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Bradley Sweatt is suspected of embezzling as much as $19,000 from the union by transferring them to his personal account for personal uses.
During the last seven-day period, the Monrovia Police Department handled 427 service events, resulting in 65 investigations.
The program to feature a special screening of the series, a panel conversation, and audience Q-and-A with the cast and creative team.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles will host a low-cost pet vaccine clinic Saturday at Plummer Park.
The department is deploying extra traffic officers throughout the month of April in locations with higher numbers of traffic collisions.
Police said an alert resident notified police of a suspicious person in their neighborhood that led to the arrest of a suspected burglar.
The suspect is described as a black man, between 40 and 45 years old, 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighing about 250 pounds, with brown eyes.
The sign, which reads, in part, "Official Sanctuary City ‘Cheap Nannies and Gardeners Make Malibu Great!'” was a prank, city officials said.
Banners featuring lines of verse from celebrated poets will be displayed on lampposts on Santa Monica and San Vicente Boulevards.
Capt. Marc Coopwood, a 22-year law enforcement veteran, will be sworn in on April 24 at a public ceremony at the Wallis.
The last reported sighting was near the area of White Court and Beland Boulevard in north Redondo Beach, police said.
A female employee was opening up the store for business when she interrupted the burglary in progress, police said.
The ticket matched all five numbers but missed the Powerball number and is worth $2.469 million.
The ticket matched all five numbers but missed the Powerball number and is worth $2.469 million.
From 1928 to 1953, during the Golden Age of Aviation, Monrovia had its own airport. The museum will host an event to talk about the airport.
She was the fifth pedestrian fatality in the city this year, according to police data.
The Planning Commission has approved the mixed-used project for the decades-long neglected corner of Washington Place and Sawtelle Boulevard
FDH is a leading distributor of aerospace fasteners and other c-class components.
The following are the highlighted issues and events in Monrovia for March 30 - April 2.
The cost for this year's festival and Resist March, which replaces the Pride Parade, is estimated to be close to $1 million.
