Savannah Memorial Park (Cemetery) became the first site in the city of Rosemead granted state Historical Landmark status. The State Historical Resources Commission voted on Friday to recommend this decision.

Short AP blurb on the Tribune website, although it suggests the area under study is a "wilderness."

The National Park Service newsletter describing the draft report is here.

Tribune has a list of many free area concerts this summer. Elvis seems to be making a lot of local appearances.

Today's Tribune has Roger Hernandez running for the east San Gabriel Valley congressional seat that would probably be assigned to long-time Republican David Drier.

Oftentimes, the SGV Tribune does a little digging and reports some numbers. Usually, I get frustrated because I don't feel like they're digging deep enough to get the real answer. For example, I just read this article about the dues the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments charges its member cities. Yes, that's an interesting point.

The post's title is just a little Simpson's humor.

The other irreverent thing I was thinking over the last day was, "Yeah, Trump can be proud of the fact that he got President Obama to release his long form birth certificate, but Obama can be proud that he got Osama bin Laden to die."

This could be interesting, at least if you're a political junkie. The citizen's commission that will redraw the state's legislative boundaries for the 2012 elections will be in San Gabriel this Friday. The hearing is scheduled for 6-9 pm at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse, previously known as the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium.

Last week the Tribune reported that health benefits to Alhambra City Council members totally nearly $100,000.