The Homes That Love Built
By Susan Motander
The San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity turned keys over to four families on Saturday at the dedication of their new homes on Sherman Avenue in Monrovia. In giving the Invocation, Reverend Gregory Douglass of the Monrovia United Methodist Church, called the homes “A place to be a family.” [...]
Paragon At Old Town Monrovia Now Renting
Photo by Terry Miller
By Susan Motander
Paragon At Old Town, the new complex on Myrtle Avenue between Olive and Walnut Avenues, is set to open in the beginning of April, but is already renting units. Very soon traffic on Myrtle Avenue will return to normal. Part of the snarls have been created by the [...]
Fire Kills Animals on Redell and Pamela Road in Monrovia
Fire Consumes this garage at a home on the corner of Redell and Pamela in an unincorporated part of Monrovia on Friday afternoon. One Los Angeles County firefighter was hit with falling debris from the roof of the garage when he was attempting to put the fire out. No other injuries were reported.
Photos by [...]
La Canada Mud Seriously Damages Numerous Homes and Cars-Authorities Caught By Surprise
By mid morning Saturday the clean up work was well underway. Many cars had been washed down Ocean View Blvd like a slip and slide at an amusement park. However, this was no laughing matter. The cars were destroyed contributing to an over all vista of absolute chaos…one refered to it as a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Intellectually Incapable Bank Robber Released from Custody
Joshua Locateil is now a free man after a strange set of circumstances led the mentally disabled individual into the spotlight after a supposed bank robbery attempt in Monrovia.
Sierra Madre resident Joshua Locateil, 24, was arrested last Wednesday and charged with attempted robbery after a four hour stand-off with police at Citizens Business Bank on [...]
Monrovia Man Arrested Following Monrovia Bank Robbery Attempt – Bomb Threat Apparently False
FEST (Foothill Special Enforcement Team) which includes members of Monrovia, Arcadia, Glendora and West Covina SWAT, arrest Joshua Locateil , 24, who allegedly barricaded himself inside the Citizens Business Bank in the 100 block of East Huntington Drive in Monrovia on Wednesday morning. The suspect was ordered to strip down to his boxers to ensure [...]
Suspect Detained After Bank Standoff
A bank robbery this morning at the Citizens Bank branch in Monrovia at the corner of Huntington Drive and Myrtle Avenue that turned into a bomb threat, with bank employees an patrons having been evacuated, has ended with the suspect being apprehended by Glendora and West Covina SWAT units.
According to police, the suspect wrote a [...]
Yoko Ono Lennon Celebrates John Lennon’s 70th Birthday Year
On Oct 9, 2010, friends, fans and family of John Lennon will celebrate the legendary John Lennon’s life on what should have been his 70th birthday.
A misty eyed Yoko Ono Lennon appeared at the Anaheim convention center Thursday afternoon in between a medley of Lennon songs sung by students who have benefited [...]
