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Thursday, September 9 - September 15, 2010
Board Working With Industry On Santa Anita Waiver Planning continues for the replacement of the synthetic surface at Santa Anita with a dirt oval and the California Horse Racing Board is working with management and horsemen in the preparation of a request for the Board to waive the rule requiring a synthetic surface. As Santa Anita officials consult with engineers and have dirt analyzed for its suitability as a racing surface, the CHRB has provided them with requirements and guidelines for the granting of a waiver. CHRB Executive Director Kirk Breed advised Santa Anita to take the following steps: Appoint a project manager: Develop a construction management plan that includes the time sequence of all activities from permit submission and approval through the CHRB completion inspection and the first use of the track. Schedule committee meetings of representatives from the CHRB, Santa Anita, the California Thoroughbred Trainers (CTT), and Thorough-
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Latino Heritage Honored This Sunday the Monrovia Historical Museum will host a Latino Heritage Art Exhibition. After the very successful Black History Event in February, plans began for a similar
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Volume XV, No. XXXV
Pasadena’s New BearCat Assists Monrovia PD Education Arrest Barricaded Grand Theft Auto Suspect Leaders Protest
Meg Whitman Endorsement Jack Scott Resigns California Chamber Of Commerce
Officers from the SWAT Team exit the new BearCat during a stand-off in Monrovia last week - Photo by Terry Miller BY TERRY MILLER Last Thursday September 2, 2010 at approximately 1:30PM, an Arcadia Police Officer observed a possible stolen vehicle suspect driving a 1997 Lexus in the area of Santa Clara Avenue and
Santa Anita Avenue. A records check on the vehicle’s license plate indicated that the Lexus was, indeed, reported stolen out of the city of Los Angeles. The Arcadia officer attempted to stop the stolen car, but the suspect initially evaded the officer by run-
ning stop signs and accelerating away from the pursuing officer. The suspect drove east into the city of Monrovia where he hit at least two vehicles and subsequently abandoned the stolen vehicle in the area of Fig Street and Central Avenue. He fled on foot and
barricaded himself inside a house on Central near Fig. Arcadia and Monrovia officers quickly locked down the area preventing the suspect’s escape. A Monrovia resident contacted Arcadia Police officers and told them
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The president of University of California Mark Yudof and the chancellor of the California community college system, Jack Scott have resigned from the California Chamber of Commerce board of directors after the organization backed Meg Whitman’s bid for governor in one of the most bitterly expensive campaigns ,thus far,in California history. The popular Pasadena former state senator, Jack Scott, (D) who was appointed as chancellor by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, announced his resignation in a letter to chamber President Allan Zaremberg after the Chamber endorsed of Meg Whitman. Scott believes the Chamber should have no part in this bitter political battle between Whitman and Brown as said that his decision was based on a belief that such endorsements are “destructive to the Chamber’s Core Mission.”
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Sierra Madre Community Radio Taste of Sierra Finally Gets Green Light Madre This prefers name ‘Community BY TERRY MILLER Mayor Joe Mosca will cut a ceremonial ribbon along with Hank Landsberg on Thursday at the site of the new community radio station project. Landsberg is the winner of this year’s Public Safety Award for spearheading the project. Landsberg
Radio’ over “Emergency Radio” - the moniker Sierra Madre city seems to want to use. Landsburg gave the Weekly a preview of the facilities on Tuesday and explained why he wants the station to be known not just as an emer-
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Moonlight & Melodies Join Westfield Santa Anita for live music and dance lessons Friday nights on the Promenade, September 10–October 15, 2010 For a complete list of music selections, dance lessons and event details Westfield.com
Saturday Sept 11 There is so much going on in Sierra Madre this weekend that we barely know where to begin. However, we will attempt to suggest that the first ever Taste of Sierra Madre will
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