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1 week ago | 
sacbee.com | Anissa Rivera |West Covina
Spend 10 minutes with actresses Alyson Hannigan and Sarah Michelle Gellar, and the best friends vibes from their "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" days eases into the conversation. Hannigan, who will always be "Lily" of "How I Met Your Mother" fame, was in town to spearhead the Ask2BSure campaign, a public health push to raise awareness about meningitis among parents of teens and young adults 16 to 23.
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1 week ago | 
sanluisobispo.com | Anissa Rivera |West Covina
Mario Luis Sobalvarro's mission was to find one World War II hero. He found three. Historian Sobalvarro, 46, of West Covina, stars in a detective story two years in the making, culminating in Monday's Memorial Day ceremony at West Covina City Hall's Veteran's Memorial.
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2 weeks ago | 
modbee.com | Patricia Bunin |West Covina
"You always made things fun," my little brother, as I still call him, said in his Mother's Day message to me. I responded by telling him he was the first person I ever mothered. Peter, the surprise baby who came along eight years after me, brought out my earliest maternal instincts. "Do you remember our ‘Johnny on the Pony 1-2-3' game?" I asked him.
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3 weeks ago | 
sacbee.com | Fred Robledo |West Covina
The high school baseball hitting and pitching stat leaders for the San Gabriel Valley area that includes Pasadena and Whittier. The leaders are based on stats published by the schools on Maxpreps. SGV BASEBALL LEADERS(Through games Tuesday, May 13)OFFENSE (minimum 40 at-bats)BATTING AVERAGE1. Rafael Molina (Azusa), .578, 26 for 452. Chris Bacarella (Cal Baptist La Verne), .531, 26 for 493. Noah Ramirez (Edgewood), .527, 29 for 554. Matt Huizar (Azusa), .524, 24 for 425.
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3 weeks ago | 
sacbee.com | Fred Robledo |West Covina
San Gabriel Valley Boys Athlete of the WeekName: Kyle TsueiSchool: RowlandSport: SwimmingYear: SophomoreNoteworthy: Kyle Tsuei won two individual titles and came how with four medals at the CIF Southern Section Division 2 swimming championships at Mt. San Antonio College. Tsuei led from start to finish in the 50 yard freestyle, winning in 20.47 seconds to hold off Pasadena's Oliver Mann, who was second in 21.22.
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3 weeks ago | 
sacbee.com | Fred Robledo |West Covina
San Gabriel Valley Girls Athlete of the WeekName: Ella LesneverSchool: BlairSport: SwimmingYear: SeniorNoteworthy: Blair's Ella Lesnever set two meet records at the CIF Southern Section Division 4 swim finals at Mt. San Antonio College. Lesnever broke a 15-year-old record in the 50-yard freestyle, winning in 22.92 to set the D4 meet record. Lesnever broke the record of 23.11, set by Mary Hanson of Ridgecrest Immanuel Christian in 2010.
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3 weeks ago | 
sacbee.com | Fred Robledo |West Covina
The high school softball hitting and pitching stat leaders for the San Gabriel Valley area that includes Whittier and Pasadena. The leaders are based on stats published by the schools on Maxpreps. SGV SOFTBALL LEADERS(Through games Tuesday, May 13)OFFENSE (minimum 40 at-bats)BATTING AVERAGE1. Bri Rosales (Cal Baptist La Verne), .767, 33 for 432. Sophia Guerrero (Gabrielino), .694, 34 for 493. Jazmine Leyva (South El Monte), .672, 41 for 614. Milania Thomas (Pasadena), .732, 30 for 415.
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3 weeks ago | 
sacbee.com | Fred Robledo |West Covina
La Mirada, Arcadia and Bishop Amat were all selected to participate in the CIF Southern Section Division 1 playoffs in the first year that the CIF-SS used computer rankings to place teams in playoff divisions. The baseball playoffs begin on Thursday for teams in Division 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9, and start Friday for teams in Division 2, 4, 6 and 8. La Mirada (21-6), who won the Gateway League title, will be home Thursday against Los Alamitos (17-9-2), who finished third in the Sunset League.
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3 weeks ago | 
sacbee.com | Mona Darwish |West Covina
A man was killed and dozens of other people were injured, including two critically, when a tour bus rear-ended a stalled Nissan Pathfinder and the SUV caught fire on the 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights early Sunday, May 11, authorities said. The collision on the westbound freeway, west of Azusa Avenue, occurred shortly after 5 a.m.The SUV had become disabled for unknown reasons in the No. 1 lane on the freeway when the tour bus slammed into the back of it.
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4 weeks ago | 
mercedsunstar.com | Anissa Rivera |West Covina
The city of West Covina is exploring modifying job descriptions to allow people without a bachelor's degree to apply for city positions where that standard is currently the minimum requirement. Anyone "with a combination of education and experience" could soon apply for department head positions, including city manager, in the city of West Covina.
