La Puente, California

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• Area fundraisers aid Ortega family
  

  Community members are uniting to raise money for the Ortega family and help them get through the holiday tragedy that took the lives of nine family members.

• Leaders have mixed reaction to Obama plan
  

  Local leaders reacted with a mixture of hope, resignation, and skepticism to Barack Obama's plan to pump billions of federal dollars into the economy.

• 3 suspected in beating, robbery
  

  Three suspected robbers were arrested late Friday after allegedly robbing and beating a man, authorities said.

• Roses honor nine slain in rampage
  

  The West Covina Rose Float Foundation honored the victims of a Christmas Eve slaying Sunday during its annual float celebration.

• West Covina Rose Float Foundation honors massacre victims
  

  From left, Elijah Rodriguez, 8, Bodie Trumble, 8, and Kenny Jimenez, 9, of Cub Scouts Covina Pack 820, hold roses for the Ortega family's relatives that were carried by Frank Scalfaro, president of the West ...

• Sports Shorts
  

  La Puente Recreation offers a tumbling class for children ages 3 to 9. Registration is under way for the Wednesday class, which starts the week of Jan.

• Whittier-area's first baby of new year
  

  Angel Avila was due to be born Jan. 3, however the infant boy apparently decided not to waste a day of 2009, becoming the first baby of the year born at a Whittier hospital.

• Sports Shorts
  

  Children ages 5 to 14 can sign up for Hit and Run Baseball's holiday baseball camp scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec.

• Button up that overcoat
  

  Student council members, from left, Hector Gutierrez, Emily Brock, Sophia Ruiz and Tiffany Tran take a little break while sorting through the warm clothes collected by students at Los Altos Elementary School in ...

• A life dedicated to education
  

  Editor's note: Today we continue our 10-part series profiling some of the people who made a difference in 2008.

• Foundation helps children of homicide victims
  

  Children unwrap presents from the Man-e Moreno Foundation at a home in La Puente on Wednesday night, Dec.

• Leftovers from City Hall: Tamales, hot dogs, stashes of snacks and a disputed plaque
  

  The debate over allowed uses in Baldwin Park parking lots is, again, at the forefront of the city's agenda.

• State cash delay brings area projects to halt
  

  The decision by the state legislature to delay the delivery of $4 billion in funds has brought area road, habitat restoration and water conservation projects to a grinding halt.

• La Puente man killed in grisly crash
  

  A man was killed Friday morning in a violent two-car collision that sent his car up in flames, authorities said.

• Contract would give $500K boost to La Puente budget
  

  Officials expect a half-a-million dollar boost to city coffers next year thanks to a combined contract for trash hauling and street sweeping services.

• Recession swells the number of pets left at shelters
  

  Dogs available for adoption look for attention at the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority in Downey on Wednesday December 10, 2008.

• Ziba Beauty sees increasing business
  

  Banks are going under, houses are falling into foreclosure and layoffs are ramping up.

• Alcohol ban in place at La Puente community center
  

  Worried that a new community center might turn into "party central," officials aren't ready to lift an alcohol ban at its newly renovated community center.

• Multiple-Freeway Chase Ends in Car Fire, Arrests
  

  Three suspects in an armed street robbery in La Puente led authorities on a chase on several freeways Friday night before being taken into custody after their car came to fiery stop in Rosemead.

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City Description

La Puente is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 41,526 at the 2006 census. In 1769, the Gaspar de Portolà expedition (the first European exploration party in the Los Angeles area), along with Father Junípero Serra, built a bridge over the San Jose Creek. In 1884, the area was named Puente (bridge in Spanish; in old Spanish the noun was often feminine, as opposed to modern Spanish el puente). The community began in 1841 when European settlers arrived from New Mexico and obtained the 48,000 acre (194 km²) Rancho La Puente. The area was known for its fruit and walnut groves during the 1930s. The city was even home to the world's largest walnut packing plant. Today, the city is heavily-urbanized, but the area still has some historical landmarks from its founding days nearby, for instance, the Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum in neighboring City of Industry. Redevelopment of the business districts in La Puente have been ongoing. However, the local government has been relatively unsuccessful in its attempts to attract big-box retailers and restaurant chains. La Puente retains many aging 1950s-era strip malls. La Puente is located at

City Contained By:

• Los Angeles County
• California
• United States
• San Gabriel Valley

Timezones:

• Pacific Time Zone

Size:

• 9.03905850507 km squared

Adjoining Cities:

• West Covina
• Valinda
• Industry
• Baldwin Park

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