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NO TAXATION WITHOUT CLARIFICATION A voter’s guide to Pasadena’s Measure I
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VOL. 22, NO. 41
Three PUSD Schools Facing Possible Closure Enrollment down by 500 students Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
On Thursday, Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Board of Education will enter into a difficult study session for a list of options facing the district’s need to reduce spending by $10 million for 2020-2021. On the possible chopping block are three schools: Wilson, Cleveland and
Franklin. These schools have been earmarked for possible closure or consolidation by the Board of Education in an effort to cut costs. “We’re going to move past this. However, this is going to test our resolve,” Hilda Ramirez Horvath told Pasadena Independent Wednesday morning referencing the speculation surroundSEE CLOSURE PAGE 10
Typhus Fever Affects Twenty Pasadena Residents This Year Health Department reports ‘epidemic levels’ Staff WRITER editorial@beaconmedianews.com
The Pasadena Public Health Department (PPHD) is reporting epidemic levels of typhus fever this year. Typhus fever is a disease spread to humans by infected fleas. In 2018, 20 Pasadena residents have been confirmed to have
Gus HERRERA gherrera@beaconmedianews.com
W
ith the Nov. 6 general election less than four weeks away, an election with a lengthy ballot including gubernatorial, senatorial, and congressional candidates, it can be easy to lose sight of measures that will certainly impact wallets right here in the City of Pasadena.
Measure I, which will ask Pasadena voters whether or not they support a three-quarter-cent sales tax increase (i.e. 75 cents for every $100 spent), may seem like a fairly straightforward item on the ballot, but it carries the potential to impact both the city’s financial outlook for the upcoming years and the viability of local retail businesses in the face of an ever-growing online marketplace. SEE NO TAXATION PAGE 11
Mayor Terry Tornek, outside his official capacity as mayor, has created a committee in support of Measure I. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
typhus fever well above the expected one to five cases per year. Flea-borne typhus, also known as murine or endemic typhus, is a disease carried by fleas infected with bacteria (Rickettsia typhi or Rickettsia felis). Flea-borne typhus is found regularly in Los Angeles SEE TYPHUS PAGE 10
Dr. Patrick Sutton, OB-GYN. – Courtesy photo / KABC
Pasadena Doctor Under Investigation for Sexual Misconduct Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
A Pasadena OB-GYN accused of sexual misconduct has been removed from a leadership role at Huntington
Hospital and will have a chaperone while treating patients at the hospital, according to officials at the Pasadena hospital. SEE MISCONDUCT PAGE 10