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MONROVIA PD CELEBRATES 35TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
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Volume 22, NO. 32
Monrovia’s On-Street Homeless Population Decreases Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
Recently, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) released the official city/community counts collected from the 2018 Greater Los Angeles Point-In-Time Homeless Count conducted on January 23, 2018. On that evening, a group of 30 Monrovia volunteers counted 35 instances of homelessness. An instance of homelessness includes those living on the streets, in makeshift shelters such as tents, and those living in a car, van, or RV/camper.
Based on the final data compiled by LAHSA, the city saw an overall decrease in the number of individuals observed on the street (nine in 2018, compared with 14 in 2017), and individuals living in a makeshift shelter (seven in 2018, compared with 10 in 2017). However, the report identified significant increases in homeless individuals in vehicles. In total, the count identified 19 vehicles (car/ van/camper) on the street. It is important to note that LAHSA takes each identified SEE HOMELESSNESS PAGE 4
SUMMER IN TOWN: MEETING AT MONROVIAN RESTAURANT Susie LING, GUEST CONTRIBUTOR It was in 1979 that Jimmy and Maria Kypreos opened Monrovian Restaurant – but not at the northeast corner of Myrtle and Colorado. Many of Monrovian Restaurant’s dedicated customers remember. Joe of San Dimas said, “I used to come with my three daughters when we lived in Monrovia. Jimmy had the restaurant next door at 526
S. Myrtle, now the House of Windsor. These days, I come to eat once a week with my group that swims at the Y. The restaurant is a nice homey place and the menu is about the same.” Monrovian Restaurant is always a meeting place. The men of the Presbyterian Church and the women of the Monrovia Latino Heritage Society like to meet informally SEE SUMMER IN TOWN PAGE 7
Monrovia PD Surprises 5-Year-Old Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
T
he triple digit temperature didn’t deter the community of Monrovia from showing its support for the men and women in blue, Tuesday evening. On hand were Chief of Police
Alan Sanvictores, Superior Court Judge Bruce Marrs along with many of the rank and file officers, detectives as well as police explorers, and city staff to help the community better understand the role officers play in the lives of Monrovians. National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign to promote police-community
partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie. Nowhere is this more evident than in communities like Monrovia where just about everyone knows everyone. The event is a great opportunity for citizens to stand together to promote crime awareness, drug SEE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT PAGE 7
A young girl was “incarcerated” during the National Night Out in Monrovia Tuesday evening. – Photo by Terry Miller/ Beacon Media News
The Monrovia Activist Policing Bureau received a phone call about a month ago from a Monrovia mother whose son Micah loves the Monrovia Police and all law enforcement officers. Micah had a police theme birthday planned for July 28 and his mother asked if a Monrovia PD officer could stop by the house during the party and wish Micah a happy birthday. Approval was
granted for an officer to stop by the party if calls and time permitted. However, the Monrovia Police Officers Association (MPOA) and the officers on that Saturday shift went above and beyond to make Micah’s day very special. MPOA purchased small birthday gifts and the entire shift stopped by Micah’s party to wish him a happy birthday. This, along with events like National Night SEE SURPRISE PAGE 4