Looking for water? Head north and you'll find it
It might be a cliche, but sometimes a picture really is worth a thousands words.That's a pretty apt description for the reality check I got last week when my wife and I took a vacation that brought us...
View ArticleCar-to-car shooting reported in Pasadena
PASADENA >> An attacker in a car shot at another driver in Pasadena Friday, causing the victims to crash his car but not striking him with gunfire, police said.The shooting took place just after...
View ArticleHow to pair wine with cheese
A popular party question is "if you were stranded on a deserted island what food would you want to have with you? What wine would you drink?" I hope this island has crackers because for me it would be...
View ArticleWhy the Pasadena teacher's union may vote to strike
The Union Teachers of Pasadena said they are still not satisfied with Pasadena Unified School District's final offer proposed last Friday, which could possibly lead to a strike vote by the group.
View ArticleHillary Clinton in LA to fire up supporters, raise money at George Clooney's...
LOS ANGELES -- Hillary Clinton fired up supporters today at Los Angeles Southwest College, part of a daylong swing through Los Angeles that will also see her raise funds for her presidential campaign,...
View ArticleCoachella 2016: San Dimas native Brendan Reilly set to appear with Disclosure
INDIO >> Brendan Reilly is on the top of the world.Reilly, 33, is set to appear on stage with Disclosure during their main stage set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival which starts...
View ArticleAlfonso Ribeiro wins final Toyota Pro/Celebrity race in Long Beach
LONG BEACH >> After 40 years of thrilling race fans, the final Toyota Pro/Celebrity race in Long Beach went out with one final blockbuster show. There were crashes, a hit tow-truck worker, and...
View ArticleRosemead residents threatened at gunpoint after interrupting home burglary
ROSEMEAD >> Two intruders pulled a gun on a woman and her adult son when they arrived home to interrupt a burglary in Rosemead Saturday afternoon, officials said.The victims came home about 3:40...
View ArticleShortage of autopsy doctors is a 'crisis in near future'
The abrupt resignation last month of Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner Dr. Mark Fajardo revealed flaws in Los Angeles County's system of death investigations, through which some 8,500 autopsies are...
View ArticleHigh school, military reunions in and around the San Gabriel Valley
California High School: Class of 1961, Sept. 29-30, 2016. Golf tournament Sept. 29, $70, reservations required, contact Brady Augustine, 760-565-6447. Welcome reception and reunion at the Whittier...
View ArticleI'm an environmental writer and I dread Earth Day
Earth Day is officially Friday. And as someone who writes about the environment, it's a day that I dread.Like activities during Black History Month or Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Earth Day celebrations...
View ArticleGov. Jerry Brown to consider clemency for death row inmate Kevin Cooper
After 33 years in jail -- 31 spent on San Quentin Prison's death row -- Kevin Cooper's last hope of avoiding execution rests in the hands of Gov. Jerry Brown.The defense team for Cooper, convicted in...
View ArticleKevin Cooper timeline of events
January 1983: Kevin Cooper, using the alias David Anthony Trautman, is arrested on burglary in Los AngelesApril 29, 1983: Cooper is sent to the California Institution for Men in Chino after being...
View ArticleA new urgency to find roadside test for drugged drivers
This year, California could join a parade of states marching toward legalization of adult recreational marijuana use. But here, as in Colorado, Washington and other states that have already taken the...
View ArticleTwo men wounded in Pasadena shooting
PASADENA >> A shooting in a residential neighborhood in northwest Pasadena left two men wounded late Saturday, police said.Police received "numerous calls of shots fired" about 9:15 p.m. from the
View ArticleCHP: Hit-and-run crash that injured 6 motorcyclists in Irwindale may have...
IRWINDALE >> Six motorcyclists and two people riding in a sedan suffered major injuries Saturday afternoon in a chain-reaction crash caused by a hit-and-run pickup truck that investigators say...
View ArticleCoachella 2016: Big name acts, surprise performances among weekend highlights
INDIO >> Surprise guests were definitely the fashionable accessory onstage during the first weekend of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival as several unannounced performers turned up...
View ArticlePasadena Police need an independent auditor plus civilian oversight, report says
PASADENA >> A recent report analyzing the need for independent police oversight in Pasadena found a wide disparity in how police are viewed throughout the community.
View ArticleFontana's Summit High elects conservative Muslim prom queen
FONTANA >> Zarifeh Shalabi isn't a traditional prom queen."This was my first dance," said Shalabi, 17, a senior at Summit High School. "I never went to a high school party."Shalabi is a devout...
View ArticleCould Dodgers TV blackout be creating lost generation of young fans?
Bryon Bettencourt can name all of the Dodgers from his youth: Orel Hershiser. Hideo Nomo. Mike Piazza. He was 13, and they were immortal.They became part of his life and he figured when he had kids, a...
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