In the past two years the rate of inflation has taken a sharp 7.5% increase, while staff and faculty at the University of La Verne have not seen a general, or cost of living, pay raise to correspond with it.
Two-year-old La Verne resident Ty Ranells is helped by his mother, Christy Ranells, and La Verne Mayor Don Kendrick to turn on the lights on the City Hall Christmas tree on Monday night.