La Verne News

Autumn is a time of transformation, a period when days grow shorter, weather turns erratic and most living things show signs of age.

An advocate for open government believes the West Covina School District has violated state open-government laws several times.

"Leonardo, played by sophomore Danny Bride , struggles against the Bridegroom, freshman Alexander Clague while the Bride, senior Natasha Velasco , is caught in-between during a scene from the University of La Verne Theatre Arts Department production of Frederico Garcia Lorca's tragic play "Blood Wedding." . For more than 75 years, Federico Garcia ...

Rent your own garden plot at the Peace & Carrots Community Garden for $40 for the year, or $25 for six months.

It was almost four years in coming but National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Andrew McKindley of Rancho Cucamonga has finally received his Purple Heart medal.

The creative winners winners are Rosa Hopper of San Diego, Shelly Mayo of Brentwood and Colleen Rose of La Verne.

"There's just enough hideous expectations to satisfy teenagers and young children, but no blood, guts or gore to give anybody nightmares," bragged Friends of La Verne Library President Jay Fugitt about the library's popular Halloween Haunted House attraction.

City officials have pitched a potential multimillion- dollar renovation and expansion of City Hall to its residents.

Have you checked the price of projector bulbs lately? If one goes on the fritz, by the time you requisition a new one, it could take weeks to receive it, if it arrives at all, given lean school budgets these days.

University receives research grant University of La Verne professor has received a grant to fund undergraduate research involving potential toxins in plastic food and drink containers.

The only thing better than "Home for the Holidays" are three homes for the holidays.

On Aug. 25, Fillmore City Councilman Steve Conaway accused three other members of the council of violating California's open-meeting law, the Brown Act, by participating in a private meeting earlier in the month and acting on information gleaned from the meeting.

The City Council on Monday night approved the sale of city-owned land to the Haaker Equipment Co.

Boni Wish is hosting a fall collection debut in order to raise money to fight cancer.

A church pastor at Monday night's meeting will ask for La Verne City Council members to allow him to continue a 20-year alternative Halloween tradition.

Pursuing a college education is becoming increasingly expensive, and the rising price of textbooks is contributing to the costs.

Sweet Smell of Success: Now you no longer have to go Oak Glen to taste great apples.

Nine months ago Dave Kettle became interim chief of the Pomona Police Department and immediately found himself in one of the roughest economic periods to hit city in decades.

San Bernardino County Department of Public Health officials on Tuesday will begin administering the nose spray version of the H1N1 influenza vaccine to people in high-risk groups.

Flu shots have been rescheduled at two local clinics. In Glendora, the flu shot clinic will be from 9 to 11:15 a.m. Thursday at La Fetra Center, 333 E. Foothill Blvd.