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saving lives
Cesar Chavez Blood Drive comes to campus to draw hope from students PG. 7
gold line update
Got milk... ...or anything else for that matter? For students, the choice between bills and school is hitting them where it matters most— the fridge. Page 5
Extension of Citrus Avenue under way BY ERICK CAMACHO STAFF WRITER
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Citrus Avenue will be reduced to one lane for three weeks, according to a traffic advisory notice from Citrus College Campus Safety. The city of Azusa started underground work to extend Citrus Avenue on March 2. However, the bulk of the project is pending government fund availability that will support the construction job said Daniel Bobadilla, director of public works/ city engineer for the city of Azusa. Campus Safety has advised students to plan accordingly, as Citrus Avenue will be greatly impacted during this time. “Students are advised to utilize alternate routes through Barranca and Foothill going west, this will provide access to parking lots S5, S4, S3, S2 and S1,” said Ben Macias, Campus Safety supervisor. “Students should give themselves a little extra time to avoid dealing with time constraints.” APU/CITRUS STATION The new station, part of the new Gold Line CONSTRUCTION AREA Foothill Extension, opened to the public March 5, but access to CITRUS it has been anyCOLLEGE thing but convenient to residents and students. Currently, if a student made his Evan Solano/Google maps or her way to the Gold Line station from the Hayden Memorial Library, the student would need to go down West Foothill Boulevard and make a left onto Citrus Avenue, an inconvenience that forces students to go through East Foothill Boulevard and onto North Palm Drive, before making another right around east Promenade into Citrus Avenue from the opposite end. The project to extend Citrus Avenue has an expected mid-July completion date – roughly 20 weeks from March 2, when the project began with preparatory underground work, Bobadilla said. He added the project is being funded in a collaboration between the city of Azusa and Rosedale, and being conducted by Azusa Land Partners, a limited liability company that will be tasked with completing the project.
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The Little Theatre and the Citrus TheatreWorks prepare to showcase “Scenes From The Eye Of The Storm” PG. 10