Wilderness Preserve Plan Moving Toward Public Comment Phase
A Wilderness Preserve Management Plan is moving toward its public comment phase and final consideration, and could be available for public viewing as early as August 25. Environmental documents that accompany the draft plan are now being finalized. Publication of the plan and the accompanying environmental data is tentatively scheduled for Monday, August 25. If [...]
Arcadia Realtors Plan Charity Golf Tournament
Santa Anita Golf Course is the site for the Arcadia Association of REALTORS Annual Charity golf tournament scheduled for Thursday, September 11. The event is sponsored by the AAR’s Real Estate Professionals Auxiliary (REP) and Young Professionals Network. All proceeds from the tournament will be donated to numerous local charities at the end of the [...]
Monrovia is Truly a Dry City
After an exhaustive search for an appropriate Mark Twain quote to help illustrate this photo: We decided to use a John Muir quote instead: “God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. -John Muir Photographs by Terry Miller
New City Manager Selected for Pasadena
Michael J Beck Accepts position as top city Executive The Pasadena City Council has offered Michael J. Beck the position of city manager and he has accepted pending agreement on contractual terms and conditions. He will begin the transition in September, spending time at Pasadena City Hall and in the community, and will assume his [...]
Pasadena Man Arrested for Downloading and Selling Identities of Countrywide Home Loan Customers
Two men were arrested last week on charges related to the illegal access of computers containing personal identification information of Countrywide Home Loan customers and the illegal sale of the data, announced Salvador Hernandez, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI in Los Angeles, and United States Attorney Thomas P. O’Brien. Rene L. Rebollo Jr., [...]
Governator to Chair Breeders’ Cup Host Committee
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has agreed to chair the Breeders’ Cup Host Committee, which will promote horse racing’s most prestigious international event, the 2008 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, to be held at Santa Anita Park on October 24-25. “The very first Breeders’ Cup was run in California, and so it is a special honor to [...]
Arcadia City Council Votes for Voluntary Water Use Reduction
In response to the Governor’s declared statewide drought, the Arcadia City Council voted Tuesday to adopt a voluntary water use reduction of 10% for more than 50,000 residents. The move came at the behest of the city’s water department, who presented a slideshow with pictures of rainier years juxtaposed to the current water levels at [...]
Monrovia City Council Approves 5-Year Contract for Police
The City of Monrovia and its police employees have agreed to a new five-year contract, ending months of contentious public debate over salaries and benefits. Mayor Rob Hammond said that, “this contract will fulfill the City Council’s top priorities of fiscal responsibility and public safety. It keeps Monrovia competitive, while still maintaining the City’s ability [...]
Schwarzenegger Sacks State Workers
On July 31, Governor Schwarzenegger issued an executive order demanding the salary reduction and layoff of California workers in an effort to alleviate the current state budget crisis. Effective immediately, the order reduced the salaries of over 200,000 state workers to minimum wage and terminated the employment of a further 10,300 part-time workers, seasonal workers, [...]
IndyMac Files for Bancruptcy
IndyMac Bankcorp has filed for Chapter 7, a move which will call for liquidation of all the bank’s assets. But IndyMac Federal Bank, ostensibly an arm of the FDIC, continues to operate the new bank. While the future of employees and assets of IndyMac Bankcorp are certainly in difficult straits and shareholders will be left [...]