Mosquitoes: The downside of collecting rainwater
Riverside resident Pat Oren regularly checks her property and dumps any standing water she finds, even in flower pots.While she was growing up on a ranch in Fresno County, the mosquitoes that bred in...
View ArticleBringing back the 'society hat' in Pasadena
"Cock your hat -- angles are attitudes," was Frank Sinatra's favorite maxim, and now his pithy wisdom has evolved into a new word in the urban dictionary. It's "hattitude," which is defined as "wearing...
View ArticleHow a former Puente Hills oil field became a lush home for wildlife and a...
WHITTIER >> An old oil field in the Puente Hills resembling a moonscape with no signs of life has been restored with blankets of purple sage, yellow sunflowers and milky buckwheat, passing...
View ArticleA fashion 'do' for 2016: The 'I Voted' sticker
For many Inland voters, the reward for doing one's civic duty is best delivered adhesively.Oval and emblazoned with the American flag, "I Voted" stickers have evolved from a simple thank you to an...
View ArticleHow the organizers of Pasadena's Rose Bowl music festival are making a custom...
PASADENA >> When Pasadena approved its three-day music festival, some fans thought of Kendrick Lamar's last show at the Rose Bowl and cringed.The Compton native's performance ended early last...
View ArticlePasadena social calendar for May 9, 2016
WEDNESDAYThe third biennial Rebels With A Cause gala fundraiser honoring Cheryl and Haim Saban, to benefit the USC Center for Applied Molecular Medicine, at USC Keck School of Medicine. Barker Hangar,...
View ArticleSouth Pasadena cop on first patrol and corporal rescue suicidal woman from...
SOUTH PASADENA >> A South Pasadena police corporal and an officer on his first patrol rescued a suicidal woman who was threatening to jump from a freeway overpass Sunday afternoon, officials...
View ArticleLA County's foster moms honored on Mother's Day in Culver City
CULVER CITY >> After living in seven different foster homes, Maggie Lin used to avoid going anywhere on Mother's Day because she didn't know where her mom was.But on Sunday, the Dartmouth College...
View ArticleWant to vote now? Here's the rundown on early voting in Southern California
Eager voters get their first crack at casting ballots today -- as early as 7:30 a.m. in some Southern California counties -- though enthusiasm among Republicans may be diminished now that Donald Trump...
View ArticleAir district, manufacturers to work on developing zero-emission trucks
The regional air quality agency that oversees Inland skies has received $23.6 million in funding for a program to develop and demonstrate zero-emission short-haul trucks that originate at seaports and...
View ArticleSally Jewell hopes to change lives by bringing children to National Parks
WHITEWATER >>A group of about 25 mostly environmentalists and high-level public lands managers bolted into the new Sand to Snow National Monument one afternoon last week.Setting a blistering pace...
View ArticlePedestrian collisions on the rise in the San Fernando Valley
Los Angeles Police Department Officer Guillermo Rocha was stopping pedestrians at a bustling intersection near the North Hollywood Red and Orange Line station one recent afternoon.He stared ahead as...
View ArticleA Noise Within theater announces plans for 25th anniversary year
A Noise Within recently announced its upcoming season and it is fittingly themed "Beyond Our Wildest Dreams." It will be the 25th anniversary of the Pasadena theater company, which was founded in 1991...
View ArticleCalifornia Assembly passes gender-neutral restrooms bill
SACRAMENTO >> California lawmakers passed a proposal Monday that would require all single-person public restrooms to be gender neutral, hours after North Carolina's governor sued the federal...
View Article"New Super-Man" writer Gene Luen Yang explores Asian American culture and...
It's been a big year for graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang. He was named the national ambassador for young people's literature by the Library of Congress and has begun writing for the DC Comics' "New...
View ArticleMuslim Rancho Cucamonga student labeled 'Isis' in yearbook says she will walk...
The Muslim Los Osos High School student who was misidentified as another student named Isis in the yearbook said Monday her senior year has been tarnished by the response and she's not likely to return...
View ArticleDon't expect gas-price drop when Torrance ExxonMobil refinery restarts
The restart of the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance isn't likely to bring a big drop in gasoline prices to Southern Californians, according to AAA experts.Part of the ExxonMobil plant that was damaged...
View Article2 LA County sheriff's deputies go to federal prison for beating handcuffed...
Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were sentenced Monday to more than a year in federal prison for falsifying reports involving a 2009 beating of a handcuffed inmate. U.S. District Court Judge...
View ArticleLA County supervisor candidate forums to focus on children, concerns of...
Candidates vying for two Los Angeles County supervisor seats will square off in separate forums in the San Gabriel Valley Tuesday night ahead of the June 7 presidential primary election.A forum on...
View ArticleFirefighters rescue two cats, two dogs from burning Arcadia home
ARCADIA >> Firefighters rescued several house pets from a burning home in predawn hours Monday, according to fire officials.Fire crews arrived at around 12:44 a.m. after receiving a call of smoke...
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