La Verne News

Temecula Valley's Mitch Kemp slides home safely during a 10-0 win over Norwalk in the first round of the CIF-SS Div.

Eric Whipp, owner of Landscape Technologies, uses native plants and rocks at his home in San Dimas.

About a half hour from La Verne is Silver Lake, the No. 1 hipster community in the United States, according to Forbes magazine.

Of the 50 arrests on Friday and Saturday, 33 were on suspicion of felony offenses and 17 of misdemeanors, according to a statement police released Monday.

The La Verne Police Officers Association's "Walk With A Cop" event Saturday is a journey to understanding and friendship, not a walk- or jogathon.

A 25-year-old La Verne man is accused of drunken driving after crashing his car in a construction zone on the 210 Freeway, injuring two California Highway Patrol officers, authorities said.

Two California Highway Patrol officers Saturday were recovering from minor injuries after their cruiser was struck allegedly by a suspected drunken driver in La Verne.

The Rio Hondo College Board of Trustees Wednesday named Teresa Dreyfuss, a 26-year Rio Hondo college employee, as the new superintendent/president. Board members said Dreyfuss, 63, of Sierra Madre, who has been the college's interim superintendent/president since July 1, 2012, brings stability.

On April 28, 2013 shortly before 9:00 AM, Pasadena Police Dispatchers received a 911 call transfer from the California Highway Patrol.

Over a four-year period, more infants in Los Angeles County died from suffocation due to unsafe sleeping arrangements than all other accidental deaths of children under 14 combined, health officials said today as they announced an education campaign aimed at preventing the deaths.

Pomona Unified School District administrators presented a proposal to the district's Board of Education Tuesday night calling for converting Yorba Elementary School into a charter school with an emphasis on science and technology.

Diamond Bar's golf team showed off its superior depth in winning the CIF-SS Ford Western Division championship on Monday at Sierra La Verne Country Club.

While enjoying a tostada at the Rose CafA© in Santa Barbara, I pick up the local paper, the Montecito Journal , and on page 5 in the upper right-hand corner, I spy a quarter-page ad that simply shows a bronzed lemony pie with three words under it, "Meyer Lemon Tart," with some more scribble under it that reads, "Garden Infused Lavender And ... (more)

Dr. James Calhoun addresses the audience before conducting during "Gospel Fusion: Gershwin and Beyond" concert in University of La Verne's Morgan Auditorium on Monday.

La Canada sophomore Collin Morikawa won the Rio Hondo League golf title by seven shots on Thursday, shooting a 6-under-par 65 on the second day of the two-day tournament at Marshall Canyon Golf Course in La Verne.

HESPERIA La Verne Elementary Preparatory Academy has been selected as a 2012 Honor Roll School by the California Business for Education Excellence.

Opus Bank has signed an agreement to buy four offices from California Bank & Trust, a deal that will have the Irvine-based lender assume all of the deposits at those branches.

Bonita Unified School District trustees and administrators applauded student creativity and gave special recognition to award-winning student artists during the Board of Education meeting Wednesday night.

Sowing Seeds for Life CEO Vicki Brown, left, and University of La Verne President Dr.

Nathan Stanley was walking around campus one day when a fellow student caught his eye.