San Marino News

Grad night themes come and Grad Night themes go, but if there was ever one that defined the San Marino High School graduation class for which it was intended, well, 'Toy Story' and '2013' are a match made in heaven.

Southwestern Academy recently bid adieu to forty-two graduates at the school's 89th commencement exercises held on the Monterey Rd. campus here in San Marino.

Vowing to "help the San Marino Unified School District improve on academic success for all students," Shelley Ryan, a local educator, has announced her candidacy for a seat on the school board.

Wilson was part of the first overland immigration to Southern California led by Lorenzo Trujillo in 1841 from New Mexico.

You wouldn't think it from its gaudy concrete-clad image, but LA is home to some of the most beautiful urban parks in the US.

Lawmakers have passed and sent to the governor the third on-time budget in a row.

Today, Big Bear Valley is full of water. In 1845, no dam had yet been built and the lush valley was known for being home to a large bear population.

In This Free Download Sperlak, featured in The Artist's Magazine , shows you how to re-create the drama and subtleties of the night.

Declaring his personal "responsibility to step up and make a difference," Phil Chan - a seventeen-year resident of San Marino - has told The Tribune of his intention to seek one of three seats on the San Marino School Board that will be contested at the November, 2013 election.

We counted three Delahayes at the show. This one was brought by Bonhams, which will auction it off.

New UCLA head basketball coach Steve Alford apologized today for repeatedly defending one of his players at the University of Iowa in 2002 when the sophomore star was arrested and charged with sexual assault.... The Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority board of directors recently awarded a $48.7 million design-build contract to ... (more)

PASADENA >> After a yearlong search, federal officials have named Options, a veteran Pasadena nonprofit agency, to take over local the Head Start programs that have been under emergency management since the previous operator abruptly closed all its 15 local sites in October 2011.

We love glitzy, international classic car shows like Pebble Beach and Villa d'Este just as much as the next nostalgic gearhead, but we also dig the smaller events at locales like Amelia Island and Hilton Head.

Greg Richardson, the Strategic Monk, will discuss craft beers with us during a live web chat June 13. Pasadena resident Greg Richardson exudes calm.

Bonhams reports its June 3 auction of Native American Art in San Francisco realized $2.25 million, with strong bidder participation in the auction room, on the phones and online.

Health and public policy advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation have learned that a ballot initiative to allow Los Angeles voters to weigh in on creating a separate City of Los Angeles Public Health Department backed by the group has been certified by the Los Angeles City Clerk.

The San Marino Schools Foundation's Class of 2013 Endowment Fund offers a special way to honor San Marino High School's graduating seniors.

The City of San Marino last Thursday afternoon took the wraps off the first new field of play for the community's young people in - well maybe you can fill in the blank - years.

Eunice Hoopera s a Samplera is in the exhibit, a Useful Hours: Needlework and Painted Textiles from Southern California Collections,a at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino June 1. Photo courtesy of the Huntington.

The Powerhouse fire in the Angeles National Forest north east of Santa Clarita grew to 29,500 acres overnight with 40% containment.