The Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District ("Upper Water," for short) is sponsoring a student art contest encouraging students to creatively express the concept, "Being Water Wise Is…" Students are invited to depict how to use water wisely at home, school, and in the community. Art submission deadline is April 13, 2026, at 5 p.m. Details.
- Brad Haugaard
In his foster home, Saint proved just how wonderful he truly is: he’s potty-trained, calm indoors, has shown himself to be gentle with children, and made friends with another dog. He’s polite with new people once given a moment to warm up, and rides quietly in the car like a seasoned travel companion. Saint is ready to be someone’s loyal, loving shadow. If you’re looking for a gentle, intelligent pup with a heart of gold, come meet Saint. He’s so ready for his forever family!
The adoption fee for dogs is $150. All dog adoptions include spay or neuter, microchip, and age-appropriate vaccines.
Walk-in adoptions are available every day from 10:00 – 5:00. View photos of adoptable pets at pasadenahumane.org.
New adopters will receive a complimentary health-and-wellness exam from VCA Animal Hospitals, as well as a goody bag filled with information about how to care for your pet. Pets may not be available for adoption and cannot be held for potential adopters by phone calls or email.
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A 1910 view of Monrovia's famous Pottenger Sanatorium, located off of North Canyon and founded by Dr. Francis Pottenger. People were treated there for tuberculosis. This is the front of a postcard from Homer to his sister Myrtle Baika, in Huntington Beach, mailed at the extravagant price of one penny. From the Kim Anderson collection. See full details here.
For more historic photos and papers, see the Monrovia Historical Society’s complete Legacy Project collection here. Learn more about the Monrovia Historical Society here.
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Dec. 13, 7 p.m. Project Musica Clara
Dec. 14, 7 p.m. FAVA (Foothill Academy of Vocal Arts)
Dec. 17, 6 p.m. Night of Carols
Christmas Eve - Candlelight service at 5 p.m.
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In reading it, it is clear that Monroe was an organizer and a builder. A builder of railroads, a builder of our town, a builder of businesses.
But… he wasn’t really a writer. While the book is filled with interesting information about his life and Monrovia, it is expressed as an unedited memoir written when he was 91 years old, so there are portions that are occasionally unclear. Nevertheless, the material is fascinating.
For example, he was a redhead. I had no clue.
Also, I always thought Monrovia was named directly after him, but that’s only indirectly true. He and his wife started a fruit ranch here that they called “Monroevia,” then when the town was being planned a cofounder suggested dropping the “e” from the ranch name, creating “Monrovia.”
And why does Monrovia have so many streets named after fruits and flowers (Magnolia, Lemon, Lime, etc.)? Well, that was his wife, Mary Jane’s, idea.
And lots more.
There are stories about his Civil War battles, railroad building in the Continental United States, Alaska, and Mexico, and of course, the founding of Monrovia.
So if you’re looking for a gift for someone with an interest in Monrovia history, or for yourself, I think this is a winner. You can get it at Charlie’s House, 430 S. Myrtle, for $30.
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I got AI to add a bit more detail:
"Essentially, Terray is attempting to revolutionize drug discovery by replacing slow, traditional laboratory work with a hyper-accelerated AI-driven system that finds completely novel drug candidates much faster and more successfully than before.
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"You can think of Terray’s approach like a highly efficient search engine for new medicines. Instead of manually flipping through millions of pages (traditional testing), Terray uses a microscopic device (tArray) to rapidly scan billions of pages (data points). Then, their AI (EMMI) uses this enormous, high-quality dataset to intelligently suggest the next best "page" to look at, rather than just suggesting pages similar to the ones already read, ensuring they quickly discover new ideas no one has seen before." Details.
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