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Are the Sidewalks Broken?

What is with people walking down the middle of the car lanes in residential areas? I don't mean across the street, but lengthwise along the street, right in the middle of the car lanes?

Ten feet from perfectly good sidewalks (mostly on Magnolia Avenue north of Foothill and along Hillcrest), I increasingly see people walking their dogs or walking side-by-side blocking traffic. My wife even saw a woman walking a baby carriage right down the middle of the car lane! And they do it before dawn and at dusk when they are hardest to see.

Do people have a death wish or something?

Anyway, if the Monrovia Police Department would like to issue some tickets, I'd happily cheer from the sidelines.


- Brad Haugaard

Old Monrovia Better than Old Pas?

A very nice article by Star-News Editor Steve Scauzillo comparing Old Monrovia very favorably to Old Pasadena.

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_15762163

- Brad Haugaard

The Three Bears


I was bikng in the hills above Monrovia this morning and took a break next to Camp Trask. As I was sitting there a momma bear and two cubs crossed the road. Mom looked at me and I looked back ... a little nervously. And I snapped this picture.

- Brad Haugaard



Wendy's in the Morning


Even a Wendy's looks nice in the early-morning sunlight.

- Brad Haugaard

Rock Music in Library Park




A very pleasant evening in Library Park with the classic rock group, The Answer. Doo Wop next Sunday at 7p.m.

Brad Haugaard

Monrovia City Salaries Available Online

In light of the City of Bell salary blow-up, the City of Monrovia is listing all its top officials salaries right here:

http://www.ci.monrovia.ca.us/component/content/article/66-general/768-council...

A very wise and timely move, it seems to me. I hope all cities do the same.

- Brad Haugaard

Casual Bears and People


My wife was gardening out by the street a little while ago, and a woman
walked by on the sidewalk and asked, "Is the bear still there?"

"What bear?" my wife asked.

The woman looked up in the tree overhead and said, "Oh yeah, she's still
there."

My wife looked up and found she had been gardening under a 300 pound
bear and her two cubs. And I came out and snapped this picture.

That night momma and the cubs left, but I must say, people (and bears)
in Monrovia are getting mighty casual.

- Brad Haugaard