Pasadena Independent – June 11th, 2009
Temple City Mayor, Former Mayor and Council Candidate Indicted on Felony Charges
21-Count Indictment Handed Down Temple City Mayor Judy Wong, former Mayor Cathe Wilson and a former council candidate Scott Carwile were all indicted this morning in Los Angeles on felony charges at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles. All three defendants appeared in Dept. 100 looking anxious and deeply affected [...]
Classic Cars of every variety were the order of the day in Pasadena Sunday
The 4th Annual Los Angeles Concours d’Elegance®Revs Up Pasadena Car Lovers Assistance League® of Southern California presented the 4th Annual Los Angeles Concours d’Elegance at the Rose Bowl Stadium and adjacent Brookside Golf Course on Sunday under overcast and comfortable skies near the Rose Bowl. The elegant and beautiful hats and divine clothing of guests [...]
Six Local Families Featured In 2009 Exhibition Family Stories: Sharing a Community’s Legacy
Six longtime Pasadena families share their personal, multi-generational chronicles in Pasadena Museum of History’s groundbreaking exhibition, Family Stories: Sharing a Community’s Legacy. The exhibition is on view in the PMH History Center Galleries from May 2, 2009 through January 10, 2010. Gallery hours: Wednesdays through Sundays, 12 noon to 5 pm. Admission: $5 Adults; $4 [...]
Local British Home Resident Nell Parks Celebrates 100 Years
One hundred years ago a baby girl, later christened Nell, was born in the city of Winnipeg, Canada to Ellen and Harry Murch. The young couple had been living out of town in a settlement, carved out of virgin forest, attached to the huge power plant where Harry worked. When the baby’s arrival became [...]
Camaraderie Top Priority with Masters of Harmony
Barbershop singing was a staple in some southern cities at black barbershops in the mid-1800’s and the barbershop chord, that piercing sound made when a male quartet attains that wonderful, if peculiar, harmony, was stylish. The sweet and sentimental songs, and sometimes comic ditties, sung by these groups were picked up by minstrel shows, then [...]
When Men Wore Hats, Women were Saucy and Smoking was Still Cool
As I write this, an all too uncommon California rainstorm’s wind gusts and pitter-patters are accompanied by thunder and even the occasional bolt of Zeus’s scepter. It’s a storm like none I have ever encountered since moving to Southern California nearly four years ago. But back in the south where they built me so many [...]