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MONDAY, DECEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 22, 2013 - VOLUME 2, NO. 50
Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library seeks paid interns for award winning tutoring program
Task Force investigation results in Federal charges against 24 gang members
The Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library and its partner organization, Asian American Economic Development Enterprises (AAEDE), are seeking paid tutoring interns for the spring session of the Reading Rockets literacy program. Reading Rockets is an afterschool literacy program designed for at-risk children in 2nd through 6th grades. Students receive personalized tutoring to develop vital literacy skills and build confident readers. Reading Rockets was recently awarded the Public Library Association’s 2013 “Innovations in Literacy” award which recognizes unique and inventive literacy Please see page 3
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18 LASD deputies arrested in federal indictment Baca says "no one is above the law"
were already in custody prior to today’s operation; two of the defendants were deported; three of the defendants are unidentified subjects; 12 defendants were arrested during this morning’s operation; and five are considered fugitives. In addition, task force
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday charged 18 current or former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies with federal civil rights violations in connection with an FBI investigation into alleged excessive force in the nation largest jail system. The charges include unjustified beatings of inmates and visitors at downtown jails, unjustified detentions and conspiring to obstruct the investigation at the Men’s Central Jail. “These incidents did not take place in a vacuum — in fact, they demonstrated behavior that had become institutionalized,” U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte Jr. said at an afternoon news
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Acting Associate Special Agent in charge Steve Woodland explains Operation Rose Bud to the media Thursday morning. -Photo by Terry Miller
A multi-agency investigation into gang-related crime in the San Gabriel Valley has led to federal charges against 24 members and associates of Pasadena-based gangs and drug trafficking organizations in the San Gabriel and Antelope Valleys for their roles in a narcotics network in which methamphetamine, cocaine
and heroin were supplied from Mexico and distributed widely in southern California. The announcement was made on behalf of multiple agencies participating in the San Gabriel Valley Safe Streets Task Force, to include the Drug Enforcement Administration; the Pasadena Police Department; the Los
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Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the FBI. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles returned three indictments on December 3 that were unsealed today and charge the defendants with a variety of violations relative to the narcotics distribution networks. Two of the defendants
Mutual aid from Burbank and Glendale Fire Dept. assist with Haz Mat operation in Monrovia Ten people transported to hospital, 200 exposed to chemicals
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as contemporary images from the past decade of the parade; details of queens past and present and a wealth of information for anyone interested in the Pasadena Rose Parade and the ensuing pageantry.
At 11:05am on Monday, Dec. 9 smoke was reported coming out of vents in a roof at 146 Railroad Avenue. An unknown resin was off gassing. At this time, Monrovia Fire, Health HazMat and AQMD (Air Quality Mgmt District) are on scene to identify the chemical and treat patients. Approximately 200 people were exposed to the chemical gases, 45 became symptomatic, reporting dizziness and other symptoms. 9 Please see page 3
-Photo by Terry Miller