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COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 20, NO. 1
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Thursday, January 7, 2016 - January 13, 2016
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A retaining wall gave way under the pressure of Tuesday’s heavy rains in Arcadia. The wall on Colorado Blvd. just west of Santa Anita collapsed in the early afternoon causing serious mudflow which ultimately shut the road down in both directions for hours. - Photo by Terry Miller
The Perfect Storm Is Here: El Niño Has Arrived … It Is Official BY TERRY MILLER A series of storms which started early Monday morning (Jan. 4) have brought welcome rainfall
across California and other portions of the southwestern United States this week. The track of these storms is fueled by El Niño in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
"The above-average temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, known as El Niño, tends to strengthen the storm track into the West Coast and occasionally California during the winter," said Alex
Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist. While a parade of storms slammed into the northwestern United States during November and December, the southwestern
U.S. will receive almost daily rains according to the National Weather Service. While rainfall will be measured in inches from California and SEE PAGE 5
Denny’s CEO Considers Firing Up the Old Windmill in 2016
BY TERRY MILLER A few weeks ago we told you about an ambitious plan former mayor George Fasching has to get the old windmill atop of Denny’s restaurant on the corner of Huntington and Santa Anita moving again, like it once did. Van de Kamp’s Holland Dutch Bakery, founded SEE PAGE 13
George Fasching has spearheaded the effort to get Denny’s windmill running again.
– Photo by Terry Miller