Mountain View News Saturday, December 20, 2025 

Weather Wise 


6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca. 

Sun Sunny Hi 70s Lows 40s 
Mon: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 50s 
Tues: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 50s

 Wed: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 50s 
Thur: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 
Fri: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s

 Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service 


SIERRA 
MADRE CITY 
COUNCIL 
MEETING 

January 6, 2026 5:30 pm 

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD 
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS! 

As part of the City of Sierra Madre’s 
COVID-19 transparency efforts and The Brown 
Act provides the public with an opportunity to 
make public comments at any public meeting. 
Public comment may also be made by e-mail to 
PublicComment@CityofSierraMadre.com by

3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. 
Emails will be acknowledged at the Council 
meeting and filed into public record. The public 
may also comment in person at the meeting. 

The meetings will be streamed live on Foothills 
Media website at foothillsmedia.org/sierramadre 
and broadcast on Government Access 
Channel 3 (Spectrum).. 


1630 AM EMERGENCY RADIO & 
Free on-air publicity for local events

 Sierra Madre’s EMERGENCY radio station is now accepting scripts for 
Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about community events. PSAs 
will be broadcast on the air at no charge. The station operates 24/7 and can 
be heard at 1630 on the AM dial.

 Any local non-profit or non-commercial organization can have their 
event information broadcast to the public on Sierra Madre CommunityInformation Radio. The station covers the city of Sierra Madre, plus 
surrounding areas of Pasadena, Arcadia, and Monrovia. 
Your event must: 

• 
Benefit a non-commercial or non-profit entity
• 
Be open to the public 
• 
Be of general interest to local citizens 
Just write a Public Service Announcement that describes your event ande-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 


REMEMBRANCE 


SYLVIA JEAN 
MATEHETTI MARLOW 

Sylvia Jean Matehetti Marlow 
was born on October 13, 1945 
in Monrovia, California. Her 
parents are Dominick and Jennie 
Marchetti. 

Sylvia grew up in Sierra Madre 
Ca a she dearly loved. Her father 
built their family home on Laurel 
in 1944. The home still stands and 
she would drive by and admire it 
often. 
She attended St. Rita’s Catholic school where she excelled as 
a student andloved playing many sports, especially volleyball.
She shared her childhood with many happy memories of 
famlly and friends. 

After St. Rita’s she attended St. Andrew’s High School in 
Pasadena. She then went on to San Jose State for her collegeyears. She met her future husband, Troy Marlow, who was in 
the US Marines. They moved to Cincinnati, Ohio for a shorttime and then moved back to Sierra Madre. 

Sylvia worked at Pac Bell retiring after 25 years as a Network 
Administration Center Manager. She has three wonderful 
children Pamela Christine Cimino, Cynthia Denise Garcia, Scott 
Christopher Marlow. 

She also has 8 grandchildren better known as her dollbabies. 
She lived life for her grandchildren: Lauren, Ryan and WyattCimino; Alyssa and Hailey Marlow, and Dustin, Amanda and 
Abigail Garcia. 

Sylvia is survived by her children, grandchildren, her last survivingsibling,
-sister Dolores Marehetti and her friend Patrick Jacobs. She 
passed away in Temple City, California on Dec 4 2025. 

Sylvia's Rosary will be held at Cabot Mortuary and funeral 
services at St. Rita Catholic.Church. The services will be held 
in January 2026. Her final resting place will be in the Sierra 
Madre Pioneer Cemetery in Sierra Madre, California. She 
loved Sierra Madre. 


SIERRA MADRE 
SUSPICIOUS THREAT 
INVESTIGATION 

SUMMARY OF EVENTS 

From Gustavo Barrientos, Chief of PoliceSierra Madre Police Department 

On today's date [December 16] at approximately 
3: 15 p.m., the Sierra Madre Police Department 
Communications Center received a 
report from a staff member at Alvemo Heights 
Academy regarding a suspicious message. 

Officers responded to the campus and learned 
that staff had received an anonymous phone 
call claiming that devices had been placed 
on school grounds. As a precaution, officers 
and school staff immediately began evacuating 
all students and staff. With the assistance 
of mutual aid partners from Monrovia Police 
Depart:Inent, Arcadia Police Department, 
and Pasadena Police Department, includingK-9 detection units, officers conducted a thorough 
search of the campus and all buildings.
No devices were located, and the campus wasdetermined to be safe. 

The Sierra Madre Police Department would 
like to thank our partnering agencies for their 
assistance and cooperation during this 
investigation. 

Out of abundance of caution and in light of 
recent international events, the Sierra Madre 
Police Department has increased patrols 
around schools, places of worship, the downtown 
area, and other locations where community 
members gather. Residents may notice an 
increased police presence throughout the city. 

The Sierra Madre Police Department remains 
committed to the safety of our community. As 
always, we encourage residents to remain vigilant 
-if you see something, say something. 


WALKING SIERRA MADRE: 

The Social Side by Deanne Davis 


“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth, sweetening 
every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” 
Richelle E. Goodrich 

“Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance – each 
beautiful, unique, and gone too soon.” Deborah Whipp 

One of my very favorite Christmas things is my Nativity scene. 
I just love this. It has a stable, angels, little wise men, a shepherd 
and, of course, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus in his straw-filled 
manger. That’s the picture today. My mother bought this sometime 
in the 1960’s, so it’s really old and beautiful. Why she bought it 
I’ll never know as she wasn’t a believer in any of the true reason 
for Christmas. Probably because she thought it was pretty. She 
passed it along to me when we were in our house on Alegria and 
I was delighted to have it. Unfortunately, somewhere along the 
way, Joseph’s fingers broke off and I’ve tried Elmer’s glue, hot glue 
gun and they just won’t stay on. I can see her shaking her head in 
heaven, yes, she did make that commitment before she left us, and 
all I can say is, “I’m sorry, Mom, I did my best!” Anyway, I take 
great joy in arranging this scene each year. 

Christmas is just a few days away and I’m looking forward to a 
delightful day with family. We are giving Emily driving lessons for 
Christmas and as soon as she brings her grades up a little, she can 
get behind the wheel. Jessie is getting new clothes and a puzzle 
and everyone else in my family is getting a gift card. See, friends 
and neighbors, not one minute spent trolling for the right gift,
fighting crowds, exhaustion and frustration. I’m not going to be in 
a terrific hurry to take all my Christmas down and stow it away as 
it’s given me so much pleasure to walk through all these goodies 
I’ve accumulated. 

I have assembled all the ingredients for Christmas Jam and I’ll be 
making this shortly. As promised, I’m sharing the recipe with you 
dear friends so you can enjoy it, too. 

You’ll need a two-pack of liquid pectin, 6 half-pint canning jars 
with new lids. Fill your jars with really hot water and let them sit 
till you’ve got the jam ready to put in them. Then dump out the 
water and let them drain. Put the jar lids in a bowl of hot water till 
you’re ready to cover the filled jars. 

3 cups fresh cranberries

1 orange peeled and seeded

10 oz. package frozen strawberries, slightly thawed

¼ tsp. ground cloves

¼ tsp. ground cinnamon 

Combine the cranberries and the orange in your food processor, 
pulsing till coarsely chopped. Add strawberries, cloves and 
cinnamon and process till mixture is finely chopped. Toss all this 
in a large pot and add: 

4 cups sugar

½ cup water 

Blend, stirring constantly over low heat. Cook for 2 minutes. 
Increase heat to high and bring mixture to a rolling boil. Stir in 
1 pouch of the liquid pectin. Stirring constantly, bring to a boil 
again and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat, ladle into hot jars 
leaving ¼ inch headspace. Wipe rims and put on the lids. Let the 
jars cool. You can give this jam to everyone and they will be weak 
with gratitude. And you’ll be so proud of yourself. 

I’ve been reading the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke, 
which blesses me. Hope it blesses you, too. 

“And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping 
watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to 
them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were 
terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring 
you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in 
the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ, the 
Lord...Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared 
with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the 
highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” 
Luke 2:8-13 

“On a night like this, centuries ago,
A brilliant star rose in the East,
To show the Wise Men where to go.
They set out on a journey,
To find an unknown King.
Their hearts were filled with happinessAnd praises they would sing!” 

(“A Night Like This” from “Star of Wonder – A Christmas 
Musical” 
Book & Lyrics by Deanne Davis, Music by David Wheatley) 

My book page: Amazon.com: Deanne DavisChristmas is just days away and my books:
“Sunrises and Sunflowers Speak Hope” 
“A Tablespoon of Love, A Tablespoon of Laughter”
Would be really nice gifts for everyone you know. They’re on 
Amazon.com 
“Star of Wonder” a delightful Christmas Kindle story, where four 
lonely people find lovefollowing a strange new star on Christmas Eve, is there, too. 

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