An Open Letter to Our Readers
When I first began my tenure as editor of these newspapers on the first day of 2008, we set forth a number of goals for our newspapers. Some of these are still works in progress, and some of these have been great successes. A shining example of the latter would have to be our efforts [...]
Monrovia Bomb Scare Ends, Suspect Detained
A bank robbery this morning at the Citizens Bank branch in Monrovia at the corner of Huntington Drive and Myrtle Avenue that turned into a bomb threat, with bank employees an patrons having been evacuated, has ended with the suspect being apprehended by Glendora and West Covina SWAT units. According to police, the suspect wrote [...]
Monrovia Bank Robbery Suspect Threatens Bomb Explosion
A bank robbery this morning at the Citizen Bank branch in Monrovia at the corner of Huntington Drive and Myrtle Avenue has turned into a bomb threat, with bank employees an patrons having been evacuated. At this point, it is believed that only the suspect, who is believed to be armed, is still held up [...]
Mandatory Evacuations Expanded, City Under Red Flag Alert
The City of Sierra Madre has expanded the Mandatory Evacuation Order first issued this morning at 8:00 a.m. to cover the entire Upper canyon areas and the entire Lower canyon areas. The city has also said that additional locations for Mandatory Evacuation Orders are possible within the next 48 hours as record amounts of rainfall [...]
Council May Declare Local Emergency in Special Meeting Tonight
Today the Sierra Madre City Council announced in a statement that it would be holding a special emergency meting in the City Hall Council Chambers to discuss the possibility of declaring a local emergency in the wake of continued record rainfall and accompanying debris flow and mudslides. In the special meeting agenda issued this morning, [...]
Bigger Gym, Smaller Waistlines
Sierra Fitness Expansion Means More Weights, More Spinning Space
Making the World a Little Less Shabby, One Dog at a Time
Sierra Fitness owner Sandy Lewis-Duvall is just crazy enough to start a new business in the midst of a recession.
Ralph Walker – The Man, the Myth the Legend
Last Tuesday evening the Monrovia City Council honored Ralph Walker for what Mayor Mary Ann Lutz called “not so quiet service to this community for many, many years”, a time span in which Mr. Walker has been enlightening and challenging the citizens of Monrovia and engaging news makers on local issues via his television talk [...]
Beacon Media Publishes Annual Readers’ Choice Issue
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 [...]
Celebrating a Quarter-Century of Racing
This Weekend’s Breeders’ Cup Offers Incredible Chance to See World’s Best Thoroughbreds in Action.
