Back Issues Essentials of True-Believer.net

In case you missed it, take a look at what we offer in True Believer. This editorial by Charly Shelton is from the May 8 issue, just after the Ultimate Marvel Movie Marathon. Greetings, True Believers! It is I, your magnanimous leader, back once again to lay some knowledge on you from beyond the screen. […]

Congrats to Our Ticket Winners

  CV Weekly publisher Robin Goldsworthy attended Hot Havana Nights with ticket giveaway winner Connie Beck and her daughter Lisette Beck. Photo by Dan HOLM

Silent Films at Two Strike Park

Silent Films at Two Strike Park

It all began with a train robbery in the early 1900s. By Mary O’KEEFE “The Great Train Robbery” was a silent film produced by Thomas Edison and directed by Edwin S. Porter, an Edison Company employee. Although silent film technology was available in the late 1800s, the popularity of this 12-minute film was the birth […]

Allan Edward Fors

Allan Edward Fors

Oct. 8, 1940 – July 28, 2015 Allan Edward Fors returned to his loving Heavenly Father on July 28 after a brief struggle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife Alicia; children Jerry (Breanne) and Stephanie (Isaac); grandchildren David, Elisabeth, Emmeline and Dominic; and brothers Raymond (Judy) and Dennis (Linda). Allan was born […]

Tree Falls Near Kidspace Children’s Museum

On Tuesday at about 4:50 p.m., a pine tree fell in Brookside Park outside of Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena. At the time of the incident there were Kidspace staff, volunteers, and campers, as well as the general public, in the vicinity. Pasadena Fire Dept. reported that there were six children who were treated for […]

Picnic Remembers Son, Encourages Communication

By Mary O’KEEFE A picnic was held on Saturday for family, friends and supporters of Jeff Laughrey. “This is new,” said Jeff’s dad Fred of the picnic. Normally this group would gather for the Jeff Laughrey Memorial Golf Tournament as a way to raise funds and awareness for those suffering from depression. Jeff died in […]

Stand-off in Tujunga

By Mary O’KEEFE Detectives from Los Angeles Police Dept. continue the investigation concerning a stand-off that occurred on Friday on Helendale Avenue in Tujunga. The incident began at about 7:30 a.m. when a man, whose name has not yet been released by LAPD, apparently walked out to the front of his home and began firing […]

CRIME BLOTTER

July 15 2600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, an employee reported that four women, all described as Hispanic, 5’ to 5’5” tall, 28 to 30 years old, entered Foster’s Donuts and purchased four lottery tickets. One of the women crossed over to the glass refrigerator that is located in the customer seating area […]

Where His Heart Is

Where His Heart Is

By Mary O’KEEFE The Jet Propulsion Laboratory did something it doesn’t do that often – it dedicated a building on the lab to someone. Dr. William Pickering was posthumously honored by having the 321 building on the lab at JPL dedicated in his name.  The building was completed in 2009 and was the first LEED […]

Public Comment Period Extended

The Angeles National Forest has extended the public comment period on the Need for Change Document for the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Management Plan to Aug. 11. Comments can be submitted through email at http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/nepa_project_exp.php?project=46964; or may be mailed to Angeles National Forest, Attn: Justin Seastrand, 701 No. Santa Anita Ave., Arcadia, CA 91006, […]