Monthly Archives: July 2009

I wrote a column on Friday that attempted to show how a $584 million cut to the Cal State universities will have an effect on people — from faculty to staff to every employee to of course, the students. The … Continue reading →

Marlene Chavez, winner of the Steven Tamaya Scholarship Award, is the editor-in-chief of La Cima magazine at Rio Hondo College in Whittier. Marlene Chavez loves working in media. She is finishing up her Associate of Science degree in print media, … Continue reading →

Above shows the Mortgage Equity Withdrawal (MEW) rate. Note the high point in 2004-2007, then after the housing crunch, it dropped off to almost zero in 2009. WHEN I was 19, my grandpa, Matteo Mimmo, drove me to the Ben … Continue reading →

Pasadena really turned out Saturday night for the free concert in Memorial Park at the Levitt Pavilion (see photo above). “It’s like a mini Hollywood Bowl,” remarked my wife. By the time Louie Beltran Cruz played its first note, the … Continue reading →

THE slanting orange light caught my eye. I was downing my last bite of buffalo burger at The Dish restaurant in La Canada Flintridge when the sun, bending through the restaurant’s unusually large bay window, prompted me to jostle my … Continue reading →

This sounds like a good idea. A preacher’s kid from Hollywood, Jordan Wagner, son of the head pastor of Oasis Church on Wilshire in L.A., is hawking Generosity Water to fund water wells in Africa. At a church service Sunday … Continue reading →

Former political reporter and political aide, Steve Tamaya, died 10 years ago this month. He was 37. MY good friend and one of the best political reporters this newspaper has ever seen died 10 years ago this month. Steve Tamaya … Continue reading →