DA Says: No Problem with How Monrovia City Council Handled Vacant Seat

District Attorney says Monrovia City Council did not violate Brown Act in how it handled Councilman Clarence Shaw's seat open (it left the seat open) when he was called up by the Army Reserve. http://goo.gl/eIaEU

 

- Brad Haugaared

Candy Buy-Back at Monrovia Schools | More Abuse Complaints | School Newsletter

~ YMCA volunteers at Monrovia Elementary Schools are buying back Halloween candy and passing out raffle tickets to win a bicycle. http://goo.gl/le2KZ

 

~ Three women add to complaints of what they considered abuse at a Pasadena 'boot camp' run by a Monrovia resident. http://goo.gl/ksVp5

 

~ The Fall Monrovia Schools newsletter is out ( http://goo.gl/5vmIT ). Highlights:

> The grand opening for the Louise K. Taylor Performing Arts Center at Monrovia High is set for Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. You are welcome to attend.

> Plymouth Elementary is a Los Angeles Regional Award Winner in the 2011 Governor’s Challenge Competition for its work in physical fitness.

> Plus stories on Bradoaks and Wildrose schools, and Bradoaks employee Ross October.

 

- Brad Haugaard

Aarg! A Halloween Pirate Ship

This Halloween pirate ship, complete with music, mist and pirates, is just west of McKinley on Hillcrest. 

- Brad Haugaard

Video Interviews With Monrovia School Board Candidates

If these written interviews ( http://goo.gl/Bez0h ) with Monrovia School Board members were not enough for you to make up your mind who to vote for, here  are a set of video interviews from Ralph Walker at KGEM:

Janeane Lechuga Covarrubias http://goo.gl/DsyLa

David Dale Crabtree http://goo.gl/6kjz8

Ed Gililland http://goo.gl/h8Zr4

Rob Hammond http://goo.gl/RsDVu

Ed McCarthy http://goo.gl/EJq6z

Terrence G. Williams http://goo.gl/VTZrs

Bryan J. Wong http://goo.gl/fnXvq

- Brad Haugaard

Place a Hold Online on a Monrovia Library Book

Here's a new video on how to place a hold on a Monrovia Library book online. http://goo.gl/bTY61 

 

And here is the actual library catalog if you want to give it a try: http://goo.gl/4uedC

 

- Brad Haugaard

Gun Group to Challenge Portantino's Open-Carry Law

A gun-rights group is planning to challenge the No-Open-Carry law authored by one of Monrovia's assemblymen, Anthony Portantino. http://goo.gl/PlL8P

 

- Brad Haugaard

Partial Freeway Closures Ahead

Partial closures of 210 eastbound from Halloween night through the evening of Nov. 11. Closures will start no earlier than 10 p.m. and end by 1 p.m. the following day. No full-freeway closures are anticipated. The construction crew is working on either end of the bridge, where it is anchored to the ground. The abutments.

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Firefighter Retiring

Monrovia Fireman Rob Vita to retire after 30 years. http://goo.gl/iMfXe

 

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia School Board Candidates

Here are all the Monrovia School Board candidate interviews (alphabetical by last name) from Patch. You can open them all side-by-side in tabs using my little tool, OpenUpper.com, and clicking "Open checked," or you can open them one by one here:

Janeane Covarrubias http://goo.gl/FdJ4k

David Crabtree http://goo.gl/hY0Uu

Ed Gililland http://goo.gl/EkCiY

Rob Hammond http://goo.gl/V0fbl

Ed McCarthy http://goo.gl/4J6Yz

Terrence Williams http://goo.gl/N1Pqa

Bryan Wong http://goo.gl/llWwB

- Brad Haugaard

Halloween Ship

I'm thinking this ship will be pretty impressive on Halloween night. On the south side of Hillcrest between Madison and McKinley.

- Brad Haugaard

Man Shoots Himself on Myrtle

Man reportedly shoots himself on Myrtle near Library Park. http://goo.gl/EhqqB and http://goo.gl/lf0hS

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia's McCarthy in Sports Illustrated

Monrovia's Ellis McCarthy makes Sports Illustrated Player of the Week. http://goo.gl/Vc4xk

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Dia de los Muertos | Home Depot Helps

~ Dia de los Muertos at Live Oaks Park in Monrovia Wednesday. http://goo.gl/mQT6v

 

~ Home Depot helps out VFW http://goo.gl/939Oq

 

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Over San Marino in Football :-)

Monrovia beats San Marino 43-7. With a score like that I cringe and feel a bit embarrassed for the losing team. But San Marino didn't give up and scored its 7 points in the fourth quarter. Good for them.

Full story: http://goo.gl/Oi1Xw

- Brad Haugaard

Gold Line Wins Court Cases Brought by Monrovia Landowner

The Metero Gold Line won a court ruling in a case brought against the line by a Monrovia property owner who doesn't want to sell his land for a rail maintenance yard.

 

According to the Gold Line press release, "the ruling released today denies the petitioner’s request that the court invalidate the Construction Authority’s certification of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the project."

 

Also, the news release says that, "To date, the petitioner has initiated six lawsuits against the Construction Authority and City of Monrovia in an attempt to stop the eminent domain process for his property. The lawsuits have ranged from alleging a secret conspiracy, to challenging the ability of board members to sit on the Construction Authority board, to claiming the Construction Authority is not legally permitted to conduct design-build procurements."

 

More here: http://goo.gl/6OsRP

 

- Brad Haugaard