By Terry Miller Just when is fire season in California? The experts will tell you that fire season’s now a year-round threat, at least in California. Firefighters put their lives on the line to save ours on a daily basis. When fires start, our first responder firefighters are always ready to fight Mother Nature’s wrath…
By Terry Miller A well-known local attorney and former mayor, Jim Helms, Jr., looked out of his office window Friday and was shocked to see that the top parking level at the Gold Line parking structure was virtually empty. “Metro said that the Arcadia parking structure was over crowded, so they put a $3 parking…
Santa Anita officials decline By Terry Miller The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) has asked Santa Anita official to finish the season two weeks early in the wake of the latest horse deaths over the weekend. The Daily Racing Form, a leading thoroughbred racing industry journal, and The Associated Press reported Sunday that a horse…
Context of communications like emotions and nonverbal cues are often neglected By Terry Miller Thousands of years ago, human beings communicated exclusively through spoken languages. Communities were small and nomadic. Gradually, people developed writing skills, creating a more permanent form of communication. As a result, folklore and oral tradition transitioned into literature. The invention of…
By Terry Miller Arcadia’s Measure A, a three-quarter cent sales tax increase, passed with an impressive 63.94 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s mail in vote. On March 5, 2019, the Arcadia City Council unanimously placed Measure A – a sales tax measure – on the June 4, 2019 Special Election ballot. Measure A will…
By Terry Miller As we celebrate those who graduate this year, we are flummoxed by the out of control—the ridiculous—cost of higher education, or any education for that matter. Last week beaming graduates at Moorhouse college were shocked when Robert Smith, a billionaire investor and philanthropist, announced his family was setting up a grant to wipe out…
Arcadia Field of Honor provides an opportunity to remember the meaning behind the holiday By Terry Miller In doing “extensive” research for this story, I was quick to consult with the digital librarian we all know as Google for information about Memorial Day and its importance. I was stunned to see the immediate search engine…
Over 500 people attend rally at Pasadena City Hall Tuesday evening By Terry Miller The state of Alabama last week enacted the strictest abortion law in the country, making performing the procedure a felony at any stage of pregnancy with close to no exceptions. Perhaps one of the most of heated political potatoes is once…
After six weeks of racing and training, Santa Anita Race Track had its second equine death in less than a week when a horse was euthanized Monday. It was the 25th death of a horse since Dec. 26, 2018. The gelding, Spectacular Music, was taken off the course by the jockey and taken to the barns…
Sir Mick and Boys Back Aug. 22; The Cure headlines Daydream Fest Aug. 31 By Terry Miller As I have frequently quipped, we (British ex-pats) are slowly regaining the colonies. Just look around and see how many Brits are living in California alone. The British are coming! The British are coming! And with this summer’s…
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