The fight against cancer came home as many participated in a Relay for Life to promote “Celebrate, Remember, Fight Back.”

La Verne residents joined together to take part in the annual Easter egg hunt early Saturday in Emerald Park and Pelota Park.

Last Friday the La Verne Police Department released a warning to residents about a series of burglaries and attempted burglaries on the 6700 block of Cactus Drive in northern La Verne after residents of that street reported four suspicious looking people around a nearby home.

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.

Chaffey College student and parking enforcement officer Michael Galvan parks in the front of a red curb on Third Street.

The city of La Verne placed “no parking” signs Monday on all residential streets within a three-block radius of the University of La Verne. They will stay for the remainder of the fall semester and reappear at the start of spring semester.

Increased pedestrian traffic on this increasingly crowded campus have prompted the University and the city of La Verne to hire crossing guards to enforce more caution while crossing the street.

The parking nightmare we are currently caught up in was inevitable. University administrators saw it, even the students saw it, but nothing substantial was done to prevent it.

Tiffany Kinslow, who is also crossing guard for Roynon Elementary School, helps freshmen Ashley Valiente and Ashley Hernandez cross D Street on their way to class.

International students are an important and ever-growing part of the La Verne community. Yet as these students leave home and enter this new environment, there are things they must get used to here.