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MONDAY, MAY 5, 2014 - MAY 11, 2014 - VOLUME 3, NO. 18
25th Anniversary of Friends of the Los Angeles River’s Mark LA Gran Limpieza: The Great Los Angeles River Clean-up Keppel Last weekend huncoach dreds of volunteers, organized by Friends of the accused of Los Angeles River, gathered at the banks of the Los Angeles River at sites racism from the Sepulveda Ba-
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sin 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 community can come together and transform a city,” said Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who welcomed volunteers to the river before going into the riverbed in his own long sleeves and work gloves to look for trash. “By bringing us back to the river year after year to clean it and care for it, FoLAR Please see page 5
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Hate filled sermons cause Cooling Stations open in Glendale Given the record is highly encouraging se- doors, please take precaucity officials to suspend breaking heat wave affect- niors, who do not have a tions to protect yourself ing Southern California, cool place to be during the from the sun and heat. Public Health Director the City of Glendale Com- hottest time of the day, to • Avoid the sun munity Services and Parks come by our facilities to from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Department is opening its cool off, make new friends, when the burning rays are Eric Walsh doors at each of Glendale’s relax, have lunch, and strongest. BY TERRY MILLER
It has been quite a week for racism, hatred and homophobia in Southern California. First the NBA Clippers saga and now a local public official has been caught spreading fear, ignorance and hatred among the community via his sermons at a local church. Pasadena city officials placed Public Health Director Dr. Eric Walsh on temporary paid administrative leave last Thursday in the fallout of contentious statements he had made about homosexuality and evolution. In sermons uploaded to various websites, Dr.Walsh, a Seventh-day Adventist preacher, calls evolution "a religion created by Satan," compares Disney to a "dark empire" of superstition and witchcraft, and censures homosexuality. Community reaction
was swift and bold: According to WEHO Ville “ Dr. Eric Walsh has been recorded preaching sermons criticizing society’s growing acceptance of gay and lesbian people. Walsh even attacked the American Psychiatric Association’s decision in 1973 to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness, saying those who supported it were “raised up by the (devil).” In a sermon focused on the Bible’s story of Sodom and Gomorrah, Walsh also attacked schools for their tolerance of LGBT students. “In our public school system they began to teach moral relativism,” he was recorded as saying. “They began to teach that there really is no absolute right or wrong. It’s more a matter of what you think or what you accept. Please see page 2
The coach of Mark Keppel High’s boys’ basketball team has been accused of intimidating a student so he wouldn’t talk to the press, according to a published report. Coach Hung Duong was accused of confronting 17-year-old Anthony Acosta last week after the Pasadena Star-News ran an article that quoted Acosta and how he was upset the Alhambra Unified School District decided to cut a college preparatory program known as “Horizons,” according to that report. The article was published on April 18 with Acosta’s parents saying the cutting of the program “a racist move that they said targets Latinos,” according to that report. The 17-year-old said in the article he was upset and that the class helped many Please see page 4
City council to consider dog park Please see page 3 at Garvey The Temptations stop in Arcadia - June 7 Ranch Park Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation presents at May 8 one of the most influential groups of the 20th century, The Temptations, for the meeting final performance in its inaucommunity centers this Wednesday (4/30), Thursday (5/1) and Friday (5/2) to serve as cooling stations for seniors. The City of Glendale
gural season, on Saturday, June 7 at 8pm. For more than forty years, The Temptations have prospered, propelling popular music with a series of smash hits, and sold-out performances throughout the world. The history of the Temptations is the history of contemporary American pop. An essential component of the original Motown machine, that amazing
avoid hot temperatures. Both facilities are equipped with board and card games, television, and provide iced water for their visitors. If you plan to be out-
• Reduce physical activity. • Wear a widebrimmed hat and light
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The regular May 7 city council meeting has been rescheduled to May 8. In addition to the council agenda, the council will also consider a dog park at Garvey Ranch Park. Monterey Park, Calif. April 30, 2014 - The City of Monterey Park will consider the placement of a dog park at Garvey Ranch Park at a
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engine invented by Berry Gordy, the Temps began their musical life in Detroit