El Monte News

Hard times drag on for Asian Americans
Although people of Asian descent typically have the lowest unemployment rate of any ethnic group, those who are jobless tend to remain that way longer than Latinos and whites. Asian Americans typically have the lowest unemployment rate of any ethnic group in the United States. But in this weak labor market, once they lose their jobs, they have an especially hard time reentering the labor force ...

Work starts on biggest electrical transmission line project in Southern California history
The biggest transmission line project in the history of Southern California Edison is finally making its way out of the desert and into civilization. The $3.5 billion effort will transport wind energy from the Tehachapi area of Kern County into Southern California Edison's power grid, which serves 14 million people in the Southland.

Pot houses linked to gangs, marijuana dispensaries
Houses used entirely to grow marijuana have been springing up around the San Gabriel Valley and investigators said they're supplying the drugs to pot dispensaries.

For the week of Aug. 6, 2010
Ellis “Danny” L. Holbrook, 89, born on March 27, 1921 in Okeene, Okla., passed away on July 26, 2010. He was a resident of Banning for 13 years and formerly of El Monte for 30 years. He was an engineer for 45 years.

Los Gatos History Timeline
123 years agoThe famous F.M. McCullough place in Los Gatos sold today for $60,000 to a syndicate composed of Dr.

Winter Olympics: one in 10 athletes injured - study
At least 10 percent of athletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics sustained an injury and another seven percent fell ill, researchers reported in the British Journal of Sports Medicine on Tuesday.

Snowboardcross leads Vancouver Olympics injury list
LONDON (AP) -- Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with nearly 75 percent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races.

1 Wyoming football player killed, 3 hurt in wreck
FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- A University of Wyoming football player was killed and three teammates were injured when a pickup drifted off a Colorado highway and crashed on Monday, authorities said. Sports - Football - American - College football - Wyoming

Snowboardcross leads Vancouver injury list
Snowboardcross was the most hazardous sport at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, with nearly 75 percent of female athletes sustaining injuries during the rough-and-tumble races. According to a medical study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, at least 11 percent of all athletes at the games in February sustained injuries -- including 20 concussions.

New Zealand on target for Rugby World Cup
A year out from hosting the 2011 Rugby World Cup the organisers maintain the foundations of the promised "Stadium of Four Million" are well in place despite the problems they still face.