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El Monte

American  
[el mon-tee] / ɛl ˈmɒn ti /

noun

  1. a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.


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Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles, founded in South El Monte, rewrote the rules of music, becoming the first all-woman mariachi ensemble that has entertained for more than three decades.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

The California Highway Patrol said there was flooding at onramps to the 10 Freeway in El Monte and the 605 Freeway on the southern border of Baldwin Park.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

As a high school infielder at Arroyo High in El Monte, James Baker was given his choice of uniform numbers.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

The ballot proposal would not apply to athletic venues planned by LA28 in other nearby cities, such as Long Beach, Carson, Inglewood, Anaheim and El Monte.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025

Every one in Orchard Glen had received an insulting valentine from El Monte last Winter, and everybody, of course, blamed her and was as mad as mad could be.

From In Orchard Glen by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller