Pasadena Star-News back issues from September 2007:
Festival honors traditions, flavors of Puerto Rico
Sep 01, 2007 ... Photo Gallery: California Festivaldel Cuatro The California Festival del Cuatro was held at the San GabrielCivic Auditorium on Saturday. The cuatro is a 300-year-old PuertoRican instrument ...
All God's creatures
Sep 01, 2007; ... Photo Gallery: San GabrielMission's Annual Fiesta SAN GABRIEL - Children in colorful, traditional costumes and petsranging from turtles to small dogs gathered under a tent Saturdaymorning ...
Traffic studies hit a roadblock
Sep 01, 2007; ... In neighborhoods where congestion is bad and development anddensity are dreaded words, nothing gets homeowners' groups more riledup than traffic studies. The reports - prepared by consultants for developers and fact-checked by city staff - are supposed to analyze how much traffic ...
Around Pasadena
Sep 01, 2007 ... Improvement group sets annual event PASADENA - The W.D. Edson Neighborhood Improvement Associationwill hold its 35th annual celebration at Brenner Park, 201 BartheDrive, from 2 to 6 p.m. Sept. 15. There will be games and free school supplies for children, awatermelon-eating ...
California academic performance test results mixed across San Gabriel Valley
Sep 01, 2007; ... -- Look up your school's AYP report Statewide school test scores released Friday showed mixed resultsin the San Gabriel Valley. While nearly all Valley school districts improved their AcademicPerformance Index scores from 2006, Azusa, Baldwin Park and Bassettunified were ...
Larry Wilson: Tough questions regarding race
Sep 01, 2007 ... Friday, African-American and Latino leaders got together at ElCentro to make common cause in denouncing the so-called SOM attacksin Northwest Pasadena. Good on Joe Brown and Randy Ertll. We've got leadership thatdoesn't hide the bad news. That same morning, police Chief ...
Frank Girardot: The unlikelihood of death penalty
Sep 02, 2007 ... If convicted, it's pretty unlikely Man-ling Williams will die bylethal injection. Williams, 27, stands accused of stabbing her husband, Neal, 27, todeath with a sword and smothering her two small children with apillow in their Rowland Heights apartment Aug. 7. The former ...
Homespun living Pasadena family gets basics from own efforts
Sep 02, 2007; ... Photo Gallery: Offgrid living Video: Living off the grid PASADENA - For Jules Dervaes and his three adult children, eachbranch sagging with fleshy eggplant and every lick of ...
2 may seek Scott's Senate seat
Sep 02, 2007; ... A battle may be shaping up between two Democratic heavyweightsover Pasadena state Sen. Jack Scott's seat, which will be up forgrabs next year due to term limits. Former Assemblywoman Carol Liu and former Assembly Majority LeaderDario Frommer have each filed their intent to run for ...
Trial to start in chase deaths
Sep 02, 2007; ... POMONA - The trial of an El Monte man accused of killing twopeople after leading police on a high-speed chase is expected startTuesday.Juan Carlos Dena, 24, fled from El Monte police in a suspectedstolen Toyota pickup truck three days after Christmas last year,officials said ....
Migrant reform logjam pays off
Sep 02, 2007; ... While illegal-immigrant advocates and hard-liners warn thatCongress' repeated failure to pass immigration law could have direconsequences for the economy, one industry is profiting handsomelyfrom the political gridlock. Since 2004, lobbyists on K Street have raked in more than ...
Group stirred controversy
Sep 02, 2007; ... PASADENA - "Incensed over alleged disrespect shown the presidentat an American First meeting last Friday in McKinley Junior HighSchool auditorium, a group of Pasadenans yesterday carried to theboard of education their protest against the use of public schools bythe American First ...
Electoral proposal stirs fear, debate
Sep 03, 2007; ... A proposed ballot initiative to change how California casts itsmother lode of 55 electoral votes is far from passage, but it'salready shaking up national politics because it could derail theDemocrats' bid to recapture the White House. A GOP lawyer in Sacramento is pushing the ...
6 candidates enter race for El Monte council seat
Sep 03, 2007; ... EL MONTE - Six candidates vying for council seats in November saidtheir main priority will be to encourage redevelopment.Business executive Mel Montes is challenging Mayor ErnieGutierrez, while businesswoman Norma Macias and teacher Frank Amezcuaare aiming to replace council ...
Fatal fire probe raises questions
Sep 03, 2007; ... ALHAMBRA - The fire is long out, but questions still haunt PeterFong about the July 16 blaze that destroyed his two-story shoppingcenter on Valley Boulevard. An Alhambra Fire Department report characterized the fire asaccidental. The report concluded the fire started in the ...
Caltech's daring Alice set for road challenge
Sep 03, 2007; ... PASADENA - Things didn't go well two years ago for Alice,Caltech's sturdy, tan-colored, autonomous van. Alice was the school's entry in the 2005 Grand Challenge, aDepartment of Defense-sponsored competition to build a vehicle thatcould quickly drive itself over a 100-mile desert ...
Nearly 600 complete Mount Baldy run
Sep 03, 2007; ... MOUNT BALDY - Labor Day was all about labor Monday for nearly 600people who ran eight miles up a mountain in the 42nd annual MountBaldy Run to the Top race. At 8 a.m., the runners began the 4,000-foot incline by running ona paved road for the first mile. But the next five ...
Around Pasadena
Sep 03, 2007 ... SAN MARINO - In conjunction with its exhibit, "Jamestown at 400:Natives and Newcomers in Early Virginia," the Huntington Library, ArtCollections, and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, will host aconference from 8:30a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Noted historians of early America will ...
Closing arguments in Phil Spector trial begin
Sep 05, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - A prosecutor in the murder trial of famed musicproducer Phil Spector asked jurors this morning to take a mental tripwith him back in time to Feb. 3, 2003, to try and save thedefendant's alleged victim. "If you could say but one thing to Lana Clarkson right then ...
Police seeking help in finding missing San Gabriel woman
Sep 05, 2007; ... SAN GABRIEL - Police stepped up the search for a 31-year-oldChinese woman missing for almost a month by holding a pressconference Wednesday afternoon with her cousin, who expressed deepconcern for her absence. "Usually (two days) didn't pass without her contacting me," saidher ...
Woman trapped in vehicle rescued
Sep 05, 2007 ... -- Photo Gallery: Firefighter'srescuer driver WEST COVINA - An unidentified woman was injured when her car,above, was trapped beneath a tractor-trailer Wednesday at theintersection of ...
Whittier woman joins faculty at Chapman
Sep 05, 2007 ... Whittier native Melinda M. Morgan, president and founder of MorganMarketing & Public Relations LLC, a full-service marketing and publicrelations firm in Irvine, has joined the faculty at ChapmanUniversity in Orange as an adjunct professor in the Dodge College ofFilm and Media Arts ....
Around Pasadena
Sep 05, 2007 ... PASADENA - Residents who drive on Linda Vista Drive should beprepared to take a detour beginning today, when crews will beginexcavating the road to fix a water-main leak, city officials said. Crews will be working to first pinpoint the leak and then repairit. But finding it could ...
Three seats up for grabs in Irwindale City Council
Sep 05, 2007; ... IRWINDALE - Councilman Julian Miranda will relinquish his seat inthe upcoming council election, while council members Mark Breceda andSuzanne Gomez will campaign to keep their positions. They will face former Councilman Manuel Garcia and PlanningCommissioner Larry G. Burrola on ...
Modifying term limits gets OK for state ballot
Sep 05, 2007; ... The secretary of state said Tuesday the initiative to loosen termlimits has qualified for the Feb. 5 ballot, but only after fourcounties took the unusual step of revising their counts. Those revised numbers allowed supporters to narrowly avoid whatcould have been a disastrous full ...
Larry Wilson: Catch a couplet soon
Sep 04, 2007 ... September, finally, that back-to-school month, though too manyschools force the issue these days by August. Could be the cause of this agonizing heat wave - remember how itused to get hot again one last time when by rights students aresupposed to go back to school, in the middle ...
Pasadena man is suing Manilow
Sep 05, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - Barry Manilow's former tour manager is suing theentertainer's companies, alleging he was wrongfully fired because hewas divorcing the daughter of his immediate boss, court papers show. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed on behalf of LiberatoFabro of ...
Victim of gang-related shooting identifies Do in court as gunman
Sep 05, 2007; ... ALHAMBRA - A 19-year-old hit by three bullets in a gang-relatedshooting late last year took the stand on Tuesday and pointed out theman who allegedly shot him. At a preliminary hearing in Alhambra Court, the wounded teen,whose name was withheld by authorities to protect him from ...
Owner of seized jewelry sought
Sep 04, 2007; ... PICO RIVERA - Suspect? Check. Possible stolen rings and pendant?Check and check. Victims? Well ... Detectives from the sheriff's Pico Rivera Station are looking forthe owner or owners of a diamond solitaire ring, its matching diamond-studded jacket ring and a gold pendant with the ...
Farewell to a hero
Sep 05, 2007; ... -- Photo Gallery: Rogelio AntonioRamirez memorial PASADENA - U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Rogelio Ramirez was rememberedTuesday as a young man who would do anything for his comrades and ...
Heat may be factor in deaths
Sep 05, 2007; ... An elderly Pasadena woman was among 15 Southland residents likelykilled as a result of the Labor Day weekend heat wave, coroner'sinvestigators said Tuesday. The body of Dorothy McGlothan, 85, was found in her apartment inthe 900 block of North Raymond Avenue in Pasadena about 1:11 ...
Man dies as a result of injuries
Sep 05, 2007 ... BALDWIN PARK - A man who crashed on a freeway connector road lastweek, then fell 50 feet from his car after attempting to exit thevehicle, has died from his injuries, officials said Wednesday. The man, identified as Christian Adam Piechna, 46, of Fontanacrashed his 2005 Mustang on ...
Bogus bill passer nabbed
Sep 05, 2007 ... GLENDORA - A sharp-eyed Wal-Mart cashier spotted a bogus $100bill, called store security and helped detain a man on suspicion ofattempting to pass the fake early Wednesday, officials said. As a result, Simon Fasheh, 29, of Walnut, was arrested about 3:20a.m. on suspicion of ...
Spector jury to hear closing arguments
Sep 05, 2007 ... LOS ANGELES - Closing arguments begin this morning in the murdertrial of music producer Phil Spector. Spector, 67, of Alhambra, is accused of fatally shooting 40-year-old Lana Clarkson in February 2003. The incident took place insideSpector's Alhambra mansion. Testimony in ...
Developers propose changing name of Temple City mall project
Sep 05, 2007 ... TEMPLE CITY - After years of going by the name Piazza Las Tunas,the new developers of the Temple City mall project at RosemeadBoulevard and Las Tunas Drive told the City Council they want tochange the name to the Temple City ...
Police still seeking missing woman
Sep 05, 2007 ... SAN GABRIEL - Detectives are asking for the public's assistance inlocating Liya "Jessie" Lu, a 31-year-old who disappeared Aug. 11under suspicious circumstances. Lu, an asian female, did not ...
Around Pasadena
Sep 04, 2007 ... PASADENA - The Junior League of Pasadena Inc., a nonprofitorganization of women dedicated to volunteerism, developing thepotential of women, and improving communities, will hold an openhouse for prospective members from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at aprivate residence. For the ...
La Puente poised to fill final 3 posts on parks advisory panel
Sep 04, 2007; ... LA PUENTE - The City Council has appointed four members to serveon the city's first Parks and Recreation Commission, and is expectedto select another three at its next meeting. The council first took steps in July to form the committee, whichwill oversee city-sponsored events, ...
Teenager denies multiple weapons charges
Sep 04, 2007; ... PASADENA - A 15-year-old boy arrested during an investigation intothe July killing of a man in Rowland Heights denied multiple weaponscharges Tuesday at Pasadena Superior Court. Richard Ung was arrested on Aug. 24 at his parents' home inArcadia, where Los Angeles County Sheriff's ...
Heat wave may have claimed 13 lives
Sep 04, 2007 ... An elderly Pasadena woman was among 13 Southland residents likelykilled as a result of the Labor Day weekend heat wave, coroner'sinvestigators said Tuesday. The body of Dorothy McGlothan, 85, was found in her apartment inthe 900 block of North Raymond Avenue in Pasadena at about ...
Badminton club to open in Arcadia
Sep 04, 2007; ... -- Photo Gallery: Badminton club ARCADIA - For about $40 a month, enthusiasts will soon be able tosmash shuttlecocks and polish their strategies at a new 17-courtbadminton club in Arcadia ...
Pasadena woman's death could be heat related
Sep 04, 2007 ... Authorities are investigating the death of an elderly Pasadenaresident over the weekend as possibly heat related. The body of Dorothy McGlothan, who was in her mid 80s, was foundin her apartment in the 900 block of North Raymond Avenue in Pasadenaat about 1:11 p.m. Sunday, said ...
Motorcyclist injured in collision
Sep 04, 2007 ... WEST COVINA - A motorcyclist suffered minor injuries Tuesday whenhe was struck by a truck on the westbound 10 Freeway just east ofBarranca Avenue, officials said. The motorcyclist, who was not identified, was taken to Los AngelesCounty/USC Medical ...
Light tipper stabbed after dispute with bartender
Sep 04, 2007 ... PASADENA - A man, who apparently left a paltry tip at a local bar,got into a heated exchange with a bartender, walked out of theestablishment and was stabbed early Tuesday, officials said. The victim, identified only as a resident of Downey, was taken toHuntington Memorial ...
Teen scheduled for arraignment on weapons charges
Sep 04, 2007 ... PASADENA - An Arcadia teenager will be arraigned this morning ongun charges stemming from a series of search warrants served inconnection with a Rowland Heights murder, authorities said. The teen, who is not identified, faces arraignment on weaponspossession charges and gang ...
Local forest to get upgrade
Sep 03, 2007; ... SAN DIMAS - The San Dimas experimental forest is going global. The 6,945-square-acre swath in the San Gabriel Mountains received$36,000 in mid-August for equipment upgrades, officials said. TheU.S. Forest Service invested a total of $1.1 million to get 18 siteson par with ...
Huge legal fees dog attorney
Sep 03, 2007; ... Concerns about legal fees trail Rosemead's city attorney,Bonifacio Garcia. Officials at several cities have complained about high bills,questionable charges and lack of city attorney experience. Garcia's firm, Garcia, Calderon and Ruiz, represents Rosemead,Wasco, Garvey ...
Teens battle rising stress
Sep 03, 2007; ... Amanda May was having a frustrating day.She is usually a mellow teen. But long hours of choir practice,homework and a new job as a Starbucks barrista has pushed her to thebrink."When I get stressed, I just continue to work," May said. "Then Igo home and break down ...
Gang founder facing prison
Sep 03, 2007; ... PASADENA - A 61-year-old San Gabriel man who police say is thefounder of a local gang is facing a prison term of nearly three yearsfor a weapons conviction. But police are trying to put the alleged gang founder, RobertLopez, away for a much longer time with murder charges that ...
A talented 'treasure'
Sep 03, 2007; ... -- Photo Gallery: Tool and die maker TEMPLE CITY - Examine the laminated lamp made from 15 types ofwood, or the pendulum clock made entirely of wood. Then look at the bonsai trees, the ...
Knife-wielding man fatally shot
Sep 03, 2007; ... -- Audio: 911 call PASADENA - A police officer fatally shot a man early Sunday afterhe allegedly stabbed the mother of his child and then charged atpolice with a knife, officials said. The suspect died at or en route to a local hospital, said Pasadenapolice Cmdr. Eric Mills ....
WWII veteran reflects on experiences
Sep 03, 2007; ... -- Video: WWII Veteran Herbert Garcia PASADENA - Sitting near their gun mounts aboard the USS Ammendocked in the Philippines, Herbert Garcia and shipmate Paul Drakewere jolted by a loud warning. "We heard it over the loudspeaker," Garcia remembered: "Bogies arenow 5 miles ...
AFL-CIO bracing for busy season
Sep 03, 2007; ... On Labor Day 2007, the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, Los Angeles County's largest and most powerful labor union,finds itself bracing for its busiest year in recent history ascontracts are up for more than 200,000 workers. From the entertainment industry to ...
Teens scream for ice cream, 26 trillion times
Sep 03, 2007; ... WHITTIER - It's a question that has likely crossed the mind ofanyone who has dutifully stood in line at Cold Stone Creamery,wondering which of the dozens of flavors, toppings, cones or sizeswould satisfy their personal hankering for a cool, sweet, ice creamtreat. It was ...
Search intensifies for missing woman
Sep 06, 2007; ... SAN GABRIEL - Police stepped up the search for a 31-year-old womanmissing for nearly a month by holding a news conference Wednesday,during which her cousin expressed deep concerns for her. "Usually (two days) didn't pass without her contacting me," saidthe cousin, Jeremy Zhou of ...
Board change disrupts center
Sep 06, 2007; ... PASADENA - First the post office stopped delivering mail, and thenthe air conditioning broke. But the final straw for small-businessowners leasing space at the Pasadena Enterprise Center came Tuesdaywhen their Internet service was disconnected. On Wednesday, however, city and ...
County to repave local roads with recycled tires
Sep 06, 2007; ... A state grant will help the county continue repaving local roadswith materials that make them more resistant to cracking, last longerwithout maintenance, and even quieter to drive on. What is this miracle material? Old tires. The same tires that cars, trucks and even ...
Top post named
Sep 06, 2007; ... ARCADIA - Don Penman's career with the city will soon come fullcircle. City Council members unanimously approved an agreement this weekto promote the assistant manager to the city's top job when CityManager Bill Kelly steps down in January. "He knows the city well," said ...
Around Pasadena
Sep 06, 2007 ... PASADENA - The youngest survivor on Schindler's list, made famousby the Academy Award- winning 1993 Steve Spielberg film, will speakat 7:30 p.m. Monday at Chabad of Pasadena, 1090 E. Walnut St. LeonLeyson, now 77, was just a child during the Holocaust and was amongthe nearly 1,100 Jews ...
They're on the list
Sep 06, 2007; ... PASADENA - Mimicking the approach taken by police in Los Angeles,authorities here are taking aim at the city's most wanted gangmembers and criminal masterminds. The new Fugitive Apprehension Unit, which police say is Phase Fourof the department's seven-month-old Operation Safe ...
Cirque du Soleil wings it at special soiree
Sep 06, 2007 ... T he invitational soiree after the opening performance of Cirquedu Soleil's Corteo was almost as surreal as the show itself.Following the final curtain call, a bevy of leggy "angels" indiaphanous gowns and marabou wings shepherded the crowd from theGrand Chapiteau (Big Top) over ...
Mass transit projects get green light
Sep 06, 2007; ... Los Angeles commuters got some long-sought relief Wednesday asCalifornia transit officials greenlighted key projects that includeda light-rail line that will zoom commuters from downtown to CulverCity in 30 minutes. The funding comes after months of being stalled amid a ...
Old-fashioned education
Sep 06, 2007; ... PASADENA - Ride down Waverly Drive and chances are you won'tnotice The Waverly School tucked among the industrial firms that linethe street. That's because designers of the private high school rejected theusual institutional-style school buildings and opted to create acampus ...
Larry Wilson: Good food is worth the girth
Sep 06, 2007 ... It comes out every year at this time, like the best colleges orplaces to retire: the list of the fattest states in fat America. And like the college list, the top 10 in blubber remain more orless the same. The South dominates - your Tennessees, your Alabamas -with only Michigan ...
SWAT team responds to Northridge standoff
Sep 06, 2007 ... NORTHRIDGE - A SWAT team is headed to a standoff in Northridgewhere a driver led police on a chose through the San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles Police Department says it involves a 42-year-oldman named David Rosales who's distraught over a family situation thatprevents him from ...