Photos: Pet Halloween 2015 costume contest winners
We sent out a call for entries for the 2015 Halloween Pet Costume Contest asking for people to submit their best pet costume photos. More than 260 people sent in photos and not just from Southern...
View ArticleDAs, police, family of slain push for death penalty changes
California prosecutors, police officers and family members of the slain launched a campaign Friday to speed up executions for murderers sentenced to death.Sacramento district attorney Anne Marie...
View ArticlePomona police to use educational ecstasy handout at Hard Day of the Dead...
A shelved educational handout designed to prevent ecstasy deaths among ravers has found new life through the Pomona Police Department.The department plans to put out 20,000 copies of its "Play Hard,...
View ArticleEmergency winter shelters for homeless set to open Sunday across Los Angeles
With the threat of an El Niño storm system looming and many of the area's homeless living along washes and in makeshift encampments, local emergency winter shelters are set to open Sunday, a month...
View Article4 things you may not have known about Halloween
Candy, costumes and Jack-o'-lanterns are staples of Halloween holiday -- which is relatively new to America, having only become popular in the early 1900s -- but the modern celebration is quite...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for October 31, 2015
ARCADIAPresentation on music of Johnny MercerArcadia Senior Services will hold an informative musical presentation about the life and music of Johnny Mercer at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Community...
View ArticleSierra Madre to call in top 30 water users; other cities concerned about...
While the cities from the San Gabriel Valley and Whittier area avoided being hit with penalties on Friday, many are struggling to meet water conservation mandates sent down from Sacramento.Sierra...
View ArticleCalifornians reduce water use by 26 percent; state fines water hogs for first...
The State Water Resources Control Board fined four entities $61,000 each for failing to reach water conservation targets, even though Californians met overall savings goals for the fourth month in a...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley weather: Sunny, warm for Halloween
The San Gabriel Valley on Halloween will see sunny skies with light winds. Highs will be around 90.Halloween night will be clear with light winds. Lows will be in the mid 50s to around 60.The outlook...
View ArticleChronic homeless find help in supportive housing, but some question the costs
The will to live led Barbara Tucker away from dying homeless and alone on the streets of Los Angeles.Tucker ran away from her Oakland home at age 14 to escape an abusive stepfather, survived being...
View ArticleFans line up to meet Princess Leia at Comikaze
Princess Leia was ill.Carrie Fisher, who plays the iconic character in "Star Wars," emerged from behind a black curtain wearing a purple jacket, glasses and slacks. No flowing white gown. No laser gun....
View ArticleWhat local Chinese Americans think of the end of the one-child policy
Southland economic, political and education leaders are applauding China's move to scrap its decades-old one-child policy in favor of allowing families to have two children.China's ruling Communist...
View ArticleAmerican Pharoah's final race a winner in Breeders' Cup Classic
LEXINGTON, Ky. >> Hail and farewell, American Pharoah.The Triple Crown champion won the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic by 6 1/2 lengths Saturday, taking charge out of the gate in his final race...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley weather: Sunny, cooler for Sunday
The San Gabriel Valley on Sunday will see sunny skies with light winds in the afternoon. Highs will be in the mid to upper 80s.Sunday night will be mostly clear with light winds in the evening,...
View ArticleOctober heat breaks Southern California records
LOS ANGELES >> October 2015 will go down as the hottest October ever in most of Southern California, as the average high temperature was 4 degrees hotter than the previous hottest October.A large...
View ArticleMore than 300 arrested at electronic music festivals in Pomona, San Bernardino
Tens of thousands of electronic music lovers swarmed to electronic music concerts in Pomona and San Bernardino over the Halloween weekend, resulting in more than 300 arrests, but no major incidents,...
View ArticleLA County workers poised to get 10 percent raise, additional vacation and new...
In what one union is calling a "breakthrough contract," Los Angeles County workers are poised to receive a 10 percent pay raise, an extra week of vacation and a new paid holiday if a tentative labor...
View ArticleHow new Southern California grocers plan to succeed where Haggen, Fresh &...
Haggen and Fresh & Easy's pullout of Southern California's grocery industry doesn't exactly bode well for the soon-to-arrive new kids on the block.But they're coming -- and they're bringing lots of...
View ArticleMissing Pasadena man found in San Ysidro
PASADENA >> A man with Alzheimer's disease who was reported missing in Pasadena Friday turned up safe in San Ysidro Sunday morning, police said.Jorge Correa, 78, of Pasadena was reported missing...
View ArticlePasadena social calendar: November 2
MONDAYThe Woman's Civic League Luncheon featuring Sonia Maljian, Director of Arcadia Methodist Hospital Laboratory. The Women's City Club, 160 N. Oakland Ave., Pasadena. Noon, $20....
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