Tim Siu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 3, 1926. He was one of six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Siu Kwai Ching. The family lived a simple life on Kukui Street until the attack on Pearl Harbor, which forced them to move to California. Tim finished high school on the mainland. He went to UC Berkeley to study for a year and then enlisted in the Navy to serve his country. He went back to Berkeley to get his bachelor’s and attended medical school at UC Irvine. After his graduation, Tim went to LA County Medical Center to perform his medical internship and residency in anesthesia.
BEAMING WITH PRIDE: Family members of the eleven 2013 Valentine Elementary School Heart of Gold honorees help recognize their loved ones’ contributions (honorees names in bold). PICTURED ABOVE, left to right, are FRONT ROW: Lauren Navarrete, Alyssa Navarrete, Julian Navarrete, Colin Eriksen, Lauren Eriksen, Aya Rosen, Erisa Rosen, Bernard Su, Eli Su and Renee Rodriguez. SECOND ROW: Luke Stiles, Kennedy Stiles, Gus Navarrete, Grace Lee-Navarrette, Kelly Duncan, Dougie Duncan (hiding), Dayan Rosen, Rusini-Haris-Rosen, Christine Franke, Paige Franke, Claire Franke, Mary Lee, Abby Lee and Caris Lee. THIRD ROW: Les Allan, Celeste Allan, Tim Kuhlman, Harriet Kuhlman, Lon Duncan, Lynn Eriksen, Steve Eriksen, David Rodriguez, Mia Su, Po Su, Alice Wang and Tom Lee.
San Marino High School last Friday received more notoriety for their highly prestigious California State Civic Learning Award for Excellence, a distinction given to just three schools in the entire state of California.
...Read MoreThe San Marino Unified School District’s board of education approved an agreement with the San Marino Teachers Association at their meeting on Tuesday, agreeing to a contract that includes a 1.65% salary schedule increase, a realignment of longevity steps, two additional professional development days as well as two additional instructional days.
...Read MoreMayor Richard Ward, third from right, purchases the first ticket to the San Marino Firefighter Association’s annual Pancake Breakfast, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 18 from 7:00 – 11:00 a.m. PICTURED ABOVE, left to right, are Firefighter/Paramedic Sam Benites, Firefighter – Paramedic Shawn Stewart, Firefighter – Paramedic and Pancake Breakfast Chair Dominic Petta, Mayor Ward, Firefighter – Paramedic Mike White and Firefighter – Paramedic Jeff Tsay. Tickets are $5, and available at the Fire Department.
...Read MoreThree of San Marino’s top tennis players combined to cobble together enough points to earn a second-place finish in the team competition at the prestigious Ojai Tennis Tournament, which celebrated its 113th renewal last month.
...Read More“Flamingo Flocking has begun! Flocking is a tradition in San Marino to support Grad Night and help raise funds to make a night for seniors to remember. Residents wake up to a Flock of Flamingos in their yard. With a donation to Grad Night, the flock will disappear from your yard. If you wish to be flocked, please email Debra at dspaulding@socal.rr.com.
For high school seniors the college planning/application/decision making process should now be complete. For them, the next step is to plan ahead – make travel plans, register for orientation activities, and complete the housing forms.
Standing astride the field he used to own, a sterling spring day spent watching his sister Jennifer participate in a San Marino High School track meet was literally hundreds of miles from the recent experiences of Oliver Campbell III, a 2011 graduate of SMHS, who in January finished his Army Ranger training at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
The San Marino Chamber of Commerce is hatching big plans to make this year’s ‘Evening at the Huntington’ an evening every San Marino resident won’t want to miss.
