Pasadena social calendar: January 25
TODAYThe life of Zane Grey, renowned Western author and longtime Altadena resident, will be the topic of the Altadena Historical Society meeting. Altadena Community Center, 730 E. Altadena Dr.,...
View ArticleHow Los Angeles County is using data to reduce the risk of food borne illness
It wasn't long ago when Los Angeles County health inspectors relied on handwritten reports manually filed in boxes to keep track of which restaurants they needed to inspect."LA County got a late start...
View ArticleArcadia students use of city's Dial-A-Ride leaving seniors stranded
ARCADIA >> A service originally intended to help seniors get needed transportation has been adopted by students taking rides to after-school programs, and the city is trying to figure out how to...
View ArticlePasadena's Empty House Party a preview to future Showcase of Design
Pasadena's social circuit is fired up again, and it started with the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA) Empty House Party, which took place last Friday night. This is the annual January powwow...
View ArticleNASA's Opportunity rover celebrates 12 years on Mars
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory's greatest minds expected its two identical Mars Exploration Rovers to last 90 days before dust clouded their solar arrays and drained their power.On Sunday, one of those...
View ArticleCSU leaders to meet this week in Long Beach to discuss new funding sources
Amid continued funding challenges for the nation's largest public college system, Chancellor Timothy P. White will deliver his third annual State of the CSU address during Tuesday's B
View ArticlePublic asked to help catch Orange County jail escapees
SANTA ANA -- Sheriff's officials today appealed for public help in their search for three "very dangerous" detainees who escaped from the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana roughly 16 hours before they...
View ArticleCall of suspicious package at El Monte City Hall temporarily closes parking lot
EL MONTE >> Police closed the rear parking lot of City Hall for less than half an hour Monday as they investigated a report of a suspicious package, officials said."Our search, which lasted about...
View ArticleSuspect swipes steaks, douses security with pepper spray
PASADENA - A 61-year-old man was arrested Sunday night for allegedly stealing steaks from a local supermarket then stopping security with pepper spray.The robbery took place at 10:36 p.m. at Vons, 655...
View ArticleMan taken into custody for allegedly firing gun in public
ALTADENA >> Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies took a man into custody Monday for allegedly shooting a gun in public, officials said.A call came in at 1:50 p.m. that shots were heard at the...
View ArticleDriver arrested on suspicion of DUI, hit wall in Pasadena backyard
PASADENA >> Police arrested a suspected drunk driver who ended up in a backyard and hit a wall early Monday morning.The man complained of neck pain, Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said.The...
View ArticleArcadia double murder suspect served restraining orders weeks prior to...
ARCADIA >> As Arcadia High School held a vigil for two slain students, the suspect in the fatal beatings -- their uncle -- remained in Hong Kong Monday pending extradition to the United States.
View ArticleIf LA gets 2024 Summer Games, Olympic Village will be at UCLA, Media Village...
The Olympic Village will be housed at UCLA if Los Angeles is selected to host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games, officials said Monday.At least 16,000 beds at UCLA will be turned over to...
View ArticleSouth El Monte firebombing first responders detail deadly scene at hearing
POMONA >> The bodies of two of three teens killed in an early morning firebombing at a South El Monte tire shop in April were discovered under a bed in a makeshift bedroom at the business the day...
View ArticleHundreds pay tribute to slain Arcadia brothers at candlelight vigil
ARCADIA >> Several hundred people filled the courtyard of the Arcadia Performing Arts Center Monday night to honor the lives of two slain teenage brothers, whom friends and teachers called...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for January 26, 2016
SOUTH PASADENAGuests speak on healing with dance, writingAuthor Night returns at 7 p.m. Thursday at the South Pasadena Public Library community room, 1115 El Centro St.The free event will feature...
View ArticleGas company confident at relief well progress
A relief well being drilled to stop a massive methane discharge above Porter Ranch is now within several hundred feet of the one that has been leaking for 95 days, a Southern California Gas Co....
View ArticleRecycled water into tap seen as new water frontier
LONG BEACH >> Water providers are feeling the squeeze.The drought, rising populations, and environmental concerns are pushing agencies to move toward what, for most, was unthinkable decades...
View ArticleCentral Basin water board to cut various benefits after state audit
COMMERCE >> Central Basin Municipal Water District's Board of Directors voted Monday to cut its auto allowance, end a community outreach fund and make it more difficult to fire or hire a general...
View ArticleHow Caltrans is studying a pay-per-mile program that could replace the gas tax
Desperate to grow funds for fixing crumbling roads, Caltrans has begun the first pilot study in the state that would assess motorists by the number of miles driven instead of them paying gasoline taxes...
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