Week in Review: School District Layoffs, Boy Confesses to Killing Three Kittens

Here are some of the highlights from this past week in and around Baldwin Park:

• BUSINESS: A video from Patch shows how the Chamber of Commerce's Job Fair attracted thousands of unemployed people to Irwindale. More than two dozen companies and government agencies were on hand, including the FBI and Kaiser Permanente. There were also several career development workshops.

• SCHOOLS: The , but school district officials hope a recent will eliminate some, if not all, of the layoff notices. The school board is also

• POLICE & FIRE: A boy from Hacienda Heights sparking outrage from animal advocates. The recent incidents and an indecent exposure in the city.

• GOVERMENT: Over last weekend residents , but on Saturday San Gabriel Valley Water Company official said that the water is clean again after flushing the toxic chemical.

• NEIGHBORHOOD FILES: A shows how the Baldwin Park Kaiser Permanente Hospital celebrated the Farmer's Market seventh anniversary. The celebration aimed to remind people how .

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