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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 - FEBRUARY 10, 2013 VOLUME 18, NO. 5

Arcadia PD investigating Hate Crimes at two local churches

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San Gabriel town hall informs community on school safety precautions BY JIM E. WINBURN

Once inside, two religious statues and a DVD player were broken and tossed to the ground inside a small chapel, and an interior officer door was kicked in. It appeared the suspect(s) also rummaged through several rooms inside the building. These crimes are being investigated by Arca-

San Gabriel city and school officials hosted a town hall meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at Roosevelt Elementary School, updating residents on school safety standards and other community concerns. The theme to this fourth in a series of town halls was “Strengthening Community: The Bonds that Bind Us.” Wednesday night’s meeting was a “less formal, but more informational” public meeting for the 40plus people in attendance, according to Councilman John Harrington, who, along with the support of the City Council, initiated the idea for a community forum for San Gabriel. Most of the night’s discussion involved San Gabriel Unified School District Superintendent Dr. David Yoshiha-

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On January 26, 2013, at approximately 1550 hours, a female victim walked from Kohl’s Department Store to her parked vehicle in the Huntington Oaks Shopping Center. After getting behind the wheel of her vehicle and closing the door, a male Hispanic suspect knocked on her window. When the victim opened the door to speak to the suspect, he pointed a Please see page 2

Senior Pastor Phil Wood of Church of the Good Shepherd speaks to the press about the hate crimes while Lt. Bob Andersen of Arcadia PD looks on. -Photo by Terry Miller

Two Arcadia churches have been broken into and vandalized within the last two weeks. The first incident occurred overnight, Saturday to Sunday, January 19-20, 2013, at the Church of the Good Shepherd, 400 West Duarte Road. The suspect(s) forced open a door to the church office, ransacked the interior, and threw clergy robes on the ground. A

fire extinguisher was discharged in the office and the suspect(s) burned part of a portrait hanging on the office wall before making off with a guitar and other sound equipment. Early this morning, shortly after 2:30 a.m., the police department received a 9-1-1 call from a passerby reporting suspicious activity at Holy Angeles Church, 330 Campus

Underpass project at railroad crossing kicks off construction Baldwin Avenue project will replace congested railroad crossing, eliminating traffic delays and collisions and reducing emissions Federal, state, local and railroad officials gathered today to kick off construction of a four-lane roadway underpass with double-track railroad bridge to replace a congested railroad crossing on Baldwin Avenue in the City of El Monte. The railroad crossing is located north of Valley Boulevard and south of Lower Azusa Road on Baldwin Avenue, a main north-south thoroughfare connecting Interstates 10 and 210. Bald-

win Avenue is used daily by 28,000 vehicles, including significant truck traffic, and blocked by an average of 20 Union Pacific freight trains a day. Two collisions have been logged at the crossing over the last 10 years. “Today’s groundbreaking marks the start of a project that will eliminate train delays, deadly crossing collisions and locomotive horn blasts, help improve our region’s air quality and create 1,370 jobs over two

Drive. Arcadia Police and Fire units arrived on scene and discovered an administrative building on the church property had been broken into and there was smoke inside the building. Evidence of a small fire was found against an interior hallway wall, having burnt a small area of carpet and papers. It appears the suspect(s) broke an office window to gain entry.

Art Center College of Design student wins Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Competition

years of construction,” said City of San Gabriel Councilman David R. Gutierrez, Chairman of the Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority (ACE). “We thank our federal, state, local and railroad partners for providing the funding support needed to get this project under construction.” Baldwin Avenue is scheduled be closed for construction this summer with

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 2012 as part of the College’s social impact design program, Designmatters. The

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


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