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John David Corey, aka “Joker,” is facing two felony counts of arson of an inhabited structure and one count each of arson during a state of emergency, first-degree residential burglary and possession of flammable material, the DA’s office reported. Prosecutors say Corey broke into the historic mission and set it on fire. The early morning fire, which broke out at the 249-year-old church... July 11, 2020, burned the roof of the mission and much of the Catholic church’s interior. Firefighters from the San Gabriel Fire Department responded to the blaze that day just after 4:30 a.m. In December 2020, crews...

Rene Compean texted a friend Monday that he was lost and that his phone was dying before he went missing in the San Gabriel Mountains A California man who went missing Monday evening while on a hike in the San Gabriel Mountains has been found. Rene Compean, 45, was found near the Chilao Campgrounds on Tuesday afternoon, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department told ABC 7 and NBC Los Angeles. Compean was reportedly airlifted out, was in good condition and will not need to be hospitalized, ABC 7 reported. The rescue came just hours after the Sheriff's department asked "avid hikers"...

San Gabriel Mission Fire ‘Justified’? <Mission spokesperson asserts 'right' to set buildings aflame SAN GABRIEL, Calif. (ChurchMilitant.com) - A spokesperson for California's San Gabriel Arcángel Mission reportedly told a fellow Catholic that it's "justified" to attack churches and statues if they're deemed offensive. The remark was made July 11 to Beatrice Cardenas, former Republican congressional candidate for California's 27th district, as she was surveying fire damage at the historic mission.  According to Cardenas, San Gabriel Mission communications director Terry Huerta told her the religious outpost, founded in 1771 by St. Junípero Serra, "represented pain to a lot of people."Beatrice Cardenas When Cardenas countered that didn't give anyone a right to set a...

A raging fire tore through the church at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel early Saturday, July 11, destroying almost all of the 215-year-old building that is an icon in the small Los Angeles County town.

A fire broke out at the San Gabriel Mission and completely burned the church’s roof early Saturday, officials said. Authorities have not said what may have caused the blaze at the 249-year-old church on 428 S. Mission Drive. Video recorded before daylight shows dark smoke rising from the flames. Officials did no report any injuries. The church, founded in 1771, was the fourth of 21 missions established by the priest Junipero Serra, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The Los Angeles Police Department says it’s investigating a lawyer after he reportedly posted on Instagram that he would "defend to the death any African American who picked off a cop or two.” Mark McBride, a San Gabriel criminal defense attorney, allegedly made the comments in response to a recent post about police brutality, according to Fox 11. “It won’t stop until black people start murdering cops, which they should do often and with great relish,” the station says one of the posts read. “These ----sucking, low IQ, can’t get into law school jarheads need an asphalt nap, during which...

President Barack Obama on Friday spared from future development nearly 350,000 acres of land within the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles, a move that cheered environmentalists but sparked new criticism of Obama's willingness to use his executive authority.

SAN GABRIEL -- The mayor of San Gabriel was arrested early Friday morning on charges of felony robbery and assault charges after he allegedly grabbed a woman's purse and sped away with her clinging to the side of his SUV. Albert Y.M. Huang, 35, was taken into custody around 1:15 a.m. after police received a call about a heated argument between Huang and a 33 year old woman over money, according to Sgt. Jeff Whitney of the San Gabriel police department. Detectives say Huang and the woman were arguing over money outside a restaurant in the 300 block of West...

The worst deer-hunting country in California is right in our own backyard on a near impenetrable stretch of land in the San Gabriel Mountains. For hunters, it's an irresistible challenge. The day before the deer season opener earlier this month, Arl Farris is scaling a 45-degree slope heading up a 6,250-foot high ridge in the San Gabriel Mountains. Ahead is a gantlet of disintegrating granite, overhead chaparral and thorn bushes that snap his face as he presses through. Behind is a valley of pines and broken cliffs and fog as lovely as an Ansel Adams photo. Footing is very unstable,...

<p>SAN GABRIEL, Calif.(AP) - A man armed with a meat cleaver inside a bank was shot and killed by two police officers after he raised the knife above his head, officials said.</p> <p>Police responded to a call about 2:20 p.m. that a man wielding a knife was inside a Cathay Bank, said Deputy Scott Butler, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.</p>