A health care facility designed to help low income immigrants will soon have a facility in Alhambra that will serve nearly 9,000 people a year. The building is a national and state historic site, and is right off of Valley. Read more.

ALHAMBRA – A former county health center that has been boarded up for nearly a decade will reopen to offer low-cost care in the West San Gabriel Valley.

The Board of Supervisors last week approved a 40-year lease agreement with Los Angeles-based Chinatown Service Center. The center provides health care to thousands of low-income residents from the San Gabriel Valley.

“We long recognized that with all of our clients in the San Gabriel Valley, we need to make our services more accessible,” said Lawrence Lue, chief executive officer of the Chinatown Service Center. “Having them drive to Chinatown is just not convenient.”

The new site, which will be at 612 W. Shorb St., is expected to open in two years. It will serve nearly 9,000 residents annually.