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Monday, MARCH 27, 2017 - APRIL 2, 2017 - Volume 10, No. 13
FBI and Pasadena PD Offering $20,000 Reward in Cheesecake Factory Explosion
A reward of up to $20,000 is being offered in exchange for information leading to the arrest of the person or group responsible for attack.
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Pasadena Police Detectives and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Agents hope a video recording of the man who is suspected of having committed the Cheesecake Factory explosion, and a reward of up to $20,000, will prompt witnesses to come forward with the suspect’s identification. On Thursday, February 2, 2017 at about 6:08 P.M., Pasadena Police Officers and Fire Department personnel responded to a call of an explosion at a Cheesecake Factory restaurant at 2 West Colorado Blvd. Police Officers immediately entered the restaurant and evacuated customers and employees and located a detonated homemade pyrotechnic device. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Bomb Squad responded to the scene and rendered the location safe. No customers or employees were seriously injured during the incident. Witnesses described the suspect as a male, possible of Hispanic or Middle Eastern descent,
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Law Day Event for High School Students March 28 To commemorate Law Day 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts for the Central District of California invited more than 100 students from Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside county to a Law Day event at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
During this Law Day event, judges, lawyers, and other professionals will share lunch with students and discuss the law, the legal system, and their careers as well as the Japanese internment. Law Day guest speakers will include Senior Ninth Circuit Judge A. Wallace Tashima, who as a child was interned at the
Poston War Relocation Center in Arizona; Attorney Patricia Kinaga, whose parents met while they were interned at the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center in Wyoming and whose father volunteered to serve in the 442nd Infantry Regiment; and Gary (Toyo) Miyatake, whose grandfather was interned and took
Arcadia Election Results: Measure A Passes
Measure A has passed. Arcadia voters have ensured that 31 jobs will be retained, and $77 million is secured for Arcadia Unified schools over the next 18 years. The election results of Measure A were officially certified Tuesday. It was a pretty close race. After the 7,207 votes were counted, 4,874 were Yes, for a total of 67.63 percent Yes votes. That exceeded the ⅔ supermajority needed by 67 votes, which equals .96 percent.
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poignant photos inside the Manzanar Relocation Camp in California. The panel will be moderated by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Jon Takasugi, the son of the late Senior District Judge Robert M. Takasugi, who was twelve years old when he and his family were interned at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in
California. Central District Law Day Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Richard H. Chambers Courthouse Mezzanine Room 125 South Grand Avenue Pasadena, California 91105
California Black Leaders Speak Out Against Trump’s Policies Assemblymember Gipson introduces resolution in opposition to federal actions The California Legislative Black Caucus joined state, labor and community leaders at a Capitol press conference on Wednesday to support a resolution by Assemblymember Mike Gipson (AD64) which attacks federal budget proposals by the Trump Administration. Resolution HR 28 takes
aim at federal proposals specific to healthcare, immigration, worker protections and the disproportionate impact on the African American community. “For generations, federal policies like the Civil Rights Act, Educational Opportunity Grant and most recently the Affordable Care
Act have lifted millions of black families out of poverty and provided an expansion of resources and gave them the chance to live the American Dream to the fullest. Now, all of this progress is under attack,” said Assemblymember Gipson. SEE PAGE 16