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SGV 023: Could teens design a better El Monte city seal? from 2022-10-21T16:25:04
On the Season 2 finale of SGV Weekly, we dive into “A People’s Seal of El Monte.” This gave students and residents in Monte the chance to design their own seal, “not for the city, but for all those...
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SGV 022: Could Veteran Raver DJ Spiñorita get the key to Alhambra? from 2022-08-12T18:20:57
DJ Spiñorita has been raving since she was born… give or take 14 years and a hundred backyard dj’s hired by her family. She lived an important part of not only So Cal, but SGV history. Bygone party...
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SGV 021: BIPOC Library Flowers at El Monte’s Valley Mall from 2022-07-15T06:33:30
Matilija Lending Library sits in an alleyway sized room that used to house a shoe repair shop on Lexington Avenue at the Valley Mall. That works in its favor though; it’s like your favorite a...
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SGV 020: The Vinyl Eruption; when will it cool? With The Midnight Hour from 2022-06-24T14:56:21
Covina’s Midnight Hour Records is a store for music fans at every level. Brand new to the game, “just here for your ten records that you really need”? Sure, you’ll be back though. Longtime fiends b...
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SGV 019: If only I took English at Mt SAC with John Brantingham from 2022-06-10T04:46:04
John Brantingham was a driving force behind Mt San Antonio College’s creative writing club for decades. If you went to SAC in the last 30 years, you probably recognize his trademark shock of white ...
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SGV 018: Homeless Crisis in Flux with Sasha Renee Perez from 2022-05-26T19:16:32
Alhambra City Councilmember Sasha Renee Perez has gone through real heartbreak when it comes to the homelessness crisis, having lost family to it. In April ‘22, LA County Supervisor Hilda Solis app...
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SGV 017: Sweatshops in the Food Desert with Christine Tran from 2022-05-13T02:53:51
Christine Tran knows how the system can fail us when we need it most. Her parents struggled to walk the tightrope of qualifying for food assistance and not getting kicked off of it. They were refug...
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SGV 016: The Pocho Paradox with Isimo Podcast from 2022-04-29T18:46:57
[Publisher’s note: Isimo Podcast has broken up as of July ’22.] Imagine you’re a young comedian, who just crushed it at the mic, going outside to cool off, when some older comic shouts ...
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SGV 015: Chris Greenspon–The Unauthorized Autobiography from 2022-04-22T16:01:26
SGV Weekly began as (and remains) my love letter to the San Gabriel Valley. We have great stories here, and my wife said I should include my own. Last season, I opened each show with a personal mon...
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SGV 014: Band kid to ska star with Jackie Mendez from 2022-04-15T17:25:52
Jackie Mendez is a rocksteady and soul artist from South El Monte. She honed her chops singing in the backyards and dive bars of the Mid-Valley, starting with her legendary band The Boss Beats. She...
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SGV 013: Pomona’s fading graffiti reborn as exalted poetry from 2021-02-19T03:27:23
Michael Torres doesn’t revel in the idea of ‘making good and getting out of the hood.’ NPR’s Best Books of 2020? Yeah, that’s pretty sweet. Getting paid to write and teach? Of course, that’s good. ...
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SGV 012: David&Bigot Goliath after El Monte’s church bombing from 2021-02-12T06:34:50
Looking back at the news coverage of the explosion at First Works Baptist Church, the question that rises to the top is why weren’t we hearing more from the group that had protested the Church’s ha...
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SGV 011: Thwarting bike death–non-profit designs street justice from 2021-02-05T00:18:17
El Monte and South El Monte are emblematic of inequity in the Valley. That’s where Active SGV’s executive director David Diaz is from. From his “frozen food” fueled childhood to being a new father ...
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SGV 010: Mish Mash Grab Bag! A Real Sausage Fest! from 2021-01-22T03:16:40
The saga of Phil Spector’s murder castle in Alhambra… A chat with a young progressive delegate hopeful from Bassett… The rebirth of Dr Rubin’s World Famous Pomade… and a mystery meat lunch in...
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SGV 009: SGV LGBTQ president on El Monte’s hate church from 2021-01-15T18:35:06
In November, Camila Camaleon was elected to lead the San Gabriel Valley’s small LGBTQ Center through turbulent times. Her pedigree in this traditional quarter of Southern California may be just wha...
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SGV 008: Rap transcends trauma for ‘Woman in the Crowd’ Vel the Wonder from 2021-01-08T02:59:07
Vel the Wonder is an emcee from Baldwin Park with a very personal style. It’s unapologetic, “nuts hanging” out even as she tackles painful subjects. Hip hop seems to ground her wherever she is in l...
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SGV 007: El Monte’s racist pioneer myth exposed in East of East from 2020-12-18T03:05:39
The history book East of East began out of disgust with El Monte’s origin story as the “End of the Santa Fe Trail.” In 2012, the city celebrated it’s centennial with a wagon train...
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SGV 006: KNX’s fierce city hall reporter, Claudia Peschiutta from 2020-12-10T21:51:40
KNX 1070’s Claudia Peschiutta is known for many things in LA news: getting beanbagged by LAPD on her day off, yelling “I object!” at the second Lee Baca trial, and calling the Mayor of Los Angeles ...
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SGV 005: Eternally is Here–Jeffrey Lee Pierce in the heart of his sister, Jacqui from 2020-12-04T03:41:33
Very few SoCal punk bands are legendary on the level that Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s Gun Club is. And of course, legends can be misleading. Pierce is known to come from El Monte, but his hometown was in ...
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SGV 004: Daughter Skateboards, Dad films, Slurpee destroyed! from 2020-11-19T22:15:45
Daughter Skateboards is a brand based in Hacienda Heights, dedicated to helping young girls in the skate scene. Bobby Redline and Jesus Ramirez founded Daughter after their kids Draven and Aberdeen...
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