Backyard Birding Topic at Sierra Madre Garden Club May 14
BIRDING IN YOUR BACKYARD Want to entice more birds to your yard? Laura Garrett, Board Member of the Pasadena Audubon Society, will share information on how to attract a wide variety of birds via plant selection, good bugs and safe pest control at the Sierra Madre Garden Club meeting on Monday, May 14, 2012, at [...]
ZENYATTA FOAL BORN AT LANE’S END FARM
t’s a Prince! In what might be horse racing royalty’s most anticipated baby announcement in decades, Lane’s End Farm said today that 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta, known affectionately as “The Queen,” has foaled a beautiful colt. Mother and foal are healthy and doing fine. Sired by the popular stallion Bernardini, the foal was [...]
LOW-INTEREST DISASTER LOANS AVAILABLE TO AREA RESIDENTS
Federal loans range from $200,000 to $2 million; application deadline is February 17 The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that low-interest federal disaster loans are available to those affected by the recent wind storms.Homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profits are eligible. A loan outreach center has been established at: Pasadena Fire Headquarters199 S. Los [...]
Experts say Now is the Time To Buy
Experts say Now is the Time To Buy With LOW Interest Rates Interest rates are at historic lows and will determine what you actually pay for the home.Buyers should really be looking at interest rates instead of just the price of the home. For example, if a buyer is obtaining a $250,000. loan at [...]
Experts say Now is the Time To Buy
Experts say Now is the Time To Buy With LOW Interest Rates Interest rates are at historic lows and will determine what you actually pay for the home.Buyers should really be looking at interest rates instead of just the price of the home. For example, if a buyer is obtaining a $250,000. loan at [...]
Santa Anita Announces Inaugural Autumn Meet – 6 Weeks of Racing Returns Sept.
Santa Anita officials announced today that live racing will return to The Great Race Place in late September with the inaugural Santa Anita Autumn Meet. Pending California Horse Racing Board approval, the meet will run over a six-week period and conclude on Nov. 6. “We’re very excited to be able to let our fans, employees [...]
Arcadia’s First Female Mayor, Floretta Lauber, Honored For 50 Years of Community Service
Arcadia Mayor Gary Kovacic surprised Beacon Media’s social columnist Floretta Lauber by proclaiming May 4, Floretta Lauber Day during a special ceremony at Arcadia Woman’s Club Wednesday. Lauber was honored by the District Federation of Woman’s Club’s and received special recognition and a pin from Toby Kahan, CWWC and Linda Koontz SGVD President. Keynote speaker [...]
Veteran trainer Lou Carno passes away at 90
Veteran trainer Lou Carno passed away at 5 a.m. Friday at the age of 90, according to his wife of 23 years, Kathy. Known on the backstretches of Chicago and California as “The Silver Fox,” Carno was seldom without his trademark cigar and biting wit. Carno was best known as the trainer of Victory Beauty, [...]
Exciting Finish to an Exciting Meeting at Santa Anita – 18,000 plus Fans witness one of the most exciting races of the year
Exciting Finish to an Exciting Meeting at Santa Anita – 18,000 plus Fans witness one of the most exciting races of the year Juniper Pass, finishing strongest of all on the extreme outside, bested Imponente Purse by a mere bob of a head Sunday to ultimately conclude the mile-and-three-quarter turf journey of Santa Anita’s historic [...]
Annual Spring Plant Sale Slated April 2 and 3 at Arboretum
SPRING PLANT SALE April 2 & 3 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Mark your calendars. You’ll find fabulous buys at the Arboretum’s two-day plant sale. Come early to shop for orchids, berries, fruit trees, vegetables, succulents and a variety of annuals and perennials. The Arboretum Library will be selling used garden [...]
