Arcadia man gets 5 years for 1971 death of Kentucky toddler
A 66-year-old Arcadia man was sentenced to five years in prison for killing a girlfriend's toddler son in Louisville, Kentucky 43 years ago.Larry Roger Beck admitted to shaking 20-month-old Michael...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for October 14, 2015
PASADENAPanel discusses art, activism in PakistanThe upcoming Conversations@PAM, at 6 p.m. Oct. 24, will be on "Traces of Blood: Art and Activism in Pakistan Today" at USC Pacific Asia Museum. The...
View ArticleLIVE: Coverage of the Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas
Democratic presidential candidates will face off Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015 at a debate in Las Vegas. The candidates are the well-known, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and the lesser-known Jim Webb,...
View ArticleWhy you should be concerned about the gap between retail and wholesale gas...
A consumer advocacy group testified Tuesday that California oil refiners are gouging motorists by hiking retail gasoline prices well above the wholesale price of gas traded within the oil industry.In...
View ArticlePasadena teacher named in molestation lawsuit remains under district...
A Pasadena Unified School District teacher named in a new civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused seven students remains under investigation by the district despite the fact he was never charged by...
View ArticleL.A. County supervisors to spend $15M on homeless housing programs
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed Tuesday to spend $15 million to fund housing programs for the county's homeless.The plan, authored by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and...
View ArticlePrepping for El Nino: L.A. County launches website, deploys sandbags
As part of the preparations underway for an El Niño predicted to hit the region this winter, Los Angeles County officials launched a website to communicate emergency information with residents and...
View ArticleNASA unveils strategies to get humans to Mars
NASA has released an outline for human travel to Mars in the next 20 years, but a lack of details might signify instability when it comes to a budget, according to an advocate with the Planetary...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley weather: Chance of showers, thunderstorms Wednesday
The San Gabriel Valley on Wednesday morning will see patchy low clouds and locally dense fog with visibility of one quarter mile or less, becoming mostly cloudy with 15 mph southwest winds and a 20...
View ArticleThunderstorms possible, humidity to linger in Southern California
Thunderstorms are expected to sweep through the region for the next two days, and forecasters warned that the hot, humid conditions will linger until Sunday, when a cooling trend settles in.But it will...
View ArticleHigh-speed pursuit starts in Rancho Cucamonga, ends in Pasadena
RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A pursuit that went through two counties was sparked by a home burglary call in Rancho Cucamonga and ended in Pasadena Thursday.San Bernardino County Rancho Cucamonga deputies...
View ArticleSouthern California landscape peppered with specialized colleges
For students looking for a quality education at a specialized college -- Southern California is the place to be.Variety brings university students from around the country and the world to the region to...
View ArticleThis Baldwin Park non-profit arts school needs a 'miracle' to stay open
BALDWIN PARK >> When 2 p.m. rolls around at the Creative Planet School of the Arts in Baldwin Park, eighth-grader Aolani Van Clief unlaces her sneakers and slips on point shoes as her classroom...
View ArticleCal State San Bernardino reaches out to first-in-family college students
SAN BERNARDINO >> If no one in your family has ever graduated college, Cal State San Bernardino wants to talk to you.This past June, Cal State San Bernardino awarded 2,350 degrees -- a far cry...
View ArticleCSU school system ramping up to expand its research
They've deepened our knowledge of the great white shark, mapped a century of water courses across Southern California, brightened the outlook for breast cancer, launched the nation's first "battery...
View ArticleCal State Long Beach draws students from all over with powerhouse programs
It took one visit to Cal State Long Beach for Derek Phillips to decide he wanted to be a 49er."Long Beach really caught my eye with the programs they have and the resources they have," said Phillips,...
View ArticleBeyond the diploma: 'Soft skills' most in demand from employers
Good grades and the right diploma aren't enough to guarantee a new graduate can do a good job, experts say.Inland Empire economist John Husing says he hears about it regularly from employers."The thing...
View ArticleWhy your high school senior should attend Cal Poly Pomona next year
POMONA >> The school that would eventually become Cal Poly Pomona began in 1938, as the San Dimas-based Voorhis Unit of California State Polytechnic College.But it was Will Keith Kellogg -- yes,...
View ArticleThe ABCs of applying for financial aid
If sending your first kid off to college is daunting, paying for it is even more so.But help is at hand. Here, with the input of Susan Forbes, a counselor at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga,...
View ArticleCal State Northridge: State's largest campus serves as cultural heart for San...
Since California University State Northridge sprung more than a half century ago out of orchards in the San Fernando Valley, it has served as its intellectual, economic and cultural heart.The state's...
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