4th of July Events and Fireworks Shows Around Covina CA

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Yesenia Ruvalcaba-Garcia

The 4th of July is right around the corner and since Covina does NOT allow fireworks I thought it would be a good idea to put a list together of 4th of July Events and Fireworks Shows around the Covina area. So between BBQs and pool time make sure you check out some of these 4th of July Events and make time to watch the fireworks shows around the San Gabriel Valley. As always please share your photos on our Facebook Page and tag us (@covinaresidents) on Instagram.

4th of July Events and Fireworks Shows:

Covina:

4th of July Pancake Breakfast and Patriotio Concert

Date: July 4, 2015

Time: 8:30am

Venue: Covina Park

Address:

301 North 4th Ave

Covina, CA 91723

From: City Of Covina Parks And Recreation Department

Website: Click to visit the site

Start the 4th of July off right with a delicious pancake breakfast, and then relax and enjoy the wonderful Covina Concert Band as they present America’s finest

8:30 -10:30am Pancake Breakfast ($5)

8:45-10:00 am Patriotic Concert

West Covina:

Independence Day Celebration At Edgewood Middle School

Date: July 4, 2015

Time: 11:00am to 11:00pm

Venue: Edgewood Middle School

Address:

1625 West Durness Street

West Covina, CA 91790

Website: Click to visit the site

The City of West Covina and the West Covina MDA host the 25th Annual Independence Day Celebration!

Schedule:

3:00pm – 11:00pm – Carnival, food, rides, and games

6:00pm – 9:00pm – Entertainment by Cold Duck

9:00pm – Fireworks Show Sponsored by the City of West Covina and Athens Services

Independence Day Celebration At Hurst Ranch

Date: July 4, 2015

Time: 11:00am to 11:00pm

Venue: Hurst Ranch Historical Center

Address:

1227 South Orange Avenue

West Covina, CA 91790

Website: Click to visit the site

The City of West Covina and the West Covina MDA host the 25th Annual Independence Day Celebration!

Schedule:

8:00am. – 11:00am. – Pancake Breakfast at Hurst Ranch

6:00pm – 9:00pm – Entertainment by Cold Duck

9:00pm – Fireworks Show Sponsored by the City of West Covina and Athens Services

Monrovia:

4th of July Concert & Fireworks Show

Date: July 4, 2015

Time: 3:00pm

Venue: Monrovia Library Park

Address:

321 South Myrtle Avenue

Monrovia, CA 91016

Cost: Free

Website: Click to visit the site

Entertainment will begin at 3:00 p.m. with recorded music, followed by a live band playing from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The Fireworks Show is free of charge and is scheduled to begin at 9:00 p.m. and will last approximately 20 minutes.

Baldwin Park:

4th of July Spectacular

Date: July 4, 2015

Time: 5:00pm to 10:00pm

Venue: Sierra Vista High School

Address:

3600 Frazier Ave.

Baldwin Park, CA 91706

Website: Click to visit the site

At 6:45pm come see a live concert by The Sounds of the Supremes a tribute band, a fantastic vocal blend of Motown classics, standards, and contemporary songs coupled with stylish choreography, and unrivaled glamour. Bring the family for an evening of entertainment, fun, and fireworks from 5:00pm to 10:00pm. Local vendors will provide food and refreshment booths. No Alcoholic Beverages Allowed.

Fireworks at 9:00pm

NASCAR Independence Day Fireworks

500 Speedway Drive,

Baldwin Park, CA 91706

Website: Click to visit the site

Mini Stocks:

3 time Mini Stock Champion Daryl Scoggins celebrating with his Pinto. Mini Stocks are open to any 4-cylinder front or rear wheel drive car. Pinto’s seem to be the car of choice.

Pick Your Part Super Stocks:

2011 Super Stock Champ and long time Irwindale competitor Curtis White celebrating a championship in Victory Lane.

This class is open to any 1970-1987 American made passenger car. These cars at one time had been driven on the streets. They became racecars by being stripped down to the bare frame and put back together with the basic racing essentials including roll cage, racing fuel cell and treaded racing tires.

Time: 7:00 PM (Gates Open 4:00 PM)

La Puente:

Fortunato Jimenez Independence Day Celebration & Firework Show Independence Day Event

Date: July 3, 2015

Time: 5:00pm to 8:59pm

Venue: La Puente Park

Address:

501 N. Glendora Avenue

La Puente, CA 91744

Website: Click to visit the site

Cal Poly Pomona’s Annual Pumpkin Festival is this Weekend! (10/18-10/19)

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Yesenia Ruvalcaba-Garcia

This is not in Covina but it is only a ride over the hill at Cal Poly Pomona! This will be the 5th Pumpkin Festival that I attend, I started going when my son was only a few weeks old and have made it a family tradition ever since. Its such a great event for pictures that you’ll treasure forever, I know I do. Make sure to bring your walking shoes and maybe even a wagon for you to carry the pumpkins in. It tends to be busier the later in the day you get there and parking fills quickly so try to get there early in the morning. If you go make sure you tag @CovinaResidents when you post on Instagram!

Here’s the info from their website:

Food and Activities

Join us for the 22nd Annual Pumpkin Festival where you can choose from thousands of pumpkins right out of the patch ($5 ea). Eat and play games at the College of Agriculture student club booths or head over to our popular Insect Fair featuring nearly 500,000 live and preserved insects (runs from 9am-5pm). We also have a corn maze, petting zoo, horse rides, entertainment, and lots of activities for kids! If you like pancakes, we’ve got them. Join us for our pancake breakfast Saturday morning only from 8am-11am. Bring your appetite! On Sunday, an earthquake simulator as well as FDNY Resue 5, a rolling memorial of the victims of 9/11, will be on display.
For the safety of all our guests, no animals are permitted at the Pumpkin Festival.

Prices (Cash Only-ATM machines are available)

Admission and Parking: FREE (Parking in lot C or Parking structure with shuttle service throughout the festival)
(HANDICAP PARKING with golf cart transport is available in lot “B”)
Pumpkins from the patch: $5 each
Insect Fair at the Bronco Student Center (9am-5pm): $5 for adults; $4 for students, FREE for kids 2 and under
Pancake Breakfast (Saturday only 8am-11am): $5 for adults, $4 for students, seniors, military, and kids 12 and under
Corn Maze: $2
Petting Zoo: $3
Prices are subject to change.

*All proceeds support College of Agriculture student clubs and activities, as well as farm operations.

Click here to view a timelapse of the Pumpkin Festival.

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Map and Driving Directions

The Pumpkin Festival is located at the Farm Store:
4102 S. University Drive, Pomona, CA 91768

Enter your starting address:

Parking: Lot C or Parking Structure (off Kellogg Drive)
Handicap parking: Lot B (with golf cart transport)

Attention Covina Veterans! Habitat for Humanity is looking for you!

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Yesenia Ruvalcaba-Garcia

Veterans sought to apply for four Habitat for Humanity homes

(Photo credit: Fort Rucker)

The Pomona Valley Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications from military veterans for four affordable homes to be built by Habitat volunteers and construction specialists in Walnut, La Verne and Chino Hills.

Veteran families currently living in Chino, Chino Hills, Claremont, Covina, Diamond Bar, Glendora, La Puente, La Verne, Montclair, Ontario, Pomona, Rancho Cucamonga, San Dimas, Upland, Walnut and West Covina may apply. Application forms may be obtained by calling 909-596-7098.

Applicants living in Walnut and La Verne will be given first consideration for the individual houses built in those cities. If no eligible veteran family is found in these two cities, then the La Verne and Walnut houses will be available to other veterans living in the regional Habitat’s 16-city service area, said executive director Jody Gmeiner.

To participate in this program, applicants must first be a veteran of the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines or Navy.

“There must be need, ability to pay a mortgage and a desire to partner” with organizations and individuals in the community, Gmeiner said.

The family must be able to make a $2,500 payment towards closing costs, willing to work 250 or 500 sweat-equity hours on the house it will occupy as well as another house and attend mandatory home ownership workshops, she added.

Volunteers from the general community, churches, service clubs, businesses and local governments build the houses.

The Habitat program allows families to buy houses and fulfill their dreams of home ownership that could not be realized through traditional transactions, Gmeiner noted.

The four veteran houses will be built as part of the Pomona Valley Habitat’s “Salute To Service” campaign.

Groundbreaking for the first house in Walnut will be held in June. It will be a “green” house built as part of a collaborative effort by the Pomona Valley Habitat, Southern California Edison, Peninsula Publishing and the city of Walnut.

Volunteer architects are designing three other homes – one in La Verne and two in Chino Hills.

Habitat for Humanity International is a global nonprofit, ecumenical ministry founded by Millard Fuller in 1976 to eliminate poverty housing and build affordable homes for low- and moderate-income families. The Pomona Valley affiliate is one of 1,500 worldwide. The international organization has served four million families in 3,000 communities to date and operates in 70 countries.

The Pomona Valley affiliate, founded by Ted Woodson, has built affordable houses throughout the Inland and San Gabriel valleys. Several began construction during the L.A. County Fair and the houses were relocated to city sites later for finishing work and landscaping.

Info obtained from the Dailybulletin.com