OneWest Buys First Federal as 7 U.S. Banks Fail
There has been a plethora of bad news in past weeks as we try desperately to put an end to this turbulent decade. So it might be forgiven if you missed the news that yet another seven banks failed and were seized by the FDIC just last Friday. Failure for one however, always means opportunity [...]
New Year’s Eve Shooting Sends Duarte Man to Hospital
A man in his 50′s was shot in the stomach Thursday morning in Duarte. The shot gun shooting took place around 6:45am on Highland Avenue in Duarte just north of the 210 Freeway. The man was transported to Huntington Memorial Trauma unit. A wide area had been contained by Temple Sheriff’s deputies and a [...]
Pasadena Independent – December 31st, 2009
2010 Rose Parade is Merely Hours Away
Each year Pasadena is host to hundreds of thousands of visitors, many of whom come to see the Rose Parade and the Rose Bowl football game(s). Over the past few months the city has been preparing for the single biggest day of the year, Jan. 1 2010. The Pasadena Independent has covered many events leading [...]
9th Annual Parade Watch Begins…Pasadena PD Volunteers are Eyes and Ears of Force
Pasadena Interim Chief of Police, Christopher Vicino, announced that beginning Tuesday, December 29, 2009, the Pasadena Police Department’s Volunteers will begin the 9th Annual Parade Watch. “We believe that this national award winning volunteer program is a contributing factor to increased safety and decreased arrests along the parade route over the last few years,” says [...]
Pasadena Police Dept. Volunteers Begin 9th Annual Parade Watch
Pasadena Interim Chief of Police, Christopher Vicino, announced that beginning Tuesday, December 29, 2009, the Pasadena Police Department’s Volunteers will begin the 9th Annual Parade Watch. “We believe that this national award winning volunteer program is a contributing factor to increased safety and decreased arrests along the parade route over the last few years,” says [...]
Santa Anita Celebrates 75 years – Zenyatta says Farewell to Fans
Pasadena Independent – December 24th, 2009
Lord Provost of Glasgow vists Pasadena – Dinner with Mayor Bogaard and Pasadena Scots
There was a considerable amount of pomp and circumstance at the popular El Portal Restaurant Tuesday evening when the Right Honorable Bob Winter, the Lord Provost of Scotland dined with our very own Honorable Mayor Bill Bogaard and his wife Claire. We’re not sure if Haggis was on the menu at El Portal Tuesday evening [...]
Rose Queens Past and Present Convene for Conversation, Cuisine and Comradery
2010 Rose Queen Natalie Innocenzi came to celebrate the history of the tournament at Tournament House Tuesday morning where she and 35 former Rose Queens attended a luncheon in their honor celebrating the Tournament’s rich and lengthy history. The oldest-living Rose Queen, 88-year-old Margaret Main, the 1940 Rose Queen, and Sally Rabsaman, the 1941 Rose [...]