City Manager Trims Department Budget Requests
Personnel costs for the City of San Marino are budgeted to increase by $75,226 for the 2016-17 fiscal year. With three union agreements pending, the city’s latest numbers don’t fully reflect the...
View ArticleLiving Legend Wows Memorial Day Crowd
Steve Antosy, Witness to History, Tells of Participation In D-Day Invasion, Battle of the Bulge and Nuremberg War Trials at Lacy Park Ceremony There are those who make history, those who witness...
View ArticleSan Marino Fire Department Overtime Budget Debated Again
The San Marino City Council had another round of budget discussions during its May 27 meeting. The council gave City Manager John Schaefer new direction to earmark $230,000 for the San Marino Fire...
View ArticleCity Council Approves 1001 Rosalind Rd. Again After Eight-Year Drama
The San Marino City Council denied an appeal to revoke extending the expiration dates of building permits for construction at 1001 Rosalind Road during its May 27 meeting. The 3 to 1 decision by the...
View ArticleAdditions to Guest House Are Denied
The San Marino Planning Commission unanimously denied modifications to previously approved conditional use permits and variances for what is being called a guest house at 1155 Oak Grove Avenue. If...
View ArticleBarger, Antonovich Advance to November General Election
San Marino voters cast their ballots on Tuesday, June 7 to elect a new member to Los Angeles County Supervisor for the 5th District and a new state senator for the 25th District. Kathryn Barger, a San...
View ArticleDRC Approves Designs For New Bank Location
The Design Review Committee unanimously approved design modifications to 2549 Huntington Drive, One West Bank’s future location, at its June 1 meeting. Currently doing business at 900 Huntington Drive,...
View ArticleSan Marino Adopts Final Budget for 2016-17 Fiscal Year
The San Marino City Council unanimously approved the City of San Marino’s operating budget for the 2016-17 fiscal year at its June 8 regular meeting. The council went through each newly requested...
View ArticleCity Selects J.P. Fisher as New Recreation Department Intern
The City of San Marino’s Recreation Department has a new summer intern. J.P. Fisher is a rising senior at Bard College in New York, where he studies political science and economics while playing for...
View ArticleCity Manager Resigns, Taking Dream Job at Fullerton Church
City Manager John Schaefer announced last Friday that he will be leaving his post at the end of July. He has served the City of San Marino as its city manager since July, 2012. Before that, he was San...
View ArticleSMFD, City Council Still Disagree
The San Marino City Council approved $230,000 for firefighter overtime for the 2016-17 fiscal year, which starts on July 1 and ends June 30, 2017. The amount is a significant decrease from the...
View ArticlePicnics, Parades and Patriotism: Fireworks on July 4th
By Linda Mollno, Ph.D. CONTRIBUTOR Every year residents and friends of San Marino gather to celebrate America’s birthday with a parade, fireworks, picnics and plenty of red, white and blue. The focal...
View ArticleCity Hires First Public Works Director in Over 10 Years
The City of San Marino has hired Dan Wall to fill the position of Public Works Director and City Engineer. Wall will be the first person in about 10 years who will oversee the Public Works Department...
View ArticleCity Club's 4th of July Pavilion Is Back for 5th Year
This year marks the 5th opportunity for San Marino residents to enjoy the 4th, courtesy of City Club, which is once again hosting the 4th of July Pavilion in Lacy Park. “This is really the best way to...
View ArticleSan Marino Opposes Wireless Bill in Assembly
An Assembly bill that has been a source of concern for cities, counties and municipalities across the State of California will not move forward this legislative session due to time constraints. City...
View ArticleNew Report Shows A Deep Divide Between Firefighters, City
A fact-finding panel studying the issue of staffing in the San Marino Fire Department delivered its recommendations to the city on June 16. Neither the City of San Marino nor the Firefighters...
View ArticleSan Marino Council Selects Collins as Interim City Manager
Personnel, Stoneman, Budget are Top Priorities The San Marino City Council decided to appoint Interim Community Services Director Cindy Collins as the City of San Marino’s new interim city manager. She...
View ArticleBoys State Experience Will Pay Off for SMHS Delegates
ASB President, Newspaper Editor Take Part In Prestigious Program Douglas Luo and Trevor Davis, San Marino High School’s two delegates to California Boys State, agree that their week-long experience was...
View ArticleSan Marino Planning Commission Confronts Controversy
A $12,000 check went straight from signed to delivered at the latest Planning Commission meeting on June 22. The signature on the check belonged to Raymond Zhong, owner of 1001 Rosalind Road, who...
View ArticleCoffee Connects Cops, Community
San Marino Police Department holds first ever ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event San Marino Police officers connected with the community at their first ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event at the Starbucks across from...
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