Beacon Media Server Stays Dry, for Now
The influx of unseasonable rain showers to the foothills has caused a leakage into the roof of the world Headquarters of Beacon Media, Inc. in Monrovia. Workers were forced to improvise a makeshift rain shield in order to ensure that the Beacon server wasn’t harmed in the indoor flash flood. Said Terry Miller, photographer for [...]
Louise Dowler
Louise Dowler, 83, of Brookings-Harbor, OR, died May 5, 2008 in a local hospital of natural causes. She was born Sept. 17, 1924 in Defuniak Springs, Florida; a daughter of Jacob Ambus and Anna Ellen Lee (Bell) Bishop. Mrs. Dowler was raised in Avon Park, Florida and graduated from high school there as the class [...]
MPOAches: Citizens March for Resolution
Protesting PR tactics, Monrovians express worry over image and home values. In the next installment of the Monrovia police salary dispute, residents demonstrated outside the Monrovia police station Friday night to voice their encouragement and disapproval of the Monrovia Police Officers Association’s recent billboards reading, “You’re Approaching Monrovia. Higher Violent Crime. Thank The City Manager [...]
There Really Are Blue Eggs
New recipe book by local writer has just been released. Jeanne Thiel Kelley grew up in the Pasadena area, got all her education right here. All, that is except her specialty, which is cooking. Kelley has top-flight training. She attended La Varenne Ecole de Cuisine in Paris, has been affiliated with Bon Appetit magazine for [...]
The Social Whirl – 5/15/08
“Gala Bel Canto To Honor Artists, Hosted by Pasadena Based LACC” A quartet of eminent artists and arts patrons will be honored at the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus’ (LACC) festive Gala Bel Canto on Thursday, May 22, 6 p.m., at the California Club in downtown Los Angeles. Honorees include Grant Gershon, music director of the [...]
“Chickens and Cherries” – Dorothy’s Place
There is a lady in town named Margaret who, I’ve learned, is a regular reader of “Dorothy’s Place.” She sent me a note and a clipping from her hometown newspaper. She said she thought I might find it interesting and maybe I could use it for a column. Margaret was right. I found it interesting [...]
Nature’s Garden, Goosed By Helping Hands – Ask Garden Gal
The split personality required to be a gardener and a writer has caught me off guard. Again. Where’s Jake Gittes when I need him to slap some sense into or outta me. “I’m a gardener! I’m a writer! I’m a gardener!” So gardening won the arm wrestle this week. Hence, I’m too sore to dip [...]
Reel Truth Reviews – 5/8
IRON MAN Reformed bad boy Robert Downey Jr plays Tony Stark, a billionaire weapons maker who takes the law into his own steel-bot hands after the blatant misuse of his weaponry (Iraq war, cough). Sure Iron Man may not have the fanboy cache of Spider Man, but I’m willing to bet that Hollywood could rake [...]
Greg’s Getaway – Barefoot Luxury on the Big Island of Hawaii
It was one of the most exotic and unique rooms I’ve ever stayed in. Built upon an ancient field of black lava rock, it looked like a hut on the surface of mars. But with secluded beaches only steps away, it was a true Polynesian paradise. My getaway to the Kona Village Resort began after [...]
Statewide Shifts Favor Dems
Perhaps reflecting the continued excitement from the February Presidential primary, the Democratic party continues to show a substantial increase in registered voters as the deadline nears to register for the state primary. Democrats total nearly 7 million in the state, an increase of half a million since 2004 and a jump of some 200,000 since [...]