2013_02_04_Baldwin Park Press

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Baldwin Park MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 - FEBRUARY 10, 2013

$500,000 damages in house fire in Glendale On Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 5:07 p.m., 11 Glendale units (1 Battalion Chief Command Team, 7 engine companies, 2 ladder truck companies and 1 basic life support ambulance) and 1 Burbank truck company responded to a reported house fire in the 1500 block of Puebla Drive in Glendale. Glendale Engine 25 was first to arrive on-scene. They discovered a two story, single family dwelling with fire and heavy smoking showing from the house. One resident was quickly evacuated from the house. Firefighters deployed an aggressive attack on the fire located in the family room of the home. Knockdown of the fire was 27 minutes after units were dispatched to the location. There were no injuries to firefighters or civilians. Structure damage is estimated at $300,000 and $200,000 in damage to contents. The incident duration was 3 hours and 29 minutes. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Glendale Fire Department encourages residents to ensure smoke detectors are working properly.

City of Glendale plastic carryout bag ban ordinance

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Major crimes looking for victims of burglaries in Los Angeles Sheriff’s Detectives from the Major Crimes Bureau are looking for vic¬tims whose houses were burglarized while they were on vacation and had instructed the Los Ange¬les Times to hold delivery of their newspapers while they were gone. Investigators believe that Duane Van Tuinen (51 of Azusa) obtained the vacation lists and passed them on to a group of thieves, including Ran¬dall Whitmore (43 of La Verne), Joshua Box (43 of Arcadia) and Edwin Valentine (52 of Covina). The suspects would visit the addresses on the lists and steal valuables while the residents vacationed. More than 25 burglaries from San Gabriel Valley Cities, Hacienda Heights, Diamond Bar, Walnut and Chino Hills have been con¬firmed as a part of the con¬spiracy. Van Tuinen was an office machine repairman, contracted by distributors of the Los Angeles Times to repair office machines. Once inside of the busi¬nesses, Investigators be¬lieve that he repeatedly stole lists of Los Angeles Times newspaper subscrib¬ers who were on vacation. Van Tuinen passed them on to the suspects who carried out the Please see page 6

Detective Heath Harvey looks in amazement as he wonders how long it’ll take to inventory the cache of stolen property Monrovia PD recovered let alone find the original owners. -Courtesy Photos of Monrovia PD and LASD

Art Center student wins Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Competition

In January 2013, The City of Glendale adopted an ordinance banning the issuance of plastic carryout bags and imposing a ten (10) cent charge on recyclable paper carryout bags. Beginning July 1, 2013 plastic carryout bags will no longer be

Earlier this week Art Center College of Design and the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee (PASAGMC) jointly announced the winning design concept for a new memorial whose planned dedication in 2015 will coincide with 100th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian Genocide. The concept by Art Center Environmental Design student Catherine Menard was developed in

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Public artwork designed by Catherine Menard will be completed in time for 100th Anniversary Commemorations in 2015. -Courtesy Photo

Pasadena celebrates Black History Month Saturday Feb. 2 “Ragtime & Chili” Celebrate Black History Month and our shared American music legacy with a performance by pianist Lawrence Kolakowski from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 2 at La Pintoresca Branch Library, 1355 N. Raymond Ave. Kolakowski will talk about all the great composers who created what many historians consider to be the first truly “American” art forms—Ragtime and Jazz. Then enjoy chili and iced tea, foods that were popular during the Jazz Age, immediately following the performance. For more information, contact Diane Walker at (626) 744-7268 or dianewalker@ cityofpasadena.net. “Genealogy Search” Join the Pasadena African-American Genealogy Group from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Lamanda Park Branch Library, 140 S. Altadena Drive, to search your heritage and recover your past with this Please see page 7

Attempted murder/suicide at Santa Anita Dam

Suspect holed-up at the dam house – SWAT called On Saturday January 26, 2013, around 6:30 p.m., Arcadia Police Officers responded to a stretch of Chantry Flats regarding a traffic collision involving a solo vehicle into a guardrail. The male driver had reportedly fled on foot before police arrived on scene, leaving behind a single female occupant. Nobody had been hurt in the accident. Further investigation revealed the driver of the vehicle intentionally hit the guardrail in an attempt to Please see page 6

A 7 hour standoff with SWAT Saturday at the Dam keeper’s house finally led to the arrest of Patrick Anthony Gonzalez, a 21-year-old Los Angeles resident -Photo by Terry Miller


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