Smith Park — Attraction in San Gabriel

I was passing by Smith Park in San Gabriel yesterday, Sunday afternoon and spotted the Park Ranger Georgie R. I pulled over and asked how everything is going? He replied, good all good. Let me explain the park and it's history.... Smith Park is our, Park of growing up in the Varrio. We, family , brothers and sisters, and close friends which we refered to as the Homeboys. We can sit and reminisce the days of the past. The Park has changed a lot. First of all, they capped off the little side street that ran north and south behind the Tennis courts to make way to extend the park. Make it a bigger park with more picnic tables and picnic shelters. There was a big parking lot that was removed to enable space to extend the park. I have to admit the lot wasn't being used that much. The employees from the factories used a small portion of it. Other than that there was a lot of empty spaces. When we were growing up there in SG, we would often go to Smith Park to play Tackle Football and later they added the Handball Courts. That was good workouts. I am usually not good with change so I have to remind myself that the world is constantly changing and we have no choice but to change with it as well or we will be left behind. The moral of my story is we who have changed for the better are going to be fine. The ones left behind or had no choice and are not with us anymore. As I often say, " You can take the boy out of the Varrio...but you can't take the Varrio out of the boy." Never forget were you came from and who you are. I pray for all Everyday. As I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my sole to keep if I die before I awake I pray the Lord my sole to take. Amen with respect, signing out from Alhambra the Gateway to the San Gabriel Valley this is Chuy Big Sneeks Viramontes.... San Gabriel Mission...

Beautiful park with many shaded picnic tables. There is parking inside the park via Clary Ave. We started from the Broadway side and there is the red playground. There is a line of about 6 tables heavily shaded with a grill, perfect for summer bbqs or birthday parties. There is a full basketball court right next to it. Next are the handball courts, 4 of them to be exact with nets above to ensure your handball doesn't go flying into the next property. In the middle of the park you will find the pool where they do offer swimming classes. Once you pass the pool area you will find the tennis courts which is divided into two sections. The first section closest to the pool has 4 miniature tennis courts and right next to it is the full size tennis court. Next to that is the other playground that is white and shades of blue. This is right next to the parking lot I mentioned earlier. There is a big grassy area with multiple picnic tables and the grills. Towards the West End of the park there are Cabanas with grills and more picnic tables and animal sculptures that...

Last night at 8pm, a short elderly woman with red coat and brown hair started filming my face with her phone without my consent while waiting in queue for a pickleball court. She got 1ft close to my face. My friends and I told her to stop and evacuated the bench, to which she sat, with blank expression, still pointing her camera at us while we hurried away with our belongings to be closer to other pickleball player groups for safety. When we confronted her and told her to please stop or we will inform authorities, she hysterically yelled “I DARE YOU TO CALL THE POLICE, DO IT, CALL THE POLICE THEN” and other intelligible gibberish. She did not appear mentally well. She was not here for sports nor had children to play in the playground, she was alone. We left the park. Please be careful for this woman and stand up for each other! I am worried she has photos/videos of more people or children who play at the park given there is another review 4 months ago describing a “old dwarf woman”. She has a gray non-iPhone, was around 4ft tall. Be safe and protect...