Category Archives: West Covina

La Puente Mayor’s next appearance will be …

At a special La Puente council meeting earlier this month, Mayor John Solis requested moving the regular Jan. 10 council meeting to Jan. 11. “The reason I did that was because I don’t think we’re going to have a quorum … Continue reading

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West Covina may begin to broadcast meetings again

WEST COVINA — Residents may soon be able to stay home and watch city meetings live — something they haven’t been able to do since the televised programming was axed in 2008. After going three years without broadcasting its meetings … Continue reading

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West Covina councilman Sykes experiences new role

Newly elected West Covina councilman Fredrick Sykes and his family are still getting used to him sitting on the dais – so much so that Sykes wife, Dana, takes photos of him at the meetings. Before the official start of … Continue reading

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West Covina set to hire retiring city manager under 960 plan

The West Covina City Council at this week’s meeting unanimously voted to hire City Manager Andrew Pasmant – set to retire at the end of the month – under the 960 plan. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System allows retired … Continue reading

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West Covina doesn’t wait long to adjust council photo

Most city websites have employee and city council pictures that last for years, sometimes more, and are rarely updated. But in West Covina, it didn’t take long before the council members got together to take a group picture without now … Continue reading

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Appointments all around in Covina, West Covina

If you are a politician in Covina and West Covina, times appear to be good (in the sense of getting elected). In West Covina, Karin Armbrust went from second loser to being appointed on the council to replace newly minted … Continue reading

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Weekend in review plus some bonus football smack talk

Before we get into week-in-review, I want to take this time to put Chargers’ fans on blast. I am not a Raiders fan by any means, nor am I am Charger’s hater. In fact, nine times out of ten, I … Continue reading

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Republican nominee for 57th district asks for a do-over concerning his endorsement of Roger Hernandez

Got this via reporter Rebecca Kimitch: Something got to Brian Gutierrez, Republican candidate for the 57th Assembly district, over the summer. Just two months after the 20-year-old candidate made the unusual move of endorsing his Democratic rival, West Covina Councilman … Continue reading

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In case you missed it, here is a roundup of weekend news

Are you ready for a crazy week in review? Doesn’t every week in review say that… every week? It seems that when ever I see a week in review on a website it is always crazy. Is every week really … Continue reading

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Two-week leak finally gets plugged in West Covina

Reading the paper today (online), I missed this story about how a West Covina water leak lasted two weeks before crews were able to fix it and I thought maybe you missed it too. In a time when cities, water … Continue reading

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