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Search Pasadena pays McDade parents over $1Million continues in settlements over death of their son in 2012 for missing Arcadia firefighter near Fillmore
regarding the March 2012 fatal shooting of their son, Kendrec McDade, by Please see page 13
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An emotional rally outside city hall in April of 2012 seen from left: Joe Brown, then NAACP President for Pasadena; Anya Slaughter, Kendrec McDade’s mother; Caree Harper, Attorney and Kenneth McDade, the father of the deceased. -Photo by Terry Miller
By Terry Miller
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After years of anguish and more than two years of legal proceedings
Pasadena City Attorney / City Prosecutor Michele Beal Bagneris announced Monday that attorneys for the City of Pasadena, Ms.
135 Marijuana Plagued PCC President plants Rocha may be off to NYC found in By Terry Miller The embattled yet de"I'm for the little guy; I Arcadia fiant PCC president, who grew up in the South Bronx prompted a vote of no con- and both of my parents home fidence from students and dropped out of high school. ICE puts immigration hold on Arcadia resident arrested Arcadia Police Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of West Please see page 25
faculty of the City college last year, is perhaps leaving the left coast. Rocha is one of three candidates for a job as president of Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, according to their Facebook page. Rocha says to his potential new student body on that of Kingsborough Community College Facebook page:
Anya Slaughter and Mr. Kenneth McDade have finalized mutual settlements in the lawsuits by Ms. Slaughter and Mr. McDade
Judge who overturned California teachers’ tenure hails from Temple City By Terry Miller The judge who has ruled that California’s tenure protections for public school teachers are unconstitutional, hails from Temple City. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu graduated Temple City High in 1966, according to records obtained by this newspaper. Tuesday last week, Judge Treu ruled in favor of nine students who sued the state saying tenure and seniority policies have made it virtually impossible to fire bad teachers. One of those
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Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue Division launched a search and rescue operation by land and air for missing Arcadia Fire Department Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Herdman on Sunday night, June 15, 2014. On Friday, June 13,
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Judy Chu introduces bill to create a San Gabriel NRA despite mountains of opposition
But they saw to it I went college. The American Dream is real to me. It's still alive and well in our community colleges." But the vote of no confidence wasn’t the only thing Rocha has been criticized for. His recent commencement speaker conundrum , which turned out to be a major fiasco and civic
On Thursday, June 12, Judy Chu sent out a press release stating: “After more than a decade of studies and collaboration with local residents and stakeholders, Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), introduced the San Gabriel National Recreation Area Act – a bill that would designate the San Gabriel Mountains, river corridors and Puente Hills as a National Recreation Area (NRA). This legislation
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PASADENA MUSEUM OF HISTORY & THE CITY OF PASADENA PRESENT
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PASADENA CELEBRATING OUR MILESTONES
Rep. Adam Schiff also supports Chu’s NRA plan. -File photo by Terry Miller
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