its very difficult to get through to Covered California for health insurance sign up, a local qualified insurance agent says there ...

04/02/2020

Health Dept. Reports Local Cases of COVID 19- Corona Virus Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 1  Print  Email The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health has announced nine confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in in Monerey Park and three the City of Rosemead as o...

03/26/2020

BEACHCOMBER
Those of you who who have been around a while or are familiar with U.S. and world history know that everything changes after major disasters and events. After World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, Cold War, Korean and Vietnam Wars, resulted in significant changes in our population, culture and lifestyle.
I don't have a crystal ball but I think what is going on with the Corona Virus Pandemic will really change how/where we work, how we educate our children, how we eat, how we entertain ourselves.
For example, do we need movie theaters any more? We get plenty of entertainment on our home television theaters.
Some people are discovering the wonderful experience of home cooking.
What do you think. With two weeks of being homebound and depending on your own skills and experience, WHAT WILL YOU CHANGE?

03/21/2020

Latest info on at Safer at Home directions and where you can, or can't go.

Coronavirus/COVID-19 Update: City of Monterey Park’s “Safer at Home” Emergency Order Response

03/19/2020

Are you and your kids bored because recreational activities are shutdown during this period of national emergency, check this out:
Since al the gyms and recreation classes are discontinued, the City of Monterey Park recreation department posted information and lndoor Fitness and Wellness links on its website. If the links below don’t work go to montereypark.ca.gov and search for “MPK Virtual Recreation.

* Do Yoga with Me - Free Yoga videos
* Fitness Blender - Free Fitness videos
* Nike Training Club - App with free fitness videos
* Cosmic Kids Yoga - Kid friendly fitness videos
* Daily Care - Free fitness videos for Seniors
* Guided Meditation - 10 Guided meditation videos
* Indoor games for kids - 87 Energy busting games
Virtual Field Trips
* San Diego Zoo - Enjoy videos, games and activities
* San Diego Zoo - 11 animal live web cams
* The Lourve (Paris, France) - Virtual tours
* Boston Children's Museum - Museum Virtual Tour
* Georgia Aquarium - 8 live web cams
* Over 2500 Art Collections - Enjoy museum and studio collections
* Metropolitan Opera - Met's series of free opera streams
* National Park Tours - 5 Virtual National Park tours
Educational Resources
* eBooks for Adults - check out eBooks from home
* TumbleBooksLibrary - access to children's eBooks with your MPK Library card
* Scholastic Learn at Home - Educational Resources

* Learn a new language - Free app to learn 36 languages

Disclaimer – The City of Monterey Park does not endorse or receive funds for any of the resources provided on this page. If you have any questions regarding the content included on this page, please contact [email protected]

02/11/2020

MP Names Interim Police Chief Topic: Monterey Park By David Barron Clicks: 2  Print  Email Monterey Park Police Captain Kelly Gordon has been named Interim Chief of the City’s Police Department. She will temporarily replace retiring Chief James Smith. He retired in February after more than 30 ye...

02/07/2020

Journal Seeks Senior Interns Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 2  Print  Email The Journal newsaper and SGVJournal.com is seeking three senior Interns to help us produce a greater community based publication and website. Interested persons should have good English grammer skills a...

01/29/2020

Breaking News

Alhambra Cancels Lunar New Year Celebration Over Coronavirus Fears Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 1  Print  Email The Alhambra Chamber of Commerce has issued an email canceling it's Lunar New Year Celebration that was scheduled Saturday, February 1 (2020), because of concerns r...

01/28/2020

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

County Issues Advisory on Coronavirus Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 2  Print  Email The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is cooperating with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to respond to recent reports of a novel (new) coronav...

01/28/2020

County Confirms First Case of Coronavirus Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 1  Print  Email LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed the first case of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Los Angeles County. The infected per...

01/28/2020

Valeria Luiselli has been awarded a $625,000 "Genius Grant" by the MacArthur Foundation for her "exceptional" work. Luiselli, a Mexican-born writer and advocate, has been working to help migrant c...

01/16/2020

The fire and police chiefs of Monterey Park are leaving the city for other jobs, it was revealed Wednesday, Jan. 15 (2020), at the first regular council meeting of the year.

Fire Chief Scott Haberly will be taking the job of chief of the Huntington Beach Fire Department. He has been with the city for about five years and came here from the city of Monrovia. His last day with the city is February 7.

Police Chief Jim Smith, a long time city employee, is retiring effective February 14. Smith, 54, began his law enforcement career as a reserve office with the city more than 30 years ago. Before that he was employed by Southern California Edison.

This is the third key city director to leave the city. Annie Young recently retired as the city finance director. The three directors represent more than half of the city employees and three-fourths of the city budget.

There was no announcement about possible replacements.

01/16/2020

BREAKING NEWS

MP to Lose Fire and Police Chiefs Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 2  Print  Email The fire and police chiefs of Monterey Park are leaving the city for other jobs, it was revealed Wednesday, Jan. 15 (2020), at the first regular council meeting of the year. Fire Chief Scott Haberl...

01/16/2020

East Los Angeles-Montebello BPW selects Aida Diaz as 2020 Young Careerist Topic: Monterey Park By Linda Wilson Clicks: 45  Print  Email East Los Angeles-Montebello Business and Professional Women (BPW) selected Aida Diaz, who is Site Director of La Puente for the Boys and Girls Club of West San Ga...

01/16/2020

Nan Johnson Discusses Rose Parade Float and Sally McMahon Discusses New Voting Procedures Topic: Community Area News By Linda Wilson Clicks: 17  Print  Email Nan Johnson, who spearheaded the Pasadena Celebrates 2020 Rose Parade float commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 1...

01/07/2020

One dead in fatal traffic collision

Fatal Traffic Collision at 700 Block of Monterey Pass Road

01/07/2020

Fatal Traffic Collision at 700 Block of Monterey Pass Road

01/04/2020

LAMP Essay Contest Winner Dylan Djoen is now attending UCLA thanks to a $2500 scholarship from the Optimist International Foundation. Dylan entered the annual Optimist Essay Contest and went on to win the Optimist District Contest. To Enter this year's Essay Contest send an email to [email protected] or check into the International website at Optimist.org.

01/01/2020

Chinese New Year Festivals Blossom early. Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 1  Print  Email Chinese New Year observances, now called "Lunar New Year" celebrations, will start early this year in San Gabriel Valley and last through the month of February, as they are great opportunit...

12/19/2019

MP City News: Recall Fails, Santa Gets Letters

RECALL - Monterey Park City Clerk's office reports that the recall effort against two council members has apparently failed. The recall group failed to file any signed petitions at the city deadline. They needed about 6,000 signatures to force an election to recall Council Members Peter Chan and Hans Liang.
LETTERS TO SANTA: City received several hundred "letters to Santa. Inez Alvarez, recreation director said each letter received a response from Santa Claus. While most letters were requesting certain Christmas gifts, others had heart breaking stories such as youngsters wanting to have their Dad finish Chemtherapy treatments successfully. Another asked for their parents to get back together.

11/16/2019

Free Toxic Waste Pick-up at ELA College Saturday (11/16) Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 2  Print  Email Residents will have the opportrunity to safely dispose of household hazardoue waste on Saturday, Nov.16 in the Stadium Parking lot at East Los Angeles College. You will be ab...

10/27/2019

Emergency Meeting for MP's General Plan Proposal Topic: Monterey Park By David Barron Clicks: 1  Print  Email Monterey Park will hold a special City Council emergency meeting Monday, Oct. 28 to formalize approval of a proposed updated General Plan for the City. The plan will go before the voters a...

10/18/2019

Calling all lawyers....

Monterey Park Council Could Reverse District Elections Plan Topic: Monterey Park By David Barron Clicks: 6  Print  Email  Monterey Park City Council this week set in motion a plan to reverse its proposed election by districts for March 2020 and revert back to citywide elections. At its’ Wednesd...

09/27/2019

County Sets Mock Elections to Demonstrate New Voting System Topic: Community Area News By David Barron Clicks: 2  Print  Email L.A. County Registrar Recorder will demonstrate its new voting system with a "Mock" election at 50 locations throughout the County on Saturday and Sunday, September 28 - 2...

09/22/2019

Prep Sports report by Chuck Lyons.

PREP FOOTBALL: Alhambra, Gabrielino and Rosemead Win Big Topic: Football By Chuck Lyons Clicks: 80  Print  Email   In California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section (CIFSS) varsity football action on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, Alhambra, Gabrielino and Rosemead won big among local non leagu...