The Puente Hills where Rio Hondo College sits was at one point Mexican soil. Juan Crispin Perez owned much of the land that makes up present-day Whittier, West Whittier-Los Nietos, and Pico Rivera, Calif., during that brief period.
Large Mexican ranchos surrounded the Puente Hills between the 1820s...
Ryan Guerrero, Arts & Entertainment Editor
• October 28, 2015
Rose Hills Memorial Park is celebrating its 6th annual Dia De Los Muertos Cultural Festival on Nov. 1 in celebration of the Mexican holiday, Day of the Dead (celebrated from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2).
The festival will be taking place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is free of admission to the public.
Located...
