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Arcadia School district reaches agreement in transgender students’ rights case The United States entered into a settlement agreement with the Arcadia Unified School District in Arcadia, to resolve an investigation into allegations of discrimination against a transgender student based on the student’s sex. Under the agreement, approved by the district’s school board unanimously at the most recent meeting, the school district will take a number of steps to ensure that the student, whose gender identity is male and who has consistently and uniformly presented as a boy at school and in all other aspects of his life for several years, will be treatPlease see page 3
Ten years after... the Gold Line continues to grow
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MONDAY, JULY 29 - AUGUST 4, 2013 VOLUME 18, NO. 30
Residents’ concerns in unincorporated areas heard by LASD at Temple Station Survey identifies key elements to help neighborhoods
the unincorporated areas of Monrovia, Arcadia, and Duarte to kick off the “The Public Trust Partnership Program.” Members of the Sheriff’s Department gathered Saturday at Pamela Park, located in the unincorporat-
ed area of Duarte. Deputies and support staff went door to door for several hours asking residents what they felt about their particular neighborhood. Braving the heat to meet the residents and solicit information regarding
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EPA selects UCLA to help improve public health data and research
criminal activity as well as quality of life issues, deputies and volunteers spoke with over 800 people. This past Saturday July 20, Chris Nee and fellow officers from Temple Sta-
EPA announced today its selection of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as an academic partner for the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) University Challenge, a project designed to find innovative ways to increase public awareness of toxic chemical releases in their communities and around the country. UCLA is one of eight diverse academic institutions selection nationwide. TRI provides communities with information about toxic chemical releases to the air, water, and land and helps industry, government, non-governmental organizations, and the public make more informed decisions to protect their health and environment. UCLA’s project seeks to advance the knowledge, use and understanding of TRI data to promote more informed decision-making
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Capt. Chris Nee talks with residents of a Duarte neighborhood at Pamela Park last Saturday where homeowners learned the results from a recent survey. -Photo by Terry Miller
BY TERRY MILLER On Saturday, July 13, Temple Sheriff’s Station’s Captain Christopher Nee and more than 100 envoys from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department took to the streets in
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Lost World War I Probation officers join El Monte PD medals reunited with to manage parolees released In response to the recipient’s family State of California’s pris-
On July 26, 2003, the 13.7-mile, 13 station Metro Gold Line light rail line opened for passenger service between Downtown Los Angeles and East Pasadena. last Friday marked the line’s 10th anniversary of that important day. To recognize this mile-
While working in the Monrovia Police Department Property and Evidence Room, Property Officer Tom Carroll came across a box of unclaimed property from years past, containing amongst other personal possessions, military medals from the United States Army, including a “Purple Heart” from World War I. The Pur-
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oner realignment program that resulted in the release of thousands of non-violent convicts to local communities, the El Monte Police Department will have two probation officers on assignment to assist in their supervision. The Los Angeles County Probation Department has arranged for two probation officers to be
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