Pasadena Star-News back issues from March 2008:
Report backs tightening of restraining order rules
Mar 01, 2008; ... Advocates for victims of domestic violence hope recommendationsto tighten restraining order rules will improve protection for abusevictims. The state's judicial council last week recommended betterenforcement of firearm prohibitions, the creation of a statewidesystem to view ...
Monument marks end of historic trail
Mar 01, 2008 ... -- Photo Gallery: Mission HistoryDay SAN GABRIEL - Officials Saturday celebrated the making of the OldSpanish Trail, which runs by the San Gabriel Mission, with adedication ...
Districts tighten belts as big cutbacks loom
Mar 01, 2008; ... -- Database: School Budgets A proposed $4.4 billion reduction in statewide education spendingis forcing school districts to scrounge for millions of dollars insavings, and layoffs and other cost-cutting measures loom.School officials in western San Gabriel Valley districts ...
Town Council back in spotlight
Mar 01, 2008; ... -- Video: Dave Hall, MAD Town Council When the Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte Town Council was formed in 1993,it was with high-flying rhetoric about combatting gang violence,graffiti and blight. The seven council members protested crime, marching onneighborhood streets behind a ...
Volunteers roam city to gauge 'walkability'
Mar 01, 2008; ... -- Photo Gallery: Downtown PasadenaWalkabout PASADENA - The best strolling street in Pasadena? Green Street.The worst? Green Street. Depending on the stretch, it goes from "almost ...
Around Pasadena
Mar 01, 2008 ... Haderlein to host District 4 meeting PASADENA - Pasadena Vice Mayor Steve Haderlein will host aDistrict 4 community meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in theauditorium at Armenian General Benevolent Union High School, 2495 E.Mountain St. The theme of the meeting is ...
Larry Wilson: Walking our way to understanding
Mar 01, 2008 ... It can get cold, walking for hours out of doors on a misty winterPasadena Saturday. Good advice: wear a fleece. This is one of 150 sundry observations my group of observantstrollers - Alleyways! - made yesterday morning as part of thePlayhouse District's Downtown Pasadena ...
Duarte High students take 2nd in academic decathlon
Mar 02, 2008 ... DUARTE - They call it "the pop." It's "the feeling you get whenyou know you have made it," explains Duarte High School PrincipalBill Martinez with pride. The sensation is expressed by an "explosion of emotion and tearsand crying," said Robert Grebel, a Duarte math teacher who led ...
Around our Schools
Mar 02, 2008 ... ALTADENA - Loma Alta Elementary School, 3544 N. Canon Blvd., ishosting a Dr. Seuss Day Read Across America from 8 a.m. to noontoday to celebrate the 104th birthday of Dr. Seuss. For more information on how you can participate, call ElsaAquirre or Lila Schob at (626) 797-1173 ....
Writer provides inspiration
Mar 02, 2008; ... ALHAMBRA - Showing childhood pictures and doling out advice,Newbery Medal Winner Cynthia Kadohata shared her secrets of writingsuccess with Ramona Convent Secondary School students. Aspiring writers (or at least those who needed a few hints forimproving their essays) learned that ...
Principal to retire
Mar 02, 2008; ... DUARTE - When Bill Martinez was presented with the opportunity 20years ago to become an assistant principal at Duarte High School,his first thought was "Oh, God." The school did not have a good reputation. In the mid-1980s, itsdropout rate was 48 percent. Few students were going ...
Pasadena district broke ground with 6-4-4 system
Mar 02, 2008; ... PASADENA - In 1928 in Pasadena, the numbers 6-4-4 were as wellknown as 9/11 is today. On May 22 of that year, the Star-News wrote: "Superintendent of Schools John A. Sexson, in a remarkableexposition of the '6-4-4' system of educational organization beforemembers of the ...
School board members to discuss budget cuts
Mar 03, 2008; ... PASADENA - Faced with having to cut $10 million from its budget,the Pasadena Unified School District will a hold a budget studysession tonight to discuss where possible cuts might be made. PUSD's total operating budget for the 2008-09 school year isabout $190 million, with ...
Around Pasadena
Mar 03, 2008 ... PASADENA - Author and Arctic traveler Chad Kister will discuss"Climate Change in the Arctic: Its Impact on Polar Bears, NativeAmericans, and Communities Throughout the World" at the monthlymeeting of the Pasadena Sierra Club at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at EatonCanyon Nature Center, 1750 N ....
Places they can call home
Mar 03, 2008; ... ALTADENA - As the last of six high-risk sex offenders moved fromtheir halfway home at Risinghill Road on Monday, county officialsbegan efforts to tighten laws on where they and others like them canlive. "We want a comprehensive study of the state law to find out wherethe county ...
Voting districts plan labeled a 'power grab'
Mar 03, 2008; ... GLENDORA - A proposed ballot measure to split Glendora into fiveelection districts is being called a "power grab" by a city councilmember. The city received official paperwork last week from a citizen'sgroup notifying officials of its intent to gather signatures to getthe ...
'Cuss Free Week' proclaimed in South Pasadena
Mar 03, 2008; ... SOUTH PASADENA - If you're planning a trip into this city thisweek, watch your language. The City Council has accepted a call to action from one of itsyounger citizens to keep profanity out of the picture this week andproclaimed it as "Cuss Free Week" in South Pasadena. The ...
Boy on bike, SUV collide
Mar 04, 2008 ... SAN MARINO - A 10-year-old boy was injured after colliding withan SUV while riding his bicycle Tuesday morning, San Marino policesaid. The incident took place at the intersection of Huntington andMirasol drives. San ...
Same-sex marriage debated
Mar 04, 2008; ... PASADENA - Arguments in the legal challenge to California's banon same-sex marriage were being closely followed Tuesday by localcouples with a stake in the outcome. Four years ago, gay-rights advocates sued to overturn the banafter the courts stepped in to halt gay marriages in ...
Mysteries abound in outer space
Mar 04, 2008; ... LA CAADA FLINTRIDGE - If Sherlock Holmes had a degree inastrophysics, perhaps he could explain why strange things arehappening in outer space - because no one else can. Four spacecraft whizzing by the Earth have experiencedinexplicable boosts in speed, and JPL researchers say no ...
City manager still sought
Mar 04, 2008; ... MONTEREY PARK - Four weeks after the City Council voted to begincontract negotiations with a candidate for city manager, noagreement has been reached. At tonight's regular meeting, Assistant City Attorney AdrianGuerra is scheduled to update the council in closed session aboutthe ...
Larry Wilson: Author's hoax 'memoir' exposed
Mar 04, 2008 ... You know that little note you have on your calendar to drop byVroman's Thursday to hear Margaret B. Jones read from her memoir ofL.A. gang life, "Love & Consequences"? Scratch it out. Nix the notion. "Jones," as you've read by now,grew up a Blood about as much as did the rest of ...
Charges filed in gun scare
Mar 04, 2008; ... PASADENA - Charges were filed Tuesday against a 17-year-oldstudent arrested in connection with a gun scare at Blair High Schoolon Friday.He is facing one felony count of making a terrorist threat withuse of a gun, one felony count of being a minor in possession of ahandgun and ...
Pasadena Ice Skating Center officials trying to drum up support
Mar 04, 2008; ... -- Photo Gallery: Ice Rink ToBallroom PASADENA - Bidding for the planned ice rink complex in EastPasadena is likely to start again this month, more than two yearsafter the project got City ...
Parking lot proposal thwarted once again
Mar 05, 2008; ... SAN GABRIEL - Residents have thwarted a local supermarket's plansto expand its parking lot in a residential neighborhood. For the third time, the city rejected Hawaii Supermarket's plansto build the 43-space employee lot on a cul-de-sac behind the storeat Valley Boulevard and Del ...
Habitat for Humanity needs new local HQ
Mar 05, 2008; ... PASADENA - The irony isn't lost on Habitat for Humanity staff:The agency known for building affordable housing is looking for someaffordable housing of its own. After five years of being headquartered at 770 N. Fair Oaks Ave.,the San Gabriel Valley affiliate must move out by June ...
Around Pasadena
Mar 05, 2008 ... School to perform 'Bye Bye Birdie' SAN GABRIEL - Temple City High School's performing artsdepartment will perform "Bye Bye Birdie," its 43rd annual springmusical, at 7:30 p.m. March 14 and March 15, and at 2 p.m. March 16,at the Mission Playhouse, 320 S. Mission Drive ....
Layoffs likely as schools seek $10 million trim
Mar 05, 2008; ... -- Database: School district budgets cuts PASADENA - At least 40 certificated PUSD employees - teachers,counselors and school psychologists - will likely get layoff noticeslater this month, part of a district effort to trim $10million fromnext school year's budget. At a ...
Program to assist restaurant safety
Mar 06, 2008; ... MONTEREY PARK - The city wants its stock of 180 restaurants tobecome cleaner and safer, and officials are starting a new programto make that happen. The initiative, targeted in part at Chinese-speaking restaurantoperators, is designed to provide information about health ...
Calderon introduces bill that would require data for all metal sellers
Mar 06, 2008; ... A rash of copper thefts across the San Gabriel Valley, spurred byskyrocketing prices for the metal, has triggered efforts inSacramento to change the way recycling yards screen scrap sellers. Locally, a bill proposed by San Gabriel Valley state Sen. RonCalderon, D-Montebello, is ...
City manager search ongoing
Mar 06, 2008; ... PASADENA - A community meeting scheduled Saturday to seek publicinput on the search for a new city manager is being lauded as proofthat Cynthia Kurtz's replacement is far from a foregone conclusion. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. in the City Hall councilchambers, 100 N ....
Lighting fee changes will go to vote
Mar 06, 2008; ... ARCADIA - The City Council has finalized a plan to alter the waythe city splits the cost of street lighting with residents. The city will send mail-in ballots to residents in May, askingthem to vote on lighting assessment changes by Aug. 5. Currently, some residents pay ...
Around Pasadena
Mar 06, 2008 ... City of Hope sets health fair DUARTE - City of Hope, in collaboration with the city of Duarte,the Duarte Chamber of Commerce, and the League of United LatinAmerican Citizens, will host a free community health fair from 3 to6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Platt Conference Center, 1500 ...
Three vying for two seats on Arcadia City Council
Mar 06, 2008; ... ARCADIA - Unlike two years ago, when seven people vied for threeseats on Arcadia's City Council, just three candidates are jockeyingfor two seats in elections next month. Mayor Mickey Segal is stepping down, restricted from runningagain by municipal rules limiting council members ...
Daylight saving time comes early
Mar 06, 2008; ... Get groceries. Do laundry. Check e-mail. Call friends. And onemore thing on this weekend's to-do list: Set clocks an hour aheadSunday morning. But while losing an hour of sleep may take many by surprise - asdaylight saving time comes earlier again this year after firstshifting ...
Pasadena official inspires students with Read Across America visit
Mar 06, 2008 ... -- Photo Gallery: Read AcrossAmerica week PASADENA - When Victor Gordo arrived in Miss Liz Romo's firstgrade class at Willard Elementary School in 1976, he didn't speakany English. "I was ...
Gift helps Huntington acquire American art
Mar 06, 2008; ... SAN MARINO - A monumental 7-foot marble statue, long assumed tobe lost or destroyed, will go on public display for the first timein 123 years at the Huntington Library in May 2009. "Zenobia in Chains," an 1859 sculpture by American artist HarrietHosmer, is the Huntington's first ...
Larry Wilson: McGovern reflects on political career
Mar 06, 2008 ... Is it an honor to have lost the presidency to that old crook,Richard Nixon? The only person alive who could answer that question, former Sen.George McGovern, came to town Wednesday night to honor ACT, theliberal political organization formed out of his quixotic 1972political ...
Pine to succeed O'Sullivan at news group helm
Mar 07, 2008; ... Frank Pine, senior managing editor for the Los Angeles NewspaperGroup's Inland Division, has been named senior editor for the SanGabriel Valley Newspaper Group, it was announced Friday. Pine succeeds Steve O'Sullivan, who has been SGVN's executiveeditor for the past 18 months, and ...
1983 slaying case goes to jury
Mar 07, 2008; ... NORWALK - A 1983 murder case where the victim's dismembered bodywas allegedly dumped in a local landfill went to the jury Friday. Jurors start deliberations Monday on the fate of John Alcantara,52, of Downey who is accused of killing his boss, Robert Bennett,51, of Azusa ....
Local dairy outlet to stay
Mar 07, 2008; ... MONTEREY PARK - Alta Dena Dairy owner Kimberly Yu has plans toexpand her business, bring in more products and purchase theproperty that the 50-year-old drive-through convenience store sitson. Just a few days ago, she thought she was going to get kicked out. "Everything is ...
Around Pasadena
Mar 07, 2008 ... Lecture on Mars today in Duarte DUARTE - JPL scientist Carolina Barltrop will give a talk aboutMars at 2 p.m. today at the Duarte Public Library, 1301 Buena VistaSt. Barltro will discuss Mars and NASA's various exploration projectson the red planet. For more ...
Non-gas fireplaces banned in new homes
Mar 07, 2008; ... PASADENA - The nights of curling up with a good book in front ofa crackling fire are numbered in Southern California. The South Coast Air Quality Management District board votedunanimously Friday to outlaw all wood-burning fireplaces in newlybuilt homes within a year. The ...
Making pennies count
Mar 07, 2008; ... SOUTH PASADENA - Middle schoolers showed a mountain of love byraising mountains of pennies for children with leukemia and lymphomathis year. The 1,100 students at South Pasadena Middle School raised a totalof $11,558.54 in pennies and other change during this year's Penniesfor ...
Longtime PCC professor Hetland dies
Mar 07, 2008; ... PASADENA - Longtime Pasadena City College professor HarveyHetland, who taught there for more than three decades, has died, hiscolleagues and family announced. Hetland died Wednesday when he was struck by a car while riding abicycle with a group of friends along La Tuna Canyon Road ...
Suspects in court as teen lies in coma
Mar 08, 2008; ... A woman and teenage boy pleaded not guilty Wednesday to chargesof attempted murder stemming from a February baseball bat attack,while friends and family members of the alleged victim gathered fora vigil, officials and family members said. Elijah Stinson, 17, of La Puente and ...
Parents review incident at Blair
Mar 08, 2008; ... PASADENA - As heavily armed officers combed the locked-downgrounds of a local high school, some parents were sent back andforth to different sides of the campus to wait for their children;others had problems finding their children once they were finallyreleased hours later. In ...
Street-smart youngsters leave Safety Academy
Mar 08, 2008; ... PASADENA - Twenty-two children will start today armed with anarsenal of street smarts and safety savvy thanks to efforts by thePasadena Police Department. The children filled the halls of Tournament House on Sat- urday morning to take their place as graduates of ...
Larry Wilson: Downsized, but responsibility grows
Mar 08, 2008 ... Last week was one of upheaval in our newsrooms. Like every otherpaper in the world, we're getting lean and mean, we're retooling,we're right-sizing, we're flattening the organization and all thoseother wonderful buzz terms. The California economy negative-cubed is the newspaper ...
Around Pasadena
Mar 08, 2008 ... Police seek public help as talks stall MONROVIA - Contract negotiations between the city and the PoliceOfficers Association have stalled, and both sides are appealing tothe public for support. On Friday afternoon, the 72-member association sent automatedphone calls to ...
Disputed theory focus of state bill
Mar 09, 2008; ... A state bill that would set guidelines for child custody caseshas highlighted a nearly 20-year-old dispute over a theory used bypsychological evaluators. The bill, AB 612, which failed to pass into law in 2007, targetedthe controversial theory, called Parental Alienation Syndrome ....
Hidden Haven
Mar 09, 2008; ... PASADENA - In a throwback to the old Old Pasadena, a hidden-away"artists' colony" for locals to exhibit their paintings, photographyand craftwork is establishing itself in a funky little courtyard onthe corner of Holly Street and Fair Oaks Avenue. Co-owners Christina Bernal and ...
Memorial garden set to open
Mar 04, 2008; ... SOUTH PASADENA - By mid-April, a small section of Garfield Parkwill have trimmed bottleneck trees, a sitting wall, and stonesetched with the names of 15 young people who have died in the citysince the 1970s. For Mieke Kramer, the peaceful setting will give parents andstudents a ...
Districts to send out notices of possible teacher layoffs
Mar 08, 2008; ... Late this week, notices will go out to thousands of teachersacross California informing them that they may be out of a job in afew months - the first and clearest indication to many families ofthe kind of pain that California's massive budget deficit couldinflict. The layoff ...
Students celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday
Mar 09, 2008; ... PASADENA - With tall felt hats in bright, bold colors andmultiple copies of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) novels, HamiltonElementary School had all the Seussential parts for celebrating thechildren's novelist's birthday. The weeklong celebration included parents, grandparent, ...
Ready-Cut homes a 1920s staple
Mar 09, 2008; ... If one drives around a Southern California neighborhood of the1920s, bungalows created by Pacific Ready-Cut Homes Inc. are likelyto be seen. The Star-News in 1924 announced that the firm of Gregg & Beaman,with offices at 15 S. Los Robles Ave., was the authorizeddistributor and ...
Around our Schools
Mar 09, 2008 ... PASADENA - A production of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown!"will be presented at John Muir High School, 1905 Lincoln Ave., fromThursday through Saturday, with performances starting at 7p.m.Performances are free and donations will be accepted at the door. For more information, ...
Officers take contract position to the streets
Mar 10, 2008; ... MONROVIA - As the city reaches a contentious turning point in itscontract negotiations with sworn public safety personnel, residentsare getting an earful from the police officers' association. Over the weekend, off-duty officers talked to Monrovians andhanded out fliers at local ...
Commission honors philanthropic pianist
Mar 10, 2008; ... ALHAMBRA - Yin Yin Huang has been teaching music for about 30years, and her impact has resonated around the world. On Monday night, the established pianist, who has put on benefitconcerts for charities and has played in concerts around the globe,received the Model of Unity Award ...
Charter school may lose space
Mar 10, 2008; ... PASADENA - The troubled Rhythms of the Village charter school maynot have a place to come back to if the Pasadena Unified SchoolDistrict board rejects the school's request for space for next year. At tonight's meeting, school board members are expected to reviewfour facilities ...
Around Pasadena
Mar 10, 2008 ... PASADENA - Internationally renowned British pianist and Mozartinterpreter Howard Shelley will make his sixth appearance as guestsoloist with the Pasadena Symphony. In addition to offering its usual Saturday-night performance at 8p.m. Saturday at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 ...
Rosemead to upgrade its council chambers
Mar 10, 2008; ... ROSEMEAD - The council chambers has been getting a half-milliondollar face-lift. Construction on Rosemead City Hall began last week.The improvements to the 50-year-old meeting hall includereplacing the dais and lighting, and upgrading the sound system. "It is a ...
Educators decry budget cuts
Mar 10, 2008; ... SACRAMENTO - Local teachers, superintendents and administratorswent to the Capitol on Monday, demanding that lawmakers reject $4.8billion in proposed education cuts.Robert Watanabe, superintendent of Bassett Unified SchoolDistrict, helped orchestrate the rally in response to ...
Business cited for 'minor' violation
Mar 10, 2008 ... PASADENA - One out of 11 businesses visited during an underagedecoy operation conducted by the Pasadena Police Department soldalcohol to a minor, officials said. Margarita Jones, at 541 S. Arroyo Parkway, was the only liquor-licensed establishment that sold alcohol to the minor ...
Edison workers claim backlash
Mar 10, 2008; ... ROSEMEAD - Southern California Edison employees are accusing thecompany of retaliating against them for blowing the whistle onalleged illegal activities, according to a letter sent to theRosemead-based utility by a state agency. The letter sent to Edison Chief Executive Officer Al ...