Pasadena Star-News back issues from January 2007:
Around Pasadena
Jan 01, 2007 ... PASADENA - The Pasadena Neighborhood Housing Services invites thepublic to the "Affordable Housing Forum" on Jan. 10 at the city ofPasadena Housing and Development Division, 649 N. Fair Oaks Ave.,2nd Floor, in the Fair Oaks Renaissance Plaza/Vons ShoppingCenter ....
Birds of a feather
Jan 01, 2007 ... Several cities unveiled their floats Monday and basked in the 118th Rose Parade. Sierra Madre showcased "Our Wonderful Wistaria,"which was self-built and highlighted the city's renowned wistariavines. Duarte and City of Hope had "Looking Out For You," which paidtribute to its residents, ...
Naturally good
Jan 02, 2007; ... For the 118th year, they rolled, marched, high-stepped andstrutted up Orange Grove and then down Colorado boulevards. Dragons breathed fire, white doves were released and majorettestwirled their batons under a clear blue sky Monday morning in the2007 Tournament of Roses Parade ....
Decorator recovering after fall from float
Jan 02, 2007; ... PASADENA - A man was in stable condition Tuesday after falling offa two-story scaffold while working on a Rose Parade float last week. Steve Klafehn, 38, of New York, underwent surgery Thursday atHuntington Hospital to remove a blood clot on his brain following thefall, said Larry ...
Heart attack kills man at Rose Bowl
Jan 02, 2007 ... PASADENA -- A 60-year-old man was pronounced dead at a localhospital after suffering a heart attack while attending the Rose Bowlgame Monday, officials said. The man was pronounced dead about 6:30 p.m., said Pasadena FireDepartment spokeswoman Lisa Derderian. Another man ...
Dems to take Congress' reins with aggressive '100-hour' plan
Jan 02, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Eager to shed its do-nothing label, a shaken-upCongress will return Thursday to a full plate, starting with theswearing-in of the nation's first female speaker of the House ofRepresentatives. Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California and her party have big plansas they ...
Former Whittier teacher dies at 88
Jan 02, 2007 ... WHITTIER - Leland Seale Woodward, born, raised and educated inWhittier and a career educator in Whittier schools, died Dec. 31 atthe age of 88. He was born Sept. 10, 1918, to Earle and Gladys Woodward atWhittier's Murphy Memorial Hospital. He attended East WhittierSchool, ...
Worker healing after fall
Jan 02, 2007; ... PASADENA - A man was in stable condition Tuesday after falling offa two-story scaffold while working on a Rose Parade float last week. Steve Klafehn, 38, of New York underwent surgery Thursday atHuntington Hospital to remove a blood clot on his brain following thefall, said Larry ...
FLORAL FANCY
Jan 02, 2007; ... -- Photo Gallery: Float Viewing -- Video: Float Viewing PASADENA - Rose Parade fans got one last look at the floatsTuesday. The 118th parade's swan song took place on a sunny, 70-degree daynear Pasadena High School, where more than 40 floats, all tied aroundthis ...
Monterey Park wants residents to walk
Jan 02, 2007; ... MONTEREY PARK - The city is one step closer to realizing the firstof three projects aimed at getting people out of their cars and ontothe sidewalks. Escrow is expected to close in about two months on a parcel thatwill be developed into 98 condos and about 22,000 square feet ...
Hearing delayed in crash
Jan 02, 2007 ... EL MONTE - The arraignment for an El Monte man arrested after adeadly police pursuit was postponed Tuesday at El Monte SuperiorCourt. Carlos Dena, 25, was allegedly fleeing from El Monte police ina suspected stolen vehicle Dec. 28 when he collided with another carcarrying a 48-year-old ...
Around Pasadena
Jan 02, 2007 ... PASADENA - A 60-year-old man was pronounced dead at a localhospital after suffering a heart attack while attending the Rose Bowlgame Monday, officials said. The man was pronounced dead about 6:30 p.m., said Pasadena FireDepartment spokeswoman Lisa Derderian Another man also ...
Change said likely on perchlorate issue
Jan 02, 2007; ... The federal government's attitude toward perchloratecontamination, sharply contrasted in recent years by California'sefforts to deal with the potentially dangerous chemical, could beabout to change. Tens of millions of dollars have been spent throughout the stateto remove ...
SoPas appoints fourth city attorney since 2003
Jan 02, 2007; ... SOUTH PASADENA - A new year brings yet another new city attorneyto South Pasadena. The City Council today is expected to award a contract for legalservice to Richard Adams and the West Covina law firm he helped foundin 1989, Alvarez-Glasman and Colvin. Adams, 56, will be ...
Post-parade cleanup is a messy business
Jan 02, 2007 ... PASADENA - Parade floats enjoyed their final moments in the sunTuesday during a public viewing at Sierra Madre Boulevard and EatonDrive.For $7, attendees could get up close and personal with the morethan 40 floats featured in the 118th Rose Parade. While crowds had ...
Larry Wilson: Welcome to the dark side
Jan 02, 2007 ... One of the most remarked-upon aspects of the Tournament of Rosesversion 2007 was the dude with the rocket pack. You only saw it, as with several parts of your thoroughly modernRose Parade, if you were near the launchpad rounding Orange Grove andColorado. TV cameras are a most ...
Couple slain in drive-by shooting
Jan 02, 2007; ... SOUTH WHITTIER - David Arraz was inside his house when he heardfour gunshots and the voice of his older brother outside, screamingfor their mother. He went out and saw his brother Juan Martinez, 34 - better knownto his family and friends as Johnny - and Stephanie Guerrero, ...
Stabbing suspect pleads not guilty
Jan 03, 2007; ... VALINDA - A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend with a samuraisword has pleaded not guilty to felony charges. The District Attorney's Office said Shane Williams, 33, of Valindawas arraigned Tuesday at the West Covina courthouse on charges ofattempted murder, assault with a ...
Two hurt as car hits tree
Jan 03, 2007; ... WHITTIER - Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life tool to pry adriver from his mangled car after it smashed into a tree in the 12000block of Whittier Boulevard on Wednesday. The driver and a passenger, whose names were not immediatelyreleased, were taken to Los Angeles ...
3 ordered to trial in assault
Jan 03, 2007; ... WHITTIER - Two men and a woman were ordered Wednesday to standtrial for assault and robbery stemming from an incident in which thevictim was lured to a motel. Whittier Commissioner Gerald Mansfield ordered Jessica Fierro, 19,Joshua Ruelas, 24, and Michael Shula, 21, all of Pico ...
Around Pasadena
Jan 03, 2007 ... MONROVIA - Mayor Rob Hammond is scheduled to deliver his annualState of the City 2007 address at 7:30p.m. Tuesday at the KirkorianPremiere Theatre, 410 S. Myrtle Ave.This year's speech will focus on the ways in which Monrovia ismanaging change as construction booms and ...
City might curb check-cashing locations
Jan 03, 2007; ... MONTEBELLO - Is Montebello inundated with check-cashingbusinesses? Mayor Norma Lopez-Reid thinks so and is asking that the city adoptrestrictions to prevent more such businesses from opening in thefuture. She has asked that city staffers research possiblerestrictions and report ...
Smile A While counting the days at CORAL
Jan 03, 2007; ... PASADENA - By mid-spring, a program that brings together childrenwith disabilities and those without could find itself homeless. Pasadena's Smile A While Camp, which offers traditional campingactivities such as sports, arts and crafts and games, must vacate itsfacility at the ...
Mall won't have check-cash store
Jan 03, 2007; ... ALTADENA - A mini-mall planned for the corner of Altadena Driveand Lincoln Avenue will not include a check-cashing business, as hadbeen rumored in recent weeks. A wave of e-mails had spread the supposed news, passed along byresidents concerned that such a business would attract ...
State receives mixed marks in national education poll
Jan 04, 2007; ... California received mixed grades in preparing students for schooland the work force, according to a report released Wednesday. The "Quality Counts 2007" study, conducted by the EditorialProjects in Education Research Center, tracked state efforts frompreschool to career. ...
Man shoots wife, kills self
Jan 04, 2007; ... GLENDORA - A 39-year-old woman shot by her husband late Tuesday inan apparent murder-suicide has died, detectives said. Roberta Reynolds, an English teacher at Temple City High School,died of her injuries just after midnight Wednesday at Los AngelesCounty-USC Medical Center, said ...
CHP suicides prompt search for solutions
Jan 04, 2007; ... Stung by an epidemic of suicide among its officers, the CaliforniaHighway Patrol is instituting a prevention and awareness programsimilar to those long used successfully by law enforcement agenciesin Los Angeles and elsewhere. Last year, the CHP had eight suicides among its 7,200 ...
City won't reimburse employee for house
Jan 04, 2007; ... PASADENA - The city has denied a complaint by a senior city codecompliance officer seeking to recoup the money he spentreconstructing a house he was permitted to build in violation ofPasadena's planning laws. Andre Temurian and his wife, Hermine, asked for more than $10,000for ...
Knock-offs seized in raid
Jan 04, 2007; ... INDUSTRY - Sheriff's deputies seized what officials said was arecord $20 million to $25million worth of counterfeit clothing andshoes Wednesday when they raided a warehouse. They are pursuing two women and a man named on the warehouselease. Authorities suspect the trio owned the ...
County accused of euthanizing dogs too soon
Jan 05, 2007; ... A canine rescue group has accused the county of violating statelaw by euthanizing animals too quickly after they are relinquished bytheir owners. A Dog's Life Rescue Inc., recently amended a complaint it filed inAugust over the killings of two healthy canines at the Baldwin ...
ER wait times worry officials
Jan 05, 2007; ... Firefighters and paramedics got the call Wednesday morning - awoman had fainted in the shower at a West Covina health club andbumped her head. They treated her at the scene for a coin-size bruise on herforehead and advised her that she should get it checked out by anemergency ...
Doctor plants idea of using less water-intensive foliage
Jan 05, 2007; ... MONTEBELLO - Living in a desert climate could mean we eventuallywill have to live without our lush green lawns, says Montebellophysician Janet Staples-Edwards. Staples-Edwards is on a mission. She is urging not only privateresidents to join her in replacing their grassy expanses ...
At least 86 accused in insurance scam
Jan 05, 2007; ... A sting Thursday netted 86 people from 12 San Gabriel Valley lawoffices where employees are alleged to have padded chiropracticbills. Prosecutors are calling it one of the largest auto insurance fraudcases in the state, having documented more than $500,000 in losses toinsurance ...
Students making big push to ace SAT
Jan 05, 2007; ... ROWLAND HEIGHTS - Winter break is usually a time for high schoolstudents to kick back, sleep late, plant themselves in front of theTV or gab on their cell phone. But some overachieving students spent the last two weeks primingthemselves for the upcoming SAT test at special boot ...
Road closing to aid school
Jan 05, 2007; ... SOUTH PASADENA - The days of South Pasadena Middle School studentsdodging traffic while trudging through campus may end after more than70 years. The City Council this week voted unanimously to turn over forclosure a 525-foot portion of Rollin Street, between Fair Oaks Avenueand ...
Around Pasadena
Jan 05, 2007 ... Mayor to report on State of City PASADENA - "For Generations to Come" is the theme of PasadenaMayor Bill Bogaard's 2007 State of the City event scheduled for 6:30p.m. Jan. 17. The event will be in the auditorium at Hamilton Elementary School,2089 Rose Villa St. The ...
Affordable housing gets boost
Jan 05, 2007; ... Following a year in which the median home price in Los AngelesCounty hit a record high, county housing officials announced thisweek that the largest-ever yearly allocation of funds is availablefor new affordable housing developments. Developers can apply for more than $30 million ...
Larry Wilson: Parade ratings fall short
Jan 04, 2007 ... I don't know much about television ratings - but do know enoughabout the ways Southern Californians watch TV to grasp why those wholive where the shows are made don't watch as many as the rest of thenation. No, it's not that we're more bookish. It's the weather, stupid.People ...
Volunteer honored for work with homeless
Jan 05, 2007; ... Cheryl Hubbard of the Pasadena Commission on the Status of Womenwill receive the Council of Women's Clubs Volunteer Service Award forher work on issues related to homelessness. Hubbard has provided support for organizations committed to theissues of homeless women, women in the ...
Dreier announces military academy nominees
Jan 05, 2007; ... Rep. David Dreier, R-Glendora, has announced the names of hisnominees to the U.S. Air Force, Military, Naval and Merchant MarineAcademies. Locals nominated to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy at ColoradoSprings, Colo., are: Matthew Anderson of Monrovia, Katharine LeighBarber of ...
Schwarzenegger starts his second term
Jan 05, 2007; ... Arnold Schwarzenegger took the oath of office for his second termas governor Friday - and implored Californians and the nation to joinhim in an era of "post-partisanship," a time when bold ideas wouldtrump party labels. -- Photo Gallery: Gov. Schwarzenegger's Inauguration, ...
Region pounded by powerful winds
Jan 05, 2007; ... PASADENA - Strong rain and winds gusting up to 60 mph causednumerous power outages and felled trees - one barely missing a SanMarino gardener - throughout the San Gabriel Valley overnight,keeping public works crews busy Friday, authorities said. -- Video: Blustery day In San ...
New grocery welcomed by West Altadena residents
Jan 05, 2007; ... ALTADENA - In most older communities such as this one, a grocerystore opening might not be such cause for celebration. But West Altadena has been without a full-service supermarket fordecades, so the Farm Fresh Ranch Market on Lincoln Avenue was theplace to be last weekend ....
Graffiti-related arrests see spike around Azusa
Jan 04, 2007; ... AZUSA - A recent string of graffiti vandal arrests can beattributed not only to the growing popularity of "tagging," but alsothe growing frustration of people fed up with seeing their streetsmarred with graffiti, officials said. Eight juveniles were arrested within a week for ...
Pasadena searching for 'green' experts
Jan 04, 2007; ... PASADENA - Signing onto ambitious environmental accords was easy. For the City Council to keep the promises it made under the UnitedNations-sponsored Urban Environmental Accords, it's going to needhelp, and that means empowering a team of local experts with a broadmandate to ...
Around Pasadena
Jan 04, 2007 ... PASADENA - A man claiming he had a gun robbed a Bank of America onThursday, police said. Police were called at 12:34p.m. to the bank on the southeastcorner of Lake Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena police Sgt.Steve Kress said. The man approached a teller and used a ...
Memories get digital display
Jan 04, 2007; ... WHITTIER - Rose Hills Memorial Park and Mortuary officials arehoping to draw the attention of thousands of freeway motorists whozoom by their business every day by using some of their mostcherished and nostalgic memories. By recalling favorite fashion fads like hot pants to the ...
Appeals court upholds Covina officer's firing
Jan 04, 2007; ... COVINA - An appeals court has upheld a decision that the CovinaPolice Department acted properly when it fired an officer for tappinginto a criminal records database and releasing the informationpublicly. The unanimous ruling of the 2nd District Court of Appeals panelcame down ...
2007: The heat is on
Jan 04, 2007; ... The hottest prediction for '07: The hottest world temperature onrecord. The hellish forecast for Los Angeles: A summer hotter thanlast year's record smoker. Stubborn greenhouse gases and the return of El Ni o will likelyturn 2007 into the world's hottest year on record, ...
Charter schools want to fill vacant campuses
Jan 04, 2007; ... PASADENA - Students returned last semester to three of the fiveschools shuttered by the Pasadena Unified School District last year,and the fate of the remaining two will be decided sometime thisspring. Two recently approved charter schools have requested use of theremaining two ...
Goodwin found guilty of Thompson murders
Jan 04, 2007; ... -- File Photo Gallery: Jurors visit Mickey Thompson crime scene | -- Photo Gallery: Michael Goodwin verdict reaction -- Video: Michael Goodwin verdict reaction PASADENA - A jury found motorsports promoter Michael Frank Goodwinguilty Thursday of orchestrating the ...
Strong winds knock out power, down trees
Jan 05, 2007; ... Strong winds and rain felled trees - one just missing a San Marinogardener - and caused power outages overnight throughout the West SanGabriel Valley keeping public works crews busy Friday, authoritiessaid. In San Marino, paramedics were sent at 8:38 a.m. to the 2900 blockof ...
Derby to raise funds for children's charity
Jan 03, 2007; ... PASADENA - Sixteen racers will speed down Rose Bowl Drive onSunday for the inaugural Downhill Derby charity event, with proceedsto benefit more than two dozen Boys & Girls Clubs throughout LosAngeles County. "It's Americana at its best, harkening back to the simplicity ...
Congress members ready for first day
Jan 04, 2007; ... WASHINGTON - Southland lawmakers are racing out of the gate today,introducing scores of bills in the opening hours of the 110thCongress. From immigration to Social Security to covert wiretapping, thelegislation underscores the priorities of local politicians for thecoming year ....
County confronts increase in fraud
Jan 06, 2007; ... After downplaying the scope for years, Los Angeles Countyofficials have started to quietly acknowledge that scams by countyemployees and recipients of county services may be costing taxpayersnearly $2 billion a year. While there are no exact figures, the county grand jury ...
Around Pasadena
Jan 06, 2007 ... Group to host city candidate forum PASADENA - The political group ACT will host a candidate forum forPasadena City Council and Pasadena School Board seats at 7 p.m.Wednesday in the Multipurpose Room of the Pasadena Senior Center, 85E. Holly St. All candidates have been invited to ...
Museum to mark White House meeting of Presley, Nixon
Jan 06, 2007; ... YORBA LINDA - It was one of the most bizarre meetings in WhiteHouse history. On the morning of Dec. 21, 1970, Elvis Presley, the king of rock'n' roll, strolled up to a startled White House guard and handed hima hand-written letter addressed to President Richard M. Nixon. -- ...
New year restores normalcy
Jan 06, 2007 ... The new year becomes slightly better with a little age in thebottle. It is getting almost to the point where one doesn't have to greetevery days- unseen acquaintance with a "Happy," though I will stillgladly do it. A "Merry," even, for those unseen since the Yuletide - I ...
Hospitals hire pharmacists for ER
Jan 06, 2007; ... PASADENA - To say that practicing emergency medicine ischallenging is an understatement. Patients arrive with an endless range of ailments and oftenwithout a known medical history. With every moment counting, doctorsmust distribute medications quickly and accurately, regardless of ...
Park hot spot for pets, owners
Jan 06, 2007; ... PASADENA - Fun-seekers spill out of a white stretch limo at one ofthe hottest spots in town. This crowd is ready to rock - and to rollin the dirt. Ginger the Great Dane, Oliver the mutt and other Doggie Nanniesservice regulars arrive in style with their handler, David ...
County fraud problem growing
Jan 06, 2007; ... After downplaying the scope for years, Los Angeles Countyofficials have started to quietly acknowledge that scams by countyemployees and recipients of county services may be costing taxpayersnearly $2 billion a year. While there are no exact figures, the county grand jury ...
Grocery store brings hope to community
Jan 05, 2007; ... ALTADENA - In most older communities such as this one, a grocerystore opening might not be such cause for celebration. But West Altadena has been without a full-service supermarket fordecades, so the Farm Fresh Ranch Market on Lincoln Avenue was theplace to be last ...
Pasadena event celebrates Three Kings Day
Jan 06, 2007; ... PASADENA - Three Kings Day is a popular Latin American celebrationwhere Christmas observances continue past Dec. 25, and a Pasadenaevent is part of the local effort to keep that tradition alive. About 100 children and their parents gathered at Villa ParkeCommunity Center on ...
Report: Domestic violence declines
Jan 06, 2007; ... Anjelique Beltran said she was married for seven years before herhusband kidnapped her and later shot at her more than 20 times. Beltran was able to walk away from her marriage, but is stillrecovering from wounds to her neck, back and arms from the Februaryand March attacks. Her ...
2 local homes damaged by fires
Jan 06, 2007 ... PASADENA - Fires Friday and Saturday damaged two Pasadena homeswhile the occupants escaped uninjured. The Saturday fire occurred at 11:45a.m. in a three-story house inthe 800 block of North Raymond Avenue, said Lisa Derderian, aPasadena Fire Department spokeswoman. It ...