Rosemead News

Stories about the city or area that aren't specifically about SOC, Wal-Mart or related issues.

Get ready to kiss Fresh and Easy goodbye

Thursday's Los Angeles Times had a large article on the impending departure of Fresh and Easy (Tesco) from the U.S. market.

Eat and Drink in Rosemead

A TGI Friday's is scheduled to open in Rosemead on Monday. Nothing against them and their liquor license, but why do they get one without any trouble and not the mom and pop restaurants on Valley?

Rosemead Airport

Did you know there's a Rosemead Airport? Or there WAS one back in the 1940s.

Savannah Cemetery "Spirit Fest"

There's an arts and crafts show scheduled for this Saturday (Sep 29, 11am - 3pm) in the Moose Lodge parking lot (near the corner of Valley and Mission Blvds in Rosemead. That's adjacent to the historic Savannah Cemetery.

SGHS E-Waste Event -- Sept 15, 2012, 9am - 3pm

There's another e-waste collection event at San Gabriel High School (801 S. Ramona St, San Gabriel, CA 91776). It's this Saturday, 8am - 3pm.

More on CAL Poultry

A much better article on the city's surrender to CAL Poultry appeared in the LA Times today. The Times puts this defeat for the city in the context of Maggie Clark sending out scary postcards about Avian Flu, and her proposal to require English translators for programs at the city recreational facilities