Whittier Daily News back issues from July 2005:
Interim principal steers Workman toward 05-06
Jul 01, 2005; ... INDUSTRY -- With former principal Sergio Garcia gone, interimprincipal Stu Reeder has anywhere from a few weeks to the entiresummer to prepare Workman High School for a new year. Among Reeder's responsibilities will be hiring four new teachers. And, although it may not be ...
Bermudez's bill denies Viagra to sex offenders
Jul 01, 2005; ... Assemblyman Rudy Bermudez, who has made registered sex offenders akey legislative issue this year, now doesn't want those offenders tobe able to get sexual enhancement drugs from the state. Bermudez, D-Norwalk, has added language to his sex offenderregistration bill that would also ...
Officials: Human error caused explosion
Jul 01, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- The city's top officials took a tour on Thursday of an18-well oil field on Honolulu Terrace where an explosion and fire inMay killed one man, injured another and set a hillside on fire. The incident has triggered reviews by state and city officials ofthe well's ...
Pico Rivera to cut 6 jobs to level 2005-06 deficit
Jul 01, 2005; ... PICO RIVERA -- The city will cut six management positions, raisebusiness permit fees and hold off on replacing equipment to shore upa budget that projects a $3 million deficit. The Pico Rivera City Council Thursday approved the 2005-06 budgetby a 4-1 vote, with Councilman Gregory ...
Fall off Angeles Forest cliff kills 2
Jul 01, 2005; ... A man and a girl were killed Wednesday night when they fell about150 feet down an embankment in the Angeles National Forest aboveAzusa. Coroner's officials identified them as 22-year-old Raul Urrutia ofTemple City and 16-year-old Natalie Torres. Deputies said Torres wasfrom ...
Radisson Hotel offers summer entertainment
Jul 01, 2005 ... WHITTIER -- The Radisson Hotel in Whittier, continues its freesummer concerts with three live bands performing salsa, merengue andLatin music on three separate dance floors. Everyone is invited to attend tonight's event from 6:30 p.m to1:30 a.m. The Radisson Hotel is located at ...
Hundreds gather to honor Ortiz
Jul 01, 2005; ... EL MONTE -- Chela Ortiz clutched her late husband's flag Thursdayand walked slowly toward a room packed with hundreds of people fromtheir hometown. Deputy Jerry Ortiz grew up in the friendly, close-knit communityplaying Little League baseball, and Chela was a star softball ...
Illegal fireworks found in garage
Jul 01, 2005; ... PICO RIVERA -- An anonymous tip led authorities on Thursday to agarage in Pico Rivera where about $20,000 worth of illegal fireworkswere stored, deputies said. The 2:45 p.m. call came to the Los Angeles County Sheriff'sDepartment's Pico Rivera Station, reporting illegal fireworks ...
Post no banners Church calls anti-banner code unfair
Jul 01, 2005; ... HACIENDA HEIGHTS -- At St. Matthew's United Methodist Church'sWestern-themed Bible day camp, children learn Bible stories fromteachers wearing cowboy hats and bandanas. But this year, they only got about half of their usual 50 or 60campers, said the Rev. Judy Fox ... and she knows ...
Services held for slain deputy
Jul 01, 2005; ... LOS ANGELES -- The hurried pace of traffic in downtown Los Angelestook pause Thursday as family, friends, onlookers and thousands oflaw enforcement officers from across Southern California said goodbyeto a sheriff's deputy killed last week in the line of duty. Services for Deputy ...
Local schools' budgeting tied to enrollment
Jul 01, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- According to figures in its annual budget, the LosNietos School District expects to spend about $255,000 more than itwill receive in revenues in the 2005-06 fiscal year, which beginstoday. Meanwhile, at the Whittier Union High School District, thebudget picture this year is ...
Pico Rivera to cut six city staff
Jul 01, 2005; ... PICO RIVERA -- Six top administrators, including two assistants tothe city manager, a deputy director of public works and a parkmaintenance supervisor, all will lose their jobs under a majorrestructuring of City Hall approved Thursday. In addition, the restructuring plan drafted by ...
Mothers protest mental health facility care
Jul 01, 2005; ... NORWALK -- Whenever Rita Rangel hears of someone dying at a statemental hospital, it's like reliving the death of her son all overagain. Since the death of Rangel's 29-year-old son, Samuel Rangel, atPatton State Hospital in San Bernardino on June 1, 1999, the grievingmother has ...
Wal-Mart told to redo EIR for center
Jul 02, 2005; ... A Wal-Mart spokesman said Friday the company will review a judge'sdecision requiring it to redo part of its environmental impact studybefore taking any further action in a lawsuit against it. "We're going to wait at least until we can review the writtenopinion to determine our next ...
Whittier facility opens to help teens battle eating disorders
Jul 02, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- Eating disorders are a major problem among youngpeople today, yet only a handful of agencies deal directly withhelping teens overcome the problem. On Thursday, however, the Center for Discovery and AdolescentChange, a private company that helps teens overcome bulimia, ...
Capital representation
Jul 02, 2005; ... PICO RIVERA -- Sweat poured down their young faces. With band director Jose Diaz urging them on, the 70-memberMarching Dons a blur of bouncing tubas and trumpets sprinted aroundthe athletic field track at El Rancho High School on a hot afternoon. "I have to build up their ...
NASA's Impact promises fireworks
Jul 02, 2005; ... From Hawaii to Whittier, astronomy buffs are pointing telescopestoward the heavens in hopes of catching a glimpse of NASA's own first-of-its-kind Fourth of July fireworks show. Enthusiasts are comparing the collision of the Deep Impact spaceprobe with the comet Tempel 1 expected to ...
Local woman down in dirt
Jul 02, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- On a recent visit to the Mojave River, JeanetteMcKenna led a group of Serrano Indians to a recently excavatedvillage. Then she melted into the background as the Native Americansperformed prayers in their language, held a moment of silence andblessed the site. An ...
Taiwanese plan large presence for parade
Jul 03, 2005; ... HACIENDA HEIGHTS -- A contingent of Taiwanese Americans areexpected to merge their culture Monday with America's trademarkholiday Independence Day. A record number of Taiwanese Americans more than 200 will weartheir colorful costumes and enter a float in the Fourth of JulyParade ...
Supervisor Knabe picks press deputy
Jul 05, 2005 ... LOS ANGELES -- Former journalist David Sommers has been appointedPress Deputy for the Fourth District by Supervisor Don Knabe. A graduate of California State University Sacramento, Sommers isbest known for becoming one of the youngest journalists in the nationto ever be held in ...
What a view!
Jul 03, 2005 ... Three generations of the Sale family take the Whittier Daily Newson a cruise to view the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska. The threegenerations are granddaughter Tanya Buchanan of Covina, Florence Saleof Escondido and Sale's daughter, Tana Aguilera of Pico Rivera. You can view vacation ...
DAILY 3
Jul 03, 2005 ... Afternoon: 6, 7, 02; Evening: 8, 7, 1. FANTASY 5 1, 7, 21, 23 and 26. DAILY DERBY 1st Place: 5,California Classic; 2nd Place: 3, Hot Shot; 3rd Place: 10, SolidGold. Race time: 1:41.52. SUPERLOTTO The winning numbers drawn Saturday night ...
La Habra picks spot for new fire station
Jul 05, 2005; ... LA MIRADA -- La Habra and Los Angeles County have identified aproperty both would like for the site of a fourth fire station in LaHabra. The only problem is that it's in La Mirada and the owner doesn'twant to sell. So La Habra officials have persuaded La Mirada officials to ...
Lowell schools to charge for buses
Jul 05, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- Beginning this fall, parents in the 3,200-studentLowell Joint School District will have to pay for for bustransportation to and from school for their children. With bus transportation costing the district as much as $250,000 ayear, officials say they had few other ...
Villaraigosa touts public education
Jul 04, 2005; ... Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Sunday said Los Angeles is the "newEllis Island," and that a strong public-education system is key tosuccess for immigrants' children. Los Angeles is an immigration hub, the new mayor said, and "thecity of America's hopes and dreams." "Make no ...
In eminent domain cross-hairs
Jul 04, 2005; ... MONROVIA -- When Bernard Buller bought an old gas station inMonrovia 22 years ago, the corner lot facing railroad tracks and acemetery must have seemed like the last place anyone would want toput houses. But Monrovia has changed. Now, with a decades-long city agenda toupgrade ...
Community center getting ready
Jul 04, 2005; ... PICO RIVERA -- The Ovalle family has been waiting for nearly 20years for a new community center to be built at Rio Hondo Park. In 1987, the Whittier Narrows Earthquake heavily damaged thepark's former gymnasium. Last month, the family finally saw work completed on the Rio ...
District names interim superintendent
Jul 03, 2005; ... WEST WHITTIER -- Lillian Maldonado-French, director ofinstructional services at the Los Nietos School District, has beennamed interim superintendent while a replacement is being sought foroutgoing Superintendent Florentino Noriega. Noriega is scheduled to retire for personal ...
Enrollment network to lessen class-swapping
Jul 04, 2005; ... LA MIRADA -- Josie Salazar still remembers when her daughterAshley was in a kindergarten/first-grade combination class, then afirst-grade-only class, and then a first-grade/second-grade class. And it was all in the same year. While Ashley had the same teacher and was not ...
Bold : Jewel of a cruise
Jul 05, 2005 ... Bud Chapman of La Habra Heights takes the Whittier Daily News onthe cruise ship Jewel of the Seas with Sam and Lilly Ikemoto, Nancyand Fred Winen, Sandy Champman, Nancy Lepman and Craig Carter. Theship was in the Port of St. Petersburg, Russia. You can view vacationphotos online at ...
For sale: Americana on wheels
Jul 03, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- The last of the city's fleet of quaint red and bluetrolleys is up for sale. The City Council on Tuesday approved selling Trolley 1898, whichhad been used less and less in recent years as the costs ofmaintaining and insuring it continued to rise. The trolleys were ...
'It was better before they came'
Jul 03, 2005; ... BALDWIN PARK -- Before demonstrators started to file in on RamonaBoulevard to either support or condemn Danza Indigenas, the monumentthat stands at the Metrolink station, one group of residents vowed tokeep their demonstration peaceful. They didn't scream. They didn't wave around ...
Theologians say aliens possible
Jul 03, 2005; ... God only knows if there is life on other planets. "War of the Worlds," which opened in movie theaters last week, issure to stir meta-planetary curiosities among more than just UFOspotters and "X-Files" fanatics. Many Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders say the revelation ...
Police stay busy tracking down illegal fireworks
Jul 05, 2005; ... SANTA FE SPRINGS Whittier police were out in force Monday night in search ofillegal fireworks and the people who set them off. But finding them isn't easy. "Sometimes you'll see it, drive around the corner and nobody'sthere,' said Sgt. Terry McAllister of the Whittier ...
Identity thieves prey on your mail
Jul 04, 2005; ... Months after moving from Santa Monica to New York City, a 32-year-old woman received a letter from a credit card company thanking herfor being such a good customer. One problem: She never had an account with that company. Kris, who asked that her last name not be used, soon ...
W. Covina Historical Society is given a permanent home
Jul 05, 2005; ... WEST COVINA -- Brushing off a decade of dust, the HistoricalSociety of West Covina will soon debut its shiny new home. President Miriam Tennant and her husband, Dr. Forrest Tennant,former mayor of West Covina, have donated a storefront at 336 S.Glendora Ave. to the Historical ...
Firefighters save man from burning building
Jul 05, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- Firefighters Monday rescued a 69-year-old Whittier manwho was trapped by fire in his two-story apartment. Manuel Espinoza was leaning out the window of his apartment in the13700 block of via del Palma and crying for help when Los AngelesCounty firefighters August ...
Walkway planned over Metrolink tracks
Jul 04, 2005; ... COVINA -- Brittney MCcullin will no longer have to feel unsafewhenever she crosses the tracks on Citrus Avenue to ride theMetrolink train. "It takes me awhile to get across," said the frequent Metrolinkrider and 19-year-old Covina resident. "I don't like stepping on thetracks ....
Extreme makeover
Jul 05, 2005; ... PICO RIVERA -- Leading the way for a visitor, Juan Beltrannavigated his wheelchair over electrical cords crisscrossing ahallway in his Pico Rivera home, past the plastic-covered furniturein his living room and into his gutted bathroom. While his Elmont Avenue home looks like a ...
New Urbanism blends church, community
Jul 04, 2005; ... Eric Jacobsen speaks passionately about street setbacks, housingdensity and mixed-use development, but he's not an architect or adeveloper. He's an ordained Presbyterian minister who believes city planningcan play a key role in religious life. Jacobsen is an advocate of New ...
Villaraigosa sworn in as L.A. mayor with promises to unite diverse city
Jul 02, 2005; ... LOS ANGELES -- Calling on Los Angeles to renew its dreams and workwith him to meet the challenges of making the streets safer, theschools better and the air cleaner, Antonio Ramo Villaraigosa wassworn in Friday a s the city's 41st mayor and the first Latino mayorsince 1872. With ...
Hispanic Caucus requests role in Supreme Court nod
Jul 02, 2005; ... Although the U.S. House of Representatives does not have a voicein Supreme Court nominations, local congressional Latinos are askingfor a role in the appointment of the next justice. "I hope the president will accept the offer made by theCongressional Hispanic Caucus yesterday to ...
Whittier inmate found dead in county jail
Jul 02, 2005 ... DEVORE -- A Whittier man died after hanging himself on a kitchenrack while in custody of the San Bernardino County Sheriff'sDepartment, according to a statement from the department. Rosendo Torres, 41, had been working on the jail's cooking crewwhen he was found Wednesday hanging ...
Organized fireworks on 4th of July
Jul 02, 2005 ... Fire officials say attending an organized fireworks show is stillthe best way to enjoy fireworks on the Fourth of July. Below is alist of local shows: Pico Rivera - Date: Monday - Time: Gates open at 8 p.m. Fireworks show starts at 9 p.m. - Place: El Rancho High ...
Ready for polo, anyone?
Jul 03, 2005; ... PICO RIVERA -- Ten years ago, while helping a friend out at alocal stable, real estate appraiser Denny D. Shen ran into a man withan Argentinean accent and an easy smile. The two started talking, and the man asked Shen what seemed like astrange question, considering the pair had ...
Choralaires attend Barbershop convention
Jul 02, 2005 ... Members of the Choralaires Barbershop Chorus will attend theInternational Barbershop Singing Convention and Contests in Salt LakeCity from Sunday through July 10. Planning to attend are local President Floyd Thaller of Duarte,Musical Director Stan Sharpe and Show Director Jim Ilten ...
Historical Society seeking volunteers
Jul 04, 2005 ... WHITTIER -- Volunteer docents are sought by the WhittierHistorical Society for sharing Whittier's history with visitors atWhittier Museum and the Bailey House. Docents work three-hour shifts and are well trained in order tofeel confident and comfortable when providing ...
Miller shuns bid on Unocal
Jul 02, 2005 ... Editor's note: It's Politics reports Saturdays on the ins and outsof Whittier-area politics and city government. Whittier-area Rep. Gary Miller has joined 40 other congressionalmembers asking Treasury Secretary John Snow to block a Chinese oilcompany's bid to buy California- based ...
World awaits NASA's comet experiment
Jul 03, 2005; ... LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -- A group of nervous engineers andscientists at Jet Propulsion Laboratory will gaze into the heavenstonight hoping to view a celestial fireworks show they helped producesome 83 million miles away. In a first-of-its-kind attempt, part of NASA's $333 million ...
Bands to be denied credits
Jul 03, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- They spend a minimum of one hour a day practicingprecisely choreographed routines, plus dozens more honing their moveson weekends and performing them at sporting events throughout theyear. Being in a high school marching band is no walk in the park, saysLa Serna High ...
Anniversary celebration set at women's center
Jul 04, 2005 ... MONTEBELLO -- Beverly Hospital's Women's Care Center is invitingthe public to its first anniversary celebration from 11 a.m. to 3p.m. Friday. The Women's Care Center is at 1920 West Whittier Blvd.(two blocks east of Wilcox Avenue) in Montebello. The celebration will include free ...
City's Personnel Board has vacancy to fill
Jul 03, 2005 ... WHITTIER -- The Whittier City Council is now acceptingapplications to fill one vacancy on the Personnel Board. This board is responsible for personnel administration, personnelrules and regulations and certain civil service procedures. All registered voters in the city of ...
Most decorated female WWII veteran dies
Jul 02, 2005; ... Lillian Keil, the most-decorated woman in U.S. military history,has died at the age of 88. Keil, a longtime resident, was a flight nurse for the U.S. ArmyAir Corps, now the U.S. Air Force, during World War II and the KoreanWar. She died Thursday of cancer. "She was always ...
Angeles Forest is open for 4th
Jul 02, 2005 ... ARCADIA - Most roads, campgrounds and other recreationalfacilities in the Angeles National Forest will be open this holidayweekend, but visitors should check before going, a forest serviceofficial said Friday. Not all roads have been restored to their original condition ...
Covina lands $500,000 for Metrolink station
Jul 06, 2005; ... COVINA -- Rep. Hilda L. Solis presented the city of Covina with a$500,000 check on Tuesday for its plan to improve commuter andpedestrian safety around the Metrolink Station. Covina city officials, Metrolink representatives, and the publicwere at a news conference at the Metrolink ...
Whittier man grateful for rescue from blaze
Jul 06, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- Manuel Espinoza isn't likely to forget this year'sJuly Fourth holiday. Espinoza, 69, of Whittier, at about 11:30 a.m. was in a bathroomsorting clothes to be washed. He heard a commotion. His two-story apartment was on fire. Smoke and heat were comingfrom behind ...
Lowell Joint superintendent to step down
Jul 06, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- Lowell Joint School District officials say they have"mutually' parted ways with Superintendent Joe Gillentine and arebringing back retired Superintendent Ronald Randolph to lead thedistrict for a self-imposed annual salary of $1. School board President Cathleen Greer ...
Beauty's only thread deep
Jul 06, 2005; ... It used to be that wax was used to remove unwanted hair on women,especially on the face. Now some women are taking advantage of an ancient technique inwhich cotton thread is twisted along the skin surface to removefacial hair by its follicle. What threading offers is no ...
Catching murderers with the Web
Jul 06, 2005; ... MONTEREY PARK -- The county dubbed the murder capital of Americahas developed the first comprehensive Web site in the nation wherepeople can review homicides and offer tips to law enforcement,Sheriff Lee Baca said Tuesday. "It's not good enough to just say call the police ...
Holiday animal rescues remain high
Jul 06, 2005; ... After searching every cage for her dog, Kia, Leann Salcido of PicoRivera walked out of the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority(SEAACA) in Downey Tuesday unlucky and distraught. Wiping away tears, Salcido said Kia, a female black Lab, ran awayon the Fourth of July ...
Students flock to trendy Web site community
Jul 05, 2005; ... WHITTIER -- First there was the printing press, then thetelephone. Next came the Internet and with it, e-mail. Each innovation changed the way people communicated for years tocome. And now, college students have found yet another way tocommunicate with friends, family and total ...
Fireworks citations take slight dip from last year
Jul 06, 2005; ... The use of fireworks on Independence Day, especially illegalfirecrackers and bottle rockets, continued to be a problem for policeand firefighters in the Whittier area, city and law enforcementofficials reported Tuesday. While citations were down in Santa Fe Springs from 2004, ...
YOU CAN HELP
Jul 05, 2005 ... Homes for Our Troops needs donations. To help, go to the group'sWeb site: ...
Bermudez comes to the aid of hair threaders
Jul 05, 2005 ... Last year, state Assemblyman Rudy Bermudez, D-Norwalk came to therescue of hair threaders with a law that exempted threading from thepurview of the state Barbering and Cosmetology Board. This year Bermudez has legislation exempting the incidentaltrimming of eyebrows. AB 163 is ...
Comet's gas, dust could spew for weeks
Jul 05, 2005; ... LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -- As a result of Deep Impact's picture-perfect performance Sunday night, scientists at Jet PropulsionLaboratory have begun the tricky work of unlocking secrets the cometTempel 1 has harbored about the early solar system for billions ofyears. Mission ...