Beacon Media Publishes Annual Readers’ Choice Issue
Yesterday Beacon Media, publisher of the Pasadena Independent, Arcadia Weekly, Monrovia Weekly, Sierra Madre Weekly and Temple City Tribune published the 2009 Readers’ Choice edition across all of it’s newspapers. This popular guide to the restaurants, retail stores, home & garden services and other businesses in the San Gabriel Valley has become an annual tradition [...]
Breeders’ Cup Kicks Off with Winners’ Circle Party at L.A. Live
Hundreds of Breeders’ cup participants, from horse owners and breeders to horseracing fans and a pool of press reporters flooded into the ESPN Zone restaurant in downtown Los Angeles last night for this year’s Winners’ Circle Welcome Party. Sponsored by Grey Goose Vodka, the event featured free Grey Goose drinks and a hot food bar, [...]
VIDEO: Dreier Speaks to House on Trade Issues
Celebrating a Quarter-Century of Racing
This Weekend’s Breeders’ Cup Offers Incredible Chance to See World’s Best Thoroughbreds in Action.
Hudson River Hero Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger Named 2010 Rose Parade Grand Marshal
Hero pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger has been named as the 2010 Rose Parade grand marshal. Sullenberger gained international fame and recognition after successfully landing a crippled airliner in the Hudson River after taking off from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
92nd Rose Queen Formally Crowned by Tournament of Roses
Tournament of Roses Coronation Ceremony Held at Pasadena Convention Center
Local Princess: Found, and Headed to Vroman’s
New Book by Local Author Offers Story of an American Family, an African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected them All. On Sunday, November 15th at 3:00pm, Sarah Culberson and Tracy Trivas will present and sign their new book at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena. Over the past two years Sarah Culberson’s story of the search [...]
Arcadia’s Natalie Innocenzi Selected as 2010 Rose Queen
Arcadia resident Natalie Anne Innocenzi,16-year-old Rose Princess and student at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, was selected by the Tournament of Roses as the 92nd Rose Queen this morning. Speaking with the Pasadena Independent last week after being selected as one of the seven finalists, Innocenzi said she was humbled by her selection at that she [...]
Our Next Young Computer Wiz: Dadrian Tran
Temple City’s Dadrian Tran loves “The Simpsons,” and if this shared love (obsession) of ours’ were reason enough to give him a new computer, it surely would have been good enough for me. But of course, there are better reasons why this bright eighth grader from Oak Ave. Elementary chose to send us an essay [...]
“A Beautiful Night in London” – Frank Gallagher Takes the Stage!
With a copy of last week’s Pasadena Independent in hand and on parade for all of Trafalgar square to see, local artist Frank Gallagher took the stage 30 minutes ago in London as part of the Plinth Project. Tune in online right now to see this hometown hero construct one of his famous pots and [...]