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Hiker rescued via helicopter from Idlehour Campground early Monday Daniel Marine of El Segundo, went to the Cobb Estates area of Angeles National Forest Sunday evening, April 27, 2014, to go for a hike. At approximately 8:45pm, Altadena Sheriff Station received a 911 call from the hiker who stated he had parked his car at Loma Alta Dr. Altadena, at approximately 3:00pm and hiked north into the Angeles National Forest. The hiker had few supplies with him and no flashlight. Shortly after the hiker called the Altadena Sheriff station, his cell phone battery had died. The Altadena Mountain Search and Rescue Team, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Sierra Madre Search and Rescue teams were activated and responded to the area to look for a missing hiker. Altadena Mountain Search and Rescue Team along with Los Angeles County Fire Department helicopter searched the mountains north of where the hiker parked his vehicle. After approximately an hour of searching, Montrose and Sierra Madre Search and Rescue teams joined the search, with a total of 24 persons on the ground searching for the hiker. Throughout the evening the winds picked up and were too high for the helicopter to continue the search. At approximately 4:10am on Monday, April 28, 2014 the hiker was located just north of Idlehour Campground in Eaton Canyon and air lifted to Farnsworth Park, Altadena. The hiker was not injured. Rescuers were able to contact the hikers cell Please see page 2
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Volume 2, No. 17
High School graduation rate tops 80 percent for first time in California history
or 80.2 percent, who started high school in 2009-10 graduated with their class in 2013. That is up 1.3 percentage points from the year before Graduation rates among African-American and Hispanic students climbed faster than the statewide average, although
Mike Gatto’s Bill to protect students’ Social Media data passes Assembly Education Committee Young people who might want to delete an embarrassing or controversial post to social media currently have few options, especially if that young person’s school monitors, collects, and keeps such postings on separate hard drives, forever. Legislation by Assemblyman Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles) would help ensure that information collected by school districts about its students’ social media activities cannot come back to hurt students years later. Gatto’s bill, AB 1442,
passed the Assembly Education Committee today by a vote of 7-0. The legislation addresses a growing problem in the social media-driven era: school districts, hoping to identify and prevent bullying, teen suicide, and school violence, are using taxpayer dollars to collect social media information from students and others. The data collected ranges from statements and opinions to personal photos and even videos posted by Please see page 3
the rates remained lower overall. Among AfricanAmerican students, 67.9 percent graduated with their class in 2013, up 1.9 percentage points from the year before. Among Hispanic students, 75.4 percent graduated with their class, up 1.7 percentage points
24hr vigil held in honor of fallen LASD Deputy David March
from the year before . "For the first time in our state's history, more than 80 percent of our students are graduating— a clear sign of their hard work and the support they receive from their teachers, families, and communities,"
Fellow deputies and officers from surrounding law enforcement agencies stood guard at Deputy David March's memorial for a 24 hour vigil on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 from midnight until 11:59 pm to honor the sacrifice he made for the communities he loved and served. Deputy David March was shot and killed after stopping a vehicle in Irwindale, California, on April 29, 2002 at approximately 10:40 am. The suspect had stated to friends
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For the fourth year in a row, California's graduation rate climbed as the dropout rate fell, particularly for students of color, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced Monday. More than eight out of 10 students statewide,
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25th anniversary of friends of the Los Angeles river’s La Gran Limpieza: the Great Los Angeles River Clean-Up
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Last weekend hundreds of volunteers, organized by Friends of the Los Angeles River, gathered at the banks of the Los Angeles River at sites from the Sepulveda Basin to Griffith Park, pulling shopping
bags, shoes, and all kinds of debris from the soft-bottom riverbed and leaving behind a cleaner and healthier river for its human, animal and plant community. “This day is an annual reminder of how a com-
munity can come together and transform a city,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who welcomed volunteers to the river before going into the riverbed Please see page 3