'Mansionization' conflict fueled by racial tension, San Marino candidate says
SAN MARINO >> The fight against "mansionization" may be a diplomatic way to express annoyance over a flood of rich Chinese immigrants moving into the neighborhood, one City Council hopeful said...
View ArticleAnalysts question costs in Los Angeles 2024 Olympics bid
LOS ANGELES >> City analysts warned that construction costs for athlete housing in Los Angeles' 2024 Olympic bid may be significantly underestimated.The cost of acquiring land and building an...
View ArticleFederal officials join investigations into Pasadena's Huntington Hospital
PASADENA >> A federal agency has joined city, county and state officials investigating Huntington Memorial Hospital after three patients contracted a bacterial infection in July.
View ArticleHow Caltech's 'artificial leaf' could revolutionize the clean energy economy
PASADENA >> Caltech researchers have produced an "artificial leaf" that uses sunlight to generate fuel free of carbon emissions in a process 10 times more efficient than photosynthesis.The...
View Article2024 Summer Olympics bid OK'd by Los Angeles City Council committee
A City Council committee gave its support Friday to a possible city bid to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles.Council President Herb Wesson said a vote by the full council would likely come...
View ArticleFormer Pasadena detective sues for $12 million after investigations into...
A former Pasadena police officer claiming poor training and retaliation caused him crippling anxiety that led to an early retirement has filed a $12 million claim against his former employer.Former...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for August 29, 2015
PASADENAWalk to End Alzheimer's event todayThe Alzheimer's Association will hold its Walk to End Alzheimer's at 8 a.m. Saturday in Lot B at the Rose Bowl, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena.Registration...
View ArticleMt. SAC election forum reflects lawsuits, anti-growth stand of Walnut residents
WALNUT >> Candidates for Mount San Antonio College board of trustees on Friday debated pressing issues swirling around the 420-acre campus, including litigation halting construction of a...
View ArticleCarson woos NFL, christens Stadium Way at ceremony
Carson's elected officials flirted with the National Football League on Friday, gathering news reporters, regional politicians and select residents on a freeway off-ramp to unveil the city's newest...
View ArticleMuslim leaders claim religious discrimination after Inglewood police cancel...
Muslim community leaders questioned Friday whether "Islamophobia" was at play when Inglewood police canceled a scheduled community gathering at Darby Park.At a news conference at Inglewood City Hall,...
View ArticleBaldwin Park mayor, councilman turn in late campaign finance forms
BALDWIN PARK >> The mayor and a councilmember up for re-election in November turned in campaign spending documents on Wednesday, more than three weeks after they were due.Mayor Manuel Lozano and...
View ArticleChinese immigrants targeted in $30 million pyramid scheme
A federal grand jury Thursday indicted a Rowland Heights woman, a former Hacienda Heights couple and two other defendants who are accused of running a $30 million pyramid scheme targeting Chinese...
View ArticleL.A. County Fair has plenty of admission deals
POMONA >> Before planning a visit to this year's L.A. County Fair, take a moment to visit the fair's website and review some of the special offers to save a few bucks on admission. "There's...
View ArticleLa Cañada Flintridge man killed in Malibu car crash on 35th birthday
MALIBU >> Authorities Friday identified a La Cañada Flintridge man killed on his birthday when the car he was driving went about 500 feet down an embankment on a canyon road in Malibu.His name...
View ArticleGive blood and get a free L.A. County Fair ticket
POMONA >> Blood donors who make donations before and during the L.A. County Fair can get a free ticket to the fair, a Fairplex spokeswoman said this week.The American Red Cross and several...
View Article3 candidates face off for 2 South Pasadena Unified school board seats
SOUTH PASADENA >> One incumbent and two challengers are competing for two board of education seats in South Pasadena Unified School District's Nov. 3 election.Thirteen-year school board veteran...
View ArticleMore than 80 employers meet with job-seekers in Alhambra
When Dennis Browning quit his job as the franchise owner of a business that sells room deodorizing systems, he wasn't counting on being out of work long.But that was two years ago. And he's still...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley weather forecast: Slightly cooler for Saturday
The San Gabriel Valley on Saturday will see sunny skies with light winds in the afternoon. Highs will be in the low 90s to around 100.Saturday night will be mostly clear with 15 mph southwest winds in...
View ArticleTwentynine Palms couple charged in 2002 dismemberment of Pennsylvania man
STROUDSBURG, Pa. >> A Twentynine Palms man and woman have been charged with the killing and dismemberment of a northeastern Pennsylvania man more than 13 years ago.State police in Monroe County...
View ArticleMarchers seek justice for slaying of sheriff's Explorer in South Whittier,...
SOUTH WHITTIER >> Hundreds of loved ones, friends and community members marched through South Whittier on Friday in a call for justice for the murder of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department...
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