Annual Spring Plant Sale Slated April 2 and 3 at Arboretum
SPRING PLANT SALE April 2 & 3 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden Mark your calendars. You’ll find fabulous buys at the Arboretum’s two-day plant sale. Come early to shop for orchids, berries, fruit trees, vegetables, succulents and a variety of annuals and perennials. The Arboretum Library will be selling used garden [...]
Beacon Media caught up with Halford and Dramarama bass player Mike Davis chatting up Michelle Mills (aka Naughty Mickie) at the NAMM show recently between signing autographs.
Temple City Musician Mike Davis Chats up Doo Dah Queen at 2011 NAMM Show – Photo by Terry Miller A great bass player who is not only a funny guy who just happens to live in Temple City but Mike Davis leads a double life, serving as sous chef for the FrontRunner at Santa Anita [...]
Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez arrives with Santa via Helicopter During Operation Polar Wind
The Pasadena Police Air Operations Section and the Foothill Air Support Team (FAST) created quite a buzz Wednesday morning and a lot of wind while helping fly Santa in the new helicopter to visit pediatric patients at Huntington Memorial Hospital and to Hathaway-Sycamores home for boys in Altadena. Santa had a special helper this year [...]
University of Phoenix Donates Toys in Pasadena Sat.
Pasadena community help spread holiday cheer throughout the southland University of Phoenix Southern California Campus and Pasadena residents handed out new toys to local underprivileged children who live in Pasadena and surrounding cities at the second annual Toys for Tots Winter Wonderland event. The event was held at University of Phoenix Pasadena Learning Center. In [...]
Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou? Retirement Home’s 10 Month Old Shih Tzu Needs your Held after being struck by Car
10 month old Romeo is undoubtedly California Mission Inn’s best therapy dog for the residents and Is currently in a pet hospital awaiting surgery after being hit by a car. The residents and staff are asking for the public’s help to pay the $6000 in medical fees to gets Romeo back to his home at [...]
Girl Scout Fest Inspires Art and Science of Innovation More than 2,000 attend annual family science festival
“Imagination Meets Innovation” was the theme at Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles’ (GSGLA) Annual Family Science Festival on Sunday on the Caltech campus in Pasadena. The event, held in association with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), brought over 2,000 Girl Scouts and their families to a fun-filled day of exploring the wonders of science, [...]
Supporters Push Dreier for Legislation Protecting San Gabriel Mountains
A stack of 400 letters from local residents who are asking Rep. David Dreier (R-San Dimas) to introduce legislation to protect the San Gabriel Mountains was delivered to the Congressman’s office last Wednesday. To date, more than 1,500 letters and postcards have been sent to Rep. Dreier asking him to introduce a bill to help [...]
Showcase House: A Fun Fantasy for a Good Cause
By Susan Motander The Pasadena Showcase House of Design is now open. The home this year is the headquarters of the Pomona San Gabriel Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. When it was built in 1930 it was the stately French Chateau estate of John and Mildred Cravens. There is a certain irony in [...]
Homebuyers to Receive $10,000 Tax Credit in New Program
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly bill 183 designed to kick-start California real estate sales during the all important spring season when home sales get into high gear. Determined to encourage home ownership and at the same time promote job creation, the Governor signed the $200 million bill to provide new and first time homeowners with [...]
Michael Jackson’s Vegas Estate Listed with Arcadia Realtors
Just recently offered for sale at$12.8 million through Arcadia’s Century 21 Ludecke is a palatial estate known as the “Palomino Hacienda” that was Michael Jackson’s last Las Vegas home prior to his death. The sprawling Spanish Hacienda is a spectacular property, featuring a 3,982 square foot guest house, which was the main residence of [...]