New state-of-the-art traffic signal cabinets installed at major intersections

Thirty new state-of-the-art traffic signal cabinets are being installed by city staff at major intersections in the City of San Gabriel.

Funded through Measure R by Metro, the new cabinets offer the latest technology features including remote programing an...

Third Round of Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests Now Available

Residential households in the U.S. are now eligible for a third round of free COVID-19 at-home tests. Each order will include eight rapid antigen COVID-19 tests with two packages of four. Both packages will be shipped for free by the U.S. Postal Service.&...

Cinco de Mayo Mercado Livens Up the Mission District on May 6

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, the City of San Gabriel will host the annual Cinco de Mayo Mercado from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 6, 2022.

With colorful Papel Picado adorning the Mission Playhouse plaza, residents and families can enjoy the free out...

626 Golden Streets Returns to San Gabriel, Alhambra and South Pasadena On May 1

On Sunday, May 1, the San Gabriel Valley’s largest ciclovia or “open streets” event will return to the Cities of San Gabriel, Alhambra and South Pasadena. Attendees will have an opportunity to walk, bike, run, skate, scoot, dance, and play across five mil...

Tony Ding Takes Office as New Mayor

The City of San Gabriel swore in Tony Ding as Mayor and John R. Harrington as Vice Mayor during the City Council meeting held at the Mission Playhouse on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

“I’m honored to be appointed the Mayor of San Gabriel by the City Council,” s...

San Gabriel City Highlights Herald Christian’s COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts

To ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccinations, the Herald Christian Health Center has launched community-based COVID-19 vaccination centers at select locations across the San Gabriel Valley.

City of San Gabriel, Blue Shield of California and KABOOM! Introduce New Playground

Kids in San Gabriel are celebrating today because they have a great new place to play. For months, representatives from City of San Gabriel, Blue Shield of California and KABOOM!, the nonprofit organization focused on ending playspace inequity, have been ...

San Gabriel City to Provide $70,000 in Grants for Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

On July 28 at a press conference in front of San Gabriel City Hall, the City of San Gabriel introduced the application process for grants for businesses that have been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The City will distribute $70,000 to qualifie...

New COVID-19 testing site in San Gabriel

Today, the City of San Gabriel announced a new COVID-19 testing center at the Herald Christian Health Center. This new testing location is available to all asymptomatic essential workers and those with COVID-19 symptoms and features English, Mandarin and ...

San Gabriel City Council Creates New HEAR Commission

Today, the San Gabriel City Council launched the City’s first-ever HEAR Commission at a press conference at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. The HEAR Commission will advance and advocate for equity, access, diversity, social justice, safety, mutual appr...

Marshall Community Park, ACE and Vincent Lugo: Public Works releases project report

As we move into November, here’s an update on some of the construction projects currently taking place in San Gabriel:

The ACE Project and haul route restoration project nears completion

The Alameda Corridor East San Gabriel trench is nearing com...

Two SGPD officers travel to Houston to aid in relief efforts

Following the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey, two members of the San Gabriel Police Department – Officer Martin Garcia and Detective Timothy Logan – traveled to Houston to help aid in the city’s immediate recovery ef...

Mission Playhouse's historical costume intern preserves a piece of Playhouse history

With a vacuum in hand, Laila Jaffer sits at her crowded workspace in the Mission Playhouse attic gently cleaning costumes dating back to the early 1900s. For Jaffer, the Mission Playhouse stands as an important monument of our past, and more importantly, ...