Local community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for July 22, 2015
ALHAMBRAParty in the Park set for Special Olympics celebrationThe city hosts a Party in the Park from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in honor of the German delegates for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games,...
View ArticleMan shot in San Gabriel riverbed in Norwalk
A man walking on a Norwalk riverbed was shot four times by two men early Tuesday morning. The injured 41-year-old ran to a nearby gas station to get help.The sheriff's Norwalk station received a call...
View ArticleJackknifed big rig snarled traffic on westbound 210 Freeway in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A big rig that jackknifed on the westbound 210 Freeway near Lake Avenue in Pasadena threw additional traffic woes to the thousands of soccer fans making their way to the Rose Bowl for...
View ArticleIrwindale joins #PinkPatchProject campaign to fund cancer research at City of...
IRWINDALE >> Police officers will be donning new colors for the next few months as the department participates in the Pink Patch Project.The Irwindale Police Department announced Tuesday its...
View ArticleOne held after man stabbed in Duarte
DUARTE >> One man was hospitalized late Tuesday after being stabbed at a coin laundry facility, officials said.One person was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after the...
View ArticlePasadena hosts, welcomes Special Olympics torch run and athletes
"Pump, pump, pump it up!!"Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek had the help of more than 100 community members to welcome the Special Olympics delegates from Namibia, Tanzania and Singapore to their host city...
View ArticleCalifornia's top education official plans new accountability system to rate...
California's top education official Wednesday promoted plans to create a new accountability system to rate schools as well as a less divisive method for negotiating contracts with labor unions. In an...
View ArticleParents of grown children with developmental disabilities worry about future
The doctors told Elizabeth Criss that a child with her daughter's disorder would only live until she was 8.She would suffer from seizures, the doctors said. She would likely be unable to communicate...
View ArticleTransportation snafus force 1,500 Special Olympics athletes to sleep on LMU...
Some 1,500 Special Olympics athletes and coaches arriving in Los Angeles this week were forced to sleep on a gymnasium floor because of a logistics foul-up that prevented them from getting to their...
View ArticleReality show star Loredana Nesci found slain in Redondo Beach home, boyfriend...
Reality show star Loredana Nesci, an L.A. police officer turned attorney, was found slain Wednesday at the Redondo Beach home she shared with her boyfriend, who called police to report the death and...
View ArticleL.A. County district attorney lays out plan to divert mentally ill inmates...
To cope with the number of mentally ill inmates in the county's overcrowded jail system, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey will propose a diversion program that would offer treatment...
View ArticleLawsuit filed by Bill Cosby accuser moves forward
The state Supreme Court declined Wednesday to hear a legal challenge by Bill Cosby's lawyers to a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by the comedian at the Playboy Mansion...
View ArticleCoding, programming summer camps offered at Caltech
PASADENA >> The iD Tech company is working with universities such as Caltech to ensure today's youth are prepared to enter the fastest and oftentimes most lucrative career fields -- those...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for July 23, 2015
PASADENATournament Foundation holds Soulcycle fundraiserThe Tournament of Roses Foundation will hold a cardio party fundraiser at 11:15 a.m. Saturday at Soulcycle, 140 Lake Ave., Pasadena.All proceeds...
View ArticleThird suspect arrested in fatal Montebello restaurant robbery
MONTEBELLO >> Detectives on Wednesday announced the arrest of a suspect in the weekend restaurant robbery where the owner fatally shot two other suspects.Montebello Police Lt.
View ArticleEl Monte council members storm out of meeting, want to censure mayor
EL MONTE>> Political discord here has gone from bad to worse this week, with two City Council members storming out of a council meeting and one taking steps to officially censure the mayor,...
View ArticleLa Verne ham radio operators honored as 'unsung heroes'
LA VERNE >> The La Verne City Council gave a heartfelt "thank you" to the seven ham radio operators described as "unsung heroes" when disaster strikes.If no one else can communicate, the LASERS...
View ArticleOfficials: Height, setbacks along Glendora's Route 66 corridor could be...
GLENDORA >> Residents have spoken and officials are listening: the height of new developments along Route 66 could be reconsidered as the Planning Commission begins wrapping up its review of the...
View ArticleVice President Joe Biden pushes for higher federal minimum wage
Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday used the factory floor of a North Hollywood manufacturing plant to push for a federal minimum wage hike and rail against income inequality. Addressing a crowd of...
View ArticleBody of man decomposed in car near arsenal at Pacific Palisades home
LOS ANGELES >> The body of a mystery man was decomposing in his car in the ritzy Pacific Palisades neighborhood for nearly two weeks before he was found by authorities, an attorney said...
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