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COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 20, NO. 27
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Welcome to Jupiter
BY GUS HERRERA This past Fourth of July was truly a historic one for our nation and the greater scientific community. The Juno spacecraft successfully entered Jupiter’s orbit and thanks to the brilliant men and women of Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena will forever be linked with this pivotal moment in human history. As fireworks lit up the night sky and explosion after explosion shook the Rose Bowl, hundreds of millions of miles away, the Juno spacecraft spiraled its way through the mute vacuum of space towards its final destination, Jupiter. Five years ago, Juno left Earth, in August 2011. In October 2013, the spacecraft came back around, using our planet’s gravity to slingshot itself towards Jupiter, where it finally arrived on Monday, July 4. Not far from the Americafest celebration, inside Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), worldclass scientists and engineers held their collective breaths, as they helplessly awaited signals from both the Juno spacecraft and the Lockheed Martin operations center in Denver. Due to the astronomical distance, Juno was unable to be “joy-sticked” (manually piloted), so everyone was SEE PAGE 13
A commemorative Juno Mission shell launched during the Americafest celebration.
Pasadena Minimum Wage Ordinance Effective July 1
Workers, employers, and businesses operating in Pasadena are reminded that the new minimum wage ordinance approved by the city council began July 1, 2016. The first phase of the ordinance, which took effect July 1, only pertains to companies
with 26 or more employees in Pasadena. For them, the minimum wage is now $10.50 per hour. Under the city’s ordinance, companies with 25 or fewer employees in Pasadena SEE PAGE 12
- Photo by Gus Herrera
13 Rounds of Gunfire Kill 4-Year-Old Boy in Altadena Drive-By Shooting Sheriff’s Homicide Detectives Continue to Investigate Circumstances Surrounding a Shooting That Left One Man Injured and a Little Boy Dead Detectives learned that at approximately 10:30 p.m., on July 5, a drive-by shooting occurred in the 300 block of Figueroa Drive in Altadena. An unknown suspect drove
up to the residence and fired rounds toward a residence, striking both victims whom were on the porch. The adult victim, maleBlack, 27, and the boy, male-
Hispanic, 4, were transported to a local hospital. Unfortunately, the boy was later pronounced dead. The adult victim was a family friend visiting the
residents and is not related to the child. The suspect, described only as an adult male-Black, SEE PAGE 12