New Sections: Dining Delights (pg 9) & Millennial Mind (pg 17) BUSINESS How ‘Bout Them Apples? Di-No Computers Page 11
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Council Focuses Efforts on City’s Labor Policies
Non-Represented Employees Receive ‘Cost of Living’ Pay Raise BY GUS HERRERA
Council’s actions this past Monday demonstrate the foresight to align the city’s salaries and employment classifications with the ever-changing labor market at large. - Photo by Terry Miller
How Green Is Your Valley? BY TERRY MILLER On Sept. 30, 2008 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 1358, the California Complete Streets Act. The Act states: “In order to fulfill the commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make the most
efficient use of urban land and transportation infrastructure, and improve public health by encouraging physical activity, transportation planners must find innovative ways to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and to shift from
The Pasadena City Council unanimously approved three items this past Monday, which will hopefully benefit local employers and employees alike. The first item on the evening’s agenda approved amendments to the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) for the Foothill Employment and Training Consortium (FETC) to continue to “administer employment and training programs” for local individuals and businesses. Amendments to the JPA were required in order for the agreement to comply with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) and, thus, continue to receive funding. The FETC includes the cities of Arcadia, Duarte, Monrovia, Sierra Madre,
SEE PAGE 12
39th ‘Occasional’ Pasadena Doo Dah Parade This Sunday BY TERRY MILLER
short trips in the automobile to biking, walking and use of public transit. The city of Pasadena has taken this to full force in the past few years and now some bike lanes are SEE PAGE 12
The annual eccentricity that is Doo Dah returns to east Pasadena Sunday Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. This year’s truly harebrained parade will be dedicated to the memory of a genuinely silly and much adored musician, Snotty Scot-
ty who passed away recently after a brave battle with cancer. Snotty and his Hankies were [will be forever] the Doo Dah House Band and led off the parade in style every year since its inception…
What exactly will happen this year remains to be seen but indubitably will tickle your funny-bone and pay homage to the late John Snotty Scotty Finnell. SEE PAGE 13