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CONTRACT impasse: Staff negotiations end with no agreement BY JOSHUA HERNANDEZ STAFF REPORTER
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The California School Employees Association and the Citrus College District declared a joint impasse in their classified employees negotiations on Sept. 7. Ever since the classified employ-
ees’ contract expired on Dec. 31, 2017, CSEA and the District have negotiated for nine months to produce a new employment contract for the college’s classified staff. The labor representative for CSEA, Andy Sundstrom, said that the union gave the District dates to negotiate before the contract expired.
However, Sundstrom said that “We didn’t actually officially meet until after the contract had expired in January. And so, we’re here, and this is month nine where we’ve been negotiating.” That isn’t to say there hasn’t been effort from both
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sides to negotiate. In fact, Sundstrom said that meetings took place two to three times a month. “It hasn’t been a lack of negotiations. I mean, there’s been, you know, consistent negotiations.
Again, it goes back to the reluctance of the District willing to meet, meet us on a couple of our main issues for our bargaining unit.” Such issues like the classified salary schedule, which is set to start below minimum wage, as well as for the first seven ranges. This means the lowest classified staff positions S E E S TAF F • PAGE 1 0
Owls start off season with a bang
Fire raging in Azusa Canyon: Fire official says motorcycle crash caused the blaze BY TALIA PASTRANA STAFF REPORTER
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Standout Freshman Dominik Powell scores a goal against the San Diego Miramar Jets on Sept. 7 at Citrus College. The Owls went 3-1 at the Citrus Invitational.
campus saftey reports second WOMEN’s room intruder BY ERIK ADAMS STAFF REPORTER
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Campus Safety reported the second invasion of privacy in one week on Sept. 11. Another woman reported a man in a women’s restroom in the LB building looking into a stall. The Timely Warning email sent out to all Citrus Students said “the reporting party stated an unknown male entered the first floor women’s restroom shortly after her and was looking into the stall she was using.”
The suspect is described as a white male with short dark hair, and between the ages of 20 and 25 years old. Campus Safety program assistant, Sabrina Lopez, said Ben Macias, head of Campus Safety, was unavailable for comment about the incident. “Right now all the information is on the Timely Warning,” Lopez said On Sept. 6, Campus Safety reported a man entered and looked into stalls of a women’s restroom also in the LB building. The report said the
incident took place at about 10:40 a.m. on the first floor of the LB building. Glendora Police classified the incident as a “invasion of privacy.” Campus Safety notified students, staff and faculty by an email called a “Timely Warning.” Campus Safety is required by law to notify students to stay “in compliance with the ‘Timely Warning’ provisions of the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crimes Statistics Act
of 1998.” The report describes the suspect as a white male with a “slim build,” and between 20 and 25 years old. Campus Safety officer Bert De Los Santos said as of Friday, Sept. 7 there was no update. “No further information is available at this time so the timely warning is still in effect,” said De Los Santos. For more information, contact Citrus College Dept. of Campus Safety at (626) 914-8611.
A 166-acre wildfire started Sept 9. on Highway 39 and East Fork Road, 12 miles from Citrus College. A U.S. Forest Service fire prevention captain Seneca Smith said the fire spread to 166 acres by Sept. 10 and was zero percent contained. Smith said her department is investigating the cause. Cal Trans Worker Steven Diaz said the fire started with a motorcycle accident. He said two helicopters are trying to put out the fire and he saw a fuel truck pass through the blockade early in the morning on Sept 10. A Cal Trans Supervisor who passed through the barricade said it was not safe for people to go any closer because of the downed power lines near East Fork Road. Visitors may not enter Azusa River Wilderness Park because the blaze called the Fork Fire. Drought has been a contributing factor to the rise in wildfires. California’s drought conditions were so severe, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in California on Jan. 17, 2014. Governor Brown announced the drought created drinking water shortages, poor conditions for agriculture, damaged habitats for fish and wildlife species and increased wildfire risk. Although California’s State of Emergency due to drought and fire conditions was lifted in April of last year, the effects of drought on vegetation are long-lasting. Citrus natural disasters professor Charles said the drought creates ideal conditions for wildfires to start, dries out the vegetation, creating more fuel for the fire. “Now you’re having this massive die off of trees,” Fair said. “That’s beautiful fuel, if I can use the term” Fair said. “California is dry. It always has been. This isn’t something new, but because of that the change in the climate over time can even make it worse.” Fair said warmer temperatures and less moisture in the air exacerbate fire dangers. Recent heat waves all across California create ideal conditions for wildfires and poor conditions for fighting fires. S E E F IR E • PAGE 7