Video Production Students Graduate at KGEM Studio
There’s a new group of locals in Monrovia, representing all ages and walks of life. Some are in high school and some are in retirement. But most of them are working people just trying to keep up with a difficult economy. But they all have at least one common experience: They are all graduates of [...]
Monrovia Council Adopts Austere Budget Cutting Employees, Programs
Monrovia’s City Council has adopted a balanced but austere two-year budget that cuts employees and trims programs in the face of continued revenue losses due to the national economic downturn. The Council, in a unanimous vote Tuesday, June 16, closed a potential $2.6 million gap in the budget caused primarily by decreasing sales tax revenues. [...]
Monrovia Weekly – June 25th, 2009
Cruising the Columbia River aboard an American Safari Yacht, Part 1
There are many great memories that come to mind as I recount my nine-day yacht cruise down the Columbia River. There are colossal dams with massive steel locks, giant gorges cut through mountains, behemoth barges and ships drifting past cabin windows, spectacular unspoiled landscapes teeming with wildlife, tiny deserted islands, roaring rapids, historic images of [...]
Eagle Scout Soars High in Monrovia
Gabriel Pierce’s Eagle Scout project is to help underprivileged women in the Los Angeles area. With the hope of obtaining his goal, he sponsored a car wash with other scouts from Troop 135 on Saturday morning at the Aztec Hotel. Pictured putting the gleem back in this vintage MGB are: Gabriel and his brother Dominick [...]
Welcome, Grads.
Monrovia High School had a sea of graduates waiting for pomp and circumstance to start playing. The graduates received their diplomas at Citrus College in Glendora Tuesday evening due to their school’s ongoing construction. Although parking was a bit of a problem, parents and friends didn’t seem to mind the long walk to the [...]
Monrovia Weekly – June 18th, 2009
Monrovia High School Class of 2009 Commencement Held at Citrus College
Photographs of Graduation ceremonies for Monrovia High School California held at Citrus College
Unclear Rules Governing Local Non-Profit Studio Delay Contract Renewal
Monrovia Council Members Ask KGEM for Openness in Membership, Record Keeping and Public Input Unlike most cities in Southern California, whose government and cable access channels are produced and programmed by a city-owned and operated studio, Monrovia’s channels are managed by a non-profit organization called Community Media of the Foothills (CMF) which either produce content [...]
Monrovia Weekly – June 11th, 2009
