Wishing everyone a safe and happy new year! Here’s some news from Alhambra, the upcoming Rose Parade and the rest of the San Gabriel Valley to close out 2017:

• Alhambra police help house homeless veteran in time for Christmas (Pasadena Star-News)
• Rose Parade 2018: Floats will have bursts of color, messages to remember (PSN)
• Man killed in 10 Freeway crash in Rosemead (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
• One man’s love affair with Paris of the Pacific (Pasadena Weekly)