Sierra Madre News

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 ...

To prove his mother wrong and complete a year-end school project, Owen Migel, 10, directed, shot and edited a two-minute video explaining how video games can actually help kids communicate with each other.

Authorities say Jeffry Picower, a Florida philanthropist and a friend of Bernard Madoff for decades, was found dead in his swimming pool.

Five blocks south of el Parque Central in Antigua , located at #2 Avenida 4ta Sur sits a local treasure: the Steve Skelton Memorial Library, operated under the auspices of the local American Legion Post .

Come Saturday, double bass player Tom Peters will combine two of his passions: music and German horror films.

A man who was shot and wounded by a Sierra Madre Police officer in January has filed a lawsuit against the city and its police department.

The Sierra Madre Police Department is hosting a second "Living with Wildlife" presentation at 7 p.m. Friday at the Sierra Madre City Hall Council Chambers, 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.

Only his untimely death in a plane crash kept Larry Shue from becoming the next generation's Neil Simon.

A Downey man was hospitalized in critical condition Thursday after crashing his car into a tree, police said.

Pasadena Police Chief Bernard Melekian receives a standing ovation and congratulations from Pasadena City manager Michael Beck after completing his speech on community policing initiatives titled, "The Police Are Not the Problem," at the Brookside Club House Thursday October 15, 2009.

Prompted by the first rain of the season, emergency and city officials met with Sierra Madre residents Wednesday to take steps to protect homes and loved ones from debris flows that threaten the community in the wake of last year's Santa Anita Fire.