Guns & Hoses To Appear in Sierra Madre – Chili Cookoff to Highlight Taste of Sierra Madre
Police and Fire Chiefs Plan Chili Cookoff at Taste of Sierra Madre on Sept. 11 Well, it’s not exactly the Heavy Metal Band but you can rest assured there will be some hot happenings in Sierra Madre when Sierra Madre Police Chief Marilyn Diaz and Fire Chief Steve Heydorff perform their friendly chili cookoff, and [...]
Chris Standring to Perform at Taste of Sierra Madre on September 11
Smooth Jazz musician, Chris Standring just announced he will perform on September 11 for a special fundraiser concert to be held at Sierra Madre Elementary Auditorium at 141 West Highland Avenue, Sierra Madre. This latest supporter of the event’s dual fundraising efforts soared to #1 on the Jazz charts since his sixth album was released [...]
Foothill Unity Center’s Back To School Distribution Slated for Aug 19
SANTA ANITA TO HOST BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT, FOOTHILL UNITY CENTER TO HELP 2000 KIDS AUG. 19 Santa Anita Park announced today that it will provide its facility to Foothill Unity Center for its annual Back to School Distribution event on Thursday, Aug. 19, in the Top of the Stretch area. Registration closes Friday for [...]
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Local Cities Provide Top Executive Salary Information in Wake of Bell Controversy
The City of Monrovia and Arcadia Already Have Posted Their Salaries On their respective websites By Terry Miller Quite unlike the famous Hemmingway novel which describes in graphic detail the horrors of the civil war, the Bell Controversy is extremely disturbing on a far different level but does show how the horrors and inequity of [...]
Sierra Madre Honors… Recognition Nomination – Deadline Extended to City Hall Monday, August 2, 2010, at 4:00 pm
This is an exciting event and the City’s opportunity to recognize and honor the true treasures of Sierra Madre, its volunteers, City Commissioners and employees. Sierra Madre Honors… Recognition and Appreciation Dinner will recognize all out-going City Commissioners as well as extraordinary community members, organizations and employees. Please take a moment to review the awards [...]
274 Water Rate Increase Protest Letters Deemed “Invalid or Duplicate” – Running the Numbers
By Terry Miller Outraged residents who protested a near 40% Water Rate hike in Sierra Madre won last week, or so they thought when City Clerk Nancy Shollenberger said she was “absolutely, positively” certain of the new numbers which indicated a victory for those opposed to the hike: A press release was issued by Sierra [...]
Excessive Chlorine in Arcadia County Pool Sends 17 Kids to Hospital
Subsequent to the “inordinate amount of chlorine inadvertently being released into the pool” at Los Angeles County’s Arcadia Park during a public swimming session, seventeen children were taken to local hospitals and another seventeen others were decontaminated this morning. The circumstances surrounding the unnecessary amount of chlorine released is still under investigation. Fire and rescue [...]
City Clerk Sends Premature Press Release on Protest Tabulations
Editor’s Note: The Following “Press Release” arrived at our fax machine at exactly 3:36 pm today, Sunday July 18…Only after an e mail went out asking the City Clerk why a Blog posted the very same release at Midnight Saturday. Curiously enough apparently the City Council knew nothing of this release also: The following is [...]
Calling all St. Rita Alumni! Assembling Database of Graduates
Calling all St. Rita Alumni! Assembling Database of Graduates Melissa Delgado Stutenroth, Tom Behrens, Ellen Behrens Hoffman and “Sierra Madre Sue” Behrens spent the evening identifying photos from class pictures to add to the school database under construction for all of the Sierra Madre school’s graduates by PTO members Tom Brady and Cheryl Allen. To [...]
Parents Sue Montecito School
A large parents group has filed suit against a fine arts school that suddenly shut its doors last year. 77 allegedly defrauded parents and students filed a lawsuit against Trisha Ying Zi Zhang and Edgar Kuckelkorn, the former president and vice president of Montecito Fine Arts School and its related entities (“Montecito”). The complaint was [...]
