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Monrovia Weekly Monday, MAY 6 - MAY 12, 2013 Volume 18, No. 17
L.A. County Sheriff’s remember Deputy David March
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death, fellow deputies have honored him with a 24-hour honor guard at the scene of his slaying, near a permanent plaque commemorating the sacrifice of the fallen deputy The suspect had stated to friends that he wanted to
Pick-up truck hits Duarte cyclist, leaves scene
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A broken arm and a possible broken wrist resulted after a pickup truck hit a bicyclists Wednesday in Duarte. The suspect fled the scene . The cyclist was on Royal Oaks Drive around midnight when a Ford F-150 heading east made a left turn to Larkhall Avenue where he hit the 26 year old cyclist.. The injured bicyclist was taken to Methodist Hospital of Southern California. The driver was described as a white man in his 50s. He was driving a cream or champagne-colored Ford F-150.
The monument in memory of David March was adorned with flowers and a 24 hour honor guard Monday at the site in Irwindale where the 7 year veteran was killed 11 years ago. -Photo by Terry Miller
Deputies stood in a 24hour vigil on the site at Live Oak Avenue, near Peck road in Irwindale, where fellow Los Angeles County Deputy David March was shot and killed during a traffic stop 11 years ago Monday. March, 33, of Saugus was assigned to the Sheriff’s Temple Station
when he was killed in the line of duty on April 29, 2002. He was a 7-year veteran of the sheriff’s department and is survived by his wife, Teri, as well as a step-daughter. He was shot to death by Jorge Arroyo Garcia, also known as Armando Garcia, during what began as a routine
traffic stop. Garcia, who was arrested in Mexico in 2006, was extradited to the U.S. to face trial in early 2007 and is now serving a life sentence in prison. When he was returned to the U.S. to face justice, fellow deputies cuffed him with March’s handcuffs. Every year since March’s
Consumers union ad urges Trader Joe’s to help curb a major public health crisis In a full page ad in the Los Angeles Times, Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy arm of Consumer Reports, called on Trader Joe’s today to stop selling meat and poultry from animals raised on antibiotics. The ad highlights how the overuse of antibiotics by the meat and poultry industries on healthy livestock is promoting the spread of drug resistant superbugs that threaten public health. At the same time, Consumers Union is spreading the word through social media promotions and outreach efforts to customers at Trader Joe’s stores in the Los Angeles area, Washington, D.C., and Portland, Oregon. The outreach efforts will expand to Trader Joe’s stores in other cities in the coming weeks. “It’s critical that we do everything possible to curb the growing public health crisis of antibiotic resistance,”
Austin Lam
Temple City High School student, Austin Lam, has been selected to attend this year’s United States Naval Academy Summer Seminar program in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Rep. Judy Chu, San Gabriel Valley Leaders and residents urge San Gabriel city council to seat Chin Ho Liao immediately By Terry Miller Rep. Judy Chu joined San Gabriel Valley elected leaders and San Gabriel city residents in a press conference on Friday, May 3 in San Gabriel. Purpose: to urge the San Gabriel City Council to seat Council Member-elect Chin Ho Liao immediately. “Our elected officials are joining San Gabriel residents in saying enough is enough. Seat Chin Ho Liao now,” said Sally Baldwin, spokesperson for ‘Coalition to Save San Gabriel.’ “It is unfair to prevent a duly-elected candidate from Please see page 11
Members of a long time Native American family from San Gabriel including Nadine Salas, her mother Virginia and father Ernie Perez Salas were asked to leave after Nadine Salas booed one of the residents who was supporting Chin Ho Laio. After repeated requests by security man, Matt Stadtler, the San Gabriel Police were called to eject the family. Meanwhile Judy Chu expressed her disgust with the city council for acting as “ judge and jury”. -Photos by Terry Miller