
By Terry Miller While ever other city in San Gabriel offers its residents free state of the city information and updates on an annual basis, the City of Rosemead wants you to cough up $15 for that privilage. You do, however, get lunch apparently. We asked the Chamber of Commerce if residents had to [...]

Inaugural Family Fundraiser softball – Arcadia Firefighters VS Arcadia Police. The Inaugural Family Fundraiser featuring a Charity softball game between Arcadia Firefighters and Arcadia Policewill be held Sat May 12. There will be raffles with wonderful prizes for amusement parks, entertainment and electronic items. In addition food trucks, games and activities as well as t-shirts [...]

Nurse Wendy checks BMI (Body Mass Index) during Community Day at Metnodist Hospital on Monday. -Photos by Terry Miller Spotlights Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals National Hospital Week dates back to 1921. Launched to promote trust and goodwill among community members, it began as a celebration of Florence Nightingale’s birthday, May 12. Known as the [...]

Whether your voting interest in the upcoming June 5 California Primary is the Pasadena Unified School District charter amendment creating sub-districts, races for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the California Legislature, or the U.S. Senate and presidential contests, you first have to be registered to cast your ballot. With the June 5 [...]

On Friday, May 4, 2012, at 10:01 p.m. Arcadia Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 500 block of West Live Oak Avenue in the City of Arcadia. Engine 105, Engine 106, Truck 105, Rescue Ambulance 106, and Battalion 105, along with fire apparatus from Monrovia and Los Angeles County Fire Departments responded [...]

The City of Arcadia and the Arcadia Chinese Association will offer a free Ask a? Lawyer Program at the Arcadia Public Library, 20 West Duarte Road, on Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of the nationwide Law Day celebration. Event chairperson and Council Member Gary Kovacic started Law Day 14 [...]

ACLU/SC SUES CALIFORNIA SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXCLUDING MINOR POLITICAL PARTIES FROM NOVEMBER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BALLOT The ACLU of Southern California is filing suit against California Secretary of State Debra Bowen on behalf of the Justice Party and the Constitution Party of California, which seek to have their nominees for President and Vice President included [...]

On April 27, 2012 shortly before 2:00 a.m., family members reported 55-year-old Mark Allen Craychee as a missing person. Craychee has a history of psychological issues and the family feared he may be suicidal. Shortly after 7:00 a.m. this morning Craychee’s vehicle was found parked and unoccupied in a turnout along Santa Anita Canyon Road. [...]

A Driven Opinion: Be Careful When Asking Directions in Burbank Burbank’s Finest Just Might Follow YouBy Terry MillerIt was a lovely, quiet morning for a drive. Bright, clean visibility and a mild Tuesday spring morning. My back seat passenger was a young feral kitty I was taking to the vet to get neutured thanks [...]

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE KILLS PORTANTINO’S WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS FOR LEGISLTIVE EMPLOYEES – AGAIN Sacramento – For the second time this year, a California Assembly Committee has killed Assemblymember Anthony Portantino’s bill to provide legislative employees with protection from retaliation in whistleblower cases. “I am deeply disappointed that once again an Assembly Committee chose to kill Whistleblower Protection [...]