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 [...]
Foothill Unity Center’s Back To School Distribution Slated for Aug 19
SANTA ANITA TO HOST BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, FOOTHILL UNITY CENTER TO HELP 2000 KIDS AUG. 19 Santa Anita Park announced today that it will provide its facility to Foothill Unity Center for its annual Back to School Distribution event on Thursday, Aug. 19, in the Top of the Stretch area. Registration closes Friday for [...]
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 [...]
Excessive Chlorine in Arcadia County Pool Sends 17 Kids to Hospital
Subsequent to the “inordinate amount of chlorine inadvertently being released into the pool” at Los Angeles County’s Arcadia Park during a public swimming session, seventeen children were taken to local hospitals and another seventeen others were decontaminated this morning. The circumstances surrounding the unnecessary amount of chlorine released is still under investigation. Fire and rescue [...]
Monrovia Cousins Convicted in Sammantha Salas Slaying
A Burbank courtroom swelled with emotion on Tuesday afternoon as a jury convicted cousins Rayshawn and Nickelis Blackwell in the 2008 machine gun slaying of 16-year-old Sammantha Salas in Monrovia. The Blackwells, both members of the Duroc Crips street gang maintained stoic countenances as two guilty verdicts – one for first degree murder, the other [...]
Azusa Council Votes to Approve Vulcan Revised Mining and Reclamation Plan
Following months of meetings, public input and controversy, the Azusa City Council voted 4 to 1 to allow Vulcan Materials Company to expand its mining operations from a currently approved and partially mined 80 acres on the east side of its 270 acre property to a pristine mountain ridge above Duarte homes and schools. The [...]
Earthquake Rattles Nerves in San Gabriel Valley – Initial Reports Indicate 5.9 on the Richter Scale
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake was felt in Los Angeles late Wednesday afternoon just before 5pm. The quake struck at 4:53 p.m. The epicenter was located about 13 miles north-northwest of Borrego Springs and 25 miles southwest of Indio. Early reports indicate the quake was felt from San Diego to Los Angeles and in Riverside counties. [...]
Parents Sue Montecito School
A large parents group has filed suit against a fine arts school that suddenly shut its doors last year. 77 allegedly defrauded parents and students filed a lawsuit against Trisha Ying Zi Zhang and Edgar Kuckelkorn, the former president and vice president of Montecito Fine Arts School and its related entities (“Montecito”). The complaint was [...]
Monrovia May Soon Have New In-N-Out Burger
Planning commissioner of Monrovia are considering a proposal to bring an In-N-Out Burger to the city. The 3,558 square foot restaurant including a drive through could be located within the Home Depot parcel on the 1600 block of South Mountain. The information is preliminary at this point. Check back for more information as it becomes [...]
Man Arrested in Connection with Maggie Clark’s Death is Released
The man who allegedly caused the accident that took the life of 44-year-old Mayflower Elementary School teacher Maggie Clark earlier this month was released Monday. Prosecutors chose not to file charges against him according to officials involved with the case as toxicology reports were not back in time for arraignment. California Highway Patrol arrested Jeremy [...]
