Monrovia Weekly – February 4th, 2010
Pasadena Playhouse Plans To Reorganize – To Close Temporarily
Pasadena Playhouse, the State Theater of California, has announced today it intends to explore viable options of financial reorganization, including bankruptcy, to determine a responsible solution for its ongoing operations. “We firmly believe it would be irresponsible to continue to operate in the same financial patterns of the past,” said Stephen Eich, Pasadena Playhouse Executive [...]
Don’t Mess With a Little Old Lady
By Dorothy Denne Am I little? Well not exactly, but then, it depends on whom you compare me to. Am I a lady? Well sometimes. Depends on what the occasion calls for. Am I old? Yep. Then again, depends on whom you compare me to. Hopefully I’ll get even older, but I am old. [...]
Pasadena Doctor Flies Bush Plane to Aid Remote Haiti
By Chris Bertrand Dr. Michael Budincich, a Pasadena chiropractor fondly known as “Dr. Bud” to patients and friends is busy preparing his two bush planes to shuttle medical personnel into remote Haiti. As soon as the weather clears enough for safe travel in these single engine craft, this gentle giant of a man and [...]
MAD Residents Voice Concerns with Anti-Gang Efforts
Many Applaud Duarte for Not Joining Monrovia Gang Injunction Residents from Monrovia, Arcadia and Duarte (MAD) and other nearby areas crowded into a standing room only meeting in Duarte Tuesday evening on the heels of two new shootings last week in Duarte and the unincorporated area of Monrovia. Outrage at the recent violence has come [...]
Second Hearing Slated for Public Input on Vulcan Mining Expansion
The Azusa Planning Commission will be conducting its second public hearing regarding the 1,000 page Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the Vulcan Material Company’s request for a Revised Conditional Use Permit and Reclamation Plan on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. The Planning Commission has also set a public hearing on the Vulcan DEIR [...]
Duarte Community Meeting Will Update Residents on Anti-Gang Initiatives
Duarte has set the second in a planned series of Neighborhood Watch community meetings to keep the public up-to-date on what the City is doing to suppress, intervene and prevent gang violence. The next meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 7 p.m. at Maxwell School Cafeteria, 732 Euclid Ave. The public is welcome [...]
