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DA Cooley JR Martinez Selected at TOR Parade Grand Marshal says Monrovia City Council Didn’t Violate Brown Act as Resident Alleged In a lengthy six-page letter to Dr Jules Bagneris from the County DA’s office, Jennifer Snyder of the Public Integrity Dept. of Cooley’s office said they found no wrong-doing on behalf of Monrovia City Council and consider the matter closed. The Los Angeles coun-
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Domestic Violence Leads to a Death on Myrtle Avenue By Susan Motander On Saturday, October 29, an argument erupted on Myrtle Avenue and ended with the man involved killing himself ac-
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JR Martinez has endured a great deal in life, not the least of which was enduring 33 cosmetic and skin grafts surgeries after a landmine exploded in Iraq and burned 40% of his body. - Photo by Terry Miller
J.R. Martinez was selected as 2012 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal Tuesday morning in Pasadena. Martinez is an American actor, motivational speaker and former U.S.
Army soldier. Since 2008 he has played the role of Brot Monroe on the ABC daytime drama All My Children, and is currently a contestant on television’s popular Dancing with the
Stars. Martinez was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, on June 14, 1983. At nine years old, Martinez moved with his mother to Hope, Arkansas.
Arcadia High Locked Down for Several Hours Tuesday Note Threatened to Kill People on Arcadia High School Campus By Terry Miller
Anxious parents await word outside Arcadia High during the lockdown Wednesday- Photo by Terry Miller
Arcadia High School officials received a pending threat on the high school campus Tuesday at approximately noon. The threat was a “non-specific note – but it did indicate people would be killed on campus today.” According
to a press release issued by Arcadia PD. Shortly before noon, the High School was placed on a lockdown and police resources were brought in to deal with the situation.
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At 17, just before his senior year of high school, he moved to Dalton, Georgia, and played strong safety for the Dalton High School Catamounts. In his senior year, Martinez suffered
an injury that derailed his plans to play professional football. In September 2002, Martinez enlisted in the
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A Noise Within Launches Inaugural Season in Pasadena with Gala Party A Noise Within (ANW), the acclaimed classical repertory theatre company, launched its milestone 201112 Season and 20th Anniversary in its permanent new home, a 33,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art venue in Pasadena, with a sizzling original treatment of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S beloved comedy TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL, which runs to Friday, December 16, 2011 (pre-
views A "Pay What You Can” date, which allows patrons to purchase tickets for what they can afford, is Thursday, October 27. The opening gala party Staurday was attended by politicians, VIPs and thespians alike to see the theatre for the first time. Hundreds of guest milled around the courtyard sipping sumptuous cocktails
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