Chi Mui, civil rights hero, died Thursday, April 27, 2006, from cancer. Chi, a native of Hong Kong, was Mayor of San Gabriel and was elected to the city council in 2003, the first Asian American to hold each post.
In November 1999 Chi Mui, Luis MacAdams, and Arthur Golding took me to lunch [...]

Services for Mayor Mui will be held:
Friday, May 5, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.
San Gabriel Civic Auditorium
320 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Office of the City Clerk – 626/308-2816
Donna Vine, Clem Arroyo or Cynthia Trujillo
dvine@sgch.org
City Mourns Loss of Mayor Chi Mui
SAN GABRIEL, CA – April 28, 2006 – It is with deep sadness and [...]

The Center is receiving the 2006 Stewardship Excellence Award for providing “a model for the city and the nation’s urban park movement” from the Cultural Landscape Foundation on May 19, 2006. The award will be presented at a luncheon at the Plaza of the Pacific Design Center, 8687 Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, CA, [...]

Save the Date! Center’s 35th Anniversary Celebration June 15, 2006!
The Center for its 35th Anniversary is celebrating the greening of the Los Angeles River with healthy parks, schools, and communities.
Los Angeles City Controller Laura Chick will receive our Public Servant Award. Mary Nichols, Director of the UCLA Institute for [...]