By Terry Miller Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) has had more than its fair share of bad news in the past few years: like declining enrollment and campus closures. However, recently a disturbing story caught our attention when a custodial worker at PUSD was implicated in an inappropriate situation involving minors. A California Superior Court…
EDITOR’S PICK Old Town Fall Festival at Library Park, Oct. 12 from noon to 4 p.m. (321 S. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016). Expect music, fall crafts, face painting, activity booths, a pet agility course and hay wagon rides. Admission is free. Hay wagon rides are $2 per person. For more information, visit CityOfMonrovia.org. –…
Senator Anthony J. Portantino’s (D – La Cañada Flintridge) post release services referral program bill SB 620 has been signed by Governor Newsom. The bill was suggested and sponsored by the Pasadena Police Department and would allow local law enforcement agencies to share access to helpful information to those under supervised release and help connect them…
EDITOR’S PICK Old Town Fall Festival at Library Park, Oct. 12 from noon to 4 p.m. (321 S. Myrtle Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016). Expect music, fall c...
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By Emily Glory Peters Pop culture is not just a state of mind, it’s a place in Old Town Monrovia. Here, those well-versed in subreddits and Urban Dictionary descriptions can find merchandise that reflects where one falls as a stan (not sure what a “stan” is? Ask at the counter!). Coming through the doors of…
Brandywine Opening Stylish New Townhomes in Duarte
October 1, 2019
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The Best Self-Defense is a (Unyted) Offense
September 19, 2019
Experience Uniworld, the world’s best and most awarded luxury river cruise line, in 2020. As you cruise legendary waterways, you’ll be tre...
‘A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones’ By Terry Miller I was surprised to read recently in the Psychological...
Dr. Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Taiwan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs This July, President Tsai Ing-wen of the Republic of China (Taiwan) transited through New...
By May S. Ruiz August Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, wrote a cycle of ten plays collectively called the ‘American Century Cycle’ which h...
By Brianna Chu Gem of the Ocean is the first of Pulitzer Prize award-winning playwright August Wilson’s Century Cycle. The cycle is comprised of ten p...
By May S. Ruiz There are two lines in Leonard Cohen’s song ‘Anthem,’ that go ‘There is a crack, a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in.’ ...
South Lake Business Association is pleased to announce Tastes & Sounds Fall Crawl on Saturday, Sept. 28 from noon to 5 p.m. presented by Logix Fed...
Franklin, Jefferson and Roosevelt to shutter by end of school year By Terry Miller Declining enrollment considered, the Pasadena Unified School Board voted Sept. 26 to close three elementary schools at the end of the school year. In an unusually long board meeting, the decision was handed down late Thursday night: 4-3 vote margin to…
October College Search Guide
September 30, 2019
PUSD Interim Superintendent Says More Elementary Schools Could Close
September 24, 2019
Are Medical Exemptions Why Some Pasadena Schools Have Low Vaccine Rates?
September 18, 2019
By May S. Ruiz Oxford, England, located in Oxfordshire (51 miles north of London), is best known for its university – the oldest in the English-speaki...
If you are in desperate need of a better work-life balance you might already be planning your next vacation. Planning and dreaming about days spent on...
By Greg Aragon The stars twinkled through the treetops like a million Christmas lights. A crackling fire provided warmth. And a harmonious concert of ...
By Greg Aragon I am always looking for fun and inexpensive getaways to tell my readers about. So when I heard about a giant, beautiful park in Irvine,...
By Greg Aragon I always dreamed of staying in a French chateau, sipping wine beside a serene lake. And while I knew this day would come, I didn’t thin...
By May S. Ruiz I love college towns – they’re typically alive with students either hurrying off to lecture, tutorial, or the library, or leisurely hea...
