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Statewide STAR scores show decline Scores on the annual Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) assessments slipped by a fraction of a percentage point this year as schools dealt with ongoing budget reductions and the transition to the Common Core State Standards, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced today. Students managed to hold on to the vast majority of gains posted over the last 11 years, with a majority of students statewide continuing to achieve at the proficient or advanced level in mathematics and English-language arts. Only one student in three achieved proficiency in 2003, the year that the STAR tests became fully aligned to the former state content standards. “As you would expect for a school system in transition, results varied from grade to grade, subject to subject, and school to school, but the big picture is one of remarkable resilience despite the challenges,” Torlakson said. Please see page 6
Arcadia man found dead in swimming pool Los Angeles Coroner’s officials identified a 35-year-old man found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool in Arcadia Thursday. Greg Tser-Ming Chen was found at the bottom of a pool in the 700 block of Camino Grove Avenue only two blocks from where he lived.
Rosemead Reader Monrovia WEEKLY Temple MONDAY, AUGUST 12 - AUGUST 18, 2013 VOLUME 18, NO. 32
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Taiwanese Octogenarian Motorcyclists visit Arcadia - Aug. 23 Taiwanese senior citizens who average 81 years promote documentary movie “ Go Grandriders”
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The film is scheduled to be shown at the AMC Atlantic Times Square (Monterey Park) on August 23-29. “One day when you are 80 years old, will you
On August 5, 2013 at approximately 0050, Pasadena Police Officers responded to the 100 block of East Colorado Boulevard following a 911 call of a combative subject inside a restaurant in the Old Pasadena area. A subsequent caller reported that a male Hispanic was lying injured in the street after being attacked by a large Hispanic male. Officers located the victim, a Latino male-26, Rowland Heights resident, in the roadway and unresponsive. Pasadena Fire Paramedics transported the victim to a local area hospital where he was initially critical condition with a head injury caused by blunt force trauma. Joshua Martinez died on Tuesday approximate 1:30 AM.
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Commencing August 15, 2013, ten of the original ‘Grandriders’ from Taiwan will be touring California to promote their movie Go Grandriders. In 2007, a group of Taiwanese octogenarians motorcycled
around Taiwan to pursue their dreams of seeing their country. With the assistance of the Hondao Senior Citizens Welfare Foundation, they were able to complete the journey covering 730 miles (13 days), in
City of San Gabriel approves 316 room hotel Construction entitlements granted for full-service hotel on Valley Boulevard
Irwindale hosts popular X Games for first time
the proposed Crowne Plaza Hotel at the intersection of Valley Boule-
BY SHEL SEGAL As X Games Los Angeles 2013 made its way to downtown Los Angeles and the Irwindale Event Center, event center organizers are just pleased that it made its way out to the San Gabriel Valley. Doug Stokes, vice president of communications for the Irwindale Event Center, said the place has come a long way since the old ownership under the name Toyota Speedway of Irwindale filed for bankruptcy. “We are re-establishing the track after the for-
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The City of San Gabriel’s Planning Commission and Design Review Commission have voted to approve privileges for
spite of health and weather challenges. Their inspiring journey was captured in the documentary film “Go Grandriders” which broke box office records in 2012 for a documentary film in Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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