November 19, Monrovia police arrested Todd Lambert 34, a Monrovia fire fighter on one count of grand theft by embezzlement.
It is believed Lambert embezzled more than $50,000 from the Monrovia Firefighters Association union between July 1, 2007 and August 31, 2009, according to court documents.
This arrest came as no surprise to Monrovia City Watch considering [...]

 Link to last nights broadcast: http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=121756@kcbs.dayport.com

Thursday 12/10/2009 Monrovia City Watch was contacted via email through the MCW Blog by Suzie Suh, reporter with KCBS/KCAL9 News, regarding a story they were doing for that night’s broadcast concerning the roof inspection scam calls in our city…
I was asked to do an interview about those calls as [...]

At last nights council meeting a group of MFA personnel showed up wearing red T-shirts and not looking very happy. Their union leader went to the Podium to speak after the budget presentation to the council by city manager Scott Ochoa.
 
The tenor of the statements made by the MFA rep were not ones of friendliness [...]

It was agendized as the “2009-11 Fiscal Years Budget – Department Presentations”
 
Not much of a budget report.  Scott Ochoa would have been embarrassed if he had any idea of how his department heads should present a budget to the governing body whose job it is to approve that budget.
 
It was a show and tell about [...]

Our Police Department has some very outstanding Female Police Officers that have received recognition for Bravery and other achievements that have proven them as combatant as any Male Officer.
Looking at the City Council Agenda 04/07/2009 Item-(PR-3 Introduction of Newly Hired Monrovia Fire Department Employees, Firefighter/Paramedics Dustin Leddy, Anthony Gallegos and Nicholas Board) I see [...]

Today the Monrovia Police Officers Association (MPOA) and Political Action Committee representing its members gave Clarence Shaw a letter of official endorsement and support in his candidacy for a seat on the Monrovia City Council.
 
Clarence Shaw is a graduate of the Monrovia Citizens Police Academy and Combat Military Officer, having served as a Commanding Officer [...]

Our Current City Council Is Prostituting Monrovia To Special Interest

??????? WHY ???????

Follow The $$ MONEY $$ For The Answers

Council Members Earn As much as $30,000.00 Yr. + Expenses for a Part Time Job

Special Interest Campaign Donations Help Re-Elect Them

Monrovia will lose $$ TENS of MILLIONS of Development DOLLARS $$ Gone Forever

Developers Will $$$ Profit $$$ [...]

Support The Monrovia Gang Injunction!

I am asking the entire Monrovia community to join me and many others who support the gang injunction proposed by the City of Monrovia.  Sure it’s easy to take sides (for or against) the Injunction but let’s place the emphasis where it should be – improving the overall quality of [...]

Arcadia police shot and killed a mountain lion Wednesday night around 8:00pm in the backyard of a home in Arcadia.  The 140-pound female mountain lion had just killed a dog and charged responding Arcadia police officers who were forced to shot and kill the mountain lion.  This was the second time police officers in the [...]