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Law enforcement union offers $10,000 reward
INDEPENDENT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11 - NOVEMBER 14, 2013 - VOLUME 2, NO. 45
Amgen Tour of California welcomes 12 host cities for 2014 race
A $10,000 reward was offered Thursday for information leading to the arrest of a 19-year-old El Monte man accused of stealing two bags containing sheriff’s badges and identification cards from the Raging Waters park in San Dimas in September. Randy Sandoval has been identified as one of two suspects in the Sept. 22 theft at the amusement park,
The Amgen Tour of California will return to Sacramento, the Capital of California, for the start of the ninth edition of America’s largest cycling race announced AEG, presenter of the race. The eight day stage race will return to a route traveling north-to-south from May 11-18, 2014 along more than 700 miles of scenic roads through some of California’s most picturesque backdrops. Considered America’s largest and most prestigious cycling event, the start of the 2014 Amgen Tour of California will begin in front of the state’s Capital Building and travel through 11 host cities during the eight day event including Folsom (first time host city), San Jose, Mt. Diablo, Monterey, Cambria (first time host city), Pismo Beach (first time host city), Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita, Mountain High (first time host city), Pasadena and Thousand Oaks. “We strive to raise the bar each year to present an Amgen Tour of California that not only continues to attract and challenge the world’s top cyclists, but also fittingly features and promotes California’s unique
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Randy Sandoval, 19, of El Monte is being sought in connection with the theft of two bags, which contained badged and ID cards, from two off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies at the Raging Waters amusement park in San Dimas on Sept. 22, 2013. (Courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
in 2010, area residents have turned in more than 79 tons (158,496 pounds) of unused and unwanted medication, significantly decreasing the availability of these prescription drugs for abuse, misuse or diversion,” stated DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams. “We will continue to work with our law enforcement and community partners to ensure citizens are provided opportunities for safe and convenient disposal of these medications.” The DEA Los Angeles Field Division encompasses seven counties in the greater Los Angeles area, the States of Nevada and Hawaii, Guam
Election 2013 – West Covina and Baldwin Park updates BY SHEL SEGAL
Lance Armstrong is one rider who will not be participating this year as he did the last time Amgen Toured through our area. -Photo by Terry Miller
Area residents turn in tons of unused medication during DEA’s seventh national prescription drug take-back day Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles Field Division, announced today that area residents turned in more than 29,740 pounds (15 tons) of medication as part of the seventh DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Program. This event was held on Saturday, October 26th, and provided a safe, convenient and responsible means for disposing unused and unwanted medications. DEA joined with more than 100 state and local law enforcement partners to host 186 collection sites throughout the area. “Since DEA’s first prescription drug take-back event
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In the battle for West Covina City Council with nine candidates for three seats, James Toma, Corey Warshaw and Lloyd Johnson all ran successful campaigns. Toma got 19.43 percent of the vote, Warshaw received 13.89 percent of the vote, while Johnson got 12.28 percent of the vote. Not making the cut were Mike Spence, Kimberly Caceres, Andrew McIntyre, Karin Armbrust, Rob Sotelo and Armando Davila. With three candidates vying for the West Covina City Clerk seat, Nick Lewis took the honors with 41.08 percent of the vote. Lewis beat out Herb Please see page 4
Rep. Schiff, California representatives urge White House to fully fund Earthquake Early Warning System
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI). In the Los Angeles area, local law enforcement agencies from Ventura, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties collected 25,383 pounds (12 ½ tons). In Nevada, agents and local law enforcement officers collected 1,777 pounds of prescription medications. In Hawaii, Guam, and the CMNI, agents and local law enforcement officers collected 2,580 pounds of medications at locations throughout the islands.
Rep. Adam Schiff (DBurbank), joined by Representatives Judy Chu (CA27), Jackie Speier (CA-14), Sam Farr (CA-20), Tony Cardenas (CA-29), Julia Brownley (CA-26), Barbara Lee (CA-13), Mike Honda (CA-17), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Lois Capps (CA-24), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Zoe Lofgren (CA19), Anna Eshoo (CA-18), Scott Peters (CA-52) and Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), urged the White House’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Sylvia Mathews Burwell,
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-Photo by Terry Miller