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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2015 - SEPTEMBER 13, 2015 - VOLUME 6, NO. 36
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As the Board of Supervisors investigates the living conditions for homeless dogs and cats at the county’s six animal shelters, the animal welfare advocate who exposed dogs living in their own excrement at the Downey animal shelter — which led to the county inquiry — organized an online survey for animal rescuers and volunteers to voice complaints or concerns about the shelters. Laura Jones held a press conference Thursday afternoon in Pasadena to discuss the findings. Disturbing allegations have been made by the rescue community against the LA County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC), spanning their network of six shelters, following the inception of a survey by grassroots animal welfare and rescue network All About the Animals. More than 100 complaints were submitted via the survey from the local animal rescue community, (rescuers, volunteers and “networkers”) of which 36 claim to be official LA County DACC pulling
SEE PG. 3 Laura Jones during a press conference regarding animal cruelty at LA Counrty shelters.
Glendale Appoints Fire Chief
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015, the City of Glendale announced the appointment of Greg Fish as its next Fire Chief and Philip Lanzafame as Director of the Community Development Department. “I am very pleased that we have the depth of expertise in our organization that we can name both Greg and Phil to top positions within the respective departments,” said Mayor Ara Najarian. “The institutional knowledge and expertise to maintain a Class 1 Fire Department and an award winning Community Development Department is critical to the safety and quality of life we so enjoy.”
Chief Greg Fish replaces Harold Scoggins who left the City of Glendale to become the Fire Chief for the City of Seattle and Philip Lanzafame replaces Hassan Haghani who became Executive Director of Planning and Building Agency for the City of Santa Ana. Chief Fish began his career with the Glendale Fire Department in 1987 when he was hired as a Firefighter. In 1998, he promoted to the position of Fire Captain. In 2004, he was assigned to the Training & Safety Section of the GFD. He has an extensive history of training recruit Firefighters. In 2007, he promoted to the rank of Battalion Chief
where he served in the Operations Section for five years. In 2013, he served as the manager of the Emergency Medical Services Section. In 2014, he assumed the role of Interim Deputy Fire Chief, receiving the official job title in March 2015. He began serving as the Interim Fire Chief in April 2015. what is now the Verdugo Fire Academy. leing from Verdugo Hills High School, he attended Glendale Community College. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Woodbury University. SEE PG. 2
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Arcadia Officials Respond to Document Connecting Councilman with Gemcoin CEO BY JOE TAGLIERI Arcadia Council Member John Wuo on Wednesday denied having a connection to an active company involving the founder of a controversial cryptocurrency known as Gemcoin. Though he declined requests for an interview, via text messaging Wuo said he told George Klau, the CEO of Arcadia-based 24 HD Surveillance, to remove his name from documents filed with the California Secretary of State. Wuo also indicated
that Klau agreed to remove the councilman's name and address from the company's state filings, and that Klau was unaware of who entered Wuo's information in the document that the Secretary of State's office approved in March 2014 and confirms the company is currently active. Klau could not be reached for comment. The "statement of information" document surfaced at the Arcadia City Council meeting Tuesday when resident David Arvi-
zu referenced it in his presentation during the conclave's public comments segment. The document lists Wuo and two Arcadia businessmen as principals in the limited liability corporation that purports to sell security camera systems. Steve Chen is the head of USFIA Inc. and Alliance Financial Group, which are the parent companies behind the Gemcoin virtual currency. Solomon SakuraSEE PG.2