West San Gabriel Valley news from Alhambra, San Gabriel, San Marino, Rosemead, Monterey Park, South Pasadena, and Pasadena:

• With Market Place project nearly complete, Monterey Park city manager says he’s retiring (SGV Tribune)
• Pasadena Congresswoman Outraged by Comedy Skit She Calls Derogatory, Stereotypical (Pasadena Now)
• Creepy clown threat causing Pasadena school evacuation ‘completely unfounded,’ police say (Pasadena Star-News)
• These South Pasadena tenants want rent control after their rents jump $600 (Pasadena Star-News)
• After missing for a week, Whittier man found safe in South Pasadena (SGV Tribune)

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