
Turkeys, hams, cranberry sauce, stuffing and desserts are the basics at most family holiday celebrations. But for hundreds of local families who are struggling through hard times, none of them would be on the menu without generous neighbors willing to share the season’s bounty. With its annual holiday food and toy distributions just weeks away [...]

OPINION By Susan Motander Last Week I was listening to talk radio while driving to a medical appointment. Caller after caller complained to the host about the new scanners being used by the Transportation Safety Administration. Most of the men calling in were concerned about the “intrusive” nature of the body scans and the more [...]

Wildlife Groups Invite Public To Learn How To Coexist With Coyotes Meeting Called as Arcadia Has Already Snared 15 Coyotes, Including Two Juveniles In the wake of the Arcadia City Council’s hurried decision to try to eradicate coyotes in the community through the use of painful and deadly snares, three wildlife-protection organizations and a local [...]


Angeles National Forest Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau investigators responded to the Mount Lowe Railway Trail, located in the Angeles National Forest, along with Altadena Search and Rescue Team members to investigate the circumstances surrounding found human remains on Sunday Trail hikers discovered the remains and alerted Altadena Sheriff’s Station personnel. No evidence of foul play was [...]

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles opened the doors of its new outpatient services center in Arcadia on Nov. 1, bringing the clinical expertise of its doctors, nurses and staff to area residents. The outpatient center is known as Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Arcadia and is located at 468 E. Santa Clara St. A variety of [...]

By Susan Motander On August 31, Monrovia Fire Captain Dave Rapp’s attorney, Leo Terrell, filed a lawsuit on Rapp’s behalf in Federal Court. However, the city was not immediately served with that lawsuit. The word first spread about the lawsuit when an online news service published the information on November 1. On November 10, the [...]

You may notice our newspaper looks a little different this week. Each year we ask our readers to vote for their favorite business in many different categories. The result is this super 56 page newspaper which we hope you’ll enjoy as much as we did in creating the section. Please let us know what you [...]

Approximately 200 people attended the City of Monrovia’s Veterans Day ceremony at Library Park. Photos by Terry Miller
