Local Memorial Day Remembrances
Supervisor Mike Antonovich is hosting a Memorial Day weekend event in Arcadia County Park on Saturday, May 29 from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The event is summed up best by its title: Remembering our Veterans and Their Families, Past, Present and Future. Admission is free and the event will be held, rain or shine [...]
Monrovia PD Assisted by Arcadia, Irwindale and Pasadena Air Operations Search for Burglary Suspect in Vacant Building on Duarte
About a dozen Monrovia officers and detectives descended upon a vacant building owned by the city of Monrovia on Duarte near California Friday afternoon when someone noticed the gate to the entrance had been cut open and a suspect seen on the grounds. Following investigation and after making entry to the building, no suspects were [...]
MAFA ‘Black Tie’ Party Honors City Manager
Photographs by Terry Miller
Monrovia Day Parade Smokin’ – Literally
It’s a good thing that there were a lot of firefighters on hand for this morning’s parade honoring the Fire Dept and celebrating Monrovia’s Birthday. These was a good deal of unintended smoke coming from one ” vintage” car in the parade….the smoke forced parade watchers to the west side of Myrtle at many points [...]
Boys and Girls Club Aids Pro Active Tutoring Program
By Susan Motander The Boys and Girls Club of the Foothills has come to the aid of the Pro Active Tutoring program of the Monrovia School District. The Club has made a donation to the PAT program which will make matching funds available to provide tutoring at Monrovia High School as well as both Clifton [...]
Gubernatorial Candidate Steve Poizner Visits Miller Brewery
Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner was hot on the campaign trail, just a few weeks before the June Republican primary. On Tuesday, the trailing opponent of Ebay magnate Meg Whitman touted his experience in Sacramento and held a meeting with employees of the Miller-Coors Brewing plant in Irwindale, following a tour of the plant led [...]
Fallen Deputy March Honored for 24 Hours
Los Angeles County Deputies stood on guard for Thursday where Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy David March was fatally shot during a traffic stop on April 29, 2002. Deputies from the sheriff’s Temple Station and throughout the county took turns keeping an honor guard for the fallen deputy. Deputies volunteered to stand guard in teams [...]
Arcadia High’s Government Team Wins National Championship
After three days of simulated congressional hearings on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the class from Arcadia High School of Arcadia, California, has emerged as the national champion of the 23rd annual We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution National Finals. The academic competition marked the end of months of study [...]
Ellen DeGeneres and David Arquette Visit Monrovia’s Foothill Unity Center – Actors Tape Program called Idol Gives Back
By Terry Miller Feeding America has been selected as one of several beneficiaries of Idol Gives Back this year, a part of American Idol. On Monday morning Idol star Ellen DeGeneres and actor David Arquette visited the Foothill Unity Center in Monrovia where hundreds of families receive help every day of the year. American Idol’s [...]
T. Phillip’s Poised to Open This Weekend in Monrovia
By Susan Motander The long awaited opening of T. Phillip’s Alehouse is just around the corner. With private openings by invitation only this evening, April 15 and tomorrow, the alehouse at the corner of Myrtle and Colorado is staging a soft opening. The full opening will follow in a few days. Originally the social security [...]
