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Santa Anita’s rewly renovated main track to re-open for training on September 2 Under the direction of Track Superintendent Dennis Moore, Santa Anita’s one mile main track has been totally renovated and its original sand and clay mix has been replaced by a single-source natural material known as El Segundo Sand. The track, which has been closed to training since July 11, will reopen for use on Sept 2 in advance of Santa Anita’s 2014 Autumn Meet, which begins September 26. A naturally occurring, indigenous soil, El Segundo Sand will help to ensure balanced drainage during periods of wet weather and a uniform, safe cushion year ‘round. “It’s been my experience that the best surfaces around the country are all comprised of naturally occurring soils that are typically indigenous and not made by man,” said Moore, who was hired by Santa Anita Please see page 29
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Man convicted of brutal rape, assault in El Monte faces 125 years in jail
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A 19-year-old man accused of repeatedly raping a clerk at an El Monte convenience store was convicted late Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Santa Anita’s newly resurfaced track original sand and clay mix has been replaced by a single-source natural material known as El Segundo Sand. -Photo by Terry Miller
Armed Sex offender returns to home Sierra Madre after serving invasion eight years in prison robbery in Arcadia Tuesday On Tuesday at approximately 11:58 A.M., the Arcadia Police Department received a call of a female screaming for help in the 1000 block of N. First Avenue. When the officers arrived, it was discovered that an armed home invasion robbery had just occurred. There were no injuries as a result of this incident. Based on preliminary investigation, three suspects described as male Asians in their early 20’s knocked on the front door of the residence, the resident answered the door, the suspects produced a handgun and
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California Public Utilities Commission has approves requests for noise mitigation for Gold Line construction
Andrew West Reid Jr, (then 52) -FBI Booking Photo
Andrew West Reid Jr, 60 -Courtesy Megans Law, FBI
A Former Sierra Madre Film coordinator, known legally as Awest, 60, has been released from Federal prison after serving eight years for child molestation. The 11-yearold girl who was sexually abused by AWest, who was living in Sierra Madre, was awarded $5.4 million by a Pasadena judge Nov
16 , 2010. The ‘artist,' who legally changed his name from Andrew West Reid Jr. to “Awest,” served an eight-year sentence in federal prison for molesting the girl, who was 6 years old at the time of the crime. Prosecutors say
Earlier this week, the Construction Authority received notice that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved the second of two requests for noise mitigation at future atgrade crossings between Pasadena and Azusa. The request was to install shrouds around the gate bells to direct the noise down to the intersection, and add the ability to silence the bells once all crossings gates are in the horizontal position, for crossings adjacent to residential areas. Earlier this year, the CPUC approved these measures for five at-grade crossings within the non-shared corridor; the second request was for the nearly four miles of shared corridor with freight. We are very pleased that the
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