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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Friendly reminder: Candidates Forum. Tonight. Glendora.
The seven candidates vying for a seat on the Glendora council will meet for a forum tonight. All seven candidates have been confirmed to attend the event at 7 tonight at the Citrus Valley Association of Realtors Community Room, 504 … Continue reading
Not every door opens for a mayor
Covina Mayor Peggy Delach had a unusual excuse for missing Tuesday’s City Council meeting — she was stuck on the tarmac at Ontario airport because the plane’s door was stuck. This after the flight was already delayed. Delach wound up … Continue reading
Rooster sauce gets a cookbook
Huy Fong Foods Inc., which is moving to a new location in Irwindale not far from the Tribune offices, is famous for its “Rooster Sauce” the common name for the company’s Sriracha Hot Chile Sauce. Well, if you are a … Continue reading
Posted in Irwindale
Tagged Rooster Sauce, spicy food, Sriracha Hot Chile Sauce, Vroman's Bookstore
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West Covina doesn’t wait long to adjust council photo
Most city websites have employee and city council pictures that last for years, sometimes more, and are rarely updated. But in West Covina, it didn’t take long before the council members got together to take a group picture without now … Continue reading
Posted in West Covina
Tagged California State Assembly, Roger Hernandez, West Covina City Council
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Car allowances in Alhambra, San Gabriel and La Habra
Just to follow up on the car allowance stories we have been running in the paper that showed El Monte spending about $228,000 a year on the benefit and Pasadena nearly $300,000, I just got a reply from Alhambra showing … Continue reading
Posted in San Gabriel
Tagged car allowances, city budgets, fringe benefits, La Habra
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Weekend links and yodeling dummies
Did anyone watch the Miss America pageant this weekend? I would be ashamed to admit to it normally, but when someone’s talent is a yodeling ventriloquist act (you heard that right) or describes their biggest asset as being “racially ambiguous” … Continue reading
Posted in Walnut
Tagged indian burial grounds, Iraq War, Miss America, teen pregnancy, veterans, yodeling
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Is having Mayor Ken Herman be the moderator for the Glendora council forum a conflict of interest?
Was just informed today by those running the Glendora candidates forum next week that incumbent Mayor Ken Herman – who announced he would not seek reelection this spring – will moderate the Glendora council forum. This raises a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Glendora
Tagged candidate forum, conflict of interest, council debates, political fairness, Politics
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Glendora names Castro new chief
Rob Castro, the current captain for the Glendora Police Department, has been selected by City Manager Chris Jeffers to replace outgoing chief Charles Montoya. The decision is subject to council approval at the Jan. 25 meeting. Jeffers made the announcement … Continue reading
New sushi restaurant in downtown Glendora
Replacing Pico de Gallo in downtown Glendora (which, I thought, served a pretty good taco) is a new sushi restaurant in the downtown Glendora village. Sushi and I just moved in and councilman Doug Tessitor gave it his seal of … Continue reading
Man shot in head sneezes out bullet
Sometimes you are a newsman writing about murder, mayhem and corruption. Sometimes, people sneeze bullets out of their head. There is nothing to learn here.