Talk:Alhambra, California

Early comments
I'm not sure this picture would benefit the article, but I thought it should be brought to your attention: HABS has some pictures of the Alhambra Fire House (in B&W) here: JesseW 11:34, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Last time I checked, Alhambra borders on Los Angeles City and is directly adjacent. The article is apparently intending to say "it is 5 miles northeast of Downtown, Los Angeles", not "5 miles northeast of Los Angeles". Alexander 007 06:05, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

If South Pasadena was populated by poor minority groups, I'd say they would have been moved out forcibly and the 710 would have been extended a long time ago. Subtle discrimination, perhaps? Just remember Chavez Ravine and whatnot.

Redevelopment Effort
"Meanwhile, a major new commercial development, anchored by Circuit City, is planned on the site once occupied by GMC, located on West Main Street—and other new developments are under consideration." Since Circuit City went under, that development either didn't happen or now is struggling without an anchor. Anybody know which it is?RevelationDirect (talk) 01:29, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

Errors
San Gabriel High School, despite its name is located within the city boundaries of Alhambra. See pg 77 -- City Housing Elemet for boundary map http://www.cityofalhambra.org/government/city_clerk/downloads/HousingElement_08-14.pdf

I do not have a good source but Alhambra does NOT border Rosemead. The South East is Monterey Park and San Gabriel. I think this confuses the city with the school district, which does include parts of Rosemead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.4.198.177 (talk) 20:06, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

I found a source -- Alhambra does not border Rosemead. http://www.cityofalhambra.org/government/city_clerk/downloads/3_1_regloc.pdf —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.4.198.177 (talk) 07:49, 31 March 2010 (UTC)


 * I recently updated Alhambra, did I miss anything? TY DocOfSoc (talk) 01:27, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

Top employers
If Los Angeles County Department of Public Works has 3,600 employees, then shouldn't County of Los Angeles have more than 1,500 emplyees? Are these 1500 employees from other departments? Or should they be combined. Ucla90024 (talk) 20:05, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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 * That information is the city profile information and was taken from a city publication. Did the city file a copyright complaint or did a bot find this? The document likely is in the public domain and, if not, use of those two paragraphs would qualify under an exception to copyrights for fair use. In addition, what if it was the city itself that posted the information? Geodanny (talk) 08:16, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

City of Alhambra (Los Angeles County) versus Alhambra Valley (part of the City of Martinez in Contra Costa County)
I think it is worth noting that this article is about the City of Alhambra, the city in Los Angeles County (Southern California).

There has been some confusion between the City of Alhambra and Alhambra High School (Alhambra) in Los Angeles County and the Alhambra Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area and its namesake high school,  Alhambra High School (Martinez).

The Alhambra Valley in the S.F. Bay Area is part of the City of Martinez has had some notable residents, including John Muir. Some of its notable residents have bled into articles for the City of Alhambra and its namesake high school. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geodanny (talk • contribs) 02:58, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks for pointing this out. I have added disambiguation sentences to both articles. The high schools already have a disambiguation sentence. If you see any residents here that don't belong, by all means remove them. --MelanieN (talk) 21:35, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

2011 Census?
There is an editor who keeps changing the words "2010 census" to "2011 census". I have changed it back twice. As far as I know the census was in 2010 and there was no "2011 census". If you mean something else, such as a 2011 estimate, please explain. If you change it a third time without discussion, you could be accused of "edit warring". --MelanieN (talk) 01:19, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Ramona Convent Secondary School
I have reaffirmed the deletion of most of the detail about this school. (In fact, I would have gone further and deleted more of it. Note that all the other high schools, including 113-year-old Alhambra High School, are given a mere mention and link - as is proper in an article which is about the whole city.) Ramona Convent School is certainly notable, but it has its own article at Wikipedia, and that is the appropriate place for all the detailed history.--MelanieN (talk) 09:23, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * The History of Ramona involves several important families that established Alhambra as a city. Ramona is a big deal as far as schools go. Not going to discuss any further tonight but as a former Alhambra resident, I hope we can come to a compromise when I am not dead tired. Appreciate all the hard work you do BTW. Namaste... — DocOfSoc •  Talk  •  09:28, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Maybe something could be written in the History section about the important families - rather than lumping them in with the school? And if I am right in thinking that Ramona was the first school in what is now Alhambra, that fact should be added - even if the not-so-relevant-to-the-city stuff like its Blue Ribbon designation is removed. --MelanieN (talk) 15:38, 25 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Agree with MelanieN. Ucla90024 (talk) 18:26, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

City History
Thanks for your additions, DocOfSoc. I would still like to see some more information in the article about the "prominent families" - more than just the mention in connection with the school. Is there information about their role in establishing Alhambra as a city? --MelanieN (talk) 15:28, 27 September 2011 (UTC)


 * will check. ty.  — DocOfSoc • Talk  •  19:21, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
 * There is an enormous amount of history left out of article that can be found here: http://www.cityofalhambra.org/community/history.html Will integrate it as I have time. Any help is appreciated. TY>  Namaste... — DocOfSoc •  Talk  •  19:38, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Why so many Asians?
Why so many Asian residents? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diefromevileye (talk • contribs) 07:53, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * They moved there. Ucla90024 (talk) 13:42, 18 July 2012 (UTC)

Because the Chinese and some Koreans (the strip malls in Valley Blvd. includes some Korean script signs) wanted to live in a suburban community. Alhambra and across the San Gabriel Valley is home to a large, burgeoning Asian (esp. Chinese) population (ethnoburb). Some immigrants from China and Korea preferred the area code "626" as a good luck symbol (in the 1980s and 90s, the local area code was "818" which also represented good luck). 71.102.1.95 (talk) 08:08, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

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"Religion" section seems awkward, and should be either removed, or properly expanded/expained
Currently the section about "Religion" only appears to exist in order to note the headquarters of one particular religious association, and does not speak to any of the many other varied religious beliefs within the city. Therefore at a causal glance are people to assume that the majority of religious belief in Alhambra are members of the Serbian Orthodox church? Clearly that isn't the case, and clearly Serbian Orthodoxy is likely a very minor "religion" in the city of Alhambra.

I will be editing to correct this awkward sub section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8000:5B02:703C:8911:211D:26EE:C24F (talk) 01:25, 8 February 2021 (UTC)