Recycled Water Pipeline Extension through Industry Reaches Dreams Sports Park
Recycled Water Pipeline Extension through Industry Reaches Dreams Sports Park The Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District (Upper District) celebrates yet another milestone in the quest to extend the pipelines that deliver recycled water into the San Gabriel Valley. A critical element in the expansion of the Upper District’s recycled water system, the City [...]
Mt. Sierra College Reaches Out to the Community
Mt. Sierra College Reaches Out to the Community By Susan Motander Mt. Sierra College in Monrovia has two separate programs to introduce itself to the community. Bridges to College reaches out to High School Seniors to introduce them to college and their extension classes are available free to everyone. Mt. Sierra regularly offers one-day extension [...]
Mexico Quake a Reminder to Make a Kit and Make a Plan
Residents of Mexico who were rocked March 20 by an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale and several strong aftershocks might be quick to remind others in quake-prone areas of the world such as southern California that making an emergency kit and a family disaster-response plan is worth the minimal time and effort involved. [...]
Hot Rodders Help Foothill Unity Center
-Photo by Terry Miller Street Rod Forever, a local car enthusiast car club holds a Hod Rod Car Show ( for Pre ’74 vehicles) each September on Myrtle in Monrovia. Each and every year the men who founded the club donate a portion of their proceeds to Foothill Unity. This year was no exception. Joan [...]
Bradbury Residents to Vote on Utility Tax
By Susan Motander Bradbury Voters will not be selecting new council members in the upcoming election as only one person per council district has filed. The voters will be asked to make a decision regarding a new utility tax. A Yes Vote would appove a new Ordinance which would impose a “Utility Users Tax of [...]
END OF AN ERA: Watch Out Wikipedia, There’s an ‘Old Kid’ on the Broadband Block
By Terry Miller In a report published by the Los Angeles Times Wednesday, the world’s oldest and most trusted encyclopaedia, Brittanica, is finally going digital. The iconicThe Encyclopaedia Britannica, maker of the 32-volume reference set school children turned to before there was even a hint of what we now call Google, will no longer publish [...]
Obama Administration and HOPE NOW to Host Free Help for Homeowners Event in Los Angeles
The Obama Administration’s Making Home Affordable Program, The HOPE NOW Alliance and NeighborWorks® America are bringing the nation’s largest mortgage servicers, along with more than a dozen non-profit housing counselors, to Los Angeles this month in order to work one-on-one with struggling homeowners in southern California. The event will allow homeowners struggling to make their [...]
Legislators Call on CSU to Bring Sunshine to Executive Compensation
Portantino, Yee: Sunshine has fallen on deaf ears at CSU This week marks the observance of Sunshine Week and all across the country there are calls for government agencies to move toward a more transparent and accountable government. Unfortunately, that idea seems to have fallen on deaf ears at the California State University according to [...]
Mildred Lapson – A lifetime of Art Reflected in New Book
By Terry Miller Mildred Lapson -Photo by Terry Miller Mildred Lapson, 89, is a world reknown artist and also just happens to be living right here in Monrovia with her husband Herb Stevens, 90. We got to know the delightful and funny couple over the past few years for different events but more specifically to [...]
600 Participate in Santa Teresita’s fourth-annual Hayden 5K and Family Festival
By Ruth Longoria Kingsland -Photo by Ruth Longoria Kingsland It wasn’t all about winning as more than 600 runners, walkers and wheel-enabled participants took to the streets and walking trail in Duarte Saturday for Santa Teresita’s fourth-annual Hayden 5K and Family Festival. After sprinting, jogging, power walking, rolling or strolling, there was plenty of time [...]
