Red White and Bluezz Jazz Fest on Tap Aug. 28 – 29

Red White and Bluezz Jazz Fest on Tap Aug. 28 – 29

Redwhite+bluezz Pasadena Jazz Fest has announced the line-up of jazz and blues musicians to perform during the star-studded festival August 28 and 29, 2010. 200 plus artists, 23 top acts will entertain thousands of fans gathered at the spectacular outdoor venue the Los Angeles Arboretum. The weekend event, complete with an international food court, four [...]

Friends of Foster Children Celebrates Christmas in July

Friends of Foster Children Celebrates Christmas in July

  By Candyce Columbus Friends of Foster Children (FOFC) Sugar Plum (SP) has a remarkable track record. Since the program began 34 years ago they have collected over 160,000 holiday gifts for children in the San Gabriel Valley foster care system and the facilities that support them. The all-volunteer organization has 80 active members 29 [...]

Summer of Musical Tributes Starts this Weekend Pasadena

Summer of Musical Tributes Starts this Weekend Pasadena

Concert producer Pasadena Entertainment and the Pasadena Convention Center have teamed to present the first in their “Summer Soundzz” concert series this Friday, July 9 which will feature a blast from the musical past.. Producer and local restaurateur André Vener will be presenting Beatles “tribute band” The Fab Four at 7:30 p.m. at the newly [...]

Pasadena Non-Profit to Open Thrift Store

Pasadena Non-Profit to Open Thrift Store

The All-Out Caring Thrift Store (ACTS), located at 1382 Locust St. in Pasadena (Hill and the 210 freeway), will celebrate its July 17 grand opening with a day full of food and fun, including raffle drawings and music from the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. Grand opening events will kick off with a 9:30 a.m. ribbon [...]

Lori Corbin to Host Women in Business Summit

Lori Corbin to Host Women in Business Summit

ABC7 Eyewitness News nutrition and fitness reporter Lori Corbin has been tapped to Emcee the 11th Annual Women in Business Awards and Legislative Update at the Pasadena Hilton on Friday, July 16. Ms. Corbin is a nationally-recognized nutrition expert and businesswoman. The annual event hosted by Senator Carol Liu and Assemblymembers Mike Gatto and Anthony [...]

Parents Sue Montecito School

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 [...]

Rose Bowl Fireworks Show to be Largest in Southern California

Rose Bowl Fireworks Show to be Largest in Southern California

Combine food, family fun, entertainment and spectacular fireworks; add a dash of good old-fashioned patriotism and a tribute to local military men and women mix well and what do you have? The 84th annual Fourth of July celebration at the Rose Bowl presented by Honda. While many communities have had to cancel Fourth of July [...]

Monrovia Mother Awards Scholarship in Son’s Name

Monrovia Mother Awards Scholarship in Son’s Name

By Kristie Tom On June 17, the seniors of Monrovia High School sat in their seats at Citrus College, anxiously awaiting the moment in which they could finally throw their graduation caps in the air, officially commemorating their leave from MHS. Throughout the night, many were awarded with honors of national merit, gold seals, and [...]

Police Blotter March 21-27, 2010

Police Blotter March 21-27, 2010

Arcadia PD For the period of Sunday, March 21, through Saturday, March 27, the Police Department responded to 860 calls for service of which 116 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, March 21: 1. Between 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., [...]

Police Blotter March 28 to April 3, 2010

Police Blotter March 28 to April 3, 2010

Arcadia PD For the period of Sunday, March 28, through Saturday, April 3, the Police Department responded to 974 calls for service of which 138 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, March 28: 1. Shortly after 6:00 p.m., loss prevention [...]