Cinco De Mayo Fiesta (0)

5/15/12 •

Members of Mariachi Jalisco filled the air with lively songs in Monterey Park during the annual celebration held on May 6 at the Barnes Park Amphitheater. They sang many old favorite folk songs to the delight of the audience.

Councilmember Betty Tom Chu welcomed all to the city of Monterey Park. We are a city of [...]

IN SEARCH OF SNOW – SNOW AND MORE SNOW (0)

5/15/12 •

IN SEARCH OF SNOW
This is the ninth in a series of articles about traveling by rail in search of snow
SNOW AND MORE SNOW
By Charles N. Stevens
Photos by Dolores Seidman

In Schenectady, New York we wake up to snow sifting down out of a gray sky, the scraping of plows clearing the streets the only sound. At [...]

CHERRY BLOSSOM’S BLOOM AGAIN (0)

5/15/12 •

By Mona Raskin

Ohayo gozaimasu (Japanese good morning) to Monterey Park’s 15th anniversary celebration of the Cherry Blossom Festival! This festival coincides with our nation’s capitol, Washington D.C. In conjunction with the actual incident when we received the generous gift of 100 Cherry Blossom trees from the Council General of Japan Jun Niiimi. The city of [...]

2012 Mission Model Contest (0)

5/15/12 •

Fourth graders Marcus Gomez, Javier Garibay and Kody Chuang won the contest in their group at the April 21 event held at the San Gabriel Mission.
Chuck Lyons welcomed everyone to this annual event.  This year all of the applicants used their new website for entries. It was hard to choose the winners as all of [...]