When Lee Owens Park opened in 1998, it was named after the former owner and publisher of the Whittier Daily News, but Virginia Ball, a long-time Whittier volunteer, always thought the park’s ...

Paul Lee, a 19-year-old special needs student, seen left on a GoFundMe page set up by family, was found dead in a school bus in Whittier on Sept. 11, 2015.

With the expected purchase of adjacent land, 19-year-old Lee Owens Park in the lower Uptown Whittier area will grow by about 20 percent. The Whittier City Council on Tuesday is expected to approve the ...

Damien cheerleaders fix their hair prior to a prep football game between the La Serna and the Damien at California High School in Whittier on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024.

Bus driver Armando Ramirez made an emotional apology to the family of Paul Lee, a 19-year-old with autism who died after being left on a hot bus in Whittier. NORWALK, Calif.

Paul Lee, a 19-year-old special needs student, seen left on a GoFundMe page set up by family, was found dead in a school bus in Whittier on Sept. 11, 2015. KABC ...

Police said 19-year-old Paul Lee was found dead on a parked school bus floor at a bus yard in Whittier on Sept. 11, 2015. Lee was a student at Sierra Adult School who could not verbally ...

WHITTIER >> A 19-year-old special needs student from Whittier who was left alone on a school bus on a hot summer day last year died from overheating, police said Thursday.Prompted in part by that ...

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A Whittier police officer was shot Monday night in a confrontation in which the suspected shooter also suffered a gunshot wound. Both were hospitalized, a law enforcement source told The Times.