The author with her mother and brother Ron in Granada Park, circa  1952 - 1954.

Mothers of Midwick Tract

FIRST PERSON: Writer Lorna Lund Collins recalls growing up in 1950s Midwick Tract with a single mother, and all of the other mothers who adopted her.
SLIDESHOW: Darian Cazarin, 19, at the Alhambra Youth Boxing Club. | Photo by Glenn Fortuna

Saving Alhambra's youth with hard knocks

At a time of vicious gang violence in the early 1990s, Rudy Tellez opened the Alhambra Youth Boxing Club. More than two decades later, the gangs are mostly gone, but the kids keep coming to his gym.
Power Babes luncheon

San Gabriel Valley's "Power Babes"

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In unexpected locations — including an auto repair shop, youth center, bar and lingerie store — nearly 100 professional women with diverse backgrounds have joined forces to form the Power Babes.
Enjoying ice cream at Fosselman's

From “soda jerks” to Cinco de Mayo sweet corn scoops at Fosselman’s — Alhambra’s ice cream history

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As summer approaches — and in memory of Bill Fosselman who died a few weeks ago — we explore Alhambra’s sweet past.
Mary Tang and her brother Wilson at the Downtown Flower Mart. | Photos by Nathan Solis

Paying at the pump to deliver flowers to Alhambra

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Just before dawn, Mary Tang drives from Alhambra to the Downtown Los Angeles Flower Mart to pick up hydrangeas, roses and baby's breath.