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Homicide in Temple City not the result of gunshot

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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, APRIL 8 - APRIL 14, 2013 VOLUME 18, NO. 14

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Councilman-elect Liao claims San Gabriel council is racist, files suit “They don't want too many Asians on the city council,” Liao says

to seat Liao after one resident wrote a letter claiming Liao does not live in San Gabriel. “It’s not smart,” he said in a telephone interview. “They’ve come up Please see page 6

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Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden to open in May Starting in May, the Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden will be open to the public on the last Sunday of each month. Reservations are necessary and can be made starting the first day of the month by emailing info@japanesegardenpasadena.com for further information. The entry fee is $7.50 and the garden is located at: 270 Arlington Drive, Pasadena CA 91105.

Claiming he is the victim of racism, Liao’s attorneys have filed suit against the city of San Gabriel. -Photo by Terry Miller

EXCLUSIVE: BY SHEL SEGAL Saying he was the victim of a political trick, San Gabriel City Council Member-elect Chin Ho Liao has filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court

demanding that he be seated after finishing in the top three spots in the March 5 municipal election. “It’s obvious,” Liao said. “I don’t want to say that, but it’s obvious. They don’t want too many Asians on the city council.

They want to control … They want to kick me out and appoint another person who lost in this election. It’s not normal. It’s based on one letter of complaint.” The city council voted at its March 26 meeting not

Arcadia student kicks off Earth Day by visiting landfill Aaron Budiman, a student from First Avenue Middle School in Arcadia, California will tour the Waste Management El Sobrante Landfill to learn about what happens to Arcadia residents’ waste, and the facility’s environmental solutions and use of green technology. “I’ve always been interested in garbage trucks and what happens to our trash once it leaves our homes,” said Aaron Budiman. The Waste Management El Sobrante Landfill, located in Riverside County, powers 6,000 homes through its landfill gas-to-energy facility and was the first in the industry to invest in a D7E hybrid dozer in Southern California. The hybrid dozer reduces greenhouse gas emissions and emits 99 percent less smog-causing substances. Aaron and his science teacher will take a tour of the landfill and visit

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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Detectives were called to the 10300 blk of Key West St, Temple City, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 65 year old female adult. Sheriff's dept. said the shooting death of 65-year-old Carmen Garcia at her home in Temple City on Sunday was indeed murder. They are asking for the public's help in finding the killer. Garcia’s body was discovered by her daughter. Carmen Garcia, taught at-risk students at Alhambra's Independence and Century high schools. Homicide detectives are now saying that the murder of Carmen Garcia last week was not the result of a gunshot wound but won’t

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Duarte city council Wagner leaves MUSD; decides not to pursue Collins appointed Superintendent further appeal to BY SUSAN MOTANDER 11, the AnaCalifornia Supreme Court heimOnCityMarchSchool District The City of Duarte will not be filing a petition with the California Supreme Court seeking a further appeal of Duarte’s challenge to the City of Azusa/Vulcan Materials’ Environmental Impact Report for Vulcan’s mining expansion project. A State Court of Appeals recently sided with Azusa/Vulcan and found the EIR to be sufficient. Duarte’s challenge to the Azusa/Vulcan EIR was part of its effort to save Van Tassel Ridge

from being destroyed by Vulcan’s extensive mining expansion project. Even though it did not prevail in the lawsuit, Duarte intends to monitor Azusa and Vulcan’s implementation of the mining expansion project to insure the project is pursued in a manner consistent with the now-final EIR so that the health of all San Gabriel Valley residents and the preservation of our mountains can be

hired Dr. Linda Wagner as that District’s new superintendent. Wagner has been the superintendent for Monrovia Unified School District for the past 3 ½ years. Her appointment in Anaheim left a vacancy here. On March 27, the MUSD Board of Education appointed Dr. Deborah Collins as the superintendent of the Monrovia Schools. The board also approved the expenditure of $23,000 to hire a firm “to provide search

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Linda Wagner -Photo by Terry Miller


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