Garcia pulls away from Siegrist for Rio Hondo board seat

New numbers from the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's Office show Norma Edith Garcia pulling further ahead of David Siegrist in the race for the Area 1 seat on the Rio Hondo College board of trustees.

Initially, Garcia was neck-in-neck with Siegrist, a former Rio trustee. She had 50 percent of the vote while Siegrist had 49 percent in Area 1, which covers the city of El Monte.

But new figures posted just before 11 p.m. show Garcia with 56 percent of the vote, or 786 ballots cast in her favor. Siegrist, on the other hand, trailed with 43 percent of the vote, or 612 ballots, with 38 percent of precincts reporting.