Editing Sierra Madre, California (section)

====Recent history====
In 2003, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Senior Housing Project on Esperanza Avenue was held. The affordable housing project includes 46 units designed by PBWS Architects and developed by the Foundation for Quality Housing. Later that year, the Veterans' Photo Wall, spearheaded by John Grijalva, was dedicated in Memorial Park. In 2007, Sierra Madre celebrated the centennial of its incorporation as a California city. Sierra Madre also won the [[All-America City Award]] given by the [[National Civic League]]. That same year, the refurbished World War I cannon in Memorial Park was dedicated.<ref name="history"/>

In March 2008, the Milton & Harriet Goldberg Recreation Area was dedicated, as the city's first such pocket park in over 30 years. In 2009, the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society published ''Southern California Story: Seeking the Better Life in Sierra Madre'' by Michele Zack.<ref name="history"/>

In 2023, the city asked the [[California Department of Fish and Wildlife]] to change its approach to dealing with bears in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Solis |first=Nathan |date=April 13, 2023 |title='I've had bears eat my chickens': Bear sightings on the rise in Sierra Madre |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-12/bears-sierra-madre-california-department-of-fish-and-wildlife |access-date=April 13, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>