Pasadena Plinther Performs Today at 4 p.m., California Time
Late News Direct From London – Pasadena Plinther, Frank Gallagher, is going to be on the Fourth Plinth one hour earlier than expected. His presentation in Trafalgar Square will be held at 4 p.m. Pacific time (12:00 a.m. GMT). The unusual project is available for your viewing pleasure, LIVE via webcam at OneandOther.co.uk. For specific [...]
Heavy Lifters to Compete this Saturday
People accustomed to lifting 200 pounds or more will compete for trophies and prizes during the fifth annual bench press competition at Villa-Parke Community Center in Pasadena on Saturday, Sept. 26. Participant weight-in begins at 11 a.m. and the competition starts at 1 p.m. Applications are still available for participants 18 years and older at [...]
Tournament of Roses President Gary Disano Dies at 62
2010 Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game Will be Held in his Honor. Gary J. DiSano, age 62, died yesterday, Sept. 20, 2009. DiSano, President of the Tournament of Roses Association for the 121st Tournament of Roses Parade and 96th Rose Bowl Game chose the theme, “2010: A Cut Above the Rest” for the January [...]
Pasadena Plinther Ponders Pottery, Poetry and Pigeons Across the Pond
And Now for Something Completely Different……. San Marino Artist is About To Be Part of History with the Fourth Plinth Project This summer, sculptor Antony Gormley invited people in the UK to help create unique living monument. He asked people to occupy the empty Fourth Plinth located at Trafalgar Square in London, a space that [...]
Federal Funds Flow to Valley Water Program
Dreier Continues Push to Fund Decontamination On July 17th, Congressman David Drier (R – San Dimas) voted to provide $4 million in federal funding to the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund. The fund, which is run by the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority (WQA) together with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, finances decontamination of [...]
Monrovia Man Charged with Murder and Torture in Death of Girlfriend
On Friday, September 11 Brandon Lee Randone called 911 to report that his girlfriend Felecia Lee, 31 was not breathing. Paramedics and a Monrovia police unit were sent to the scene. The police officers called detectives who felt that the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau needed to be called. Monrovia Police Detective Rich Doney said that the [...]
Collecting Shells before a Tsunami
I’ve never witnessed a tsunami first hand, but I’ve been told that before the devastating wall of water devours everything in its path, like a hungry sea beast charging in for a glorious feast, there are a few moments in time that seem quite magical to the innocent and unsuspecting. The water line temporarily recedes, [...]
With Summer Behind Us, Time To Get Organized
Summer is over, the kids are back in school, and life seems to have suddenly gone into overdrive as calendars quickly fill up with the kids’ activities and fall events. A house that was once efficient and organized in the lull of the summer months can at once become cluttered and disorganized. It’s not an [...]
Los Angeles County Fair
I heard a strange growling sound as I left the shopping district at the Los Angeles County Fair. At first I thought it was my stomach calling for a smoked rib sandwich or a mountain of onion rings. But when the roar erupted again, I knew it was something much bigger than me; something [...]
