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Volume 22, NO. 26

JURY AWARDS $10M VERDICT, FINDS PASADENA ROSE BOWL AQUATICS CENTER RESPONSIBLE IN MOLESTATION OF YOUNG BOY

Jurors deliberated less than two days before finding the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center negligent Story & Photos Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com

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jury on Monday awarded $10 million to a boy who was molested dozens of times at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena, finding against the center on all claims.

Following a three-week trial in a Van Nuys courthouse, jurors found the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center bore responsibility for $7.1 million of the verdict, with the remaining $2.9 million owed by the man who is accused of molesting the young boy. “This case has always been about two things, protecting SEE MOLESTATION PAGE 10

During the investigation, Pasadena police discovered the assailant had been a former Boy Scout troop leader who had previously abused at least one other child, and possibly more. Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News

Families First Plans Rally at Pasadena City College to Protest Immigration Policy Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com

According to Families First, the fight against the separation of millions of families who are being affected by Trump's policies is not over; despite the recent about face. “Let us be the voice of love above hate, and the change in hope for the hardest time in America,” Families First says. Organizers plan on meeting at Pasadena City College near the main entrance of the school and will walk

Pasadena PD Seeks Public’s Help Identifying Suspects

PUSD’S FY2018-19 BUDGET IS BALANCED AND SET FOR APPROVAL Structural deficit still looms – deficit spending projected by FY2019-20 Gus HERRERA

Staff WRITER

gherrera@beaconmedianews.com

The Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education recently held a special meeting to review the upcoming FY2018-19 budget, which is balanced and set to be approved on June 28. Following a very challenging fiscal year in which the district began with a $5.7 million deficit – a deficit which triggered intervention from the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) and required the adoption of an emergency fiscal stabilization plan to restore the district’s required reserves – the FY2017-

SEE FAMILIES FIRST PAGE 10

SEE BALANCED BUDGET PAGE 11

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district’s

FY2018-19

budget

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balanced thanks to one-time state discretionary grant funding and millions of dollars’ worth

Pasadena Police officers responded to the 1900 block of East Villa Street regarding a stabbing victim on Sunday, June 17 at approximately 1:56 a.m. Upon arriving on scene, officers discovered the victim bleeding profusely. Pasadena Fire paramedics arrived shortly thereafter and transported the victim to a local hospital. The victim was treated of his wounds and remains in stable condition. The preliminary investigation revealed

of reductions. – Courtesy screenshot / KLRN

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