Beacon Media News Now Offers Photos For Sale
Throughout the course of our years covering events in the San Gabriel Valley, photographer Terry Miller has had some unique opportunities to capture images such as those seen in this slideshow. Beacon Media will soon be adding a feature to our website offering these and literally hundreds, perhaps thousands more images for sale, all suitable [...]
Sierra Madre Rotary Donates $10,340 to Fire Dept. For Specialized Radios
Steve Heydorff thanks Rotary for the two radios – Photo by Terry Miller The Rotary Club of Sierra Madre raised $10, 340 toward the purchase of two Motorola XTS 5000 Digital Radios. The club presented a check to the Sierra Madre Fire Department on Tuesday, July 29. This goal was realized through the club’s Annual [...]
State’s Municipal Budget Grab Could Seriously Affect Pasadena’s Public Health
At a conference Thursday morning, Pasadena officials, who are anticipating a 10% cut in critical services this fiscal year, highlighted some of the services which may be seriously hit. Pasadena director of public health, Dr Takashi Wada said he was very concerned that public health could be at risk by the mandates issued by Gov. [...]
Walter T Shatford Honored by Kiwanis Club
Walter T. Staford was honored at the annual barbeque for the Temple City Kiwanis Saturday night. VIPS and about a hundred guests attended the celebration. Walter is flanked by his wife Sara and daughter Sara at Saturday’s event Congressman Schiff and Assemblyman Portantino were on hand to thank the veteran lawyer who has dedicated his [...]
Elvis Still Draws a Crowd thanks to Rotary of Sierra Madre
Elvis arrived in Memorial Park in typical Vegas style Sunday night, in a vintage red Corvette. The King, wearing his trademark white jumpsuit covered in jewels, jumped out of the car greeted his adoring fans and went right on stage to start his set. The fans went wild when Elvis ( aka Harry Shahoian ) [...]
Sinkhole Closes Part of Pasadena Freeway
Caltrans crews fill a large sinkhole with concrete which has closed two lanes of the northbound 110 freeway at Fair Oaks Avenue as of early Thursday morning. A damaged pipe appears to be the cause of the sinkhole The freeway has been shut down past Fair Oaks Avenue since late last night, officials said. Photos [...]
FBI Probes IndyMac Bank
Update: FBI Probing IndyMac’s Business Practices The Associated Press is reporting that IndyMac Bancorp Inc. is under investigation for fraud in connection with home loans. The FBI’s probe of the bank has been ongoing for a while according to numerous reports. The investigation is focused on the company — which was taken over last Friday [...]
Pasadena Heritage Celebrates The Colorado Street Bridge Saturday
Live music with Snotty Scotty and the Hankies, one of Pasadena’s most beloved and wacky bands, dancing , vintage cars, lots of activities for kids of all ages and of course, food and drink of every kind imaginable will accentuate one of Pasadena’s biggest parties of the year. During the Great Depression, apparently there were [...]
This Week-end: A Musical Summer Night at Descanso Gardens
The Pasadena POPS Orchestra continues to rack up big points with local audiences. The POPS are popular and they are respected. Conductor Rachael Worby knows the value of entertaining her crowd from beginning to end with anecdotes about her guest artists and information about the music. As part of The Orchestra of Pasadena, she has [...]
Preliminary Agreement Reached on New Contract for Monrovia Police
Preliminary agreement has been reached in the salary and benefit dispute between the City of Monrovia and the Monrovia Police Officers’ Association (MPOA). The MPOA’s membership voted over the past week to accept the deal points for a five-year labor contract that had been agreed to by both City and MPOA negotiators. Wording of the [...]