MAFA Holds Arts Celebration at Restaurant Devon
By Susan Motander Monrovia Association for Fine Arts is holding its annual awards reception at Restaurant Devon. The event , which is being called Acknowledge the Arts, will be March 24 from 7 to 10 p.m. and will feature appetizers, a silent auction and liquid libations. At the event, Donna Baker will be honored with [...]
SANTA ANITA EXPRESSES REGRET OVER LOSS OF HORSE
Santa Anita officials and horsemen reacted with dismay and sorrow upon the news of the highly publicized equine fatality here on Tuesday morning and the subsequent decision Wednesday by HBO to cease production on season-two of LUCK. “All of us here at Santa Anita, including horsemen, management and employees are deeply saddened by the stable [...]
California Horse Racing Board Comments on Death of Racehorses During Filming of HBO’s LUCK
California Horse Racing Board Comments on Death of Racehorses During Filming of HBO’s LUCK We just received this statement for CHRB regarding HBO’s decisiion to cancel LUCK filming at Santa Anita in the wake of the three horses euthanized. “The California Horse Racing Board takes very seriously and cares deeply about the death of any [...]
San Gabriel Police Officers’ Association Files Suit Against City
San Gabriel Police Officers’ Association Files Suit Against City Lawyers Compare Scandal to City of Bell By Terry Miller The San Gabriel Police Officers’ Association announced a lawsuit has been filed against the city, accusing city officials of misusing city employee retirement funds. The POA’s attorney Dieter Dammeier said the city has “misappropriated and misused” [...]
Gold Line Bridge to Cause More 210 Fwy Closures
March 4-17, Use Alternate Routes The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Project is reporting up to eight nights of full eastbound lane closures for this bi-weekly period, March 4-17, 2012. The closures will take place overnight and impact the eastbound IS 210 Freeway between Rosemead Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue. Foothill Boulevard will be used [...]
SoCalGas Warns Customers About Utility Imposters
Southern California Gas Co.(SoCalGas) is alerting customers to be aware of persons who reportedly have recently posed as SoCalGas employees. According to a news account, the imposters distract an unsuspecting customer by performing “gas leak inspections” while an accomplice burglarizes the customer’s home. SoCalGas wants to assure all customers that all SoCalGas employees carry proper [...]
Hit-and-Run Driver Tapia Gonzales will be Sentenced Friday
Tapia-Gonzalez faces four and a half years in prison for the crime Emma Tapia-Gonzalez, 23, pleaded no contest in late January to a felony count of hit-and-run, a misdemeanor count of driving without a license and an infraction count of driving without insurance. She was released on her own recognizance pending sentencing after entering the [...]
Drive By Shooting in Monrovia Sunday Night – No Injuries
On Sunday, March 4, 2012, at approximately 9:00 pm, Monrovia Police Officers responded to the area of California and Cypress regarding a shooting investigation. The investigation revealed a male adult victim was backing his vehicle from a residential driveway with his three year old son in the back seat. A gray sedan occupied by at [...]
Congressional Gold Medal Presented to Sierra Madre Nisei Soldier Shoso Nomura
Nomura is one of only two Sierra Madre men to get the Honor. -Photo by Terry Miller By Terry Miller In the late summer of 1944, a C-47 landed in Yan’an, a remote town in northwestern China’s Shaanxi Province. On board were US military and diplomatic staff, sent to the headquarters of the Communist Party [...]
Tim Donnelly Charged with 2 Misdemeanors for Attempting to Bring a Loaded Weapon Aboard Airline
Tim Donnelly -Courtesy Photo While Assemblyman Tim Donnelly has been charged with two misdemeanors for bringing a briefcase containing a loaded .45-caliber gun into Ontario International Airport last month it seems unlikely that he’ll do any jail time. The 45-year-old Twin Peaks Republican was charged Friday with illegal possession of a loaded firearm and possession [...]
