Heat wave fries up La Verne

A live oak tree fell in Sneaky Park on Wednesday morning, taking a city light pole with it. This is the third historic live oak to fall on the University of La Verne campus since January due to heavy winter rainstorms.

The University of La Verne held a small event on campus in the Johnson Family Plaza on Tuesday to celebrate the National Arab American Heritage Month. The event gave the community a taste of Arab culture.

The Bobcat Fire turns the skies over Whittier an unearthly color Sept. 9.

In response to last week's apparent hate crimes –  a racist threat on social media directed at a specific group of students, followed by arson in a student's car – several students rallied in Johnson Family Plaza to condemn these actions, while faculty discussed the appropriate response at the Faculty Senate meeting Monday.