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El Monte cop allegedly raped transsexual woman in 2012 A transsexual woman has filed a Federal civil rights claim in Los Angeles claiming she was raped by an on-duty El Monte police officer last year according to numerous reports from several agencies. The complaint, filed Oct. 18, seeks unspecified damages and lists the City of El Monte and an unnamed police officer as defendants. It also names eight additional defendants. Court documents indicate the alleged attack took place between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. Oct. 23, 2012, as the victim was walking at the northeast corner of Central and Garvey avenues. “El Monte Police Officer John Doe groped her breasts,” the complaint alleges. “He then asked plaintiff if she was a ‘nasty she-male.’ Plaintiff said that she was transsexual.”
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The Tournament of Roses names Ana Marie Acosta 2014 Rose Queen
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses® Association Thursday named Ana Marie Acosta as the 96th Rose Queen in an official and elaborate ceremony at First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena. Traditionally the announcement and crowning are held at two different venues on different dates,
but this year TOR official decided to changes things around a bit and do both on the same night. This is the first time since 1998 that the ceremony was held in a church. Outside the church half a dozen PETA members protested the Tournament of Roses for allowing a SeaWorld Float this year which
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they say promotes animal abuse. Pasadena PD kept a watchful eye on the protestors who were peaceful and not disruptive of any of the ceremonies. The announcement concludes a month-long process that began with
By Shel Segal The Arcadia Unified School District has announced it is placing a renewed focus on students in the academic middle who have the potential and motivation to be among the topperforming students in the district. Last year AVID – or Advancement Via Individual Determination – was introduced at Arcadia High School. This year, the program is being expanded to First Avenue and Dana middle schools. “It’s very easy for a student who’s getting by on average grades to just get lost in the system,” said AUSD Board of Education President Cung Nguyen. “By incorporating this structured program, we’re providing additional mentoring to students while teaching them important study and organizational skills that may just be what they need to perform at the next level.” Currently, roughly 140 students are participating in the AVID program. As part of the AVID elective, two
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Ana Marie Acosta was selected as the 96th Rose Queen in Pasadena Thursday night – Photos by Terry Miller
Caltech names Thomas F. Rosenbaum as its ninth president Thomas F. Rosenbaum, currently the provost and John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago, has been appointed as the ninth president of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). A distinguished physicist and expert on condensed matter physics, Rosenbaum, 58, will succeed Jean-Lou Chameau, who served the Institute from 2006 to 2013 and will take over the helm from interim president and provost Edward Stolper on July 1, 2014. "The combination of deep management experience and visionary leadership that Tom brings will serve Caltech extremely well
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St. Anthony Mary Claret Feast Day celebrated in San Gabriel
San Gabriel Mission celebrated St. Anthony Mary Claret Feast Day of Oct. 24, with a lighting of candles for 102 Claretian Missionaries, more than 5,000 Gabrieleno Indians and other people buried in mission's cemetery. The three-day candles were lit by visitors on Oct. 23 and was followed with a brief prayer service led by San Gabriel Mission Rev. Tony Diaz, CMF. St. Anthony Mary Claret is the founder of the Claretian Missionaries, who have served at San Gabriel Mission since February 1908. -Courtesy Photo