Supreme Court Rules on Challenges to the State’s Plan to Dissolve Redevelopment Agencies Court Decides the State Has the Authority to Dissolve Redevelopment Agencies but Does Not Have the Authority to Condition Their Continued Existence on Required Payments Resolving challenges filed by the California Redevelopment Association, the League of California Cities, and the cities of…
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Santa Anita Race Track Draws 44,000 Plus Fans – Hero John Shear Returns to Paddock Position
By Terry Miller While there were many winners during Boxing Day’s opener at Santa Anita, none could actually top that of Paddock Guard John Shear, 91, returning to his job at the track after facing a near death experience last spring when he saved a young girl from a bolting horse. Shear threw himself in…
Crime
Police Blotters 12/22/11
Arcadia PD For the period of Sunday, December 11, through Saturday, December 17, the Police Department responded to 870 calls for service of which 111 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, December 11: At about 10:57 a.m., an officer responded…
Crime
Police Blotters 12/15/11
Arcadia PD For the period of Sunday, December 4, through Saturday, December 10, the Police Department responded to 967 calls for service of which 117 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, December 4: At about 6:59 a.m., an officer was…
News
Chiang’s Audit Findings Now Exceed $3 Billion
Will Continue to Push for Expanded Audit Authority State Controller John Chiang today announced that since taking office in 2007, his audit findings through State and local investigations now total more than $3 billion, more than any other Controller in recorded State history. “Unchecked spending is an invitation for misspending,” said Chiang. “My audits offer…
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LOW-INTEREST DISASTER LOANS AVAILABLE TO AREA RESIDENTS
Federal loans range from $200,000 to $2 million; application deadline is February 17 The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that low-interest federal disaster loans are available to those affected by the recent wind storms.Homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profits are eligible. A loan outreach center has been established at: Pasadena Fire Headquarters199 S. Los…
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Irwindale SCE Office Reopens After Shooting
Officials said Tuesday that a Southern California Edison employee calmly chatted with fellow workers in between shooting apparently targeted supervisors. Andre Turner, 48, of Norco, fatally shot two co-workers and wounded two others before fatally shooting himself Friday at the Southern California Edison office in the 4900 block of Rivergrade Road, investigators said. Officials said…
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Arcadia Man Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail for Crosswalk Death of Alice Zhang
Bowen Du, 20, of Arcadia was sentenced in the crosswalk death of an Arcadia teen sentenced Tuesday to one year in county jail. Du was driving a Lexus sedan when the car struck and killed Zhang – an only child – and seriously injured her friend in April as the two young women crossed the…
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ANTONOVICH OFFERS $10,000 REWARD IN SHOOTING OF JOSE PARRA
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the shooting death of Jose Parra. On Monday, December 12, 2011, at approximately 8:00 p.m., Jose Parra was shot and killed inside his residence in the unincorporated area of Arcadia in the San Gabriel…
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Arcadia Stabbing Leaves Man Dead
Arcadia Police Officers were called to the food court area of a local strip mall regarding a person having been stabbed, shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday night, December 20, 2011. The strip mall is located in the 1300 block of South Golden West Avenue. Officers found an 18-year-old male victim inside the food court,…
