Temple City Camellia Festival Parade Participants Endure Plenty of Precipitation

Despite all logic, the 2010 Camellia Festival Parade kicked off Saturday morning amid pouring rain. While many wondered why the parade wasn’t rescheduled, shivering children and soaking saxophonists paraded down Las Tunas to the cheers of a handful of brave souls who were watching from the comfort of business doorways along the route. At times [...]

Camellia Festival Parade Gets a Soaking

Despite all logic, the 2010 Camellia Festival Parade kicked off Saturday morning amid pouring rain. While many wondered why the parade wasn’t rescheduled, shivering children and soaking saxophonists paraded down Las Tunas to the cheers of a handful of brave souls who were watching from the comfort of business doorways along the route. At times [...]

Proposed Piazza Project Litigation Update

Proposed Piazza Project Litigation Update On April 14, 2008, the City filed suit against TCD Enterprise, LLC and its principal, Randy Wang (collectively “Wang”), the developer of the Piazza Las Tunas Project, commonly referred to simply as the “Piazza.” The Piazza was to be located at the northeast corner of Las Tunas Blvd and Rosemead [...]

Camellia Festival Gets Off to a Wet Start – The Show Must Go On

Despite all logic, the 2010 Camellia Festival Parade kicked off Saturday morning amid pouring rain. While many wondered why the parade wasn’t rescheduled, shivering children and soaking saxophonists paraded down Las Tunas to the cheers of a handful of brave souls who were watching from the comfort of business doorways along the route. At times [...]

Rain Cancels Santa Anita Racing – Again

Santa Anita officials announced that live racing for Saturday has been cancelled due to heavy overnight and early morning rain, which was expected to continue throughout the afternoon. The announcement was made at 9:45 a.m. Saturday’s nine race program was to be highlighted [...] FULL STORY: http://arcadiaweekly.com/latest-news/rain-cancels-santa-anita-racing-again/

Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce to Host Candidate Forum at City Hall March 8

The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce will host a City Council Candidate Forum on Monday, March 8th from 6:30 to 8:30pm. The Forum will be held at City Hall in the Council Chambers, 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. All candidates have been invited to participate. The forum will be conducted by the League of Women [...]

4th Annual Iranian New Year Celebration Norooz Slated for March 11 in Pasadena

4th Annual Iranian New Year Celebration Norooz Slated for March 11 in Pasadena By Terry Miller This March, as millions of Iranians and Iranian Americans celebrate Norooz, – they may be joined by an unlikely group: the United States Congress. H.Res.267, the Norooz Resolution, was unanimously approved January 27, 2010 by the House Oversight and [...]

Police Discover Body of Actor, Activist Andrew Koenig

According to police, the body was discovered in the Stanley Park area today at around noon. Koenig has been missing since February 14. The body of Growing Pains star Andrew Koenig, who had been missing for nearly two weeks, was discovered in a Vancouver park Thursday. He committed suicide, his father said. Friends of Koenig [...]

Paragon At Old Town Monrovia Now Renting

Photo by Terry Miller By Susan Motander Paragon At Old Town, the new complex on Myrtle Avenue between Olive and Walnut Avenues, is set to open in the beginning of April, but is already renting units. Very soon traffic on Myrtle Avenue will return to normal. Part of the snarls have been created by the [...]

Family Argument Leads LAPD Officer to Kill Son in Unincorporated Monrovia

The Los Angeles County Coroner Friday identified the 17-year-old boy who was shot to death by his father in an unincorporated county area near Monrovia Thursday night. Brian Macias died Thursday night after his father allegedly shot him during an quarrel at the 100 block of East Andre Street. The shooting occurred around 6 PM [...]