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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly Monday, OCTOBER 3 -October 9, 2011 Volume xVI, No. xXXIX

Alice Zhang’s Duarte Gets its Kicks on Route 66 Parents Sue City of Arcadia and Bowden Du Over Crosswalk Death on Duarte The parents of Alice Zhang , a AHS student killed in a crosswalk on Duarte in April have filed a lawsuit against the city of Arcadia and the driver Bowen Du. The lawsuit, was filed in August by Zhang’s parents and their attorney David B. Casselman, alleging that "the dangerous condition" of the crosswalk was a contributing factor in the teen’s death. Zhang's parents are asking for unspecified general and special dam-

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ages. The claim filed in June against the city on behalf of the parents initially asked for $5 million. In addition, the complaint also alleges that driver Bowen Du's negligence was "a substantial factor" in the teen's death. Du, 19, of Arcadia has pleaded not guilty to one count of felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.. Detective Mike Hale of the Arcadia PD maintains the car's windshield was excessively dirty and that -- combined with the setting sun – caused the ac-

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By Ruth Longoria Kingsland Classic cars, prancing horses, marching bands, and free food enticed thousands of folks to line Huntington Drive Saturday morning (Sept. 24) for Duarte’s 16th annual Route 66 Parade. The parade marks the 85th anniversary of the

“Great American Highway,” Route 66, which was created in 1926 as the first highway connector between Chicago and Los Angeles. Route 66 not only has a place in history for its geographic significance, but also garnered fame through various Hollywood and literary spotlights. Termed the “Mother Road” by John Steinbeck

Recall Averted; Duarte Low-Income Housing Project Diverted By Ruth Longoria Kingsland Tempers flared and residents read recall petitions for Duarte’s mayor and Council members during Tuesday’s City Council meeting. But when the dust settled, residents gave a standing ovation at the outcome: a unanimous Council vote — the heavily contested low-income housing project won’t be coming to Duarte’s Huntington Avenue anytime soon. “We’re going to agree to disagree,” Mayor Tzeitel Paras-Caracci told residents at the end of the Council meeting. “I hope you understand what you’ve pushed for,” she said, adding, “I am a supporter of affordable

housing anywhere in this community.” City staff will in future propose a similar project, with added commercial, business and retail features, at a 12-acre site off Highland Avenue, known as the Gold Line Transit Oriented Development (TOD) area. Tuesday night, about 75 area residents swarmed City Hall for the third time in as many Council meetings, demanding Council rethink a previously approved contract with Abode Communities, a Los Angeles developer, to build a 66-unit, four-story low-income housing project

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FBI Still Investigating El Monte Transit Village Project By Dena M. Burroughs

Two years ago El Monte was scandalized by the arrest of two Titan Development executives, John Leung and Jean Lang, accused by the city of felony charges that included embezzlement, theft, and fraud. Titan Development was supposed to develop the El Monte Transit Village project, a great business and entertainment area around the Photo By-Ruth Longoria Kingsland bus station on Santa Anita Avenue. Instead, the City of El Monte is now fighting in “The Grapes of Wrath,” munity, as Boy Scouts the now bankrupt develRoute 66 was the moni- with banners and Grand oper’s subsidiary, Transit ker for the 1960s televi- Marshall Chuck Henry led Village LLC (TV LLC), sion show where viewers more than 1,400 parade for as much as four million watched Martin Milner trav- participants past the crowd. dollars claimed lost in the el its winding highway in a The event offered fun process. classic corvette convertible. for all, including one particiBack in 2009 El MonCrooner Nat King Cole pant, who enjoyed herself te asked the Los Angeles also encouraged his listen- so much she made multiple County Sheriff’s Departers to get their “kicks on trips down the parade route. ment to investigate the Route 66.” “Hello, it’s me again, situation. However, the Saturday’s Route 66 Department declined afPlease see page 4 Parade was all about comter finding that the FBI was already looking into it. "When we were asked by El Monte to investigate the case,” Lt. Sherri Anderson told the Pasadena Star News, “we did a little research into the case and found out the FBI already had a case they were investigating so we weren't going to step on their toes. We did let the FBI know that El Monte asked us to do it, but they were already doing it." Apparently the investigation has continued until now, since El Monte resubmitted the case to the Sheriff’s Department at the beginning of this year and once again it was declined due to the FBI’s involvement. As far as the El Monte Transit Village project, Rep. Judy Chu, D-El America and its affiliates the City of El Monte has Monte, released the follow- recently begun by Rep. new partners to develop ing statement in response Cliff Stearns, R-Florida, a downsized version of to the opening of a far- Chairman of the Oversight the originally envisioned Transit Village. The relaranging investigation into Planned Parenthood of Please see page 4 Please see page 7

Rep. Judy Chu Condemns Planned Parenthood Investigation


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