Property swap that would have given Monrovia a new community center falls...
MONROVIA >> Residents shot down a proposal for a new community center because it involved approving a 50-foot apartment building in Old Town -- something many felt would take away from the city's...
View ArticleBonsignore: Breaking down final steps of NFL move to L.A.
NFL owners will meet Jan. 12-13 in Houston and could vote to allow one or two teams to return to Los Angeles for the first time in 20 years.
View ArticleMcIntyre: Here's to a new and improved me in 2016
Officially, the New Year began at the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, although I suspect most of you pushed your New Year's resolutions until Monday, Jan. 4. Nose to the grindstone, hit the gym, blah,...
View ArticleRobbery goes sour: Hesperia man arrested for stealing 7,500 pounds of candy
HESPERIA >> The payoff wasn't so sweet for a Hesperia man arrested for stealing more than 7,500 pounds of candy from a delivery truck, sheriff's officials said.Jesus Ibarra, 35, was arrested...
View ArticleClaremont dedicates new Shelton Park performance stage
CLAREMONT >> Diana Miller first had the vision for a permanent performance stage at Shelton Park more than four years ago.She was at the pocket park, at the corners Harvard and Bonita avenues,...
View ArticleAir regulator law panel hears proposal to halt Porter Ranch gas leak
GRANADA HILLS >> The proposed order by air regulators is essentially straightforward: that the Southern California Gas Co. control the massive cloud of natural gas that for 12 weeks has sickened...
View ArticlePowerball jackpot world's largest at $1.3 billion
OMAHA, Neb. >> Disappointed you didn't win the Powerball jackpot this weekend? Don't be.Lottery officials say the estimated $1.3 billion prize is the world's largest. Ever."Biggest jackpot in the...
View ArticleWill California's booming economy pay off in pupil spending?
SAN FRANCISCO >> Soaring tax revenues have carried per-pupil education spending in California beyond where it stood before the recession, but even the record sum proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown is...
View ArticleWoman accused of attack on jailer in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A woman attacked a custodial officer at the Pasadena Police Department's jail late Saturday while being booked in connection with a previous alleged battery in South Pasadena,...
View ArticleFirefighters make quick work of restaurant fire at Disneyland
ANAHEIM >> A fire broke out just before noon Sunday at a restaurant at the Disneyland Resort, a police sergeant said, but theme park operations were not affected.Anaheim Fire and Rescue received...
View ArticleRose Parade floats that break down can get fined big bucks, here's how it works
Most years there is at least one beautiful and lovingly crafted floral float forced to finish the 5-mile stretch of the Rose Parade behind a tow truck.It's a painful sight for those who spent all year...
View ArticlePasadena social calendar: January 11
TODAY The British Consul General Chris O'Connor and KCET present a cocktail reception and sneak-preview of the new season of "Doc Martin." The British Residence, 450 S. June St., Los Angeles. 6 p.m.,...
View ArticleHomeless Rosemead man who once saved a man's life finds his own guardian angel
MONTEBELLO >> Looking to end 2015 by "doing something big," triathlete Billie Parsons set out to bicycle 125 miles along the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo riverbeds."It's called a double metric...
View ArticleLooking forward to the future of social events in Pasadena
It's not April -- per poet T.S. Eliot -- it's January that is the cruelest month. It happens every year; the flurry of holiday activities typically grinds to a halt after New Year's Day, and folks tend...
View ArticleObama executive actions could benefit California
California is way ahead of President Obama's executive action to expand background checks on firearm sales: The state, for years, has required the checks for all gun sales, even between private...
View ArticleArcadia theft suspect arrested with use of GPS 'bait package'
ARCADIA >> Police used a GPS-tracked "bait package" to nab a package theft suspect in Arcadia early Sunday, as part of an ongoing initiative launched by police in the weeks leading up to the...
View ArticleMissing mentally, physically disabled Monterey Park man found safe
MONTEREY PARK >> Police found a mentally and physically disabled 40-year-old man who went missing from his Monterey Park home for most of the day Sunday.Guangwei Liu vanished about midnight at...
View ArticleBuy the Playboy Mansion, get houseguest Hef
BEVERLY HILLS -- The Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills is for sale for $200 million, but Playboy founder Hugh Hefner plans to continue to live and work there after the sale, it was announced today."This...
View ArticleStats, a holiday fixture in Pasadena, to close in the coming months
Stats, a one-of-a-kind Pasadena business that has provided shoppers with all things Christmas for more than five decades, is liquidating its inventory and will be closing in the coming months.The...
View ArticleApplications to UC campuses surpass 200K for first time
SAN FRANCISCO >> A record number of prospective undergraduates have applied to the University of California for the fall, the 12th consecutive year of increasing demand and the first time the...
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