Duarte News Archives

THE small Duarte Unified School District - about 4,300 students - is surrounded by generally higher-performing districts.

EVERY year that we folks on the editorial board interview school board candidates, the same plea crosses our ears: If only parents would get more involved in their children's education.

California's stem cell research effort today climbed over the $1 billion mark with its whopping disease team round.

An alleged gang member was shot in the arm Tuesday. Deputies found out after officials at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia called the sheriff's Temple station about a man with a gunshot wound who turned up at the hospital.

Direct Pack Inc/PMC Global, Starbucks Coffee Foodservice, Sysco LA, Frito Lay, Hilton Garden Inn, Access Group, the Individual Group, Fresh Choice Produce, Hint support this year's Walk for Hope with the donation of products and volunteers.

Three once-powerful members of Mexico's Arellano Felix drug cartel have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in San Diego.

The city attorney and the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has jointly filed for a gang injunction to restrict the activity of members of two local gangs.

A jobseekers workshop will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Duarte Community Center, 1600 Huntington Dr.

DUARTE city politics run hot and cold, between celebrating the small-town virtues of an unusually diverse and often charming foothill village and deep, nasty squabbling over divisive issues that are real, imagined and somewhere in between.

The Rodney Dangerfield of transportation projects is finally getting a little respect.

The Duarte Woman's Club invites women over the age of 18 to an afternoon tea from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

Visit our special section for complete election coverage . Two incumbents will square off against one challenger in the Nov.

Prosecutors have targeted two violent street gangs blamed for several racially motivated shootings and slayings over the past three years as part of a proposed gang injunction, according to court documents obtained Tuesday.

Register now for City of Hope's Walk for Hope to Cure Breast Cancer, which begins at 10 a.m. Sunday at City of Hope, 1500 E. Duarte Road.

THE recession has claimed another victim: the formalizing of love. It seems that the lack of jobs, foreclosures of homes and the rising cost of gasoline, water and utilities have caused many couples to delay or reconsider tying the knot.

DCTV on the Web Duarte residents and others can watch City Council meetings and local information and entertainment programs produced by DCTV, the community's public access cable station, online at dctvduarte.com . For information, call Program Manager, Levon Yotnakhparian 358-2329, or visit the DCTV studio at 1634 Third St., Duarte.

Amore Chapel proprietor Jeanne Marcoux's business is way off due to couples postponing weddings due to the recession.

With tremendous leadership and poise by Gladstone quarterback Paul Flores, the Gladiators defeated Duarte with ease Friday night in a Montview League matchup.

Kelsey Shaw, 16 of Duarte, a student from the non-profit Metropolitan Education Theatre Network's East San Gabriel Valley group performs as Beauty during a production of "Beauty and the Beast" for a group of local school children at Baldwin Park's Performing Arts Center on Thursday, Oct.

A man died at the scene of a crash Thursday after a pickup truck crashed into a light pole, authorities said.

Quota Club President Laura Ur, right, presents Quota Bears for the Children's Library to Librarians Melanie Goodyear and Shawn Thrasher.

To suggest that racial tensions between Latinos and blacks don't exist in our communities is absolutely absurd.

The city will begin accepting applications Oct. 15 to fill 18 positions on its six commissions.

The Duarte Chamber of Commerce and the League of Women Voters will host a candidates forum for Duarte Unified School District school board and Duarte City Council candidates from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Duarte Community Center, 1600 Huntington Drive.

Jose Maldonado and Erick Garcia led Sierra Vista High School with two touchdowns each en route to a 33-7 road victory over Duarte High.

California American Water will host two local community meetings about its proposed mandatory water conservation plan - at 6 p.m. Oct.

Dozens of Southern California participated in the 7th Annual Festival of Authors in Duarte on Saturday, Oct.

See more of Past Rotary Foundation Trustee Carolyn Jones's story in an excerpt from RVM: The Rotarian Video Magazine volume 4, issue 3. The 1989 Council on Legislation vote to admit women into Rotary clubs worldwide remains a watershed moment in the history of Rotary.

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The Monrovia Chamber of Commerce networking breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 12 at the chamber's conference room, 620 S. Myrtle Ave.

I stood on the catwalk of the giant rock crusher and was shaken. Literally. As the bulldozers working the west side of Fish Canyon of Azusa Rock - a working mine located in San Gabriel Canyon - emptied their loads, the large boulders quickly made their way into the pulverizing machinery.

First-time author Philip Ostergard, 89, of Arcadia, with his book "The Inspired Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln" at his home on Friday, Aug.

The two cousins accused of killing 16-year-old Sammantha Salas will be tried on charges of murder and attempted murder, a judge ruled Wednesday.