He was a third-generation Mexican-American from the San Gabriel Valley who worked for the city of Los Angeles.

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Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for her efforts to protect families in southern California's San Gabriel Valley against toxic substances.

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Southern California Edison reported major weather-related outages throughout the San Gabriel Valley, with the lights out for thousands of customers in Rosemead, Monterey Park and Altadena.

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The dominant Los Angeles Times, for instance, now faces an encirclement of MediaNews dailies that range from the Long Beach Press-Telegram in the south, the Pasadena Star-News and San Gabriel Valley Tribune to the east and the Daily News to the north.

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