Author Archives: Ben Baeder

This probably happened years ago, but I noticed the city concreted in the tunnel at the bottom of the playground airplane at Palm View Park on Lark Ellen and Puente avenues in West Covina. I grew up in a cul … Continue reading →

During the course of our reporting on city finance, reporter Daniel Tedford found out an interesting quirk about Irwindale. During their City Council meetings, the council convenes two other governing bodies: the city’s redevelopment agency and it’s housing authority. The … Continue reading →

Click this link if you want to see a City Council that exudes manliness. I know we don’t write much about Irwindale, but we should. A town with staches like these should have its own newspaper. I know only three … Continue reading →

For three years a student failed to make any progress. Then, one day, a teacher made an offer. The teacher would pay for a private tutor, but the student had to skip the lunch recess all year. The foolish student … Continue reading →

A staff member for U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis told us on Friday that Solis wouldn’t talk to us because we ask hard questions. Solis, who grew up in La Puente, was one of five people given awards at … Continue reading →

From Staff Writer James Wagner LA PUENTE – Prosecutors declined to file criminal charges against a La Puente planning commissioner and councilman whom the District Attorney’s Office investigated on allegations of conspiracy and money laundering, according to a memo released … Continue reading →

If I could name a prototype for a perfect small park, it would be Jardin de Roca Park in Irwindale. The four-acre plot has a skate park, basketball hoops, tennis courts, a nice trail, native plants, historical placards, picnic benches … Continue reading →

I thought dogs were supposed to have psychic ability to predict earthquakes. My lazy mutts were sawing logs when Tuesday morning’s 4.4 quake woke me up. My wife was screaming, though. One of our picture frames fell down and broke. … Continue reading →

Here’s an update on the story from 2008 when then-Councilman Anthony Bejarano was arrested after he intervened when the police pulled over his friends. Bejarano, who said he had been drinking, told the driver of the car he didn’t have … Continue reading →