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COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 19, NO. 52
Charles Meier, Paradiso Float Designer, Is to the Manor Born: ‘Downton Abbey,’ That Is
BY TERRY MILLER According to a press release, acclaimed drama “Downton Abbey” on Masterpiece on PBS will get a special treat on New Year’s Day when a new float celebrating the show debuts in the 127th Rose Parade® on Jan. 1, 2016. The Crawley family estate has been painstakingly recreated for the float, complete with a magnificent landscape depicting English rose gardens and rolling green lawns and a 1919 Bentley driven by the family chauffeur. The float, themed “The Final Adventure” (a nod and a wink to the Rose Parade’s theme of “Find Your Adventure”), celebrates the final season “Downton Abbey” on PBS beginning Jan. 3, 2016, at 9 p.m. eastern time. The float will feature more than 60,000 roses in 20 different varieties, including velvety Roseberry and Cherry O; fragile pink Titanic and Priceless; and English garden roses, rarely seen on Rose Parade floats. Oriental lilies, snapdragons, hypericum, and a variety of orchids will provide accents throughout the garden. SEE PAGE 4
“Downtown Abbey” float will roll down Colorado Blvd. Jan. 1, 2016 as an homage to the season’s finale - design by Charles Meier of Paradiso Floats.
Tragic Shooting at a Vigil for Altadena Man Killed by Gun Violence
- Photo by Terry Miller
Le Cordon Bleu Says ‘Au Revoir’ BY TERRY MILLER
BY J. SHADÉ QUINTANILLA This past weekend was tragic for a group of Pasadena mourners. As they gathered to mourn the death of a man who was shot dead on Friday night, they were interrupted by the same gun and gang violence that took away their loved one’s life. On Sunday night, at a
vigil held for Robert Calderon, 27, an argument between gang members erupted in gunfire in the 100 block of West Claremont Street, less than two miles away from the unfortunate shooting of Calderon. As both sides exchanged gunfire, a young woman at the vigil was shot twice. The 20-yearold woman was immediately rushed to the hospital and is
currently in stable condition. She suffered injuries to her forearm and stomach. Police say an unknown group of gang members attacked mourners at the vigil, but they could not determine whether the gunman was after the entire group or a specific person. Due to bullet casings found at the SEE PAGE 17
Leave it to the hacks at FOX NEWS… On the announcement of the worldfamous Le Cordon Bleu turning off school ovens, the self-described “fair and balanced” organization run by billionaire Rupert Murdoch said: ‘Their soufflé has flopped.” We can think of many SEE PAGE 17
Le Cordon Bleu students assembling a Pasadena City Hall cake. – File Photo by Terry Miller