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MONDAY, MAY 16, 2016 - MAY 22, 2016 - VOLUME 7, NO. 20
Sierra Madre Rehab Clinic Concerns Residents BY TERRY MILLER In recent weeks, Sierra Madre residents have voiced serious concerns over a small residential substance abuse facility that has been operating quietly and without any trouble near 1 Carter Ave. in Sierra Madre for years. However, in recent weeks John Crawford’s Sierra Madre Tattler blog broke the news and as a direct result of that blog, residents are now questioning the city’s reasoning for allowing Dedicato Treatment Center to operate in a residential area. And, there is a deafening silence coming from the facility itself. No one is talking. Hawk-eyed Crawford pointed out on his blog (Sierra Madre Tattler) that an image used on the sober living facility’s website portends to be mountainous Sierra Madre, when it is, in fact, an image of mountains in Mexico. The facility (Dedicato) is small and exclusive. The city says this facility does not require a business permit. Citing a state law, Elaine
State law allows the Dedicato Treatment Center to operate in a residential area without a business permit, provided there are six beds or less.
Aguilar said that the facility (a sober living home) can operate in residential areas provided there are six beds or less. Aguilar also said the city was not aware of any
Glendale Driver Charged With Assaulting Cyclist, Filing False Police Report
A Glendale man has been charged with allegedly trying to run a cyclist off the road and then filing a false police report accusing the cyclist of striking his car, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Dennis James Reed, 69, is charged with one misdemeanor count each of assault with a deadly weapon, a vehicle, assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury, and false report of
a criminal offense. The case was filed on April 7. On Jan. 18, Reed was charged with swerving his vehicle toward a cyclist riding next to him on Chevy Chase Drive in Glendale, prosecutors said. The defendant then allegedly filed a police report with the Glendale Police Department claiming the cyclist was aggressive and hit his car, prosecutors added. SEE PAGE 2
safety issues that have come up because of the home or its occupants, nor have any issues ever been reported to the city. The NIMBY (not in my back yard) approach to fa-
cilities of this nature is not uncommon, but usually come to light before a company sets up a facility in any given city. Meanwhile a group of concerned citizens have ap-
proached city hall and the planning commission citing concerns as a direct result of the negative publicity garnered in some local media. Here is one of the let-
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ters: “As home owners and long-time residents at 46 E. Mira Monte we have invested a great deal in our propSEE PAGE 4
Hundreds Attend Ceremony Honoring First Responders On May 12, at 10a.m., the City of Pasadena hosted the 2016 Pasadena Police and Fire Memorial in front of Pasadena City Hall. This was the fifth annual event that honors past, present, and future first responders in our community. Officials, police and fire personnel, and community members also honored Pasadena first responders who died in the line of duty SEE PAGE 3
The fifth annual Pasadena Police and Fire memorial honored Pasadena first responders who died in the line of duty. - Photo By Terry Miller