Sierra Madre News

After hearing Jim Engle of Sierra Madre, Calif., talk about the headaches he and his wife endured on a round trip to Detroit on American Airlines this summer, it might be surprising to hear that U.S. airlines continue to receive great marks in customer service.

The search to fill the vacant superintendent's position at South Pasadena Unified officially ended when the school board named Joel Shapiro, a veteran teacher and administrator, to the top job.

Saturday, November 14, 2009 The Franklin Avenue crew will be riding the rails this Sunday, taking advantage of the Metro's all-day free entry to the Gold Line.

It took just under 45 minutes for the Perfect Gentlemen quartet to zip through 100 years of music during a recent special performance for students from Sierra Madre Elementary School.

Hank Landsberg presents a program about his experience driving the Willow Springs racetrack at the next meeting of the Sierra Madre Kiwanis Club, at noon Nov.

Southern Californians are accustomed to hearing the phrase "red flag warning" in weather reports when conditions are ripe for wildfires.

A man who fell to his death in the Angeles National Forest was identified Tuesday.

Authorities on Tuesday searched an area near Bailey Canyon Park in Sierra Madre for a missing hiker.

The Gold Line Eastside Extension, which will connect the end of the Gold Line at Union Station to within one miles of the city border of Monterey Park, will be opening this Sunday.

WITH AUTUMN bringing many changes to plants and animals, hummingbirds continue to be territorial about some of the best nectar sources in the garden including the late blooming Salvia elegans, or pineapple sage.

A chance encounter in a McDonald's restaurant led to the identification of a the body of "Jane Doe #7" found in Sierra Madre 16 years ago as a runaway teen, it was reported today.

The body of a 17-year-old Ontario girl who went missing in 1993 was recently identified.

The Perfect Gentlemen will perform their educational assembly show, "100 Years of Harmony," for free at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., for an invited audience of local teachers, school administrators, PTA parents, and two classrooms from Sierra Madre Elementary School.

Scott Hettrick announces the placement of the new marker at the Race Track in December.

Lately you can't escape the sight of leering jack-o'-lanterns and elaborately decorated skeletons dancing across local store windows and front porches, all posted to commemorate Halloween and/or Dia de Los Muertos.

A search for a 73-year-old man last seen Sunday on the trail to Mt. Whitney was expanded today, with teams scouring both sides of the Sierra Nevada crest.

Creative Arts Group kicks off its 2009 Art Festival with a gala opening and reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Nov.

IT'S AN ALL-OUT HALLOWEEN ROCK PARTY SATURDAY NIGHT AT SIERRA MADRE'S CAF 322, WHICH THIS WEEKEND KICKS out the jams with no less than four rocking bands to rattle your bones.

More than 350 homes and businesses in San Gabriel are without power this morning, Southern California Edision officials say, after a powerful overnight windstorm knocked out electricity across sections of LA County.

What does a tough Mexican army major barking orders in the outlaw hills of the Sierra Madre have in common with the laconic sheriff detective from the north woods of California who puts a marijuana sticker on his truck as a joke? They are both professional weed-whackers committed to the cause - the hard, dirty, difficult destruction of marijuana ...