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Law enforcement union offers $10,000 reward 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, which was closed to the public for a private gathering of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department employees, Lt. Please see page 7
Voter turnout low in Monrovia: Williams and Zucco elected to MUSD By Susan Motander Newcomer Terrance Williams will join incumbent Alexandra Zucco on the Monrovia Unified School District Board. The two received the top number of votes in Tuesday’s offseason election which drew only 3285 voters of the 24,480 registered voters in the district. The final vote tallies were: T. G. Williams 1,127 34.31% Alexandra Zucco 933 28.40% Ryhiyyih N. Yuille 732 22.28% Scott K. Pomrehn 493 15.01% Williams and Zucco will not be sworn in until the December meeting of the Board.
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Pasadena Humane Society to provide animal control in Monrovia Contract begins January 1, 2014 The City of Monrovia approved an animal control contract with the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA (PHS) at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The new contract is effective January 1, 2014. Services included in the contract include animal rescue, dog barking complaints, cruelty investigations, picking up and transporting stray animals and dog licenses. Monrovia residents will also have access to affordable spay/ neuter and vaccination clinics, too. “We are happy to partner with the City of Monrovia to provide the best care possible for its animals,” says Steve McNall, president/CEO of the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA. “We are looking forward to being an invaluable community resource for animals and pet owners.” Monrovia joins Arcadia, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre and South Pasadena served by the PHS. The Pasadena Humane Society is located at 361 S. Raymond
Low voter turnout in local elections By SHEL SEGAL
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The three candidates endorsed by the San Gabriel Teachers Association were elected to the San Gabriel Unified School District Board of Education in Tuesday’s election. Gary Thomas Scott led all vote getters with 29.58 percent of the vote, Philip Hu received 28.96 percent of the vote and Ken Tcheng got 23.93 percent of the vote. Not making the cut was Maribel Arreola-Gonzalez, who received 17.63 percent of the vote. Tcheng said he is excited to now be on the board. “I’m really happy with the result,” he said. “I’m happy and excited to get rolling. Priority number one is to get our arms around the local control funding formula to determine what our funding numbers look like so we can operate the district in a sound way.” Please see page 6
Voters return Margaret Finlay and San Gabriel Valley Energy Wise Partnership offers free Tzeitel Paras-Caracci to Duarte council A new member will ed to the Council in 1993 Councilman Phil LED holiday light exchanges be soon be installed on the and has served four times Reyes, who served for 20 On Friday, November 22, the San Gabriel Valley Energy Wise Partnership (SGVEWP) will launch its Holiday Light Exchange at the Friday Night Family Festival. This event will offer San Gabriel Valley residents that are Southern California Edison customers the opportunity to exchange an old incandescent holiday light string for a new ultra-efficient light string. The event in Monrovia will be the first of nine similar exchanges that will take place at various locations in the San Gabriel Valley during the months of November and Decem-
ber.
SGVEWP is an alliance between the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (COG), Southern California Edison (SCE) and Southern California Gas Company (SCG) that is funded by California utility customers and administered by SCE under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission. The SGVEWP is providing this free service to educate residents about the benefits of energy efficiency while reducing their Please see page 5
Duarte City Council as one longtime councilmember departs and two incumbents return to serve another term in the aftermath of the Nov. 5 municipal election. Voters approved current Mayor, Margaret Finlay for a seventh term on the Duarte City Council. Finlay was the top vote getter in the council race, garnering 1,268 votes, 20.91% of votes among the eight candidates running for three seats. Finlay was originally appointed to the Council in 1990 to fill the unexpired term of Councilman John Hitt who resigned. She was first elect-
as mayor. Newly elected Samuel Kang, a healthcare, IT project manager, received the second largest number of votes, 1,103 for 18.19% of the share, followed by incumbent Tzeitel ParasCaracci with 1,051 votes for 17.33%. Kang formerly served a partial term in 2008-2009 on the City's Economic Development Commission as a business representative. Paras-Caracci will be starting her fourth term on the Council. She was first elected in 2001 and served as mayor in 2006 and chairperson of the former Redevelopment Agency in 2004.
years on the Council, lost his bid for a sixth term, coming in fourth with 902 votes, 14.87%. Reyes was first elected to the Council in 1993 after serving on the Duarte Unified School Board from 1989 to 1993. He served as mayor in 1996, 2002 and 2008. Prior to his service on the Council, Reyes served on the City’s Economic Development Commission from 1987 – 89. Other City Council candidates who fell short at the polls were Sheryl Lefmann, 751 votes, 12.38%; Henry Baltazar, Jr., 503 Please see page 4