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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, JUNE 10 - JUNE 16, 2013 VOLUME 18, NO. 23
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Schiff, Feinstein announce night-flying helicopter to battle wildfires
Recover handgun used in drive-by shooting in Temple City
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Doctor arrested at Arcadia home for sexually assaulting patients LASD investigators seeking additional victims
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Temple Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shots fired call on May 27at the 5400 block of Golden West Avenue in Temple City. Please see page 3
Azusa approves millions in bonds BY SHEL SEGAL The Azusa City Council voted to approve the issuance of millions of dollars in bonds to help Waste Management, Inc. finance building a new material recovery facility. The council also decided not to support a resolution calling for the completion of Interstate 710 in the west San Gabriel Valley, instead waiting for more information to be available before making a decision. In regards to Waste Please see page 4
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) announced the U.S. Forest Service now has available a specifically equipped helicopter to combat wildfires at night. Four years ago, during the Station Fire – the largest wildfire in Los Angeles county history – the poten-
tially critical night flying tool was not available to the Forest Service. As a result, questions remain as to whether such a capability might have helped contain the fire on the critical first night of the fire. Due to a restriction put in place by the Forest Service in the 1970s following a tragic helicopter crash in the
West Nile virus identified in Arcadia The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District confirmed that a dead bird identified by a District vector ecologist was infected with West Nile virus (WNv). The bird was collected in central Arcadia southeast of Santa Anita Avenue and Duarte Road. This is the first confirmation this year that WNv is being transmitted actively in the District. Birds are natural hosts
for WNv and are routinely monitored to indicate whether the virus is active in the San Gabriel Valley. Mosquitoes transmit WNv from one bird to another when they bite to obtain a blood-meal necessary for egg development. Because WNv is fatal to many common urban species, dead birds serve as an early warning that virus is being transmitted. People can become infected with Please see page 5
Angeles National Forest, the agency has not employed night flights, and instead, has relied upon other local agencies to supply these firefighting tools when available. “We will never know for certain if night flying could have extinguished the Station Fire in those critical early hours, but adding this
capability will give us a better chance in future wildfires to protect residents’ houses, precious natural resources and, most importantly, lives,” said Rep. Adam Schiff. “The restoration of this capability by the Forest Service – though long overdue – could
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau arrested a 58-year old male Arcadia resident who is a doctor at the Claude Hudson Medical Center, 2829
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FBI Seeking ‘Foothills Bandit’ The FBI is seeking assistance with information leading to the identity of a white male bank robbery suspect known as the Foothills Bandit. The suspect has been linked to bank robberies in the cities of Glendora and Arcadia in the past week. The suspect is described as a white male, between 5’7” and 5’8,” between 150-160 lbs., between 23-30 in age. During the bank robbery, the suspect displays a device with wires, tubes and blink-
ing lights and states it is a bomb. The suspect also makes reference to a second individual with whom he’s working who is allegedly located outside the bank, according to what he told witnesses. The Foothill Bandit has been linked to the following bank robberies: 5/28/13 Union Bank 601 West Route 66 Glendora, 6/3/13 Citibank 100 S. 1st Street Arcadia. The suspect also hit Wells Fargo, 9635 Las Tunas Drive in
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Temple City on Thursday, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials said. However, this time he claimed he had a bomb in the car.