Original sentence: The Japanese Americans were the first Asians to settle in the San Gabriel Valley, such as in East LA, Montebello and Monterey Park
Edited sentence: By the late 1880s, there was a growing Japanese pioneer population in Pasadena and elsewhere.Filipinos and Asian Indians also served as laborers in the Valley.Like the rest of California, early Chinese pioneers settled into the Valley mostly as laborers.Mostly a bachelor society, the early Chinese did not leave many descendants.The Japanese Americans settled in the San Gabriel Valley, such as in East LA, Montebello and Monterey Park.They packed oranges, picked walnuts, do construction, laundries, and were used as cooks and servants in the homes of the wealthy