I grew up in the shopping centers of the San Gabriel Valley, their bright lights and maze-like parking lots serving as the colorful backdrop of my Chinese American childhood. My mother once chased an unruly grocery cart that held me in its front basket as it rolled through the parking lot of the Victorian-looking strip mall at the corner of San Gabriel Boulevard and New Avenue. I remember racing my younger sister up and down the stairs of the Atlantic Place Shopping Center while we waited for a table at my grandmother’s favorite dim sum restaurant. There were countless days spent as a child under the care of my uncle and grandmother, who brought us along to three, sometimes four strip malls in a day to find the various ingredients needed for that evening’s dinner, beauty products, the Hello Kitty pencil box I desperately needed and egg tarts. Food Where to eat on a ‘Brothers Sun’ food crawl through the San Gabriel Valley with the Netflix series’ star Justin Chien and writer Byron Wu ‘When it came to setting the show somewhere It was the same story for countless Asian Americans growing up in the San Gabriel Valley, where 13 of the 14 Asian-majority suburbs in Los Angeles County are located These strip malls were a way for residents to create a stronghold in their communities markets and other businesses that catered to an Asian clientele a gleaming display of resilience that often functions as its own ecosystem Diners dig in to a spread of salted egg crab and sautéed cabbage with skewers at Tang Dynasty a restaurant on the third floor of the Hilton Plaza in San Gabriel (Jennelle Fong / For The Times) My current favorite a multistory strip mall adjacent to the Hilton Hotel on Valley Boulevard in San Gabriel a wooden trellis that lines the second and third floors of the complex and a fountain in three of the four corners of the center The parking lot upstairs is a war zone I tend to avoid because of its sharp turns and car horns the spaces are larger and the tempers milder The Hilton Plaza is a one-stop destination for soup dumplings nightlife and an outpost of one of L.A.’s most celebrated ramen restaurants The spicy chicken burger from Macho Burger in San Gabriel. (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) If you’re curious about the wave of chicken burger restaurants that have opened in the San Gabriel Valley over the last few years It’s a chain with multiple locations in California with a chicken-centric menu of chicken burgers fried fish sandwiches and beef wraps that look a little like a Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme Its red and yellow color scheme is reminiscent of the most recognizable American fast food chains only the mascot is a cartoon character with buff arms and a sesame seed bun on top of its baseball cap There is no ground chicken patty involved in the sandwich a fried chicken thigh with a circumference consistently greater than its bun serves as the burger The bun is a soft potato roll and the chicken has a thick craggy crust heavily seasoned with black pepper A few bites in and the chicken burger craze starts to make sense Fish congee from Huo Zhou Wang in the Hilton Plaza. (Jennelle Fong / For The Times) It’s difficult to find congee that competes with the stuff my grandma Tina makes But the porridge at Huo Zhou Wang may be in a category all its own You can order the porridge studded with dried scallops silky nuggets of fish nestled into the rice There is no shortage of deep-fried delights to dip into your porridge with fried rolls like mini coconut-scented doughnuts and red bean-filled sesame balls And don’t overlook the complimentary side dishes marinated radish that arrives mere seconds after you reach the table Grilled fish with two flavors from Liu Roast Fish at Hilton Plaza in San Gabriel (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times) The dish in front of every party is a raised platter of fish its body submerged in a bubbling liquid that sputters all over the table Faces are momentarily obscured behind extravagantly scented walls of steam The fish on my table is typically black cod with one fillet trembling in a “golden soup garlic,” and the other in “Lius homestyle.” The golden soup is savory and pungent with an astonishing amount of garlic humming with the flavor of mellow toasted chiles You scoop spoonfuls of the fish and sauce over white rice with cumin-rubbed mutton and spiced quail eggs you may want to eat by the dozen feature a sunshine yellow hue just below the wrapper The pork filling is infused with the salty making them about five times more satiating than your average dumpling A bowl of noodle soup from Potato Powder Love Noodle in the Hilton Plaza in San Gabriel (Jenn Harris / Los Angeles Times ) Each order of noodle soup arrives in its own pot The potato noodles that bob across the top are pale and round almost too slippery to catch between your chopsticks the noodles may be tangled with ribbons of beef and bok choy alongside a handful of cilantro The noodles themselves are unlike any other with a singular texture that’s at once chewy and bouncy There are fried mushroom skewers to round out the meal and each order of soup or rice bowl comes with a free beverage This is a tea shop where the most popular drink on the menu is a concoction called the Tiramisu milk tea It’s a robust black tea mixed with milk and topped with something called tiramisu puff cream this is the place to go for a brown sugar latte with boba after lunch or for a cocoa drink with cheese foam and crushed Oreos after dinner sautéed cabbage and skewers from Tang Dynasty one of the many restaurants at the Hilton Plaza in San Gabriel (Jennelle Fong / For The Times) I don’t know that I crave a single dish in Los Angeles more often than the stir-fried cabbage at Tang Dynasty It’s seasoned with just the right amount of what could be black vinegar as the main attraction or as a side dish intended to offset the meat skewers that are likely to accumulate on the table Tang Dynasty is a restaurant that feels like a peaceful respite during the day and a roaring party when the sun goes down with dishes and elaborately presented beverages that are meant to be shared the glass containers filled with pink peach wine osmanthus rice wine and whatever other flavored low A.B.V The skewers range from garlic vermicelli scallops to Taiwanese sausage And the salted egg yolk crab is a must order with the fried crab enveloped in a buttery salted egg sauce you can suck from every crevice Where to start your SGV strip mall journey Hilton Plaza, 227 W. Valley Blvd., San Gabriel. Jenn Harris is a columnist for the Food section and host of “The Bucket List” show. She has a BA in literary journalism from UC Irvine and an MA in journalism from USC. Follow her @Jenn_Harris_. World & Nation Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Official website of the State of California What you need to know: A $3.5 million federal grant will fund cleanup efforts at the recently expanded San Gabriel Mountains National Monument to improve access to the site and enhance water quality on the East Fork of the San Gabriel River a key Southern California water source and recreational site within the national monument SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today highlighted a $3.5 million federal investment to improve access to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and enhance a key Southern California water source that provides Los Angeles County with one-third of its water supply tribal and local partners celebrated the announcement today create new walking trails and install additional restrooms on this popular stretch of the San Gabriel River used primarily for recreation by surrounding underserved communities The State Water Board awarded an initial $1.5 million grant for the San Gabriel project and is planning an additional $2 million investment over the next three years through funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Program. 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No motives or suspects have been identified Gabriel Police Department at (225) 642-5222.  Back in 2017, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to use the flood control systems along the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo watersheds to create a network of community greenways. An environmental study published by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works marks a key step in that effort.  which covers approximately 140 linear miles of waterways within the San Gabriel Valley would help to establish design standards and facilitate agreements with partner agencies to help expedite projects within the plan area The main aim of the project is an overall greenway path making use of unused or underutilized right-of-way within flood control channels while also providing space for new pocket parks Waterways included in this plan area are:  the study notes that early assessments have identified 64 potential parks or green spaces within the project area - the largest of which could be up to 25 acres on a site near the Pomona Fairgrounds the study notes that new bridges and crossings - some up to 400 feet in length - would be required to pass over intersections The study also lists 10 conceptual example projects but represent the type of improvements being contemplated As the environmental report evaluates improvements to a large area rather than any individual project a precise timeline for construction and implementation is not estimated Find out more about the San Gabriel Valley Greenway Network Strategic Implementation Plan here. Twitter / Facebook / LinkedIn / Threads / Instagram / Bluesky Fire Station 51 (File Photo – City of San Gabriel) As part of the national “Light the Night for Fallen Firefighters” tribute and the historic Mission District will be lit in red from April 27 through May 4 This powerful display serves as a heartfelt symbol of support for the families of fallen heroes locally and across the country San Gabriel residents and local businesses are invited to join this tribute by lighting homes or buildings in red during this time the community can shine a light of remembrance and honor those who gave everything in service to others For more information about the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, visit this website Many of our advertisers are local businesses that have been impacted directly by the fire we immediately removed all advertisements the day after the fire and transformed our site to provide live updates We felt it would be inappropriate to run ads while our friends and neighbors were being evacuated and displaced we don’t outsource our operations overseas Our priority has been to keep you and ourselves informed with timely even a small contribution of $5 can make a significant difference Please click the blue button below to learn more about how you can assist Support Our News Desk department consists of a collective of news gatherers in order to keep the community informed and safe Colorado Boulevard is your place for informative news and social living for the greater Pasadena area and work together to make a better world for all of us See all articles See all newsflashes Back to articles Everything we needed was in the ethnoburb. Even so, when I was younger, naive and presumptuous, I found it embarrassing, “too ethnic.” I didn’t see how it told a story of resistance and rebirth, for Southern California and my family. California The Los Angeles Times analyzed 40 years of data from the census charting the growth of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities across Los Angeles County From the beginning of World War II until the 1960s the origin of the San Gabriel Valley as an ethnoburb prospered as one of the most affordable white suburban communities The wartime economy brought transplants from across the country to Southern California and Monterey Park became an emerging site of comfortable single-family homes and manicured green lawns Postwar Monterey Park remained predominantly white but began to draw upwardly mobile Mexican Japanese and Chinese Americans from different ethnic enclaves around Los Angeles In a time of charged debate and political struggle around race segregation and housing rights in California and across the nation Asian Americans and Mexican Americans approached home buying in Monterey Park cautiously by gathering intel from intra-ethnic networks and assessing the attitudes of local real estate agents It helped that many of those looking to buy homes in Monterey Park were second- or third-generation immigrants: educated acculturated and pursuing the dream of suburban life Because they had social and financial capital and were few enough in numbers they were perceived as less threatening to existing white political institutional and cultural dominance in Monterey Park many of them still experienced racial discrimination at the time in their increasingly integrated social worlds And Black Americans continued to face overt and violent resistance to home buying and integration Geographer Wendy Cheng notes in her book “The Changs Next Door to the Díazes: Remapping Race in Suburban California” that anti-Black racism allowed Asian American and Mexican Americans to purchase homes and settle in Monterey Park while Black Angelenos were continually hyper-segregated in South Central Los Angeles and precluded from buying in the suburbs This growing demographic backed Kamala Harris with white people holding a majority at 50.5% Asian Americans at 15.3% and Black Americans hovering at 0.2% relocated from Hong Kong to join us in San Gabriel As she and her husband prepared to retire and settle down in Hong Kong he instead decided to start a new family with a woman decades younger with whom he’d had a secret affair for almost 10 years her apartment where she had raised three children with her ex-husband and her mah-jongg group in Hong Kong to live with us She started over in a foreign place where she couldn’t speak the language her life ambition had been to become a wife and a mother she bragged incessantly to her social circles about her husband’s and children’s accomplishments with three adult children with families of their own no longer a wife and shamed by her community It perplexed me because I never saw her that way Getting left by her husband did not turn out to be the end of her story How new arrivals remade the east San Gabriel Valley — and assimilated in it she moved into her own one-bedroom apartment on Main Street in neighboring Alhambra where they rang a cowbell whenever fresh baos came out of the oven She made friends with Cantonese neighbors in her building and they started their own mah-jongg group at which they would debrief the latest episode of whichever Cantonese drama had aired on TVB the previous night She found a Cantonese church and got baptized She drove recklessly in the 99 Ranch parking lot and didn’t care She stayed unapologetically herself through the upheavals of divorce and displacement Sometimes my mom would take my popo out to go window-shopping in Beverly Hills and they would drag me along Popo outside of the ethnoburb was a frightening even and especially when we were the only Asians around started my PhD in code switching when I was 9 I saw Popo as an unassimilable tornado that left me in the dust having moved away from the San Gabriel Valley for over 10 years to self-actualize in more “interesting” spaces Paying exorbitant rent to live somewhere trendy is overrated and unsustainable I want Hong Kong cafes and I want my child to grow up hearing Cantonese regularly and know that we’re not yelling; that’s just our default volume I embrace my ethnoburb — in all of its limitations Bianca Mabute-Louie is a sociologist and the author of the forthcoming book “Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the 21st Century,” from which this piece is adapted GABRIEL — A woman who was killed early Sunday morning in St Gabriel was walking along the roadside when an alleged drunken driver hit her Authorities responded to a crash around midnight on La Jasmione Clark said Perck had been a passenger on a motorcycle that had a mechanical problem was walking along the roadside when she was hit by a pickup truck waited at the scene of the crash for police Investigators said Alteri appeared to be impaired and State Police came to perform a field sobriety test which police say registered over the legal limit for driving Alteri was arrested booked into Iberville Parish jail on counts of vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated who was Perck's boyfriend and the driver of the motorcycle Perck was walking away from Johnson when she was hit Johnson was booked for first offense driving while intoxicated Perck's father said the pair were in an off-and-on relationship and were known to have arguments.  I think the man should be punished for what he did," Perck's father said going to vote early got much easier on Saturday they'd either have to take a ferry or drive nearly 40 minutes to the Iberville Parish Courthouse in Plaquemine "Our administration made a commitment to the residents of St Gabriel to make sure that they were more included in the parish," Iberville Parish President Chris Daigle said The parish government worked with the Iberville Registrar's office and the Secretary of State's office to have the center be an early voting site The parish government says this is part of an effort to increase voter turnout "This site is currently going to be utilized for two days during this early voting cycle It's going to be today and Monday," Daigle said including one who saved a long trip with her baby and sometimes you get to the ferry and you just miss the boat and it takes even longer," Jenny Dillemuth said The parish will continue to use the site for early voting from time to time only for gubernatorial races and presidential races where all residents can come for the whole week," Daigle said another early voting site will be available for Iberville Parish residents we're actually going to go to the Rosedale Community Center and there's going to be early voting for the Grosse Tete and Maringouin communities as well," Daigle said The Iberville Parish Courthouse in Plaquemine will also continue to operate as an early voting site throughout the early voting cycle There is only one item on Iberville Parish's ballot: a 15-year 4-mill property tax renewal to fund library services The millage generates around $4.87 million each year to fund the operations and capital expenditures for all branches of the Iberville Parish Library System Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInST GABRIEL (WAFB) - A minor in Iberville Parish was taken to a hospital on Wednesday night in connection with an accidental shooting The Saint Gabriel City Police Department says that around 9:30 p.m. officers responded to reports of shots fired between the streets of Ravier and Jake Lane The mother of one of the minors told police her son had been shot and was on the way to the hospital in a personal vehicle When the detectives arrived at the hospital a second minor was arrested on several charges The juvenile was released into his mother’s custody authorities learned that the victim and suspect were friends who were playing with a gun when it accidentally discharged Click here to report a typo Click here to subscribe to our WAFB 9 News daily digest and breaking news alerts delivered straight to your email inbox Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInST Gabriel Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own Gabriel announced the passing of Officer Darius Faveroth on Sunday Officials called Faveroth a dedicated member of the St SGPD released the following statement on his passing: “It is with heavy hearts that we share the loss of one of our own Officer Faveroth was not just a colleague but a beloved member of the St we ask that you keep his family and friends in your thoughts and prayers we will find the strength to get through it Thank you all for the outpouring of support and for the kindness you’ve shown during this time Your help and compassion mean more than words can express Governor Jeff Landry shared his prayers to Faveroth’s family on Facebook also sharing his experience in meeting Faveroth who was a Specialist in the Louisiana National Guard Details surrounding Officer Faveroth’s death have not been released but officials with SGPD confirmed he did not die in the line of duty information regarding a memorial service for Officer Faveroth will be shared in the coming days Click here to report a typo Click here to subscribe to our WAFB 9 News daily digest and breaking news alerts delivered straight to your email inbox (WAFB) - Police are investigating after a person was injured by a “projectile from a weapon” in St officers responded to Martin Luther King Parkway on Friday Police said that when they arrived at the scene they discovered a person with a wound to the abdomen Investigators said they initially thought debris from a passing vehicle left the victim injured police later determined the victim was injured by what they are calling a “projectile from a weapon.” Police said they were able to reach that conclusion once the victim began treatment at a medical facility Police said the victim continues to be treated at the medical facility at this time They ask anyone with information that can help investigators to reach out to the St died in a single-vehicle crash that happened near East Iberville High School on Tuesday night.  First responders were dispatched to the scene around 9:30 p.m died from his injuries on the scene of the crash There was no immediate word on what caused it.  Current Chief Kevin Ambeau sent the following statement: It was with great sadness that I had to tell the former Chief of Police that his son had succumbed to injuries sustained in a traffic crash all of my life and was working with him that night Nelson Jr This death has affected the entire community was loved by all who knew him especially his family which is one of the largest in St I’m now mourning the loss of one of my constituents who was very much so loved in this community Gabriel Police Department would like to extend our deepest condolences to the Nelson family Phone: 216-696-6525 Toll Free: 1-800-869-6525 Address: 1404 East 9th Street, Cleveland, OH 44114   Share this Page After months of planning and prayer, the first of five Eucharistic Mini Congresses took place at St. Gabriel Parish in Concord Township “It was our privilege to host and plan one of the five Eucharistic Mini Congresses,” said Father Fred Pausche “Our planning committee put a tremendous amount of work and prayer into this day the purpose of which was to deepen and extend the spirit of the Eucharistic Revival which should never come to an end for any of us The past three formal years of this revival were meant to be a ‘jump start’ for that deeper appreciation and living out of God’s greatest gift to us that we are all called to celebrate each week – even more if possible – and then go into the world and proclaim the good news to all people,” Father Pausche said He noted the Eucharist “Is meant to be our life the source and summit of who we are and all we do Only you and the Lord can judge and evaluate where your life is and how the Eucharist revives and shapes ever aspect of your life.” Christy Cabaniss, diocesan director of missionary discipleship, said among the other mini congresses planned those being hosted at St. Ambrose Parish in Brunswick (March 15), St. Peter Parish in North Ridgeville (March 22) and St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Cleveland (Spanish, March 29). Check the events page on the diocesan website for additional information Gabriel event included a morning Eucharistic procession and adoration an afternoon Eucharistic procession and litany of healing and repentance Mancuso said Grbac and Guarendi filled in for Dr Grbac talked about his faith life and how the Eucharist helped fortify him and bring him success in his NFL career and after Guarendi discussed the authenticity of the Eucharist and how there is no doubt it is the body soul and divinity – the complete presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist Speakers for the breakout sessions were Mary von Carlowitz director of the diocesan Office for Human Life administrator of Holy Family Parish in Parma Von Carlowitz spoke on “Encountering Jesus (Let me Count the Ways).” Father Ference’s topic was “Bring Them Home (Inviting Back Those who Have Left the Church).” (My Identity in Christ)” and Father Stavarz discussed “That Somebody Special in Your Life (My Relationship With Jesus).” About 100 people participated in the mini congress During the litany of healing and repentance “Let it go,” he told congress attendees “Try to open your heart to Jesus’ healing The faithful had time for reflection and several priests were available to hear confessions prior to the celebration of the vigil Mass Both Brandt and Mancuso said the event involved a great deal of work please contact local law enforcement and: Kathleen McComb Response Services – 216-334-2999 Gabriel is honored in the liturgy in MarchLeonardo da Vinci | Raffaele pagani | CC BY-SA 4.0 Gabriel the Archangel is one of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible and was entrusted with some of the most important tasks given by God He is best known for having delivered the message to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would bear Jesus This event is commemorated each year on March 25 the Church has set aside various feasts to honor God's holy messenger Gabriel is chiefly celebrated on September 29 along with the other archangels: on the feast of the Holy Archangels even though these feasts are not observed by every Catholic According to Michael Foley this feast was instituted by Pope Benedict XV in 1921 who sought to give special attention to the archangel Gabriel Pope Benedict XV wrote the following words when he instituted this feast: for the increase of piety and of actual association with the Holy Family to commemorate with religious celebration the divine mission of both Archangels Saint Gabriel for announcing the mystery of the Lord’s Incarnation whose kindnesses bestowed on the family of Tobias are described in the Sacred Scriptures This feast is no longer on the General Calendar but is still observed by those who follow the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite It is called the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel and is included on the calendar of many Eastern Catholics as well as Eastern Orthodox Christians minister of holy glory and messenger of God himself Pray that we be delivered from trials and sorrows so that we might sing: Rejoice who faithfully performed his duties and played a pivotal role in salvation history Articles like these are sponsored free for every Catholic through the support of generous readers just like you Please make a tax-deductible donation today Help us continue to bring the Gospel to people everywhere through uplifting Catholic news Organize The candlelight vigil events nurses and health care workers at these two AHMC facilities in Los Angeles had planned for Wednesday 2024 have been canceled until further notice.  Nurses and health care workers at two AHMC facilities in Los Angeles County will hold candlelight vigils on Wed. 23 to highlight their serious concerns about patient safety at their hospitals announced California Nurses Association (CNA) and Caregivers and Healthcare Employee Union (CHEU) The vigil at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel while the vigil at Whittier Hospital Medical Center in Whittier "As nurses and health care workers who have dedicated our lives to caring for our neighbors and our community we are calling on AHMC to put patients first and provide us the resources we need to bring our community the highest quality of care," said Roni Rocha a registered nurse at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center "AHMC has a history of failing to do the right thing in our hospitals and is short-changing our patients We are demanding they address the staffing and recruitment and retention issues that plague our hospitals." Who:    Registered nurses and health care workers at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center What:   Candlelight vigil for patient safety Where: San Gabriel Valley Medical Center 438 W Who:    Registered nurses at Whittier Hospital Medical Center Where: Whittier Hospital Medical Center 9080 Colima Road Nurses say AHMC has failed to maintain the San Gabriel Valley Medical Center and they have seen numerous safety violations over the last several years and unstable temperatures throughout the hospital the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) cited the hospital after a surgery had to be interrupted due to extreme heat in the operating room "AHMC has a basic responsibility to ensure that our facility is safe for our patients and that equipment is working," said Rocha "When we have broken elevators or can't find a working IV pump our patients' care may be delayed unnecessarily it interrupts care and can make it difficult for our patients to recuperate and heal." The lack of comprehensive new-hire training at Whittier Hospital Medical Center has meant that new nurses are leaving for other area hospitals because they do not feel they are getting the professional training they need to grow "We are committed to mentoring our new nurses and we would like to see them stay and work with us but they often feel that there are better opportunities elsewhere in hospitals that have strong training resources," said Helen Dungo a registered nurse at Whittier Hospital Medical Center "We are losing promising new nurses and seasoned nurses because of the working conditions and lack of staffing." Nurses at Whittier Hospital Medical Center say they're working with barebones staffing and without adequate resources who are supposed to oversee the flow of patients and provide support and assistance for nurses are unable to focus on those responsibilities because they're forced to provide break and meal relief They say it is not uncommon for nurses to work 12-hour shifts without any break as there is no one available to relieve them "When you are responsible for keeping your patients alive you never want to leave their care to someone who is already overburdened with responsibilities," said Dungo This kind of moral injury leads to nurses and caregivers leaving our hospital." Nurses and caregivers say AHMC has not only failed to provide its hospitals with the resources they need, but failed the communities it serves. California Attorney General Rob Bonta is currently suing AHMC for closing Seton Medical Center Coastside in Moss Beach Bonta says the closure was a violation of a 2020 agreement and AHMC is "placing patient care and public health at risk." Nurses say AHMC's disregard for public needs and patient safety led AHMC management to close the neonatal intensive care unit and maternal child health services at San Gabriel Valley Hospital last year "Cutting services to our most vulnerable populations "We need to be there for our patients from their first breath to their last That is the commitment we make to our patients we call on AHMC to make that same commitment." California Nurses Association represents more than 330 nurses at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center and nearly 300 nurses at Whittier Hospital Medical Center Caregivers and Healthcare Employee Union represents nearly 370 health care workers at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center California Nurses Association has more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union (CHEU) is an affiliate of California Nurses Association CE courses are free to National Nurses United members See all classes If you’re interested in organizing a union at your facility Contact us See all issues © 2010 - 2025 National Nurses United    |    Privacy Policy Gabriel Police Officer Darius Faveroth died on Sunday A police spokesperson said he was not killed in the line of duty but had a medical emergency while he was getting ready for his shift.  Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau said that Faveroth was a positive person who brought happiness to the job “Officer Faveroth was more than an exemplary officer — he was a beacon of positivity and kindness His legacy of service and the joy he brought to others will forever remain in our hearts,” Ambeau said in a statement Faveroth's fellow officers shared Ambeau's feelings about the fallen officer "I could talk about officer Faveroth till the sun comes up but at the end of the day we just want to take it one day at a time be with us while we mourn the loss of our fallen brother," Capt be with us while we mourn the loss of our fallen brother." It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Officer Darius Faveroth we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family Officer Faveroth exemplified courage and commitment in his service to our community and nation His dedication and sacrifice will never be forgotten We are deeply grateful for the legacy he leaves behind Officer Faveroth's impact extended far beyond his professional duties he had an extraordinary ability to uplift those around him His warm laughter and infectious positivity brightened even the most challenging moments leaving a lasting impression on all who had the privilege of knowing him In addition to his service in law enforcement Officer Faveroth was a proud military veteran His dedication to his country and his community exemplified the highest ideals of public service Officer Faveroth was scheduled to be deployed in the near future once again demonstrating his unwavering commitment to safeguarding others at home and abroad An official cause of death is pending an autopsy Details regarding memorial services have not been shared.  Gabriel Police Department is investigating a multi-vehicle crash involving a school bus on Wednesday morning Police said three vehicles and a school bus were involved in a crash around 6 a.m Chief Kevin Ambeau said two children were on the bus appears to have sustained only minor injuries LA 30 was temporarily closed while emergency officials cleared the crash but DOTD confirmed all lanes have since re-opened A Gonzales man was arrested early Sunday on charges of vehicular homicide and driving under the influence after he allegedly struck a pedestrian along La of Gonzales struck the unidentified woman near the intersection of La Gabriel police officers had responded to the crash and spotted a critically injured woman near the intersection The woman – whose name has not yet been released – died at the scene They contacted Louisiana State Police to administer a field sobriety test when they brought him to the St Gabriel Police Department for the breath test Alteri was also charged on a first-offense misdemeanor DWI (WAFB) - Funeral arrangements have been announced for St with a memorial service at the Iberville Christian Center in St with the service starting immediately after They announced that all units in the procession were to be at Hall Davis in Baton Rouge at 9:45 a.m RELATED: St. Gabriel officials mourn passing of officer [Diocese of Los Angeles] Locally and nationally the Episcopal community has rallied together love and support as out-of-control Southern California wildfires blazed a second straight day schools and an Episcopal church among various houses of worship and historic buildings the magnitude of what could happen so quickly,” said Sharon Pewtress chief operating officer of Episcopal Communities & Services which began burning Tuesday night in the hills above Altadena in northern Los Angeles County Mark’s Episcopal Church and School there early Wednesday morning Episcopal Chaplain Liz Piraino of Altadena’s MonteCedro retirement community reassures a resident taking emergency shelter at Pasadena Convention Center which operates several senior communities within the diocese evacuated some 200 residents from its Altadena MonteCedro residence CNN reported that the fire has killed five with zero percent containment “Our property this morning was very scary; we thought we were going to lose it,” Pewtress said Sheriffs arrived with evacuation orders before sunrise and transported residents on buses to the Pasadena Convention Center Los Angeles Bishop John Harvey Taylor and Canon Kathy O’Connor visited with evacuees but otherwise the campus was presumed intact Taylor, in a YouTube video message to the diocese noted the outpouring from across The Episcopal Church “Offers have been flooding in from all over the diocese parishes and missions that have room for evacuees who need shelter Bishops from all over The Episcopal Church including Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe and our former Presiding Bishop Michael Curry We have heard from Bishop Diane (Jardine Bruce) in the Diocese of Western Missouri and many colleagues all over the church pledging themselves to your care and safety,” Taylor said RELATED: Episcopal church, 2 rectories destroyed by deadly fast-moving wildfires fear and “losses too great to bear,” Taylor said “The list of names of members of our churches in the San Gabriel Valley and Pacific Palisades area who’ve lost homes could exceed 40 or 50 by the time all of the news is in,” he said Assistance to those displaced is underway, he added, noting that contributions to the diocesan “One Body, One Spirit Annual Appeal” have been earmarked for fire relief and will be supplemented through aid from Episcopal Relief and Development The Episcopal Church’s disaster relief agency An emergency such as this is an epochal generational event for our diocese We gather at the foot of the cross and enfold one another in our arms and in prayer And we pledge to continue to glorify God and to care for one another especially those most at risk and most in need.” After the Hollywood Hills fire erupted around 5:30 p.m an evacuation order was set in place from Laurel Canyon Boulevard on the west and the 101 freeway on the east and Mullholland Drive to the north and Hollywood Boulevard to the south members of the on-site Jubilee Fellows program have relocated to available retreat rooms at St including an Altadena parishioner whose home was destroyed the Sunswept fire engulfed multiple homes in Studio City Nearby residents along Coldwater Canyon Avenue — where St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church is located — have been advised to prepare for potential evacuation Matthew’s Church in Pacific Palisades were destroyed executive director of the diocesan Commission on Schools spot fires were reported in the (Palisades campus) area and the elementary school the middle school and early education center are reported to have active fires and are in the process of being consumed,” he told The Episcopal News in a telephone interview late Wednesday Lack of adequate water pressure was reportedly an issue in fighting the fires in both Altadena and Pacific Palisades “We are not going anywhere,” Alexandra Michaelson and we will stay that way — we will educate the children of St We will rebuild our campus to be as strong as our community.” The Palisades parish has weathered prior firestorms was destroyed with 86 neighboring homes in 1978 a contemporary landmark designed by notable architect Charles W said local churches and schools had been reaching out with offers of assistance and help But there has been an outpouring of support locally and nationally through the school network.” texts and phone calls from chaplains and heads of school from across the country “I’m so glad that I can report that all of our school families are safe Numerous staff members and church and school families — both at St Matthew’s — also lost homes as the fires continued to blaze Matthew’s Church was unclear at press time for The Episcopal News “It’s changing all the time,” Wilson told The News “We just had a very tearful Zoom with faculty and we are taking down names as we hear about people and families and alums who have lost houses.” Classes were canceled through the end of the week Resuming classes will be “a group effort,” Wilson said adding that “our local schools are already on Zoom together to talk about how to pool resources and figure out what’s next But people are just trying to figure out how long they can stay where they are or if they need to find somewhere new to live It’s all too much to think about what next looks like.” and parishioners all reportedly lost homes Barnabas Church in Pasadena also lost their homes as have members of Pasadena’s All Saints Church Mark’s Church in Altadena had also been destroyed in the fire “It is with a broken heart that I share with you the news that our church building is lost,” the Rev had written to the congregation Tuesday evening ECS’s Pewtress said community spirit and resilience were evident We’re trying to figure out what we can do to help them out.” She had spent the day ensuring MonteCedro’s residents were all accounted for “and have a place to sleep tonight in the homes of their children or friends or other communities seeing how everybody was coming together to offer support and places for residence in all this chaos and crisis “Our dining provider brought 400 meals and water to everyone at the convention center About 20 MonteCedro residents were relocated to the Covington said in a telephone interview that she was purchasing clothes for them at a local store All Saints Church in Pasadena housed about 180 evacuees Tuesday night and reports continued to come in about local clergy Many evacuees said they had not previously visited All Saints and thanked the Rev news editor of the diocese’s Episcopal News We use cookies to enhance your browsing 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Hills Expo Center Pavilion Hall in the City of Industry. The region’s economic outlook will be delivered by economists Anthony Orlando and Gerd Welke, professors of Finance, Real Estate and Law at the College of Business Administration The San Gabriel Valley economic forecast report for the first time introduces the San Gabriel Valley Leading Economic Index which identifies the key economic indicators uniquely impacting the region The index points to a likely slowdown in growth — with potential contractions in several industries construction and manufacturing — particularly due to a pullback in construction and macroeconomic factors such as fiscal austerity and tariffs San Gabriel Valley’s economy displayed the fundamentals for a post-pandemic soft landing: healthy employment growth the region faces a challenging road ahead as it grapples with the economic cost of wildfires and uncertainty from federal policies and tariffs While sectors like manufacturing and hospitality show growth challenges like rising insurance costs and a glut of industrial properties loom large The report emphasizes regional cohesion and community support in rebuilding as housing shortages and disaster recovery efforts will require long-term collaboration affecting nearly 750 business whose 3,460 employees help generate $390.6 million in yearly revenue The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation estimates that the combined damages from Eaton Fire and the Palisades Fire amount to a $9 billion loss to the county economy over the next five years “The impacts of natural disasters ripple across neighborhoods and regions,” said Orlando and Welke we can create a force of resilience that underpins long-term economic success It’s essential that we build for each other to ensure a strong and sustainable future for all residents of the San Gabriel Valley.” Home to 1.8 million across 31 cities the San Gabriel Valley — bounded by Pomona Claremont and Diamond Bar in the east and La Cañada Flintridge Pasadena and Monterey Park in the west — is powered by the healthcare The region is a magnet for international trade from the Pacific Rim and expanding Asian entrepreneurship and working capital CPP News is managed by the Department of Strategic Communications. Catholic Charities of Philadelphia Returns to Roots Catholic Charismatic Renewal Hosts Day of Prayer With Holy Spirit May 10 Honest Conversations Reflect on Vision for the Future of Philadelphia’s Church Papal Foundation Stays Close to Pope Francis Bob Otterson (right) creates the paschal candles each year for St Gabriel Parish in Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry section Standing with them at the main altar of the church is the parish’s pastor By CatholicPhilly Staff • Posted April 14 When Father Francis Foley was assigned to St Gabriel Parish in the Grays Ferry section of South Philadelphia he was surprised to learn that the paschal candle blessed at the Easter Vigil Mass and used at all baptisms and funerals at the church was made by one parishioner and decorated by another Making a candle that is three inches wide by four feet high is no small task went online and learned how to make candles he gained more experience and now makes candles for the altar as well volunteered to decorate the paschal candle using a theme supplied by the pastor as her inspiration This year’s theme is “The Glory of the Cross.” Each year using the remnants of old paschal candles and adding some new beeswax Over the past five years his expertise has grown and working with an online community of candle makers he has  shared his experience and knowledge to others along their candle-making journey The paschal candle is one of the most important sacramental objects in the Catholic tradition because it represents Christ our Light risen from the grave and triumphant over darkness Gabriel Parish particularly special is that two of the baptized faithful have put their time and talent at the service of Christ and the local community of faith Their efforts make the candle shine just a little bit brighter at St CatholicPhilly.com works to strengthen the connections between people families and communities every day by delivering the news people need to know about the Catholic Church you and hundreds of other people become part of our mission to inform form in the Catholic faith and inspire the thousands of readers who visit every month Please join in the church's vital mission of communications by offering a gift in whatever amount that you can ― a single gift of $40 Your gift will strengthen the fabric of our entire Catholic community and sustain CatholicPhilly.com as your trusted news source PREVIOUS: Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Education Launches Leadership Program to Develop Future Catholic School Leaders NEXT: Archdiocesan Catholic Charities Appeal Becomes Sponsor of Live Streamed Sunday Mass at Cathedral USCCB: Statement of USCCB on Vatican’s Document Addressing Pastoral Blessings Pope Francis’ May 2023 Prayer Intention | Watch Video Dan Tarrant Brings God to the World Through Catholic Filmmaking Two Hahnville men who fled from police in St Gabriel died March 12 in a two-vehicle crash about a mile north of the Iberville Parish line The crash took the lives of 24-year-old Jeremiah Downing and 22-year-old Hunter LaGrange of Hahnville The preliminary investigation revealed that officers with the St Gabriel Police Department initiated a traffic stop on a 2013 Chevrolet Camaro Downing refused to stop and continued traveling west on LA 30 at a high rate of speed in an attempt to evade officers As Downing approached the intersection of Bluebonnet Boulevard a 2016 GMC Sierra was traveling east on LA 30 attempting to turn left onto Bluebonnet Boulevard Downing traveled through the intersection while a red signal light was displayed and collided with the Sierra head-on also was unrestrained and was pronounced dead on the scene Impairment is an unknown factor at this time; however standard toxicology samples will be taken and submitted for analysis ST. GABRIEL - St. Gabriel Officer Darius Faveroth, who died over the weekend, will have a funeral on Saturday Faveroth was not killed in the line of duty but had a medical emergency Sunday while he was getting ready for his shift His funeral service will take place on Saturday a procession at Hall Davis and Sons Funeral Services will take place at 9:45 a.m Gabriel is mourning the death of a police officer who died Sunday morning Darius Favoreth died from a “medical incident,” Mayor Lionel Johnson said Sunday Gabriel Police Department got an alert about a resident about 5 a.m they discovered it was one of their own,” the mayor said Favoreth had worked two years on the local police force Johnson said he had spoken with Favoreth earlier in the week He described him a a good-spirited officer and I was making references to him about how he is someone who can bring laughter to the department “We offered our condolences and support to the family and we will give his family the time to take in what has occurred and make preparations for some type of celebration of life It’s tough when you lose someone you see every day and work with — essentially they become part of your family.” Favoreth was also a Specialist in the Louisiana Army National Guard Iberville Parish Government’s social media also posted a tribute to Favoreth who was described as “a dedicated public servant who devoted his life to protecting and serving our community and nation." courage and selflessness made a lasting impact on those he served alongside and the community he protected," the post read he was a beloved member of the law enforcement Gabriel are looking for an ATV that was stolen from Iberville Street.  The police department is asking for the public's help to bring the 2023 green Honda four-wheeler back to its rightful owner.  Anyone with information can call (225) 642-5222 Guillermo González poses for a photo with parishioners of St Gabriel the Archangel Mission at the annual picnic in Manassas Park earlier this fall Burbidge formally decreed the establishment of St to serve the growing Catholic population of Manassas Park The mission exists within the parish boundaries of All Saints Catholic Church in Manassas The first Mass at the community center was celebrated Dec groups and services have been created to serve the initial needs of the community The mission has its own offices in Manassas Park and celebrates Sunday Mass at the Manassas Park Community Center Tell us about some of your parish ministries Among the groups and ministries we have here at St the prayer group “La Sagrada Familia,” and Apostles of the word a group dedicated to learning the Catholic faith We also have an Apostolic Hour once a month for Cursillistas We have eucharistic adoration every Wednesday 8-11:45 a.m How do you support Spanish Catholic worship and fellowship Our groups and ministries are also in Spanish Earlier this month we hosted a beautiful celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s feast day speaker Brother Jorge Gómez from El Salvador visited and offered a powerful reflection and teaching on communication in marriage Our annual fall picnic is a joy-filled celebration of our faith with performers What’s something we should know about your clergy Father Guillermo González was born March 17 Leo the Great Church in Fairfax and graduated from Westfield High School in Chantilly in 2008 he entered formation for Community of the Disciples of the Hearts of Jesus and Mary studying at San Dámaso Ecclesiastical University in Madrid he spent a year studying at The Catholic University of America in Washington to be closer to home as his father battled stomach cancer and as he and his family mourned the death of his older brother The experience led him to leave the community a year later and enter formation for the Arlington diocese He studied for a couple of years at Mount St after which he served at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Winchester He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Burbidge at the Cathedral of St He currently serves as parochial vicar of All Saints How can people support your parish? We are currently fundraising to build a church where we can worship God properly. Once built, people from all over the diocese should come check it out. We invite much-needed financial contributions to our building fund at saintgabrielmanassaspark.org/onlinedonate Website: saintgabrielmanassaspark.org Mass schedule (Masses are in Spanish unless otherwise noted): Sun.: 8 a.m Manassas Park; Wed.: noon at the Pastoral Center; and Fri.: noon at the Pastoral Center (English) at the Manassas Park Community Center; Tues.: 5 p.m Total parishioners: More than 400 families Arlington Catholic Herald200 N. Glebe Rd.Suite 615Arlington, VA 22203703-841-2590800-377-0511 Website Design and Development by New Target Health care workers at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center in San Gabriel and Whittier Hospital Medical Center in Whittier voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on October 29 and 30 winning protections to improve patient safety and staff retention announced California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union (CNA/CHEU) “This new contract allows our nurses to maintain quality and continuity of care for our patients,” said Veronica Rocha RN in the wound care unit and member of CNA’s bargaining team San Gabriel Valley Medical Center Our collective voice and advocacy for safe and healthy working conditions helps us serve our patients and community.” “This contract makes it possible to recruit and retain experienced health care workers,” said Mary Biter and member of the CHEU bargaining team at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center “It guarantees better working conditions and stronger protections for us all I’m confident that with all these improvements staff will see a long future at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center serving patients and their families.” “The biggest win on our contract is being able to voice our nurses’ concerns and address issues with working conditions and the safety of our patients,” said Olivia Mendez RN in the direct observation unit and CNA bargaining team member at Whittier Hospital Medical Center “The improvements made help nurses continue to advocate for nurse and patient safety.” CNA represents more than 380 nurses at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center and more than 285 nurses at Whittier Hospital Medical Center CHEU represents more than 330 health care workers at San Gabriel Valley Medical Center Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union (CHEU) is an affiliate of California Nurses Association. California Nurses Association has more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California See all issues ST. GABRIEL — A stretch of Bayou Paul Lane near La 30 is closed so crews can work at a railroad crossing remained closed as crews worked on nearby Canadian National Railroad tracks Police said they do not know what the work is about or when it will be done Officials have advised travelers to take La Gabriel Grocery & Deli how they would describe the business and the question may bring several different replies while some describe it as a gathering place Any of those responses would work for the store that has origins dating back to the 1850s In today’s era of stores with self-checkouts and fluorescent-colored walls Gabriel Grocery & Deli seems like a trip back in time It’s the store where Wayne and Theresa Roy — who have been married nearly 45 years — have greeted customers for decades The building consists of wood floors and white paneled walls in much the same design it has had more than 100 years the store did much of its business through barter agreements it had its own currency for compensation to the workers who could use it only for purchases in that store LSU football schedule posters dating back to 1958 — Billy Cannon’s Heisman Trophy season — line the upper portions of the walls. Early New Orleans Saints posters and you will find a little bit of everything,” Theresa said Wayne’s roots go back to 1973 when then-owner Aubrey LaPlace — who bought it from the Jesse LeBlanc in 1948 — hired Wayne for a part-time job in the store at age 16 After Wayne worked for a chemical plant and later went to work as a milkman for Borden Dairy in Baton Rouge he wanted a different line of work LaPlace sold the business to Wayne in 1987 He bought the business for an interest-free sale price of $26,157 It took him two years to pay LaPlace for the business “I had to quit the job as milkman,” Wayne said “I had to be out of bed by midnight and I often got home well past dark — seven days a week.” Marcus and Lindsey — and they spent much of their childhood at the store and the Roys have developed close bonds with many of their patrons “We have a lot of deep emotional ties here,” Theresa said Some customers sit at a bar drinking an 8-ounce bottle of Coke a 10-ounce bottle Barq’s Root Beer or a can of beer while they watch TV — one of the few modern items in the store A visit in the morning has a few watching “The Price Is Right,” while customers in the afternoon watched “Gunsmoke." Others will argue about sports or politics Resident Clay Harold is among the daily customers Trips to the store have become a way of life for him “This is just an extension of home in a lot of ways,” he said who made a stop after a day’s work at Syngenta Chemical “I come here to see what’s going on in the community watch the news and maybe catch a little bit of 'Gunsmoke.'” The business brought a few tough challenges along the way Major hurricanes through the years kept the store closed for days when vendors could not deliver merchandise They battled power outages and some storms which left the store in the dark anywhere from seven to 10 days The Roys got one stimulus check for salaries Susan Loupe has been with the store nearly 50 years and Connie Ward is as 12-year employee Wayne and Theresa talk more about retirement these days although neither see themselves completely walking away It’s part of the same work ethic they have instilled in their children one of them represents the next generation of the store Their daughter Lindsey — who prepares cakes pies and many of the lunch specials — plans to run the business after her parents throw in the towel their daughter Tabitha manages an estate in Beverly Hills Marcus will continue to run the adjacent sports bar and cookware business — all the while he works a day job at Eastman Chemical “He’s just like his dad… he has to stay busy,” Theresa said whose work has become woven into the bonds with the longtime customers “We have a lot of deep emotional ties here… when you’re a people person BATON ROUGE — St. Gabriel Police Officer Darius Faveroth, who died over the weekend, was honored in both St. Gabriel and Baton Rouge on Tuesday. Faveroth's body was brought from Louisiana Funeral Services and Crematory in Broussard to Hall Davis and Sons Funeral Services in Baton Rouge in a procession that was escorted by law enforcement officers. Faveroth was also honored at St. Gabriel Police headquarters, where a police cruiser was converted into a memorial for the 26-year-old officer. Flowers, stuffed animals and balloons were put on the cruiser in Faveroth's honor. A police spokesperson said that Faveroth was not killed in the line of duty but had a medical emergency Sunday while he was getting ready for his shift.  The City of St. Gabriel can finally see the end of the tunnel on the completion of its new municipal complex. Workers are putting the final touches on the building, although things are going a little slower than Mayor Lionel Johnson would like. Placement of flooring, final coats of paint and the installation of phone lines and IT equipment are the last items on the work list for opening of the $5 million facility.  The facility also will house an emergency operations facility, which is in conjunction with Iberville Parish and the state Office of Emergency Preparedness. The project has been on the plan books for more than five years. The city budgeted $2.5 million for the facility when planning got underway in 2019. Post-pandemic inflation spiked the cost to $5 million. Johnson hopes for a ribbon-cutting ceremony in late April or early May. Officials broke ground for the project in December 2022. Municipal operations has been conducted in the former Sunshine High School building since the city’s incorporation in 1994.  This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. 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Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” – Psalm 34:18  In a solemn yet poignant outreach to mothers and fathers who have lost babies to abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth and other causes, the parish of St. Gabriel the Archangel in Cave Creek, Ariz., held its 3rd annual Memorial Mass for the Holy Innocents on Friday.  Celebrated by candlelight in a dimly lit church nave and sanctuary, the rite featured the addition of 22 babies’ names to the parish’s permanent Memorial to Holy Innocents.   “It’s a way for our community to pray in unity with bereaved moms and dads and offer them support,” explained Parish Coordinator of Communications and St. Gabriel’s Respecting Life Ministry member, Rebekah Polkoski. “It’s a really beautiful, intimate Mass.”  The latest names were added to 63 others in a memorial begun in 2023. In addition to a wooden crib, the memorial contains a statue of St. Theresa of Lisieux as well as a bronze plaque bearing a quote from her mother, Zelie Martin. A mother of nine, Martin lost four of her children in infancy or early childhood, and is quoted as saying at one point, “We shall find our little ones again up above.”  As worshippers entered the narthex prior to Mass, each was handed a lighted candle and carried it to their pew with them.   This marked the first time the entire rite was celebrated by candlelight.  “There’s a lot of emotion for parents, grandparents or anyone who has lost a child or a friend. So, we want it to be as solemn, respectful and comforting to those people as we can,” explained parish Respect Life Ministry member, Jody Meier.  The congregation sang hymns that included some well-known contemporary Christian songs, such as Mercy Me’s “I Can Only Imagine,” and Chris Tomlin’s “Amazing Grace [My Chains Are Gone].”  Families who signed up in advance were given a pair of two-inch, light-colored engraved hearts. They were distributed during a ceremony with parents keeping one heart and placing the other inside the crib that had been carried to the front of the sanctuary by four members of the Knights of Columbus.  At the conclusion of his homily, celebrant and pastor Fr. Chad King invited participants to receive their memorial hearts, as he read each baby’s name. A mother or father then placed one inside the memorial crib that had been carried to the front of the sanctuary, then was handed a white rose to take with them along with the other heart.   The flower is considered a symbol of purity and innocence.  Celebrated to help families heal, the Mass and ceremony also are intended as a source of comfort to the families from fellow believers.  “There is nothing worse than losing a child,” said Meier. “We all feel their pain, we’re all praying for them. They’re all God’s children; God’s babies.” In his homily, Fr. King said that God, as our Creator, knows each of us intimately.  “He calls us by name. He calls every one of us. He knows us. He knows every hair on our head,” the priest said. Whether living a full life or dying in the womb, every person “is sacred to God,” and He forgets no one, Fr. King explained. “And you wouldn’t be here if you also didn’t remember,” he added. “No mother — no matter how long they had a child — forgets. Many of you have children who have not been born — you’ve suffered through miscarriage — or [delivered a child] stillborn. Some have had their children die quickly after birth. So, while you grieve, remember that God does not forget.” Then, referencing the Church’s doctrine of the Communion of Saints – that all persons, in heaven, purgatory or earthly pilgrims – are unified through Jesus Christ, Fr. King said one can seek intercession from their child in heaven.  That, Polkoski said, was the central message.  “I think, above all else, we want parents to remember or maybe for the first time understand their babies are with Jesus. They’re with the Lord.”  During a reception after Mass, the parish provided grief and healing resources, including brochures from Rachel’s Vineyard, a worldwide post-abortion retreat program, and Red Bird Ministries, a nationwide Catholic grief-support ministry.  The evening touched mothers who had lost babies.  Barb Guarracino, a parishioner of St. Joan of Arc in Phoenix, suffered a series of miscarriages after delivering one healthy child who has since grown into an adult.  “This is powerful for me. It reminds me I need to keep praying because God has the souls of our babies,” she said.  “I take responsibility. The Catholic Church has been forgiving. I just wanted to find peace and friends who are welcoming, and I found so much of that here.”  Another participant, was accompanied by her husband as they received their memorial heart. At age 20, she underwent an abortion to conceal the pregnancy from her father. That was more than 40 years ago. 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To register, click here The Environmental Protection Agency began trucking hazardous waste 15 miles from the Altadena burn zone to Lario Park in Irwindale for sorting and storage on Monday Officially known as the Lario Staging Area Army Corps of Engineers and was leased until this month to the Los Angeles County parks department The 5-acre site is now home to workers in protective gear who are organizing potentially hazardous household items — which can include paint asbestos and lithium-ion batteries — that cannot be sent to landfills State Sen. Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) and several local mayors said they learned about the EPA’s use of the Irwindale site from news reports. Residents of Duarte, Azusa and nearby cities said they were furious that they had not been notified that waste was arriving by truck at a site near a popular recreation area, which includes the San Gabriel River trail. Some said they were afraid that toxic chemicals or other fire debris would leach into the air, soil or water. Climate & Environment Nearly two weeks after the Eaton fire forced Claire Robinson to flee her Altadena home Officials from the EPA and the California agencies that handle environmental protection and toxic substances control assured residents they were taking safety precautions but were repeatedly interrupted by audience members who yelled “We don’t want it!” and “Find another place!” “Once you have a community that’s that upset it’s really hard to walk it back,” Rubio said a woman rose from her seat and asked whether officials would be comfortable sending their children to school near such a site the head of the state’s Department of Toxic Substances Control: “Hazardous waste sounds really scary because sometimes it is and that’s why experts have to handle it properly.” The EPA is working under a 30-day deadline to remove all hazardous waste from the Eaton and Palisades fire burn areas so that the Army Corps can safely clear the rubble Fitzgerald had told frustrated Pacific Palisades residents last week that the process could take months “by order of the White House,” to expedite the removal work to 30 days said in testimony to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week McCoy said it’s likely that the cleanup will take less than six months “The scale of this is bigger than we’ve dealt with before.” repeatedly pressed Fitzgerald about whether the 30-day deadline could be extended or at least whether the EPA could move the disposal of lithium-ion batteries to another site “I don’t know that we can reassess the deadline,” Fitzgerald said Fitzgerald said the EPA chose the Irwindale site because it was big and flat enough to suit their needs Other potential sites closer to the burn zone including the Rose Bowl and Santa Anita Park are being used for fire crews and relief efforts Household waste from the Palisades fire will be trucked to the site of the former Topanga Ranch Motel in Malibu Fitzgerald said the EPA is looking at additional processing sites for both fires including the Altadena Golf Course and the Irwindale Speedway Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger recalled Tuesday that President Trump who met with her and other local officials during his brief visit to Los Angeles last week Contractors for the EPA remove hazardous materials at a home in Altadena on Jan (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) The cleanup begins in the burn zone with EPA contractors in respirators white suits and hard hats sifting through the rubble of homes and businesses Each material is placed in a container at the burn site Waste containing asbestos is sealed into two layers of polyurethane bags and then into a plastic container with a lid while liquids such as bleach and motor oil are poured into drums The items are loaded onto lined stake-bed trucks to be driven to Irwindale The trucks stop multiple times inside the facility to drop off materials such as batteries bleach and propane in separate areas of the site “There are several layers between whatever is in the bags and the actual soil At no point do we expect there to be contact with these materials.” The waste won’t stay at the Lario site permanently Drabek said that each type of material will be sent to a different permanent facility and that the agency is looking for options in California and other states President Trump pushed local leaders to allow homeowners affected by the fires access to clear and clean their properties quickly But is that putting speed ahead of consequences Fitzgerald said the EPA has installed liners to prevent toxic materials from leaching into the soil She said the agency performed soil testing before beginning and will test the soil again before leaving The site also has eight air-quality monitors at the perimeter and water trucks that spray three times daily to suppress dust After the 2023 wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, the EPA trucked waste to a shooting range on the island about 10 miles from the burn zone. About 2,200 buildings were destroyed in that fire, and the EPA’s cleanup took about four months. Jennifer Roman of Duarte attended the meeting with her sister-in-law and did not leave reassured. She said that she was worried that the waste was being trucked through more than a half-dozen cities to reach the site. The meeting was so raucous, she said, that it was hard to learn much about how residents or workers would be protected. “I don’t know why we should trust them,” Roman said of the government agencies. “Don’t they always lie?” Times staff writer David Zahniser contributed to this report. Laura J. Nelson covers politics and campaign finance for the Los Angeles Times. Sports LAist is part of Southern California Public Radio Getting lost sometimes leads you to unexpected destinations it's to an entirely different country right in your own backyard I got lost driving through Temple City on my way to a place I have been many times enveloping everything in that quiet suburban darkness I made a turn down a side street next to what seemed to be a gigantic park — and heard the unmistakable sound of Chinese music blasting out of a boombox Ten or so women were coming together to dance to Mandarin songs from an older era It's actually a scene I've seen before at parks and other open spaces in the San Gabriel Valley in the last few years The first time I ever saw these dance gatherings One of the country's key urban design features is its ginormous public squares — these endless concrete expanses of flat I came across a group of Chinese women dancing in unison at one of these open-air plazas I watched mesmerized as they strutted their stuff to one Chinese song after another coming out of a boombox They didn't look like they were rehearsing for a performance or there for any other reason than for the pure joy and leisure of the activity where many Chinese-speaking immigrants have settled the motivation that led this group of women to come together under a gazebo at a Temple City park was largely the same A 60-something woman in a polka dot dress who called herself Ah Yun said she's been dancing here for more than a decade after learning about the scene through the grapevine "Someone told us that there was 'plaza dancing' here who lives in El Monte and is originally from Guangzhou learning the steps from a woman who was leading these nightly gatherings It's not like learning how to social dance where you need two people," she said in Cantonese no one cares if you are good or bad at it." she said she occasionally joined others to dance publicly in that Chinese city the 80-something said she was walking in Temple City and saw people dancing at the park The ritual quickly became the outlet she looks forward to every day so much so that she'd get dressed up and done up for it dancers came and went — but no one is ever turned away The ladies tonight were particularly excited because the woman who started it all — whom they refer to as their "teacher" — was coming back to show the group a new number but said she used to live around Temple City before moving away She still comes back once a while to meet up with the group She told me that she unwittingly brought the trend to this park 13 years ago after moving from Northeastern China women started to show up and asked if they could join That's what happened," she said in Mandarin Officials with Affinity at San Gabriel Wellness and Recovery Center at a Georgetown Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov