Shots on Norumbega | Monrovia's McCarthy Great Player, Nice Guy | Boot Camp Video | Trader Joe's Stays Quirky | Drug Roundup | Bartlett vs. Hammond | City Website Changes

~ Gunfire heard on Norumbega. A reader reports that she heard the sounds "while I was out on my walk tonight.  It really freaked me out." http://goo.gl/vTjYC and http://goo.gl/CgBZN

~ Ellis McCarthy. Not only is he a top 50 football recruit, he is "one of the most mild-mannered, polite, friendly students at Monrovia (Calif.)." http://goo.gl/VkoYn

~ "Disturbing" video of conditions at the Pasadena boot camp of Kelvin McFarland, a Monrovia resident. http://goo.gl/d3QTm

~ Monrovia's Trader Joe's tries to keep things quirky as it expands. http://goo.gl/KTiZc

~ On Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Monrovia PD and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will be at the Community Center (119 W. Palm) to collect potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. http://goo.gl/8EJWw

~ More on Bartlett withdrawing his endorsement of Hammond. http://goo.gl/XA633

~ The domain name for the City of Monrovia's web site has been changed from the rather obscure www.ci.monrovia.ca.us/ to the easier-to-remember http://www.cityofmonrovia.org/ .

- Brad Haugaard