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« Previous EntriesReignited Sierra Madre Fire and Monterey Park Police
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008Bill Coburn dropped in to give us the official story on both these issues. Apparently, there was a flareup above Sierra Madre:
Just spoke to Battalion Chief Mike Bamberger. Here’s the scoop. About 9:45 am, there was a small rekindled fire in the burn area. Firefighter attacked it directly, and during mop-up, there were two minor […]
Mister Bogaard, Tear Down This College!
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008[Hornet’s dream, Originally uploaded by bryanvillarin]
No, I’m not advocating the destruction of the old Ambassador College Campus, just making a point.
The Affordable Housing Bunny Hops Into Pasadena
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Joe Piasecki tugs at the heartstrings at the beginning of his piece about Prop. 98 and I had to count to ten to avoid banging my head against the wall:
Not far from the 61 new luxury condominiums built recently behind the historic Friend Paper Co. building in Old Pasadena, a tiny homeless woman sleeps inside […]
Where’s Frank?
Thursday, May 1st, 2008The nice thing about conglomerates, is that the business can gain a lot of efficiencies by various units sharing the same systems.
The problem with conglomerates is that the entire business can be brought to a screeching halt by various units relying on the same efficient system.
Thus, from Chatsworth to Pasadena to West Covina to Pomona […]
Claremont Insider Mans Up
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008The best blog based out of Claremont tells the Courier to man up, then tells itself to man up. Expect Pam Gann to come out publicly criticizing the blog for employing sexist terminology that artificially reinforces archaic gender stereotypes. To the Insider, we say, “Gender-neutral-person up.”
Speaking of Claremont, there’s another laughable chapter in the affordable […]
Affordable Housing: Pipe Dream or Nightmare?
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Whoops, that’s not the title of the seminar Larry Wilson references:
Everybody talks about affordable housing, but only credit crunches and recessions do anything about it. But at Occidental this Saturday, as part of the Conversations at the College seminars, you can join former Pasadena Mayor Rick Cole, city manager of Ventura and Oxy ‘78, and […]
Pasadena Now with Stunning Coverage of Pasadena
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008Breaking news!
The Monrovia PR Game: News, Rumor or None of the Above
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Sometimes, things can best be evaluated by what they neglect, rather that that which they accomplish. Take, for example, the Mayor of Los Angeles. Full of promise and energy is he, yet, also the man is plainly and profoundly vacuous on delivery.
In a similar light, one might consider the City of Monrovia PR […]
Special from the Desk(top) of the Photo Editor
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008To be perfectly honest, none of us contributors actually know anything about the owners of the FC Blog, Publius and Centinel. They stand in the tradition of a number of Americans, taking their very pseudonyms from the pen names of the writers of the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers. When the U.S. […]
Claremont Graduate University Endorses Ken White for CA State Assembly
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008Okay, so maybe it’s not an official endorsement, but their news archive has a story on him that begins like this:
Ken White has a common-sense approach to government. Education reform. Renewable energy. Inalienable rights. Neighborhood security. What seem like such straightforward issues aren’t being met at the top level, so he’s decided to run for […]
The Proctor Is In: Head Blogger In Charge
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008It’s the FC Blog’s very own Centinel, taking his turn in the Aaron Proctor Interview Series.
The Proc: Ancient Chinese Secret - Calgon or Falun Gong?
Centinel: I thought Calgon was calwatch’s away message. And isn’t the Falun Gong that evil subversive group trying to destroy the honorably elected and much beloved Chinese Communist Party, model of […]
Monrovia Police Officers Association’s “Strategic Blunder”?
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Charlotte Schamadan, writing in the P-Star News, says the Monrovia Police Officers Association has crossed some lines:
The MPOA, in their presentation, tried to involve local folks in the battle. Following the spate of telephone calls and mailers that residents received from the MPOA, many people are now very annoyed with the police officers’ tactics. The […]
Claremont to Restrict Beauty
Monday, March 31st, 2008Francisco Vara-Orta’s article in the Los Angeles Times comes out of nowhere:
There may be a little less beauty in downtown Claremont if the City Council pushes through a restrictive ordinance on salons.
Under the proposed ordinance, any new hair, nail, skin care, and tanning salons and day spas in Claremont Village would be restricted to second-floor […]
6 Links Worth Clicking
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008After the jump, six links worth a click and a least a blink:
