Monthly Archives: August 2007

Have you tried the trendy frozen yogurt yet? It’s been the craze in LA, now the SGV has it. Pinkberry moved into Old Pasadena this month on Fair Oaks, just a door or two south of Cheesecake Factory where the … Continue reading →

John Steven McGroarty If it weren’t for John Steven McGroarty’s writings, the San Gabriel Civic Auditorium would not exist. On Wednesday, 95 years will have passed since the first performance of McGroarty’s amazingly successful “The Mission Play” was staged. His … Continue reading →

While Michael Moore and many presidential candidates criticize America’s lack of universal healthcare, it is the same healthcare system that is causing Americans to live 20-30 years into retirement. A good thing, yes, unless you outlive your savings and have … Continue reading →

Dexter MacBride was handed a Valentine in the fourth grade. The sender had scrawled in pencil “Dickster McBrick” across the envelope. The shaken fourth grader has been using that grade school insult as a motivating moment for the rest of … Continue reading →

Amid the roasting kettle corn, the slabs of pork and the trinket vendors of the Friday night Monrovia Family Festival is a political tug-of-war. Competing tables manned by passionate volunteers lure passers-by into either the Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama … Continue reading →

The hold Republicans have on the state budget — Day 46 and still no state budget — is like a blockade in war. They are starving them out. Legislators are not getting paid. But while most lawmakers can afford to … Continue reading →

IVE written about the Angeles National Forest for 21 years but never the way Norma Meacham Rowley does in her new book, The Angeles Was Our Home. As someone who grew up in Glendoras Big Dalton Canyon, Rowleys collection of … Continue reading →

Appropriately, I was at a baseball game when Barry Bonds hit his record-breaking 756th home run. I stood and applauded as the announcement lit up the outfield screen at Angel Stadium. What kind of message was I sending my two … Continue reading →

The O.C. Register reported that Angel Stadium of Anaheim had 118 vermin (i.e. rat) infestation violations at hot dog stands, kiosks and in-stadium restaurants as reported by the health inspector since 2005. And 33 of those were “major” vermin infestations. … Continue reading →

The first thing I remember “CJ” Mitcheltree saying was “Go Pirates!” That was because he was on my son’s Temple City National Little League Team, the Coast Pirates, back in 2001. Now, the 18-year-old Temple City youth has been arrested … Continue reading →