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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 - SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 VOLUME 4, NO. 37
HARNESSING THE SUN FOR ENERGY JUSTICE
Three Sentenced In Beating of Long Beach Man
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DUI Driver Booked In Riverside County Jail Rancho Mirage Police Officers responded to a report of a single vehicle traffic collision at Bob Hope Drive and Rancho Las Palmas, Rancho Mirage. Driver 76-year-old Carole Guthrie of Rancho Mirage was southbound on Bob Hope Drive when she veered off the roadway and collided with a palm tree. During the investigation, it was determined Guthrie showed signs of driving while impaired with alcohol and/or drugs. No injuries were sustained as a result of the collision, but as a precaution Guthrie was taken to local hospital for a medical evaluation. She was later booked into the Riverside County Jail in Indio for driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. The Rancho Mirage
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GRID Alternatives is turning the sun into power for underserved and environmentally disadvantaged communities in Southern California — and beyond. - Courtesy photo
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BY ERIN MARIE MILLER
t’s a hot, sunny Southern California morning and a group of volunteers in hardhats is assembled under a tent in the backyard of Jennie Ramirez’s El Monte home. One of those people is Danny Hom, communications coordinator for the nonprofit GRID Alternatives of Greater Los Angeles. As we watch from the shade of the tent, a small team prepares to install fourteen solar panels on the roof of the unassuming home. The installation is being provided at no cost to the Ramierz family through Energy for All, a program of GRID Alternatives, in partnership with Trojan Battery Company. The program, Hom says, “connects families who are income-
Anaheim PD Recover Body In Flood Control Basin Anaheim Polive Department received a call from a resident regarding a possible deceased body in the flood control basin on the southwest corner of East St and Balsam Ave. Responding units discovered an obviously deceased body in the water. Homicide detec-
tives and the OCSD Coroner’s investigator were on scene. Due to the location of the body, Anaheim Fire And Rescue’s Swift Water Rescue Team was activated to assist with the recovery of the body. The body recovered is of a male believed to be
in his 50’s. There were no obvious signs of trauma, but cause of death will be pending autopsy. At this point it is unknown if this is a natural or suspicious death. Anyone with information is asked to contact Orange County Crime Stoppers.
qualified and living in environmentally disadvantaged areas to resources that help lower their energy costs.” Hom tells me GRID started out as “a small organization in Oakland with big ideas about bringing solar to neighborhoods where it wasn’t already there.” Since its founding in 2001, GRID has helped more than 10,000 families in California, in addition to providing services in other states and countries like Mexico, Nepal, and Nicaragua. According to Hom, GRID is the largest solar nonprofit in the United States. Partnering with corporations like Trojan Battery is
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Three men were sentenced for their role in the robbery and 12-hour beating of a man in Long Beach, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Patrick John Adams (dob 5/10/94) of San Diego was sentenced to 17 years in state prison. On July 31, Adams pleaded no contest to one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and dissuading a witness by force or threat. He admitted inflicting great bodily injury and using a pistol in the assault. Eric Javier Riddle-Rios (dob 7/15/93) of Anaheim and Ryan Scott Urban (dob 5/14/93) of San Diego were sentenced to six years in state prison. Riddle-Rios pleaded no contest on July 31 to one felony count of second-degree robbery and Urban entered a no contest plea to one felony count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. Deputy District Attorney Lucrezia Pratico prosecuted the case. Adams, assisted by the other two defendants, assaulted the victim on Feb. 20, 2015, and held him until the next day. During the prolonged robbery, the victim was pistol-whipped and his ATM card was used to steal his money, the prosecutor said. On Feb. 21, 2015, when the victim was taken to a bank to withdraw more money, he managed to get help from bank personnel, the prosecutor added.
San Bernardino PD Family Expands San Bernardino Police Departmen had the honor of welcoming 16 new employees to their SBPD family, celebrated 13 employee promotions, awarded 6 lifesaving medals to officers, one Chief's executive commendation and a police citizen's medal.
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