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

• Driver turns self in after hit-and-run kills pedestrian in Rosemead (KTLA)
• Authorities investigating Pasadena house fire as arson (CBS Los Angeles)
• Driver robs pedestrian in Pasadena (Pasadena Star-News)
• Monterey Park settles discrimination lawsuit with former fire chief (EGP News)
• School lockdowns, freeway face-lifts dominate San Gabriel Valley news in 2013 (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
• A year of the most serious and bizarre crimes in South Pasadena (South Pasadena Patch)
• Rosemead councilman takes military leave (SGV West Valley Journal)
• How much do South Pasadena city employees make? (South Pasadena Patch)
• Pasadena City College to become entirely smoke-free on New Year’s Day (Pasadena Star-News)
• Hamburger Hamlet in Pasadena closes to become Du-par’s (Pasadena Star-News)
• On the savory horizon: Pasadena Cheeseburger Week (NBC Los Angeles)