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

• Would-be bank robber flees empty-handed in South Pasadena (Pasadena Star-News)
• Man on bike sought in San Gabriel purse snatchings (Pasadena Star-News)
• Altadena man jailed in connection with Pasadena wireless store robberies (Pasadena Star-News)
• Pasadena firefighters return from Nepal after earthquake relief trip (Pasadena Star-News)
• San Gabriel Valley cities scrambling to meet new water conservation targets (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
• Pasadena’s new leaders face a full plate of problems (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
• Jake’s of Pasadena closes, citing rising real estate costs (Pasadena Star-News)
• Landlords of illegal boarding homes face stiffer penalties in Monterey Park (Pasadena Star-News)
• ‘Courageous Citizens’ honored for heroism in Alhambra, Montebello (Pasadena Star-News)
• Cold, winter-like storm hitting Southern California (San Gabriel Valley Tribune)
• Pasadena City College stalls plan to suspend cosmetology program (Pasadena Star-News)