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2 days ago | whittierdailynews.com | Anissa Rivera

Leonel Leal, 75, is looking at a black and white picture of his teen self on a mural at the entrance to the new Don Memorial Stadium at his alma mater in Pico Rivera. Leal (pronounced “Lee-yal)  was No. 53 on El Rancho High School’s football team in 1968. The Vietnam veteran, husband, father of three and grandfather of eight was also on the track-and-field and wrestling teams. He also played the trombone for the high school band. “I tried to stay out of the classroom as much as possible,” he joked.

3 days ago | whittierdailynews.com | Ruby Gonzales

Julian Gonzalez and Andrea Vazquez were sitting on the trunk of his parked Honda Accord at Penn Park in Whittier, hanging out and talking when a white pickup truck with tinted windows pulled up in front of his car. “That’s when I heard shots,” he said. Gonzalez turned around and saw 19-year-old Vazquez lying on the ground. She was bleeding above her neck, close to the face, he said. Gonzalez testified about what happened to them on Aug.

4 days ago | whittierdailynews.com | Claire Rush

By CLAIRE RUSHSALEM, Ore. (AP) — A dozen people were injured in a stabbing attack at an Oregon homeless shelter on Sunday night, and a suspect was arrested, police said. A man with an eight-inch knife walked into the lobby of the Union Gospel Mission in Salem around 7:15 p.m., the Salem Police Department said on Monday. The man had been talking to people in the lobby when he allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed several people, according to police.

4 days ago | whittierdailynews.com | Ruby Gonzales

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1 week ago | whittierdailynews.com | Erik Pedersen

How ‘Is a River Alive?’ author Robert Macfarlane found himself an elder In the Book Pages newsletter, a little backstory from the author of the compelling new book.