Sunday, May 20, 2012
The teams played their final league games of the season and picked up their trophies.
Walnut Pony Baseball Saturday finished their season with some league championship play and a closing ceremony. League board members and coaches gave out trophies to teams in the Foal, Shetland, Pinto, Mustang, Bronco, and Pony divisions. Championship games also were played, with the Gators besting the Titans in the Shetland Division. The Beavers won the Pinto Division over the Titans. The Sun Devils beat the Gators in the Mustang Division. The Bronco Division’s Sun Devils defeated the Wildcats, and the Sun Devils in the Pony Division also earned a championship, beating the Titans. Click here for more information on the standings. The ceremony also included the naming of the players on the various All-Star teams, which will continue on …
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Firefighters and search and rescue climbers rappelled down a cliff to examine a stolen car that had dumped over the side of Glendora Ridge Road.
The Amgen Tour of California cycling race was delayed by 30 minutes today as firefighters and search and rescue climbers rappelled down a cliff to examine a stolen car that had dumped over the side of Glendora Ridge Road today. Rescue workers blocked the winding, narrow roadway while the car was searched for any possible victims. No one was found, said Los Angeles County Fire Supervising Dispatcher Melanie Flores. According to the CHP, officers requested for the race be delayed at 11:49 a.m., when it was realized that firefighters could not clear the roadway at the scheduled race time. Firefighters had been dispatched to the scene, at mile marker 3.14, at 10:25 a.m. on a report that the dumped car may have been stolen, Flores said. CHP …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Amber Marani, Elaine Brown, and Ari Anaya will be playing their respective sports at the college level in the fall.
They started playing the sports they love as little girls. And now three young women from Walnut High School will be taking their talents to college. The high school Wednesday had a lunchtime scholarship letter signing ceremony for graduating seniors Amber Marani, Elaine Brown, and Ari Anaya. Marani, a soccer player will attend UC Riverside in the fall. Fellow soccer player Anaya plans to play for Bethany College in Kansas and Elaine Brown, a softball player, heads to Florida Tech. Principal Jeff Jordan praised the teens for their hard work and success. “We are extremely proud of their accomplishments,” he said. “As they go forward, they will represent our school proudly.” Jerry Person, the athletic director, said the signing marks …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The bicycle race will come through Mt. Baldy, Azusa, and Glendora.
Walnut and Diamond Bar fans of bicycle racing will get an up-close look at the sport when riders in the Amgen Tour of California heads to the San Gabriel Valley area for part of the race. Motorists also are being warned to brace for brief road closures in some Los Angeles County areas where the race will come through this weekend. The racers will ride through the mountains of Los Angeles County and finish Sunday on the streets of Beverly Hills, Hollywood and downtown L.A. Next Sunday, some L.A. streets may be thronged with fans, but road closures will not be lengthy as the bike race passes any given spot relatively quickly, organizers said. Events at Sunday's finish line, at L.A. Live, are slated to wrap up by 1 p.m. Sunday's race will …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A public celebration of life for Junior Seau is slated for 6:30 p.m. Friday at Qualcomm Stadium. It will also be streamed online.
A public memorial service Friday for former San Diego Chargers player Junior Seau will be streamed live, it was announced. The celebation of life begins at 6:30 p.m. at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, and will be streamed on Chargers.com, according to a team news release. The event will allow San Diegans to join in a community-wide tribute to their native son who passed away May 2. The ceremony is free and open to the public. There is no charge for parking. The parking lot will open at 2 p.m. and the stadium gates at 4:30 p.m. There is no reserve seating and a large crowd is expected, so fans are urged to arrive early and carpool or take the Trolley. The parking lot could close as early at 5 p.m. Fans may leave personal messages for the …
Friday, May 4, 2012
Diamond Bar, Diamond Ranch and Walnut High School track athletes race for the league title.
Several of the area's best high school track athletes took part in Thursday's Hacienda League track and field finals on May 3. The top performers in each event qualified to compete in the CIF Southern Section preliminaries scheduled for May 12 at various locations throughout the region. We feature a few shots from the day’s competition. To read some of the results, check the San Gabriel Valley Tribune story.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Thousands have their moment (and hours) in the sun Saturday at 54th annual Mt. SAC Relays.
A three-day meet with a Saturday climax. A web-streamed show seen by tens of thousands of people in more than 100 countries. A Walnut tradition. The Mt. SAC Relays concluded with meet records in the women's long jump by world champion Brittney Reese and a slightly over the allowable wind-aided 100-meter stunner of 9.85 seconds by Olympic sprint medalist Walter Dix. (See results here.) Disappointed was Mexican long jumper Luis Alberto Rivera, who celebrated after setting what he thought was a national record. But remeasurement found the mark a quarter-inch short. But he, like many other foreign nationals and American elites, will have their chance to shine again—in London for the 2012 Games or the Eugene Olympic Trials in late June. …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
This year’s Mt. SAC Relays feature plenty of Olympic hopefuls as they prepare for the 2012 Summer Games in London.
On a fast track to London, a slew of Olympic hopefuls will first compete at the Mt. SAC Relays Thursday-Saturday at Hilmer Lodge Stadium at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut. Among the big-named athletes competing are several Americans that will represent the USA in London at the Olympic Games, July 27 through August 12. Olympic gold and silver medalist Jeremy Warner will compete in the men’s 400 meters, along with former U.S. champion Greg Nixon. As for top-ranked women, sprinters Allison Felix and Carmelita Jeter will be on the track, Jeter in the 100 and Felix in a relay. Ashton Eaton, the world-record holder in the indoor heptathlon and world silver medalist will compete Thursday and Friday. Eaton, who graduated from the University of …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The environmental impact report for the $1.1 billion Farmers Field stadium is expected to be released Thursday.
The developer of a proposed NFL stadium in downtown Los Angeles has set a time limit on how long they will wait for the project to get underway. AEG president and CEO Tim Leiweke told ESPNLosAngeles.com that construction on the $1.1 billion Farmers Field stadium could get started as early as March 2013, but if the project does not move ahead within two years of that date, he is prepared to scrap the plan. The $27 million environmental impact report for the project is expected to be released Thursday, ESPN reported. If things go according to plan with the EIR approval process, the project could be shovel-ready by this time next year. That would put the downtown stadium on the same level of readiness as a similar proposal for the Grand …
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Kristi Yamaguchi came to the campus to read her new children's picture book "It's a Big World, Little Pig."
Olympic Gold Medalist and “Dancing with the Stars” winner Kristi Yamaguchi shared her latest passion Tuesday morning with a captive audience of students at Walnut Elementary School. The champion figure skater took to the amphitheater stage to read her latest children’s picture book “It’s a Big World, Little Pig.” The book is the second Yamaguchi has written about Poppy, an ice skating pig who dares to dream big. In the latest book, Poppy travels to the World Games ice-skating championships in Paris and makes an adventure out of meeting fellow skaters from around the world. Poppy learns to make new friends with people who speak different tongues but “all smile in the same language.” Yamaguchi also fielded questions from the students about…
Melanie C. Johnson
7:03 pm on Sunday, May 20, 2012
I am glad I was able to come out Howard. It was fun to see the kids and they were so patient in waiting to get their trophies. more ›