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Santa Anita Dam Project Nearly Complete in Wake of Tree Controversy BY JIM. E. WINBURN
Volume XVII, No. XXXIX
ACLU Claims High Incidence of Inmate Injuries at Hands of Deputies in L.A. County Jails
Man Shot to Death in Pasadena Wednesday
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are responsible for head injuries, such as broken orbital bones and deep cuts on the face and head, which often send inmates to the hospital, according to a report released today by the ACLU of Southern California (ACLU/SC). The report, “Sheriff Baca’s Strike Force: Deputy Violence and Head Injuries of Inmates in LA County Jails,” compiles some 64 sworn statements from inmates, former inmates and civilian eyewitnesses taken since 2009, describing attacks in which deputies targeted inmates’ heads. It also provides substantial corroborating documentation, including photographs and medical
records, and the opinion of a nationally recognized corrections expert on the impropriety of using head strikes, even when inmates are aggressive. The high incidence of head strikes and injuries supports the recent preliminary findings of the Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence in several key areas: LASD personnel have used force against inmates disproportionate to the threat posed or when there was no threat at all; LASD does not have a comprehensive, integrated and understandable use of force policy; A “force first” approach has been used as a means of discipline and to
A man died early Wednesday following a shooting, according to Pasadena Police Commander Chris Russ. Officials received a report of gunshots heard about 12:10 a.m. in the area of Newport Avenue and Stanton Street, according to Russ. Officers located the victim nearby and called for paramedics for a gunshot wound. The victim, an African American male in his early 20's, succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. The suspect is described only as a African American male in is late
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Space Shuttle ‘Endeavour’ Flies Over Los Angeles in Final Flight
The massive conveyor belt starts at the Santa Anita Dam and takes sediment to the spreading grounds near the area in Arcadia where trees were torn down 18 months ago.. -Photo by Terry Miller
As Public Works nears completion of its sediment project for the Santa Anita Dam, residents and activists continue to question the county’s intentions for demolishing the 11-acre Arca-
dia Woodlands a year and a half ago. Following the removal of nearly 180 coastal oaks and 70 sycamores on Jan. 12, 2011, the Department of Public Works has kept busy
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Arcadia Police Search for Armed Robber, Attempted Murder Suspect At approximately 9:20 a.m. Monday a masked man entered the 7-11 Store located at 2. E. Duarte Road. The man pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk grabbed the handgun, a brief struggle ensued for the
weapon, and the weapon discharged into the ceiling of the business. No one was injured. The suspect fled on foot southbound on Santa Anita Avenue out of sight. An area check by responding police officers proved negative.
The suspect is described as a male, 5’5” tall, stocky build, wearing a “skull” type mask, black hoodie, and trousers. Weapon used was a black handgun. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Arcadia Police Department.
Shuttle Endeavour, atop the back of a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet performed a low fly-by over Los Angeles at 1500 feet on Friday early afternoon. -Photo by Terry Miller
BY TERRY MILLER Thousands watched Friday from nearby rooftop buildings in Hollywood as space shuttle Endeavour, strapped to the back of a modified Boeing 747 jumbo jet, circled Sacramento and San Francisco and then finally a low fly-by over Los Angeles at 1500 feet on Friday early afternoon. Endeavour took its last aerial victory lap, effortlessly gliding over Malibu, the Get-
ty Center, Universal Studios and Disneyland, Burbank and JPL. It landed at LAX on Friday after thousands cheered it onto the final resting place . The shuttle will be housed at a United Airlines hangar until Oct. 12, when it will begin a two-day trek through Los Angeles streets to the museum’s new Samuel Oschin display pavilion. Not everyone is happy though. The space shuttle Endeavour , for its slow 12-
mile (19-km)journey through the city streets next month to its final destination at a Los Angeles museum, necessitates some trees must be destroyed due to the massive size ofe the shuttle. Actually about 400 have been, or will be destroyed. “Why do they have to kill hundreds of trees?” asked Naomi Kemp from Hollywood. Refering to the exhibition put on by NASA Friday, Please see page 27