Monrovia News

An 88,000 square foot building abandoned when EXPO earlier this year has already found a new tenant.

It's a tale every bit as intriguing as "The Story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears." In fact, the biggest mystery now under discussion at the new $16-million Monrovia Public Library is, "Where is Mama Bear?" Historians in the city 24 miles northeast of Los Angeles hope to reunite a 70-year-old mural depicting four baby grizzly bears with a missing ...

Families are invited to enjoy a dinner, movie and popcorn at Duarte's Community Movie Night from 6 to 10 p.m. at Beardslee Park Amphitheatre on Friday, July 10.

The Krikorian Theatre in Monrovia was one of a handful of California locations simulcasting the Michael Jackson memorial Tuesday.

HOLLYWOOD : Good people of Monrovia, go defend your honor. This faux star was found along Vine, a block above Sunset .

QUICK: Name someone who's famous for nothing. I'll bet that was easy. Now, here's a bigger challenge: Name someone who has served in Iraq or Afghanistan.

The memorial for Michael Jackson may be a tough ticket live, but it shouldn't be hard to find it on television.

I don't know what it is about the end of fiscal years in government circles that inspires a rash of retirements, but it seems to hold true in our town.

A local company's bird is still flying. The Department of Defense has extended Monrovia-based AeroVironment Inc.'s contract to design and build a prototype for the government's Nano Air Vehicle program, the firm announced Wednesday.

A chalcedon checkerspot butterfly was one of 874 butterflies sighted by a group of volunteers during the ninth annual NABA Butterfly Count in Monrovia Canyon Park on Saturday, June 27.

Wendy Morales and her husband, Thomas, had a first home in their grasp last week.

Researchers are studying creatures that fly through the night in hopes of making tiny flying spies.

As business owners struggle with todaya s economic reality that many customers cana t or wona t pay as much for products and services, some are finding creative ways to keep customers loyal and get them spending again.

Monrovia Association of Fine Arts invites everyone to its 2009 Summer Art Walks from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturdays, beginning this Saturday and continuing on July 25 and Aug.

Gabriel Garcia, 9, top right, looks at a book with his father Ernesto Garcia, 33, at the new Friends of Monrovia Public Library bookstore located in the new library building on Myrtle Avenue.

For those who like their nightlife on the earlier side, check out happy hour at the Brass Elephant bar inside Monrovia's Aztec Hotel, a refurbished historic structure built for modern-day fun and games, complete with full bar and ice-cold beer.

The city council Tuesday night approved participation in a pilot program that will give the city a one-year lease of two electric Mini Coopers for $10 a month each.

The new 28,000-square-foot Monrovia Public Library brings with it a permanent home for the Friends of Monrovia Public Library bookstore.

THE budget clock is close to striking midnight while the governor and legislators of both parties still can't agree on how to balance the state budget.

A dilapidated building along what was once Route 66 has been renovated by an architectural firm planning to use the former gas station as its new U.S. headquarters.