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House Fire Leads to Homicide Arrest Suspect Later Released On Friday, September 30, at approximately 5:56 a.m. Pasadena Police and Fire personnel responded to an apartment fire at 59 South Meredith Avenue. The fire was contained to a single unit and; subsequently, a deceased female adult, later identified as Maria Donnely, a 28 year old Pasadena resident, was discovered inside an apartment. Pasadena arson investigators and police detectives conducted a preliminary investigation to determine the cause of the fire as well as the victim’s death. After the completion of an autopsy the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office has classified Ms. Donnely’s death as a homicide. On October 1, Pasadena police detectives developed a person of interest. Detectives determined the location of the individual and as a result, Corey Green, 28, was arrested for the homicide at his residence in Los Angeles. He was released on Monday. This investigation remains ongoing as detectives continue to analyze and collect evidence related Ms. Donnely’s death.
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Gold Line Extension Bridge Over 210 Preparations Well Underway
$18.6-million bridge across the 210 Freeway is nearly complete according to engineers working on the
n Tuesday afternoon Anthony Portantino sent out an email alerting the media that Speaker Perez said the 44th District furloughs are no longer looming for the staff of his offices in Pasadena and Sacramento as had been threatened. “This afternoon I received a letter from Speaker Perez indicating that the staff of the 44th Assembly District would no longer face unprecedented furloughs. Though I am thrilled for my staff and district, I am disappointed that the Speaker is holding on to the delusion that this was anything but retaliation for my independent budget vote. It never made any sense to single out my staff and the halfmillion residents of the 44th A.D. because I voted my conscience. As always, I remain committed to fighting for the issues that I care
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Habib Balian( center), CEO of Metro Foothill Extension talks to media Monday morning during a tour of the construction site -Photo by Terry Miller
Giant columns are being constructed to support the new Metro Gold Line Bridge over the 210 in Arcadia. The columns are drilled over 100 feet into
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Restaurateurs Say Something’s Fishy About Food Trucks pproximately 24 local business owners met at Cameron’s Seafood Tuesday afternoon to voice concerns over the ever-growing popularity of Southern California’s fascination with trendy Food Trucks and seeming lack of restrictions that the city places
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on the food vendors on wheels. “Trendy gourmet food trucks” or Meals without Wheels - that is the question on many restaurateurs’ minds these days. But while the added competition is never welcome, it is the seemingly unfair
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the ground creating some interesting obstacles for the engineers since they hit groundwater at that level. The team came up with a unique formula to essen-
tially cement the holes at that level so that the rest of the concrete can be poured for secure platforms which act as a base for the bridge. Preparation for the
Sierra Madre Hero Honored During Opening Weekend at Santa Anita The statue of John Henry presented to John Shear is inscribed ” In gratitude for your heroism March 12, 2011 ” The bronze statue of the famous race horse was presented to John Shear after the third race at Santa Anita Saturday Oct 1, 2011. The Sierra Madre resident saved a young girl’s
life when a horse bolted in her direction back in March -The quick thinking 90- year old British native placed himself in extreme danger to save the child and Shear ended up with serious injuries as a result. The staff and doctors at Huntington Memorial
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John Shear accepts a special award from the executives at Santa Anita -Photo by Terry Miller