Kelly Kovacic, an Arcadia High School graduate and daughter of councilman Gary Kovacic, was selected as one of the five California Teachers of the Year, announced by the state superintendent earlier this month. Kovacic was also selected as California’s nominee for the prestigious National Teacher of the Year competition. The teachers are nominated by their [...]
The City of Arcadia had recently obtained a $242,500 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency. This money will help fund the construction of two new water wells that will replace existing wells at Camino Real and Longley Way providing improved safety and seismic reliability as well as a higher storage capacity. Since 1996 the City [...]
Hall of fame trainer Bobby Frankel, Santa Anita’s all-time leader by number of wins and a dominant force in American racing since the 1970’s, died early Monday at the age of 68, after waging a lengthy and very private battle with lymphoma. Frankel, who was born July 9, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, passed away [...]
A kick off for the extension of the Metro Gold Line from Pasadena out to Azusa has been set for this Saturday, November 21 at the site of the future Monrovia Gold Line Station in the historic Santa Fe Station at the Northwest corner of Myrtle Avenue and Duarte Road. The family friendly celebration will [...]
Click It or Ticket Aims to Boost Seat Belt Use Pasadena, CA. – The Pasadena Police Department will aggressively enforce the state’s occupant protection laws as part of California’s 2009 Click It or Ticket mobilization, taking place November 17′” through November 30th, 2009. The campaign relies on heavy enforcement and public education at the local [...]
While there was expected to be a large crowd of people against the proposed five story retail project, hundreds of people showed up at Monday’s city council meeting, the majority of whom were the concerned citizens for youth and youth group organizers as well as church leaders. Sporting T shirts which read “ I’ve Got [...]
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-The Wonderful World of Doo Dah to be held May Day 2010 However, This Sunday kicks off the annual folly with an Official Unofficial No Doo Dah Day….. By Terry Miller Thanksgiving has always meant Doo Dah to me and, until recently, this was set in some form of stone. No if you’re confused [...]
Yesterday Beacon Media, publisher of the Pasadena Independent, Arcadia Weekly, Monrovia Weekly, Sierra Madre Weekly and Temple City Tribune published the 2009 Readers’ Choice edition across all of it’s newspapers. This popular guide to the restaurants, retail stores, home & garden services and other businesses in the San Gabriel Valley has become an annual tradition [...]
The Criminal Justice Statistics Center, State of California, will soon release its preliminary report, “Crime in 2009, January through June.” The report compares preliminary counts of crimes from January through June 2008 with those of the same period in 2009. The report reflects information reported through August 31, 2009. These statistics show a 24.7% reduction [...]
