Whittier Daily News back issues from April 2007:
Housing development to be built on historic ground
Apr 01, 2007; ... SAN DIMAS - The former site of a citrus grove and a luxuriousranch house where vodka flowed freely at dinner parties could soonsprout single-family homes. The lot lines for an 18-home development on a historic knoll wheredevelopers have been trying to build for years were approved ...
Students to receive laptop computers
Apr 01, 2007; ... The Hacienda La Puente Unified School District will spend $1million to give new Dell laptop computers to 1,900 students toprepare them for a technology-dependent world. Those in fifth, seventh and ninth grades will be expected to writepapers, perform research and complete in-class ...
Faire enough
Apr 01, 2007 ... -- Photo Gallery: Renaissance Faire Performers rehearse Sunday for Saturday's opening of the 45thannual Renaissance Pleasure Faire and Artisans Market. The event is at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, 15501 E. ArrowHighway, Irwindale and runs 10a.m. to 7 p.m. seven weekends ...
Pasadena considers plans for marathon
Apr 01, 2007; ... PASADENA - Plans to stage a Pasadena Marathon and Bike Tour nextyear are inching along, with organizers confident they have thecommunity support and potential financial backing to pull it off. "We've been overwhelmed that so many organizations and individualshave come to the ...
Virtually learning life s lessons
Apr 01, 2007; ... PASADENA - It's a typical Friday afternoon in Whyville. Thebeaches are packed with preteens anxiously planning their weekendsand snickering about the opposite sex. Gaggles of middle schoolers are filling up the local mall, wherethey part with hard-earned cash to purchase sparkly ...
Around Whittier
Apr 01, 2007 ... WHITTIER - The Los Angeles County Department of Parks andRecreation is offering indoor tennis lessons from 4 to 6 p.m. Mondaysat Adventure County Park, 10130 S. Gunn Ave. The lessons are open to children ages 6 to 12 of any experiencelevel. Fees are $48 for eight ...
MARCH WITH A TWIST
Apr 01, 2007 ... Anti-war activists used humor to deliver their serious messageduring their "Make Fun Not War, April Fools For Christ" march Sundayin Pasadena. Organizers have held an annual Palm Sunday parade for peace forthe past four years. This year, since Palm Sunday fell on April 1,they ...
Freeway fever
Apr 01, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES It happened in New York with the Mets and theYankees. It happened in the Bay Area with the Giants and the A's.Could it happen in Southern California? Could the Angels and Dodgers play each other in the World Series,a Freeway World Series, and could it happen this ...
Aging skaters reunite, raise money
Apr 01, 2007; ... LA MIRADA - Speed skating is probably not a sport people wouldtypically associate with Southern California. But a dozen or so aging former champions of the sport have metannually for 18 years in La Mirada for a golf tournament to raisemoney for their De Morra Speed Skating Club - ...
Income gap in L.A. is growing
Apr 01, 2007; ... On one hand, Francisco Martinez and Paige Rodriguez aren't sodifferent. They both live in the San Fernando Valley. They're both around 30.They both work with cars. But the similarity ends there. Rodriguez customizes high-end automobiles and sells them ...
Local trio among CIF ranked
Apr 02, 2007 ... 2:30 p.m. La Serna High School heads a group of three localschools listed among this week's CIF Southern Section softballrankings. La Serna is No. 4 in Division III. Cantwell Sacred Heart of ...
Trial date set for man in toddler s death
Apr 02, 2007; ... PASADENA - A man who allegedly kicked his 2-year-old niece in theabdomen that it severed her intestine, causing her to die, isscheduled to go to trial July 11, a judge said Monday. Armando Abundis Sr., 34, of Alhambra is charged with murder, childabuse and assault on a child ...
Young fire victim released from hospital
Apr 02, 2007; ... WEST COVINA - Nearly a month after a fire destroyed most of theirhome, the Alcazar family celebrated a small miracle Saturday. Danielle Alcazar, 5, who suffered second- and third-degree burnson her hands and feet, was released from Los Angeles County-USCMedical Center over the ...
Stables saga sees end of the trail
Apr 02, 2007; ... PICO RIVERA - Months after city leaders shut down the Pico RiveraStables, officials have auctioned off all the equestrian equipment atthe site. The auction brought the city about $6,000 - and marked the end ofthe trail for the 30-year-old former stables, city spokesman ...
Fashion forward
Apr 02, 2007; ... -- Photo Gallery: Santa Fe Fashion Show -- Video: Santa Fe Fashion Show SANTA FE SPRINGS - Santa Fe High School art teacher JessicaDurrant-Guiragossian has always believed that a little fashion canbring out the best in a student. It was a lesson she learned as a high ...
Statue of Lidle planned for park
Apr 02, 2007; ... WEST COVINA - A Texas artist known for his sculptures of rodeoimages and historical figures plans to build an 8-foot bronze statueof Cory Lidle that will be installed in the city by fall. The City Council will vote on the design today at its meeting. Thestatue, when complete, will ...
New mayor holds no grudges
Apr 02, 2007; ... TEMPLE CITY - Newly elected Temple City Mayor Judy Wong, passedover for the same post last year, said she feels no bitterness towardher council colleagues for their past action - or that at least herrecent selection makes up for the slight. "It's very exciting," she said. "I have ...
Sounds of youth
Apr 02, 2007; ... SOUTH PASADENA - Sara Nemiro first heard the sound of a violin ona car radio and instantly knew she had to play. But her mother said she would have to wait until she was older. So she started at 4. Nemiro is now one of 37 pint-size performers who perform with ...
Around Whittier
Apr 02, 2007 ... MONTEBELLO - Friends of the Library will hold a book sale from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13 and 14 at the Montebello Library, 1550Beverly Blvd. For more information, call (323) 722-7292. 'Arena' display opens at Centre PICO RIVERA - Boxers, bullfighters and Mexican ...
Orozco receives death penalty
Apr 03, 2007; ... NORWALK - Life or death? That decision for convicted killer Jose Luis Orozco was put to ajury of seven men and five women Monday. The same jury took about four hours before finding the 29-year-old Hawaiian Gardens gang member guilty in the ambush murder of LosAngeles County ...
Glendora's traditional farmers market unlikely to crop up this year
Apr 03, 2007; ... GLENDORA - After a few on-again, off-again years, the city couldgo without a farmers market this year. No one has agreed to run a market in Glendora this summer, andwith only a few weeks to go before a market would have opened, MayorKen Herman is scrambling to find someone ....
Pot busts in month net huge supply
Apr 03, 2007; ... POMONA - One month, five major busts and tons of marijuana worthmore than $36million. The amount of marijuana seized by law enforcement in Los Angelesand San Bernardino counties since March 7 is impressive. But will the busts that began with the discovery of three tons ...
Panel to weigh snack bar use
Apr 03, 2007; ... LA PUENTE - City officials created a committee that will look athow a city-owned snack bar is used after the mayor questioned anarrangement between two sports groups.The committee, established by the City Council last week, willdiscuss whether a policy should be created to ...
Trees make the garden
Apr 03, 2007; ... PASADENA - The courtyard garden at the Pacific Asia Museum got twonew residents Tuesday morning - a Japanese black pine and a bonsaijuniper.As part of the renovation of the garden, master nurseryman YokouKitajima planted the trees on the edge of the courtyard's small ...
Around Whittier
Apr 03, 2007 ... WHITTIER - A 14-year-old boy was run over by a vehicle in Whittieron Tuesday and trapped underneath for a time, leaving him with majorinjuries, authorities said. County firefighters were sent to the 13800 block of East WhittierBoulevard about 2 p.m. The boy was trapped ...
Former O.C. assistant sheriff serving time in Montebello jail
Apr 03, 2007; ... MONTEBELLO - A former Orange County lawman this week began servinga one-year sentence in the city's tiny jail after being convicted ontwo felony counts. George Jaramillo, 46, a former Orange County assistant sheriff,turned himself in over the weekend. He pleaded no contest ...
Sheriff's program targets youths
Apr 03, 2007; ... PICO RIVERA - Sheriff's officials in Pico Rivera are counting on apilot program that debuted Tuesday to rescue youngsters teetering onthe edge of falling in with gangs and drug users. Pico Rivera Individual Development in Ethics - PRIDE - targetsmiddle school students who are not ...
Orozco receives death penalty
Apr 03, 2007; ... NORWALK - A convicted cop killer laughed Tuesday after hearing ajury's ruling that he be put to death. Jose Luis Orozco showed almost no emotion throughout the three-week trial in which he was convicted for the 2005 murder of LosAngeles County sheriff's Deputy Jerry Ortiz of ...
New mammogram study stirs debate
Apr 03, 2007; ... WHITTIER - A new guideline by the American College of Physiciansthat discourages annual mammograms for all women in their 40s coulddo more harm than good when it comes to women's health, local healthcare officials said Tuesday. Tossing aside conventional advice, the American ...
3 killed in crash on Colima Rd.
Apr 03, 2007; ... WHITTIER - Three young people were killed and two were injuredTuesday when their vehicle hit a tree on Colima Road in Whittier,ripping their car in half. The crash occurred at 6:55 p.m. on southbound Colima Road, justnorth of Mar Vista Street, said Whittier police Officer ...
New fire radios, supplies unveiled
Apr 04, 2007; ... WEST COVINA - The Fire Department has a new radio system that willallow it to communicate with the police department and other cities. The radios, which can broadcast on several frequencies, were paidfor with a $495,000 federal grant that also provided with a trailerfull of ...
Group calls for recall of mayor
Apr 04, 2007; ... PICO RIVERA - For the second time in eight months, Mayor RonBeilke has been served with papers notifying him that he is thetarget of an attempted recall. Beilke was served the notice by Raul Murga, who heads Pico RiveraCommunity for Truth in Politics - C-TIP - before Tuesday ...
Council OKs Rubio Village
Apr 04, 2007; ... SAN GABRIEL - The City Council approved a mixed-use developmentproject planned for the southwest corner of San Gabriel Boulevard andLive Oak Avenue on Tuesday night. Council members voted unanimously to approve the EnvironmentalImpact Report and zone change for the four-story ...
City seeks parking report before approving mall
Apr 04, 2007; ... ARCADIA - City Council members want Westfield to show them theparking. After strongly criticizing the mall owner, council members lateTuesday night attached one more condition before it would approveconstruction of a proposed expansion dubbed The Promenade. "When they ...
Around Whittier
Apr 04, 2007 ... ROSEMEAD - A man riding a motorcycle was killed Wednesday in anaccident involving a car on the westbound Pomona (60) Freeway in theWhittier Narrows Recreation Area, prompting the closure of westboundlanes, authorities said. The accident occurred on the 60 Freeway at Rosemead ...
Pasadena homeless count drops for 3rd straight year
Apr 04, 2007; ... PASADENA - The city's adult homeless population has decreased forthe third year in a row, according to a preliminary report by theInstitute for Urban Research and Development. Pasadena's annual count in January showed 969 homeless - 722adults and 214 children - down from 1,165 in ...
Police probe man's slaying
Apr 04, 2007; ... BALDWIN PARK - Joe Hinojos of Baldwin Park and a friend drove to alocal Burger King to get something to eat March 28 when aconfrontation with a pedestrian turned deadly. The man followed their Honda Civic from the parking lot to nearbyTracy Street and shot several times at the ...
Ex-students plan show to honor teacher
Apr 04, 2007; ... WHITTIER - As Whittier High School students in the early 1960s,Lorne Perterson and Don Strout enjoyed a friendly rivalry over whowas the campus' top artist, often entering art competitions organizedby their teacher, Yoshio Nakamura. Eventually, Peterson went on to create the ...
3 killed, 2 injured when car hits tree on Colima Road
Apr 04, 2007; ... -- Photo Gallery: Friends mourn crash victims WHITTIER - Police said Wednesday they were still trying todetermine whether drugs or alcohol played any role in a single-caraccident that killed three teens and injured two others Tuesdaynight. Police said the 2006 Toyota Scion ...
Bush encourages soldiers at Fort Irwin
Apr 04, 2007; ... FORT IRWIN - President Bush said thank you Wednesday to themilitary and their families for their sacrifices during a time whenthe "American people are weary of this war." The president spoke to several hundred soldiers and their familymembers during a lunch at the U.S. Army's ...
New Lancer coach building staff
Apr 05, 2007 ... 2:00 p.m. At least five assistants from former La Serna HighSchool football coach Ken LaVigne's staff will be retained by newhead coach Margarito Beltran. Two positions, perhaps three, are stillopen, according to Beltran. Patrick Winchell, who played for Santa FeHigh School, will be in ...
Court says EPA can rule on gases
Apr 02, 2007; ... Monday's landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on global warmingincreases the chances that a new generation of fuel-efficient carscould begin hitting the roads as soon as next year. In a 5-4 ruling, the court - taking up global warming for thefirst time - declared that the federal ...
Teachers, district hit pay talks roadblock
Apr 02, 2007; ... WHITTIER - Lowell Joint School District officials have declared animpasse in salary talks with teachers, a move that triggers theappointment of a state mediator to help resolve sticking points in aproposed three-year contract. The main obstacle is over pay raises. Teachers, ...
Iconic roller rink reduced to rubble
Apr 02, 2007 ... Workers clear away rubble Monday from what is left of WhittierSkateland on Whittier Boulevard. Demolition work began at the the iconic 51-year-old roller rinkthat fell victim to air pollution seeping into the rink from theformer Omega Chemical Corp., a hazardous waste site next ...
Narramore named in Montebello
Apr 02, 2007; ... MONTEBELLO - City Council members have hired former longtimeHuntington Park police Chief Randy E. Narramore to take over as newinterim city administrator while they continue to search for apermanent replacement. Two days after being publicly named as the council's choice in ...
Jury ponders Orozco s fate
Apr 02, 2007; ... NORWALK - Life or death? That decision for convicted killer Jose Luis Orozco was put to ajury of seven men and five women Monday. The same jury took about four hours before finding the 29-year-old Hawaiian Gardens gang member guilty in the ambush murder of LosAngeles County ...
St. Paul baseball tournament set
Apr 04, 2007 ... 1:20 p.m. Three area teams will be among 20 entries in the annualSt. Paul High School Easter Baseball Tournament that will begin withgames Friday and run through Wednesday. Cantwell, Whittier and St. Paul have first-round byes and willplay Saturday. St. Paul opens against ...
Three people die in car accident
Apr 03, 2007 ... WHITTIER - Three people were killed Tuesday night in a single-caraccident in Whittier, police said. The crash occurred about 7 p.m. on Colima Road, north of Mar VistaStreet, said Whittier police Officer Diana Salazar. The driversurvived, was ...
Council selects Leon as treasurer
Apr 05, 2007; ... MONTEREY PARK - The City Council has unanimously approved JosephLeon, who was called a "breath of fresh air," as the new citytreasurer. The position became open March 14, when longtime City TreasurerMitchell Ing was sworn in as a councilman after he was elected onMarch 6 ....
Around Whittier
Apr 05, 2007 ... SANTA FE SPRINGS - Storytellers Clabe Hangan and Ray de la Pazwill be featured at 7 p.m. today at the Santa Fe Springs Library,11700 Telegraph Road. Their appearance is part of the library's FirstFriday series. Hangan and De la Paz will combine comedy and music to portray ...
Family comes together to raise money for MS research
Apr 05, 2007; ... WHITTIER - Fighting multiple sclerosis is a family affair forRebecca Moreno and her relatives. Moreno, 45, of Whittier has spent the past 11 years recruitingfamily members to volunteer for the National Multiple SclerosisSociety's annual MS Walk on April 14 at UC Irvine ....
District's plans to honor former principal run afoul of man's family
Apr 05, 2007; ... Plans to rename a multi-purpose room at Nelson Elementary Schoolfor a longtime principal continue, despite a stand-off between theman's family and school district officials.Mike Gomez served as the school's principal for 23 years. He diedin 2005 after being mauled by two dogs. ...
Court weighs mayor's LAUSD plan
Apr 02, 2007; ... LOS ANGELES - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's plan to assume partialcontrol of the Los Angeles school district came under close scrutinyMonday by members of a state appellate court panel who questioned itsimpact on voters' rights and asked whether sufficient alternativeshad been explored ....
Asians protest worker program
Apr 04, 2007; ... Asian-American leaders blasted President George W. Bush's newestimmigration reform plan Wednesday, accusing the White House oftearing families apart with a guest-worker program that prohibitsforeigners from bringing family to the U.S. The outcry is part of a mobilization of ...
Earthquake preparedness message comes to farmers market
Apr 06, 2007 ... WHIITTIER - Los Angeles County Department of Public Healthofficials were at the Whittier Farmers Market on Greenleaf Avenue inUptown this morning, as part of the agency's "Just Be Ready: PrepareTogether" public education program designed to encourage Los ...
Stopping child abuse is their goal
Apr 05, 2007; ... WHITTIER - Raising awareness of child abuse is among the thingsIntercommunity Child Guidance Center officials hope to achievethrough their first annual child abuse prevention campaign. All this month, which is National Child Abuse Prevention Month,officials want to focus public ...
Freeway widening project kicks off
Apr 05, 2007; ... NORWALK - With the freeway din of big rigs and cars rumbling inthe background, local and federal officials gathered Thursday to kickoff a $1.2 billion project to widen the Santa Ana (5) Freeway eightmiles from Buena Park to the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in SantaFe Springs ....
20 homes face demolition to clear road for expansion
Apr 05, 2007; ... NORWALK - There are only two places Daniel Rojas calls home. The first was his parents' house on Dinard Avenue, where he liveduntil he was 22. The second is the Gracebee Avenue house down thestreet from his parents, where he now lives with his 10-year-old son. Both homes are ...
State vote on Iraq withdrawal eyed
Apr 05, 2007; ... BERKELEY - California will vote Feb. 5 on whether to urgePresident Bush to begin an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops fromIraq, if state Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata has his way. Perata, D-Oakland, announced Thursday he plans to put such ameasure on the presidential ...
2007 a record year for UC applicants
Apr 05, 2007; ... The University of California's top campuses this spring rejected arecord number of applicants, reflecting a nationwide trend that made2007 the most competitive year ever for students seeking slots atelite universities. Admissions officers say the reason for the cutthroat ...
Pediatric health center opens expanded facility
Apr 06, 2007; ... LA HABRA - Going to the doctor can be an uncomfortable situationfor almost everyone, no matter their age. But for children, the sterile environment of a doctor's office canbe downright scary. At the Friends of Children Health Center, however, the atmosphereis decidedly ...
Around Whittier
Apr 06, 2007 ... WHITTIER - A Whittier man who police said fell asleep at the wheeldrove his car up a sidewalk Friday and crashed into a brick wall onGreenleaf Avenue, near Banco Popular. Marcel Choiselat, 26, and his two children - a 6-year-old girl andan 8-month-old boy - were not injured, ...
Quake readiness, good health habits stressed
Apr 06, 2007; ... WHITTIER - Celia Infante experienced her first earthquake when shewas just a toddler. Since then, the 75-year-old Montebello resident has lived throughseveral of California's biggest quakes, including the WhittierNarrows Earthquake that struck Oct. 1, 1987, and demolished much ...
City, store to discuss day-laborer facility
Apr 06, 2007; ... BALDWIN PARK - The city plans to meet with Home Depot within thenext two weeks to discuss building a day labor center in its parkinglot. Some Baldwin Park officials said they want a center built toprotect residents from being solicited while shopping and to makesure laborers can ...
Convicted hitman gets life without parole
Apr 05, 2007; ... LONG BEACH - A Ventura County man was sentenced Thursday to lifein prison without the possibility of parole for killing a Long Beachwoman in a murder-for-hire plot in which her estranged husband andanother man are still awaiting trial. Nicholas Alexander Harvey, now 25, was ...