El Monte

With COVID-19 vaccination rates falling, a new public site to get shots in arms will open next week at the El Monte Metro station, the transit agency said Friday. Jointly operated by Metro and the LA County Department of Public Health, the vaccine site will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from noon until 7 p.m. beginning on Tuesday, June…

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El Monte police fatally shot a robbery suspect Monday during a physical altercation near the San Bernardino (10) Freeway, according to the sheriff’s department.

Fermin Martinez and his partner Sylvia run the Los Polomos taco stand, and they say three times in one night, Los Angeles County health inspectors came to harass them for operating their business without a permit.

A scuffle at a tacos stand led to a scuffle with a health inspector and police. John Cádiz Klemack reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021.

A fracas was caught on camera Saturday night at an El Monte taco stand where police were working with the health department to investigate reports of unpermitted food vending.

Police are reviewing a confrontation at a taco stand. Video broadcast Sunday Feb. 7, 2021 on the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Credit: @cavir100

The fire erupted near the Peck Avenue onramp on the 10 Freeway. As seen on NBCLA Feb. 5, 2021.

A police pursuit that started in Ontario continued in the streets of El Monte. NBC4 News reports at 11 p.m. on Jan. 23, 2021.

Authorities are investigating vandalism and an explosion that occurred Saturday at a church in El Monte. “The FBI responded overnight with the El Monte Police Department to an IED attack at the First Works Baptist Church,” FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.

The church’s pastor has been criticized for anti-LGBTQ teachings but says he has never preached any violence and called the incident a hate crime. Kathy Vara reported on NBC4 News on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021.

Authorities are investigating vandalism and an explosion that occurred Saturday at a church in El Monte. No injuries were reported. Video broadcast Saturday Jan. 23, 2021 on Today in LA.

The Irwindale Police Department Saturday reported that a parolee wanted on felony evading charges was arrested Friday in Azusa.

COVID-19 cases are expected to surge following Christmas and New Year’s holiday get-togethers and two pop-up test sites opening Monday could increase residents’ access to free testing in El Monte.

El Monte elected women only for the first time to lead the Mayor’s Office and the Municipal Council.

The city of El Monte has made political history by electing it’s first all-woman city council. For the first time, LA County’s Board of Superiors will be run by five women. Kathy Vara reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2020.

El Monte Police Department officers will soon have body worn cameras after El Monte City Council and Mayor Andre Quintero unanimously approved the funding, officials announced Wednesday. LensLock, a San Diego company, will supply the cameras for an annual cost of $141,652.50, according to officials. The city has a five-year agreement with them that includes, “unlimited storage, new body worn…

Gordon Tokumatsu reports Aug. 10, 2020.

A suspect wanted for the 1996 rape and murder of a 67-year-old woman at her assisted living center in Covina was arrested Thursday — the first step in finally bringing the 24-year-old case to a close.  After decades without a significant lead, homicide investigators from the LA County Sheriff’s Department found a match to the DNA evidence collected on the…