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  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Congregation Ale House: A Sip At The Gastropub's New Pasadena Altar

    Much as we are Beer Church believers, our drive-by impression of Congregation Ale House's latest branch across from Pasadena's Central Park was hardly revelatory. The freestanding building is boxy and rather shiny, a little too carefully designed in that chain restaurant or mega-church sort of way. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    L.A. Metro Unveils New Expo Line, Approves Billions More in Rail; Gadfly in Obama Mask Isn't Happy

    The inimitable John Walsh, L.A.'s favorite gadfly (unless you work at City Hall), will show up to protest the triumphant Expo Line opening at USC today, where the train will reportedly break through a welcome banner as confetti and cannon fireworks go off in the background. The Bus Riders Union is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Teen Bicyclist in Hit-And-Run With Car? Cops Say Celina Pangburn Was In It For Cash

    Bicycle rights advocates, ever a vocal and Portlandia-esque bunch, have made a lot of wind over alleged cases of motorists' hit-and-run collisions against their ilk. Often their argument is that local police don't investigate the crashes as they would a car-on-car accident because the whole world, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Honey I Poisoned Your Cereal: Azusa's Fernando Porras Gets 8 Years

    Ah, cereal, that go-to, cozy foodstuff that never goes wrong, even when you're milk's about to turn sour like Mel Gibson at a bar mitzvah. But one Azusa woman found out the hard way that not all bowls o' flakes are hearty and wholesome. No, she'll never be able to slurp those last drops of sugary m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Alex Rodriguez, Young Duarte Man, Dies When Car Flies off Highway 39 Cliff

    This post has been updated to correct information about the victim's identity. Twenty-year-old Duarte man Alex Rodriguez was declared dead early Sunday morning. He had driven his Honda sedan off the side of the windy, cliffside San Gabriel Canyon Road -- also known as Highway 39. A 16-year-old gir ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    EPA Orders $20 Million Worth of Groundwater Cleanup to Help Residents of San Gabriel Valley

    ​Tap water has a bad rap these days. And in many cases, for good reason. There's an awful lot of groundwater contamination out there. But for those folks living in the San Gabriel Valley who - God forbid - like being able to actually drink their tap water, there was a splash of good news today ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2011

    Azusa 13 Gang Terrorized Blacks, Monopolized Drug Sales, Sent 'Taxes' to Mexican Mafia, Feds Allege

    ​The feds cracked down today on a San Gabriel Valley Latino gang they say has been on a war path against African Americans for 20 years. Sixteen people were arrested, 23 were already behind bars, seven were arrested on state drug allegations, and 12 others were on the loose as authorities act ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Fun at The Royce with the Pasadena Star-News

    The RoyceRoyce chef David Féau​ We are no stranger to restaurant hype; really we're not. We tend to generate a bit of it ourselves. So I hope you will believe us when we say that we have never quite seen anything like the front page of today's Pasadena Star-News, which was entirely devoted, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2010

    Duarte And Azusa Head to Court In San Gabriel Valley Mining Showdown

    Save Our Canyon​In a San Gabriel Valley smackdown, the city of Duarte is suing its neighbor to the east, Azusa, over the latter's approval of new mining on Duarte's doorstep.According to Duarte, Azusa stands to make more than $60 million in fees from the mining over the next 28 years. Meanwhile, D ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2010

    $35 Million Worth Of Pot Uprooted At Angeles National Forest

    Dey via Flickr​According to the Pasadena Star News, about $35 million worth of marijuana plants were uprooted over the weekend at dozens of sites in the Angeles National Forest north of Azusa. Los Angeles sheriff's Capt. Ralph Ornelas told the newspaper that the pot was being grown in remote ... More >>

  • LA Life

    December 10, 2009

    Road Warrior-Savior

    The Metro Freeway Service Patrol is street-wise and safety-savvy.

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    Kid Accused in Morris Fire

    InciWeb​A 13-year-old boy has been accused of starting August's 2,000-acre Morris Fire, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Investigators claim the juvenile, who is not in custody, lit the blaze near Morris Dam, in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Azusa. That fire was the first of two b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    Morris Dam Fire Containment 'Days Away'

    Although 45 percent contained, the Morris Dam fire raging above Azusa is not going quietly. Quoting federal emergency authorities, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune  said that the complete extinguishing of the inferno that has blackened more than 1800 acres is "days away." The blaze erupted in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    Angeles National Forest Wildfire Rages

    Google Maps/InciWebSite of Morris Fire​Many Los Angeles residents awoke this morning to blue skies whose horizons were muddied  by smoke from the Angeles National Forest wildfire 22 miles to the east. The air also bore a campfire scent. The latest wildfire broke out near Morris Dam in San Gab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    Today in Photographs: June 1, 1965

    Members of the International Association of Machinists, on strike against Aerojet General Corporation, greet non-union workers entering the Azusa plant with catcalls.LA Herald-Examiner/LAPL

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    The B-Sides: Blu Interview

    Contrary to popular belief, Blu did not take his name from the Eiffel 65 song popular in the late 90s. Q: So where exactly in LA did you grow up? A: I was born at St. Andrews and 54th, at my grandparent’s crib, that’s where I was living last year and it’s the first place I ever stayed. But ... More >>

  • Music

    September 25, 2008

    Has the L.A. Hip-Hop Plague Finally Passed?

    Four on the floor

  • News

    October 4, 2007

    Shop Till Everybody Drops

    What the well-equipped survivalist will be wearing

  • LA Life

    May 10, 2007

    Maria Suarez

    The counselor

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Freed Sex Slave Caught in Legal Bind

    Looking for Schwarzenegger pardon to save trafficking victim–turned–counselor Maria Suarez from deportation

  • News

    October 5, 2006

    What Lies Beneath

    Best tales of treasure from the underground

  • News

    December 22, 2005

    Inside the Box With the Super Dope Cops

    Hustlers, gangsters, addicts and narcos are all trying to get their chippy on where it’s always Mardi Gras on crack

  • Columns

    March 17, 2005

    Give PEACE® a Chance

    Hustlers, gangsters, addicts and narcos are all trying to get their chippy on where it’s always Mardi Gras on crack

  • News

    December 25, 2003

    Where Are They Now?

    An ever-evolving list of L.A. Weekly alumni

  • Columns

    December 19, 2002

    Tributes

    An ever-evolving list of L.A. Weekly alumni

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    October 25, 2001

    Letters

    An ever-evolving list of L.A. Weekly alumni

  • News

    August 16, 2001

    The South

    From Downtown to Long Beach Harbor

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Demonios en la calle Broadway

    Milagros, exorcismos, anticatolicismo: cómo irse a la ruina en la Iglesia Universal del Reino de Dios por Joseph Treviño

  • News

    July 5, 2001

    Demons on Broadway

    Miracles. Exorcism. Catholic-bashing. Going for broke in the Universal Church.

  • News

    March 8, 2001

    Good vs. Good

    The race for the San Gabriel Valley’s 24th state Senate seat

  • News

    June 1, 2000

    Letters

    The race for the San Gabriel Valley’s 24th state Senate seat

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Wilderness, Inc.

    Southern California's controversial 'Adventure Pass' program

  • News

    April 22, 1999

    Top Dog Politics

    Latinos take their turn

  • News

    April 15, 1999

    Letters

    Latinos take their turn

  • Eat+Drink

    July 30, 1998

    Trapper's Delight

    Big meat in the north woods of San Gabriel

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