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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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Sheriffs seek owners of lost money Brian Villalba Staff Writer After four months, $300 that was dropped in the P4 parking structure and turned into the East Los Angeles College Sheriff Station has yet to be claimed. The money was dropped in the structure on May 30. The low-resolution ELAC campus security footage showed two unidentified females with items falling out of one of their bags. It isn’t exactly clear what was dropped. A few minutes after the females drop the money, Senior Computer and Network Support Specialist Michael Iwashita came across money on the floor of the P4 parking structure. “I thought I saw $20, but then I realized it was a stack of $20 bills,” Iwashita said. Student Bum Lay also saw the money and went to pick it up. As Iwashita was picking up the money, which was spread over the immediate area, he directed Lay to help pick up the money and turn it into the sheriff station in two envelopes, one with $140, the other with $160. “Michael Iwashita reported the lost money on May 30,” Deputy Erric Roman said. “It was found at 11:35 a.m.–a few minutes after it was dropped.” The sheriffs investigated and were not able to identify the women. According to the security footage, the two women spoke to a man in the video who the sheriff deputies identified as instructor Ray Zhang. Sheriff deputies questioned Zhang, but he was not able to recall the names of either of the females. Zhang did not offer any information to help in the investigation, in spite of the fact that he stopped to speak to the females just moments before they dropped the money. “We thought (Zhang) may have been their professor,” Roman said. Deputies asked around campus, but no one has been able to identify the two females. According to Frank Velasco, the policy for cash found would be to hold it for 90 days. Roberto Garcia is the detective on this case. “In this case where we have video of the owners of the cash, after we have exhausted every lead, it will be up to the discretion of the detective,” Velasco said. Contact the Sheriff station if you have any information on the girls in the photo, or contact Detective Roberto Garciar7garcia@lasd.org.
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feed shows two females just before dropping $300 on the floor of the P4 parking structure.
Timeline • May 30 two unidentified females enter the P4 parking structure • Unidentified females speak with professor Ray Zhang • Unidentified females drop $300 • The money scatters around the P4 structure elevator • A few minutes later Senior Computer & Network Support Specialist Mike Iwashita finds the money • Student Bum Lay picks up $140 • Iwashita picks up $160 • Iwashita reports $300 to the Sheriff • Sheriffs get security video and investigate • Investigation stalls
Former Elans to participate in Red Bull Flutag Jesus Figueroa Staff Writer East Los Angeles College Red Rock Rovers is one of the few hispanic teams, and the only community college team, competing at the Red Bull Flugtag on Sept. 21. The team is hard at work finalizing their design for a humanpowered aircraft to enter in the competition in Long Beach. The Flugtag is a human-powered flying craft competition, which for the first time will simultaneously be held in Washington D.C., Miami, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth and Long Beach. The Red Rock Rover team is led by current ELAC engineering student Carlos Garcia. “We entered the Red Bull Flugtag as a way of testing the skills we’ve acquired at East Los Angeles
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College,” Garcia said. “All the members have been committed to their education so we never got a chance to participate in extracurricular activities. This was meant to be that activity for us,” he said. The team consists of former ELAC engineering students who are transferring to fouryear universities. Team leader Carlos Garcia is transferring to California State University, Los Angeles as well as taking classes at ELAC. Team pilot Gabriel Garibay is transferring to the University of Southern California. Crew members Manuel Garcia, Alejandro Ponce and Alfonso Perez will be attending California State University, Pomona this fall. The team has been hard at work this summer, fundraising, designing and building their craft before they continue their education at their four-year universities.
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“The craft was inspired by the Mars rovers and the men and women that make space travel possible,” Carlos Garcia said. The rules state that the craft must weigh a maximum 400 pounds with the pilot on board with a limited wingspan of less than 28 feet and height if 10 feet. “The lighter, the better,” said Manuel Garcia. “That’s what every group is aiming for. Not every group intends to fly, many of them just go there to have some fun. But us we want to break the record this year.” The support has shown up from many places. Fundraisers, that included a small concert to ELAC’s Engineering Department and the 2013 X-Games Brasil Silver medal winner Coco Zurita. “The entire ELAC Engineering Department has been supporting us, in particular Brian Vasquez and Kamyar Kashayar,” Carlos
ASU is raffling an iPad to anyone who purchases raffle tickets. To participate, find any club representative or go to the ASU office located in G8 118 and purchase a ticket for $1. The raffle will commence on Dec. 5 at 10:30 a.m. in the S2 Recital Hall.
Garcia said. The unexpected support of Zurita brought more exposure to the group. “Coco reached out to us via Red Bull. He was excited about the event and wanted to lend his support to a group. Naturally he decided to rally around us because we’re one of the only Latino team’s in the competition,” Carlos Garcia said. “I identify with the Hispanic community as I am from Chile and have been living here (the United States) for a long time. Also I think is great to support each other in a positive way,” Zurita said. From now, until the day of competition, the Red Rock Rovers will work at their headquarters in South Gate awaiting to show off their creation. “Dedication and commitment to the project, that’s what’s going to help us succeed the day of competition Sept. 21,” Manuel Garcia said.
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