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Thursday, January 27 - February 2, 2011
Volume XVII, No. IV
Community News, Arts & Opinions Since 1996
The State of Site for Light Rail Maintenance and Operations the City of Facility in Monrovia Approved Monrovia BY SUSAN MOTANDER
M
onrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz addressed Monrovians during the State of the City on Monday evening at the Krikorian Theatre. Simply put, her remarks can be boiled down to: Things could be worse and that
Los Angeles County Coroner Lt. Fred Corral identified the victim of Monday’s house fire in Monrovia as Shamie Amber Reay, 39. Reay died Monday, when the home in the rear of the 100 block of North Magnolia Avenue caught fire as a result of an electrical fault. Monrovia’s Fire Chief Chris Donnovan told the Weekly that it appeared the vicitim of the fire was a hoarder and the dept had difficulty accessing the body after the fire was extinguished. Autospy and complete investigation is scheduled for Thursday. When fire fighters found the woman, she was provided medical aid and immediately transported to Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia, where she was later pronounced dead. Also dead at the scene was the woman’s cat. Damages are estimated at $35,000.
Four Chefs Raise Funds for Pasadena Girl with Rare Cancer BY TERRY MILLER
P
opular Pasadena chef Claud Beltran has been dealing with Weiser Family Farms in Techachapi for his produce and potatoes in particular, for about a year and half now. During this time he drummed up a good
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Fatal House Fire Kills 39-Year-Old Monrovia Woman
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While this is not the site for the Light Rail Maintenance area, the Monrovia depot, seen here after recent rains, will be the focal point of the new gold line in Monrovia slated for 2014. – Photo by Terry Miller Last Tuesday night, the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority (Construction Authority) Board of Directors certified the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Foothill Extension Pasa-
dena to Azusa. The Supplemental EIR augments the Final EIR approved in 2007 for the project, and evaluates a number of project modifications that have arisen since the original document was certified. Approval of the Supplemental
EIR environmentally clears those project updates, and prepares the project for final design and construction to begin later this year. Project modifications evaluated in the Supplemental EIR include a 25acre Maintenance and
Operations (M&O) Facility site in the city of Monrovia, new parking locations at the Irwindale and Monrovia stations, reconfiguration of the intersection of Mountain Avenue and Duarte
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represent urban, suburban and rural communities. They are geographically diverse and represent a mix of varying populations. The reviews will look at, among other things, how the RDAs define a “blighted” area, whether they are
For those very few of you who may not know, February is Black History month. A time devoted each year just after Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday to celebrate accomplishments of black Americans. This year students throughout the United States focused on two individuals who really have made a difference. One is our new president and the other the civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. Students’ throughout the world focus on writing essays for class and contests. One of the more interesting essays came to our attention
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State Controller Launches Review of Pasadena’s Community Development Commission17 Other Cities to be Probed State Controller John Chiang today announced his auditors were beginning reviews of 18 redevelopment agencies (RDA) across the state in an effort to obtain facts on how RDA funds are used and the extent to which they comply with laws governing their activities. “The
heated debate over whether RDAs are the engines of local economic and job growth or are simply scams providing windfalls to political cronies at the expense of public services has largely been based on anecdotal evidence,” Chiang said. “As lawmakers deliberate the Governor’s
proposal to close RDAs and divert those funds to local schools and public safety agencies, I believe it is important to provide factual, empirical information about how these agencies perform and what they bring to the communities they serve.” The 18 RDAs selected for the reviews
Sierra Madre Student Looks Back at Dr. King’s Dreams….
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