Temple City Council Candidate Forum This Saturday at City Hall
Temple City Voice and JSA of Temple City High School is hosting the first candidate forum from 7pm to 9pm. The forum is being held at the Community Room in City Hall ( not at the High School as had been previosly published)
AAR Commercial/Investment Committee Presents “Commercial Investment Overview”
The Arcadia Association of Realtors will hold a Commercial Success Series Seminar with speaker, David Weinstein on Thursday, January 27, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Association office at 601 S. First Ave in Arcadia. The Commercial/Investment committee offers Realtors the opportunity to market their commercial listings and needs and business opportunities. [...]
Mortgage Fraud Jumps by 45%
Reported incidents of mortgage fraud in the U.S. increased by 45 percent on fewer loan applications in the second quarter of 2008 from a year ago, according to a new report released today by the Mortgage Asset Research Institute (MARISM), a LexisNexis service. The MARI Quarterly Fraud Report is based on data submitted by MARI [...]
Soil That Clings, Citrus With Zing
Dear Garden Gal, I started my winter vegetable garden from seed in November. I planted dense rows of lettuces so I could thin and eat as they grow. The baby lettuces are perfect for picking. My problem is this: When I pull them up giant clumps of dirt comes attached to the roots. I hate [...]
Have There Been Offers on That Property?
For many years when a listing real estate agent was asked that question, they would decline to respond. Things have changed, and now (in California) an agent can disclose this information unless other wise instructed not to by the seller of the property. Being able to obtain this information is a benefit to both buyer [...]
Descanso Gardens’ Brian Sullivan Awarded Esteemed Chanticleer Scholarship
Brian Sullivan, Manager of Horticulture and Display Gardening at Descanso Gardens, was recently awarded a Chanticleer Scholarship in Professional Development for 2009. As part of a very select group, Sullivan was one of four nationally who received the opportunity to further their education through academic studies and opportunities to meet leaders in the public garden [...]
Are Mitigation Services Paying Your Agent a Bonus?
Like any other profession, there is always a person who feels that they could pick up some extra business if they paid a bonus, commission or money to another for getting them that extra business. In some cases it just doesn’t feel right doing so, and in other cases ethics should just turn such offers [...]
The party’s over for one, but just starting for the other: The 32nd Occasional Doo Dah Parade
Organizers say this Year Should be the Largest Ever…. Okay Folks. We can, once again, drive safely (not to mention park somewhere remotely close to our intended destination) in the city of Pasadena now that TOR parade extravaganza is over and done with. The RV’s are gone. The hundreds of porta pottys that lined every [...]
Celebrated Photography Fair Photo L.A. is Largest Exhibition of Its Kind
The Pasadena Independent got a chance to preview the show last night. We accompanied Pulitzer Prize winning Associated Press photographer, Nick Ut around the Barker Hangar for about an hour which was covered with astonishing images old and new in various states and frames. The exhibitors were putting the finishing touches on their show when [...]
The Future of a Gamble on Greene and Greene
What are the Pasadena links to Ivory Soap and the movie “Back to the Future”? They are both intimately tied to an amazing house on Westmoreland Place built 100 years ago by brothers Greene & Greene, architects of the Arts and Crafts movement and longtime Pasadena residents. From 1907-1909, David Gamble (of Ivory’s makers Procter [...]
