El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of the city of Los Angeles.
El Monte, California
Oldest home in El Monte, built 1849 (photo 1922)
Photo of "Leo the Lion" being recorded for his roar to be heard at the beginning of MGM films.
San Gabriel River (California)
The San Gabriel River is a mostly-urban waterway flowing 58 miles (93 km) southward through Los Angeles and Orange Counties, California, in the United States. It is the central of three major rivers draining the Greater Los Angeles Area, the others being the Los Angeles River and Santa Ana River. The river's watershed stretches from the rugged San Gabriel Mountains to the heavily-developed San Gabriel Valley and a significant part of the Los Angeles coastal plain, emptying into the Pacific Ocean between the cities of Long Beach and Seal Beach.
The channelized San Gabriel River in Los Alamitos, near its confluence with Coyote Creek
The San Gabriel River (right of the I-605 here) changes from dirt to concrete channel in Downey, near the Rio San Gabriel Park (right center)
East Fork at the famed "Bridge to Nowhere"
Morris Reservoir is the lower of two major reservoirs in San Gabriel Canyon
