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Burbank Bob Hope Airport area ground transportation and land use study community workshop The Burbank Bob Hope Airport and the City of Burbank have embarked on a joint Ground Transportation and Land Use Planning Study. The goal of the Transportation Study is to develop ground transportation improvements that will allow the Airport to serve as a multi-modal regional transportation hub. The Land Use Study is intended to identify transit oriented development opportunities in the Airport area to take advantage of its transportation connections. The Burbank Bob Hope Please see page 7
Monterey Park PD capture two men for alleged Fulton ave. residential burglary Monterey Park Police arrested two men for suspicion of residential burglary after a resident reported seeing two men running out of her home in the 1800 block of Fulton AvePlease see page 7
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Santa Anita to host Breeders’ Cup in 2014 Classic races have been hosted in Arcadia 8 years The Breeders’ Cup announced last week that Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, Calif., has been selected as the site for the 2014 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The 31st Breeders’ Cup, Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious international year-end event, consisting of 14 races with purses and awards totaling $27 million, will be held on October 31 and November 1, 2014, and brings the event to Los Angeles for the third consecutive year. Santa Anita Park, which is the site of this year’s Breeders’ Cup on November 1-2, has hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championships six times, most recently last year’s edition. The 2014 Breeders’ Cup will be televised by the NBC Sports Group. The 2013 Breeders’ Cup will also be televised by the NBC Sports Group with the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic shown live in primetime on NBC from 8-9 p.m. ET. “Santa Anita has proven to be an outstanding host for our Championships, providing horsemen and fans
Governor Edmund G Brown Jr. Thursday joined business leaders and workers to call for action on his plan to revamp the state’s economic development program and help put Californians back to work. “California’s thirty-yearold Enterprise Zone program is not enterprising, it’s wasteful. It’s inefficient and not giving taxpayers the biggest bang for their buck,” said Governor Brown. “There’s a better way and it will help encourage manufacturing in California.” “The Silicon Valley -Photo by Terry Miller
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Construction authority opposes Measure R amendments “Foothill Extension to Claremont continues to be inaccurately defined” At their regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday, the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority (Construction Authority) board of directors voted unanimously to oppose the Measure R Expenditure Plan and Measure R Ordinance Amendments as proposed by Metro. The Amendments are
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being proposed to allow Metro to accelerate funding to five Measure R transit projects ahead of the year approved by voters in 2008. The changes would only take affect if Metro is able to secure close to $6 billion in federal funding and grants for one or more of the Measure R transit Please see page 3
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Arrest made in death of toddler in Baldwin Park Wednesday Sheriff’s Homicide detectives are continuing their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a toddler boy that occurred on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in the 3700 block of Downing Avenue, Baldwin Park. As a result of their investigation, Homicide detectives arrested 32-year old-David Vazquez for the murder of his son, Joshua Vazquez. David Vazquez was booked at the Baldwin Park Police Department for Murder and is being held in lieu of 1,000,000 bail. Detectives are aware
of one prior call for service that occurred approximately one year ago. The then infant boy sustained a leg injury that was investigated by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. That incident is also under investigation by Homicide detectives. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500. If you prefer to provide information anonymously, you may
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call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing (800) 222-TIPS (8477), or texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or by using the websitehttp:// lacrimestoppers.org.