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Pasadena Neighborhood Set to Benefit From City Council Liquor Store Swap BY GUS HERRERA
Councilman Gordo proposed that in the future, when “nuisance sites” such as Andy’s Liquor go for sale, the city should move quickly to acquire the properties and transform them so as to benefit the community. - Photo by Terry Miller
History Matters, Help Us Pass It On! Engaging volunteers are needed to bring history to life! Pasadena Museum of History’s new adult docent training class for prospective volunteers who desire to offer tours of the
historic Fenyes Mansion begins on Thursday, April 7, at 2 p.m. Bring your passion for sharing stories of the local SEE PAGE 16
This past Monday the Pasadena City Council approved two important items. The approval of Item 14 from the night’s agenda will set in motion a plan to replace a once-problematic liquor store with a 21-unit, 19,376 square-foot affordable home ownership project at 104-124 E. Orange Grove Blvd. and 677 N. Summit Ave. This task will be led by Heritage Housing Partners (HHP), a non-profit housing developer, and funded, in part, by a city loan and inclusionary funds. In order to set aside these necessary funds, the council had to approve a second item, which authorized two amendments to the city’s Annual Action Plan, a federally-required annual report for cities to lay out how they plan on appropriating funding from the United States Department of Housing and Development. The council’s actions from the evening of March 14 have the potential to help breathe life into a Pasadena SEE PAGE 17
Pasadena Churches March for Peace to Address the Global Refugee Crisis What: 14th Annual Pasadena Palm Sunday Peace Parade When: March 20, 3 p.m. Where: Begins at Reformation Church, 570 E. Orange Grove Blvd.
Pasadena churches and community groups will march on Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016, to call attention to the global refugee crisis. The theme statement of this year’s
Palm Sunday Peace Parade is “Peace Without Borders: Welcoming the Refugee.” The March will begin at Reformation Church at SEE PAGE 16
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Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving
Keep the Streets Safe This St. Patrick’s Day! Don’t Drink and Drive! As one of the country’s most popular holidays, St. Patrick’s Day has long celebrated the roots of 34.2 million Americans with Irish ancestry, and many more who just want to partake in the festivities. This year, if you will be drinking alcohol, remember: “Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving.” Tragically, March 17 has become one of the nation’s deadliest holidays. In fact, from 2010 to 2014, almost threefourths of the drunk-driving fatalities during this holiday period involved drivers who had BACs well above the .08 limit, with 266 drunkdriving fatalities total nationwide, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. To help lower deaths and injuries, Pasadena Police Department will be deploying extra officers on overtime targeting problem areas with high numbers of DUI collisions and DUI arrests. These DUI patrols along with routine nightly patrols will be looking for the tell-tale signs of impaired driving to include SEE PAGE 16