Pasadena Star-News

The Heritage Square Request For Proposals Working Group will host a community meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday in the auditorium at Jackie Robinson Center, 1020 N. Fair Oaks Ave. Full Story »

The Black Student Union at , in partnership with local service organizations, will hold an educational program and movie screening, beginning with a reception at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the school's Degheri Performing Arts Center, 200 N. Foothill Blvd. Full Story »

Deputies at the sheriff's Altadena Station are planning a bicycle ride to raise money for charity. Full Story »

TEMPLE CITY - "A City So Superior, Words Are Redundant" didn't quite cut it. Same for "Home Life, Social Life, Schools too - It's All Here - You Can Have a Soda or Even a Beer." Full Story »

As one gets older and wiser, it gets harder to accept any reference to "the holidays" before Thanksgiving morning at the earliest. Full Story »

PASADENA - City Planning and Development Director Richard Bruckner has been singled out as the final candidate for the job of planning director for Los Angeles County. Full Story »

PASADENA - Health officials will distribute at least 3,000 doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine Sunday at the city's final free mass swine flu vaccination. Full Story »

ARCADIA - Police now have a better idea of what three men who tied up and robbed a family in their home last weekend look like. Full Story »

PASADENA - A man testified Thursday he watched as a Pasadena teenager was shot to death two years ago and identified the two defendants in the murder trial as the killers. Full Story »

DUARTE - Four performers from the LA Opera dazzled a packed auditorium at the City of Hope Thursday, belting out versions of classic opera and Christmas songs to a delighted crowd.| With Gallery Full Story »

PASADENA - The trial started Wednesday for two men suspected of fatally shooting a Pasadena teenager just over two years ago. Full Story »

PASADENA - A new clock tower atop the Lake Avenue Gold Line Station now overlooks the 210 Freeway - just the first of several improvements in a soon-to-be-completed $2.3 million renovation project. Full Story »

TEMPLE CITY - A councilwoman indicted on bribery charges has been stripped of her appointment as the adviser to the city's new Youth Committee. Mayor Fernando Vizcarra used his mayoral authority to remove Councilwoman Judy Wong Full Story »

Girls Scouts of America will participate in the "Feed Your Neighbor" food drive Saturday, collecting non-perishable food items Full Story »

A former John Muir High School history teacher charged with murder in the shooting of a man at an Arcadia in 2008 appeared Full Story »

TEMPLE CITY - City officials have named Eric Vail of the law firm Burke, Williams & Sorensen as city attorney. Full Story »

SOUTH PASADENA - A paperwork error officials admit could have been avoided has instead cost the South Pasadena Unified School District $15,000. Full Story »

SIERRA MADRE - City officials say they are taking a symbolic stand against statewide planning mandates "not based on reality" by withholding membership dues to a regional planning Full Story »

ALHAMBRA - Police were looking Wednesday for the driver who struck and killed an elderly grandfather in his motorized wheelchair Tuesday afternoon. Full Story »

IRWINDALE - A woman died after she was ejected from the car she was riding in during a crash on the 605 Freeway on Tuesday, officials said. Beth Amstone, 18, of Duarte, was a ejected during a solo crash at 10:52 a.m. Tuesday, authorities said. She was pronounced Full Story »

A recent suggestion in this space for one way out of Pasadena's public-art squabble wasn't meant to be taken to radical extremes. Full Story »

The splendor of Pasadena's golden era awaits you, as the Castle celebrates the holidays! Take a step back in time at the historic Castle Full Story »

Local veterans and their loved ones disagreed over President Obama's plan to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan on Tuesday but unanimously recognized a need to end the eight-year-old war. | With Gallery Full Story »

PASADENA - Dentist Nasim Ravari often sees dental care fall by the wayside for families struggling to pay the rent or without health insurance plans. Full Story »

PASADENA - Public health officials Tuesday announced schedules for the final round of free swine flu vaccination clinics, saying they'll rely on private health care providers to distribute the Full Story »