SWAT Team Arrests Car Thief After Chase and Hit and Run
An auto theft suspect was taken into custody Thursday night after holing himself up in a Monrovia home following a brief police chase, officials said. Arcadia police began pursuit at1:30 p.m. and ultimately sped down Ivy towards Central in Monrovia. The driver failed to pull over. The vehicle then hit two vehicles en route. The [...]
Monrovia Weekly Sept 2, 2010
Monrovia Weekly August 26 2010
3 Acre Brush Fire In Monrovia Canyon Under Control Thanks to Quick Work by Firefighters – One Man Arrested for ADW in Confusion of Road Closures
Firefighters have contained a small brush fire burning in Monrovia Canyon Park approximately 2:40. Full containment is expected later this afternoon. No structures are threatened and no evacuations have been ordered. The fire was apparently set off by a downed power line. A major Fire Department response put dozens of firefighters and 40 pieces of [...]
Foothill Unity’s 12th Annual Back To School Event Great Success
Santa Anita Park provided its facility to Foothill Unity Center for its 12th Annual l Back to School Distribution event on Thursday.The event provided 2,000 needy children from surrounding communities with new clothes, backpacks, school supplies, haircuts, etc. More than 40 vendors and local organizations helped provide those “back-to-schoolers” . There were 122 children of [...]
Monrovia Weekly August 19, 2010
John Veenstra: Former Executive Director of the Chamber Dies
By Susan Motander On August 10. John Veenstra, 71, of Temple City, died while visiting family in Iowa. Veenstra was the former Executive Director of the Monrovia Chamber of Commerce. The former executive was fully retired after working as a free lance marketing consultant after retiring from the chamber; however, he was considering returning to [...]
Monrovia Weekly Aug 12, 2010
Cell Phone Donation Fund-raiser On Tap for Veronica McConnell-Johnson Sunday August 15, 2010
Cell Phone Donation Fund-raiser For Veronica McConnell-Johnson Sunday August 15, 2010 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Monrovia Library Park Veronica McConnell-Johnson, 29 , has been recently diagnosed with 3rd stage breast cancer. Friends and family have organized a fundraiser to help deal with the costs involved. .Monrovia High Graduates Danielle Vega and Elaine Scott have [...]
Franklin Murdock – Writer, Social Networking Guru – Man of Faith and Vision
em> The Best is Yet to Come is the title of this prolific writer’s latest endeavor. An author of some considerable note, Murdock lives at the Gables in Monrovia and suffers from macular degeneration. Despite this seemingly enormous obstacle for a writer, Franklin Murdoch refuses to let the disability put a crimp in his life [...]
