Weekend events: Marina V and Aireene Espiritu in concert among top 10 things...
MUSICTwo TunesmithsMarina V and Aireene Espiritu: singer-songwriters, perform in concert. Presented by the Pasadena Folk Music Society. 8 p.m. Aug. 22, Beckman Auditorium, Caltech, 400 S. Wilson Ave.,...
View ArticleReal student journalism survives in the Facebook age: Larry Wilson
Considering that I can't recall the last time I saw anyone under 18 actually reading a newspaper, reports of the demise of high school newspapers don't exactly come as a surprise.But there are earnest...
View ArticleCalifornia elected leaders urge Legislature to add transportation money
LOS ANGELES >> Don't kick the problem of California's decaying infrastructure down the potholed road.That was the message a group of elected leaders delivered Friday in Los Angeles, as they urged...
View ArticleArcadia fifth-graders 'On Top of the World' in new lip-dub video
ARCADIA >>A series of "lip-dubbing" music videos created by Arcadia students over the past few years has inspired the newest addition in the growing trend -- a group of rising sixth-graders...
View ArticleRape suspect arrested after neighborhood search in El Monte
EL MONTE >> Police arrested an alleged rapist also sought in connection with the murder of a Fresno County woman Friday after a neighborhood search that lasted about four hours, officials...
View ArticlePasadena police officers take kids back-to-school shopping
PASADENA >> Pasadena police officers teamed with Target and the Pasadena Rotary Club to outfit 20 local kids with new back-to-school supplies Friday.The event was the Pasadena Police Department's...
View ArticleCaltech physicist Charles Barnes of Pasadena dies at 93
PASADENA>> It was Charles A. Barnes curiosity of the world that led him to great discoveries. The Pasadena resident and professor of physics, emeritus, at Caltech died Aug. 14 at the age...
View ArticleLawsuit over license plate scanners heading to California Supreme Court
Two advocacy groups suing the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for access to data from automated license plate readers have won a chance to argue before the...
View ArticleRegal movie theaters in Southern California add bag checks
Popcorn. Check. Nachos. Check. Security checkpoint. Check.It is a new normal at some theaters from the South Bay to the Inland Empire, where Regal Entertainment Group has asked its 580 theaters...
View ArticleMan fatally shot on Pasadena street
PASADENA >> A man died in a broad-daylight shooting along Washington Boulevard on Friday afternoon, police said.The shooting took place just before 5:30 p.m. in a parking lot behind a series of...
View ArticlePico Rivera man pleads not guilty in child porn extortion case
A 19-year-old Pico Rivera man is facing several life sentences after prosecutors allege he used social media to extort girls as young as 12 to send him nude photos and videos.Between January and April,...
View ArticleHuntington Hospital bacterial outbreak infected 3 patients
The Pasadena Public Health Department is investigating a potential link among bacterial infections in three Huntington Hospital patients that contracted pseudomonas after undergoing endoscopic...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for Aug. 22, 2015
TEMPLE CityCommunity mural to be dedicatedThe city and the L.A. County Library will hold a dedication for the "Temple City on Parade" mural at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Temple City Park, 9701 Las Tunas...
View Article5 candidates run for 2 San Marino City Council seats
SAN MARINO >> Three challengers will face two incumbents for a pair of City Council seats up for grabs in the Nov. 3 election.Although all the candidates oppose a "mansionization" trend in San...
View ArticleCalifornia drought may exacerbate wildlife-human encounters
LOOMIS >> The scarcity of food in the wild has been blamed for unusual animal activity during California's drought including a recent bear attack, mountain lion sightings and an uptick in...
View ArticleSouth Pasadena residents help capture alleged thief
SOUTH PASADENA >> Three South Pasadena residents helped police capture a man police said stole a bicycle and tried to steal a delivery van early Saturday, police said.Edwin Lopez, 32, of Los...
View ArticleWant to keep your lawn from going brown? Try Soil2O
Many Southern California lawns are going brown as cities implement stiffer water restrictions amid the state's ongoing drought.But before you rip out your grass and replace it with drought-tolerant...
View ArticleWhy Chinatown restaurants have more health, safety issues than most of LA County
Rodents and cockroaches crawling through crumbling walls in Chinatown have contributed to a nasty vermin problem, making restaurants and markets in this historic area some of the most unsanitary and...
View ArticlePeking duck is so important to Chinese culture it got a health code...
The iconic roast ducks hanging the windows of Chinese restaurants once sparked a controversy in California, where legislators chose to accommodate an ethnic minority despite public health concerns.In...
View ArticleMt. SAC candidates talk about parking garage, perks and satellite campuses
Although two district races for Mt. San Antonio College board fall geographically outside the battle grounds of a war raging between the community college and the city of Walnut, the issues of zoning,...
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