The final six wines I'd ever buy, on a bottomless budget
Let's be perfectly frank here -- many of us buy wines because they have a pretty label. Last week I was cruising the wine aisle at the local Bev Mo and started talking to a lady that wanted to fill her...
View ArticleElection 2016: How does kinder, gentler Trump play in California?
The rally at El Dorado Park in Long Beach started slowly as a couple of volunteers unfurled American flags and planted Donald Trump signs in the grass. Red, white and blue balloons danced in a light...
View ArticleArmenian community renews calls for justice on 101st anniversary of genocide
MONTEBELLO >> More than 1,000 members of Southern California's Armenian community gathered here Saturday to reflect on the terrors of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, and call for justice for...
View ArticleLA County beaches and wetlands would become part of national park if new...
As beach crowds boom, sea levels rise and population steadily increases, a new piece of federal legislation aims to wrap the southern Los Angeles County coastline into a federally protected national...
View ArticleWhy pregnant women are being bumped from Covered California coverage
Lynn Kersey has some advice for pregnant women who bought health insurance policies from Covered California and want to keep them: Don't report your pregnancy to the agency."It's not a requirement ......
View ArticleSweeping changes are upon us: Doug McIntyre
The Wife and I are not particularly neat people. While our personal hygiene is beyond reproach, we have a habit of stacking things in piles around the house and forgetting about them. Dry cleaning has...
View ArticleA battle is brewing in Glendora between housing or conservation for foothills...
GLENDORA >> Nestled in the south-facing foothill slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains lies the Gordon-Mull property, a 41-acre expanse of wilderness that shares its borders with the Blue Bird...
View ArticleCalifornia minimum wage increase to drive increase in robotic automation in...
California's minimum wage hikes are going to force logistics firms with low-paid warehouse workers to invest more heavily in robotic technology, according to Inland Empire economist John Husing.Husing...
View ArticleWhittier churches, volunteers provide help for community projects on Serv...
WHITTIER - More than 30 churches and about 1,000 volunteers Saturday performed a variety of volunteer projects -- they fixed up parks, made blankets and even provided free oil changes as part of the...
View ArticleSick of staring at a screen? Take a coloring break
I was having dinner with friends the other evening when a woman and her two daughters sat down at an adjoining table.After a few minutes, I glanced at them. All were laser-focused on their cell phones,...
View ArticleDriver accused of hit-and-run after striking woman, teen in Arcadia crosswalk
ARCADIA >> A driver struck a woman and her teenage niece in an Arcadia crosswalk and fled the scene before being captured nearby Saturday, police said.Officers arrested Rebeca Gonzalez, 54, of...
View ArticleCalifornia jurors misusing the Internet could face fines up to $1,500
SAN FRANCISCO >> Jurors who threaten to derail trials by researching them on Google or posting comments about them on Twitter are often dismissed with nothing more than a tongue-lashing from a...
View ArticleThousands march in Little Armenia to commemorate Armenian Genocide anniversary
Many thousands of Armenian-Americans and their supporters marched in Hollywood's Little Armenia Sunday in commemoration of the 101th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Some carried large Armenian...
View ArticleRobbery suspect arrested in Pasadena after chase, standoff
PASADENA >> Police jailed a robbery suspect Sunday after he led officers on a car chase, then climbed onto the roof of an apartment building before ultimately surrendering, officials...
View ArticlePasadena social calendar for April 25, 2016
WEDNESDAYFoothill Unity Center hosts a salon concert featuring violinist Adam Kendall. Women's City Club, 160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena. Reception: 6 to 7 p.m., concert: 7 to 8:30 p.m., $65 or $120 per...
View ArticleFree Speech Coalition leader: California condom initiative is 'about...
He's known in some circles as Mr. L.A. Leather 2014, but Eric Paul Leue isn't bound to that title alone. As the newly appointed executive director of the Free Speech Coalition, Leue leads an...
View ArticleCops, firefighters, witnesses team up to help San Gabriel woman dragged by...
SAN GABRIEL >> Police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and witnesses took up a collection to help a single mother who was dragged 20 feet by a pickup truck while being robbed of her...
View ArticleGroup supporting global-issue education comes home to Pasadena
On April 7, American Women for International Understanding (AWIU), a non-governmental organization (NGO) supporting women-to-women understanding of global issues, staged its annual tribute to...
View ArticleLongtime KPCC radio personality Steve Julian dead at 57
PASADENA >> KPCC radio news anchor Steve Julian has died from complications of brain cancer, the radio station announced Sunday.Julian, 57, a native of Pomona, had anchored "Morning Edition" on...
View ArticleWindy throughout Southern California, rough surf at beaches
LOS ANGELES -- Powerful winds will lash the Southland today, sailors will confront rough seas, and high surf and strong rip currents will create perilous conditions for swimmers and surfers,...
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