Our Cup of Tea
What's changing in the western San Gabriel Valley.
Our Cup of Tea is a weekly neighborhood briefing about what's opening, being built, and changing across Alhambra, San Gabriel, Monterey Park, Rosemead, and Temple City.
Food finds and new openings in your inbox every Thursday. Weekend plans on Instagram, all week.
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What's in the newsletter each Thursday
- The Lead — one reported story, when one earns it.
- Development Watch — filings, entitlements, permits, and what they actually allow.
- Openings & Closings — new restaurants, shops and closures, verified by a person before they run.
- Council Watch — all five cities, every week, including the meetings that get canceled.
- Noticed — one short signed observation.
This week · 22 October
Temple City agenda: self-storage plan and council compensation
Temple City's agenda for Tuesday, October 20 asked the City Council to adopt a Self-Storage Specific Plan for 4301 Temple City Boulevard and to introduce an ordinance on council "Expenses and Compensation".
Read this week's issue: Temple City agenda: self-storage plan and council compensation →
On the ballot · November 3
- Measure HOM, Monterey Park — what a yes vote would allow, and what it leaves the City Council to decide later. Analysis & Opinion by Pat.
- Measure PS, San Gabriel — what a yes vote buys, for how long, and what the ordinance actually promises. Analysis & Opinion by Pat.
- All ten measures in our five cities
Noticed
Make sure to check around for free self-service sandbags in your city. El Niño looks like it is upon us, and having sandbags ready now could save you a night out in the rain trying to bag it then.
— Pat
Weekend plans, events and what's worth the drive go up on Instagram, all week.
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