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Beacon Media Remembers 9/11/2001

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Thursday, SEPTEMBER 12 - SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

El Monte holds scoping session for proposed Walmart

Beacon Media Remembers 9/11/2001

Volume 18, No. 37

Community News, Arts & Opinions Since 1996

Monrovia’s Santa Fe Middle School receives bogus threat School evacuated as precaution

Two more schools targeted by false threats Caller may be same person

BY DENA BURROUGHS

BY TERRY MILLER

El Monte residents were invited on Sept. 5 to a Scoping Session for a Walmart Superstore that is proposed for construction at 4000 Arden Avenue, near the intersection with Valley Boulevard. The meeting was held at the Grace Black Auditorium, led by the City’s Director and Assistant Director of Economic Development, Damien Arrula and Minh Thai. The proposed development is an 182,429-square-foot Supercenter to be built on a 15.41-acre site. The store will offer general merchandise, grocery/ bakery/deli, off-sale of

campus of Santa Fe Middle School with an AK-47 assault rifle and was going

In what appears to be a carbon copy of Monday’s false report of a suspect with an AK 47 at Santa Fe Middle School, two schools in Duarte were locked down Tuesday while deputies from the sheriff’s department searched for a possible gunman. Numerous deputies from Monrovia, LASD and Irwindale joined in the search of Duarte High where the main focus was. Sheriff’s deputies directed anxious parents and guardians to pick up their loved ones at the Best Buy parking lot Central and Mountain avenues but not all parents complied. Many parents, angered by the lack of information provided to them, attempted to get near the school entrance on Central via Evergreen but were advised by Monrovia officers to stay clear of the scene.

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Assemblyman Mike Gatto partners with Senator Liu to force CalTrans property sales

Sierra Madre Police Sergeant Esther Doyle makes sure students get out of the school safely during the room-to room check of Santa Fe Middle School Monday following the threat. -Photo by Terry Miller

BY TERRY MILLER Monrovia’s Santa Fe middle school was on lockdown Monday

Vin Scully selected as 2014 Tournament of Roses® Grand Marshal

Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) teamed up with Senator Carol Liu today to conclusively end any speculation about an above-ground 710 route. SB 416, authored by Senator

Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, an icon in American sports history and “the voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers” for 64 years, was announced Thursday as the Grand Marshal for the 2014 Tournament of Roses, themed “Dreams Come True.” Scully will ride in the 125th Rose Parade® presented by Honda and toss the coin at the start of the 100th Rose Bowl Game® presented by VIZIO on January 1, 2014, as well as participate

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Eliminate proposed routes for the 710 extension

afternoon after a man called police and said he was on campus with an AK 47 firearm . The male caller who

allegedly had a Middle Eastern accent, ‘phoned the Monrovia Police Department at about 2 p.m., saying he was on the

Local vigils strongly oppose strikes on Syria BY TERRY MILLER Congress could vote to authorize the use of military force in Syria in response to reports of chemical weapons use by the Syrian government as early as next week. However, there appears to be a possible breakthrough which may avert imminent military strikes. Monday night, September 9, MoveOn members and allies like Credo Action and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee

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