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Duarte Brothers are ‘Persons of Interest’ in Rose Bowl Slaying Victor Cass, 57, of Duarte was found dead due to gunshot wounds in a Rose Bowl parking lot Feb. 28. Detectives believe that the dead man’s brother, Clifton Cass, 56, was involved in the murder. Another Cass brother, Gregory 59, also of Duarte, is in custody as well on suspicion of shoplifting. Clifton was arrested on March 15 for a traffic violation, said Sgt. Mark Bailey of the Temple City Sheriff’s Station. During the traffic stop, officers discovered he was in possession of narcotics and weapons. After a search warrant was served officers found cocaine, a 9mm pistol, shotguns and a .22 caliber rifle and a AK-47. Victor’s body was found by a Rose Bowl maintenance employee early morning on Feb. 28 in Parking Lot I. No official charges have been made but they are expected next week.
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Monrovia Weekly ArcAdiA Weekly MONDAY, APRIL 11 - APRIL 17, 2011 VOLUME XII, NO. X
Food Trucks Sue City of Monrovia for Civil Rights Violations
Last weekend’s highly popular Gourmet Food Truck Festival at Santa Anita has put a spotlight on the issue at hand in some communities like Monrovia, where scores of Food Truck operators have filed a suit. The city of Monrovia is concerned that local retail restaurants’ businesses will suffer if the trucks are allowed into the city – Photos by Terry Miller
The Law Offices of Dermer Behrendt recently filed a lawsuit on behalf of the SoCal Mobile Food Vendors Association its members, and the consumers of Monrovia against the City of Monrovia to
overturn Monrovia’s mobile-food ordinances. The lawsuit arises from Monrovia’s decision to both expand its laws to include outright bans on gourmet food-trucks and the admissions of its Mayor Pro-
Extreme Attack on Planned Parenthood May Lead To Government Shutdown Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley Condemns Ideologically-driven Budget Battle that Attacks Women Women’s health is once again being used as a bargaining chip by extremists who want to take away affordable and comprehensive preventative health care from millions of women and families. Despite the fact that family planning services and preventive health care is fiscally responsible, some of our representatives in
Washington still seek to eliminate funding for these essential services. With Congress and the President at a standstill in their budget negotiations, it looks like the looming government shutdown may soon become a reality. Sheri Bonner, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley states:
“Planned Parenthood provides basic health care for women including gynecological exams, life-saving cancer screenings and birth control, which the majority of Americans use to plan their families. Shutting down the government over women’s healthcare is absurd and the claim
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Tem and other executives admitting that the purpose of its actions are to protect its “Old Town” merchants from competition from the gourmet food-truck “phenomenon.” The SoCalMFVA is
a non-profit association of approximately 130 gourmet food vendors. The Association exists in part to provide a unified voice in engaging local govern-
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Supervisor Calls Governor’s Bill an ‘Oxymoron’ - Calls for his ‘Return to Earth’ In a press release issue today the offices of Los Angeles County Mayor Michael Antonovitch said: “Dumping state felons in our communities and calling it improving public safety is an oxymoron -- as is his contention that extending high taxes for another five years will pull California’s economy out of the toilet,” said Los Angeles County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich in response to Governor Brown’s signing of Assembly Bill 109, transferring state prisoners to local jails. “The time is now for the Governor to return to earth and get real by keeping felons in state prison, eliminating the deficit, job killing red tape, and excessive taxation.”
Eight Shooting Suspects Arrested and Guns Seized On Thursday, April 7, 2011, members of the Pasadena Police Department and Los Angeles County Sheriff Department collaborated for the service of search warrants at several locations. As the lead law enforcement agency, the Pasadena Police Department focused on a local gang responsible for multiple shootings, including the homicide of Donnell Taylor that occurred in Pasadena on January 19, 2011 and an attempted homicide that occurred in Altadena on March 15th. The operation was the result of several weeks of
investigations by Pasadena homicide/assault detectives and Altadena Sheriff Station gang detectives. “Enhancing public safety and the apprehension of individuals responsible for these crime trends were of our utmost importance. We accomplished this with a very successful operation that resulted in the seizure of six firearms and eight arrests. Additional arrests are expected”, said Chief of Police Phillip L. Sanchez. Individuals Arrested: 1. Steven Wright, male Black-33, Altadena Resident, Homicide
2. Hildon Jones, male Black-34, Altadena Resident, Attempted Homicide 3. Jaszmine Jenkins, female Black-19, Monrovia Resident, Attempted Homicide 4. Bengarmain Gay, male Black-26, Altadena Resident, Warrant Arrest 5. Jesse Johnson, male Black-35, Altadena Resident, Non-Compliance & Warrant 6. Eric Hartfield, male Black-41, Altadena Resident, Miscellaneous Felony 7.Robert Rucker, male Black-41, Los Angeles
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