Whittier Daily News back issues from September 2008:
Crime exhibit at Whittier museum
Sep 01, 2008 ... WHITTIER - The Whittier Historical Society & Museum will open its"Scene of the Crime - Whittier" exhibit at 2p.m. Sunday at themuseum, 6755 Newlin Ave. The afternoon will begin with a showing of ...
The Guess Who at Stargaze 2008
Sep 01, 2008 ... SANTA FE SPRINGS - The city of Santa Fe Springs will presentStargaze 2008 at 8 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Town Center Plaza, 11740Telegraph Road. Eddie Money and ...
Rabbi's conducts services in Hebrew, Spanish at Temple Beth Shalom
Sep 01, 2008; ... WHITTIER - One would expect to hear Hebrew mixed with Englishduring local Jewish services. But Spanish? For those attending Beth Shalom of Whittier, 14564 Hawes St.,it's not unusual. Rabbi Aaron Katz, 55, conducts services sprinkling Hebrew andSpanish into the ...
Frank Girardot: Trust is now a rare commodity
Sep 01, 2008 ... Who can you trust anymore? I'm making a list of those I can't trust that seems to keepgrowing every time I open a newspaper. For example, you can't trust the state government. Look the mess we have in Sacramento. The governor wants to raisethe sales tax. The ...
Travel pact to bring surge in Chinese tourists
Sep 01, 2008; ... A new travel agreement with China could lead to 6 million Chinesetourists visiting the Los Angeles area during the next 10 years, andexperts say the San Gabriel Valley will be ground zero for theexploding leisure-travel industry. Chinese travelers are expected to spend about $3.6 ...
New school year, same traffic safety issues
Sep 02, 2008; ... Every year about this time thousands of students either dread thebeginning of the new school year or are overwhelmed withanticipation. Every student will face some type of challenge(s) with thecommencement of classes. School administrators and teachers facechallenges as well as ...
Digit-al pieces of art
Sep 02, 2008 ... Liz Carillo, 11, right, and Sarah Duran, 11, second from right,indulge in fingerpainting along with other children Aug. 27 duringart class at the Montebello Summer ...
Crime and Public Safety 9-03-2008
Sep 02, 2008 ... Drive-by shooting in La Mirada LA MIRADA - A shooter opened fire on a man from inside a passingcar Sunday, but no one was injured, officials said. The incident occurred shortly before 10 p.m. in the 13000 blockof Wilfrey Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Jenny Ha said ....
Racing legend, entrepreneur Justice dies
Sep 02, 2008; ... ARCADIA - Ed Justice Sr., the racing legend and entrepreneur whohad a contagious smile, died Saturday of complications due to kidneyfailure. He was 87. With his two brothers, Justice created a car-care product empire,Duarte-based Justice Brothers Inc. He had a passion for all ...
Trash pact fight builds
Sep 02, 2008; ... MONTEBELLO - Athens Services has threatened to sue the city ifMontebello's voters get the chance to revoke the company's trash-hauling contract, officials said Tuesday. A political fight broke out after the City Council in Julyawarded Athens Services an exclusive, 15-year contract ...
Governor's veto threat puts bills in limbo
Sep 02, 2008; ... Local legislators have passed their desired legislation for the2007-08 session, but the bills are now stuck in limbo as Gov.Schwarzenegger has threatened to veto bills unless a budget ispassed. Local Democrats and Republicans said that no budget compromise isforthcoming. The ...
L.A. County Fair to open Friday in Pomona
Sep 02, 2008; ... The festive fun that is the Los Angeles County Fair starts Fridayand continues through Sept. 28 at Fairplex in Pomona. It's an event that always captures the imagination with new andexciting gadgets, shows, displays and edibles while offering goodold-fashioned Fair favorites ....
Panels pass on television
Sep 02, 2008; ... WHITTIER - Most city commissions are saying thanks, but no thanksto a proposal to televise their meetings. Only members of the Design Review Board have said yes to theproposal from Mayor Joe Vinatieri to put one more commission on livetelevision. City Council and Planning ...
Rockefeller Saga: Rockefeller to be arraigned today in child abduction
Sep 02, 2008; ... Clark Rockefeller aka Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter facesarraignment in a Boston court this morning on various charges ofchild abduction and assault, officials said. Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives say Rockefeller,47, is a person of interest in a 23-year-old San ...
Man's death still a mystery
Sep 02, 2008; ... PICO RIVERA - Authorities still aren't sure who or what killed aman whose body was found in a makeshift shelter in the riverbed. The Department of Coroner will conduct an autopsy possibly todayto find out how John Doe No. 167 died. The incident was reported as an accident or ...
Frank Girardot: Search for bones was likely futile
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Students head for class
Sep 03, 2008; ... -- Photo Gallery: Edwards Middle School first day WEST WHITTIER - There were no regrets for a summer slipped awayfor Edwards Middle School seventh-grader Oscar Nieto, one of nearly35,000 local students who headed back to class Wednesday for thestart of the 2008-09 school year ....
Around Whittier
Sep 03, 2008 ... 'Rendition' to be shown tonight WHITTIER - The Whittier Area Peace and Justice Coalition willpresent a free screening of the movie "Rendition" at 7 p.m. today atSt. Matthias Episcopal Church, 7056 Washington Ave. The movie dramatizes the practice of kidnapping people who ...
Erdman, former principal, dies
Sep 03, 2008; ... SANTA FE SPRINGS - Former Lake Center Middle School PrincipalLinda Erdman died Friday, about one year after being diagnosed witha malignant brain tumor, Little Lake City School District officialssaid Tuesday. Erdman, 61, had just begun her second year as principal at Lake ...
Speech gets high marks from local delegates
Sep 03, 2008; ... Local Republican delegates attending vice presidential candidateSarah Palin's speech said she needed to accomplish two things:answer her critics, and make the case for presidential candidateSen. John McCain. Palin attempted to do both in her speech, and in those ...
Judge denies bail to alleged bank robber
Sep 03, 2008; ... SANTA ANA - A federal judge denied bail Wednesday for a formerPasadena police officer accused of robbing two La Habra banks,agreeing with federal prosecutors that he posed a danger to thecommunity. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Batista argued Vincent Cantu,44, of Whittier ...
Board Ford facing lawsuit
Sep 03, 2008; ... -- PDF: Summary of the report WHITTIER - The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office hasfiled a consumer lawsuit alleging the now-closed Board Ford inflatedcustomers' income statements so they would qualify for loans. The dealership closed on Dec. 14. "We're ...
La Habra resident beats LeBron in game of HORSE(With Video)
Sep 03, 2008 ... -- Photo Gallery: H.O.R.S.E with LeBron James VENICE - Basketball player LeBron James of the ClevelandCavaliers could lead the U.S. to victory in the Beijing Olympics,but he couldn't beat La Habra resident David Kalb in a game of HORSEon Wednesday. Kalb, 26, won two of three ...
EIR calls NFL site best in Southland
Sep 03, 2008; ... -- PDF: Summary of the report An environmental impact report issued Wednesday calls anundeveloped 592-acre parcel near the junction of the 57 and 60freeways in Industry the best place in Southern California for aprofessional football stadium. The 800-page report was ...
Frank Girardot: Search for bones was likely futile
Sep 04, 2008 ... -- Special Section: San Marino Murder Mystery Trying to figure out what happened last week on Lorain Road inSan Marino during a search of a 23-year-old crime scene is a lotlike trying to read tea leaves. Interpreting the results is black magic at best, uninformedguesswork at ...
Around Whittier
Sep 04, 2008 ... Friday night fun at family bingo WHITTIER - Friday night is family bingo night at 6:30 every lastFriday of the month at the Posada Whittier, 8120 Painter Ave. The cost to play is $1 per person. There will be snacks, a doorprize and a $30 jackpot, and the community is welcome ...
Driver still in custody after death of boy, 11
Sep 04, 2008; ... AZUSA - A combination of spilled soda and crossing against a redlight may have lead to the death of an 11-year-old boy on his firstday of middle school. School officials on Thursday identified the boy, who was killedwhile riding his bicycle in a crosswalk near Foothill Middle ...
Bill seeks federal grants for school counselors
Sep 04, 2008; ... WHITTIER - Sometimes a good teacher isn't enough. That's therationale behind Rep. Linda Sanchez's legislation to increase thenumber of counselors, psychologists and social workers in schools. Sanchez, D-Lakewood, came to Whittier High School on Thursday toannounce her proposal to ...
Nothing beats a little kindness
Sep 04, 2008; ... Ask yourself this question, "Am I a kind person?" What is your answer? When was the last time you caught yourselfcommitting an act of kindness for another? When did the kindness of another person make a significant impacton you? What is kindness? Webster's Thesaurus ...
Clinic to get $2 million in upgrades
Sep 04, 2008; ... -- Photo Gallery: Animal care facility gets upgradeBALDWIN PARK - A busy animal clinic soon will get some much-needed upgrades. The Baldwin Park Animal Shelter, at 4275 N. Elton St. in BaldwinPark, will receive almost $2 million worth of improvements at itsclinic ....
Religion Briefs
Sep 04, 2008 ... Tuesday meeting on Proposition 8 WHITTIER - There will be a special meeting concerning Proposition8, which would restore the definition of marriage as being "theunion between one man and one woman" at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday at theZoe Christian Fellowship, 10252 Mills Ave ....
Pico Rivera officials differ on consultant expenditures
Sep 04, 2008; ... PICO RIVERA - City officials say they believe more than $50,000spent on a consultant to plan 50th anniversary events and to overseethe Parks and Recreation Department was well worth the money. One city councilman disagreed. Councilman Gregory Salcido saidanniversary activities and ...
Cities file suit to stop tunnel
Sep 04, 2008; ... Two local cities have filed lawsuits to stop a proposed tunnelextension of the 710 Freeway from receiving $780 million in funding. South Pasadena could have the tunnel dug under it, and La Ca adaFlintridge could see additional traffic from the project. The citiesfiled the suits ...
API, AYP results vary at area schools
Sep 04, 2008; ... -- Link: Search results by school, district or county Test scores from last spring show Whittier-area schools have muchto celebrate this year - but there's also much room for improvement,depending on whether they're being judged by federal or statestandards, figures showed ...
Author's niece inspires book
Sep 05, 2008; ... MONTEBELLO - Jozette Lucero took a family crisis and turned itinto something positive for herself and countless children. Inspired by her niece's near- death experience three years ago,Lucero, 25, of Montebello wrote a children's book, "Hailey and theCastle," which will be ...
Around Whittier
Sep 05, 2008 ... Body found near riverbed ID'd PICO RIVERA - Coroner's officials identified on Friday the manwhose body was found earlier this week in the San Gabriel riverbedas Mark Cody Smith.The 50-year-old transient had some blunt-force trauma to the headbut the cause of death hasn't ...
Museum takes look at crime
Sep 05, 2008; ... WHITTIER - City officials and residents against a prison or anyother type of security detention center at the closed Fred C. NellesYouth Correctional Facility may be surprised to know it was once abeacon of prosperity for Whittier. Don't believe it? The public can verify ...
It's Politics: GOP uses ex-auto seller site
Sep 05, 2008 ... Editor's note: It's Politics reports Saturdays on the ins andouts of Whittier-area politics and city government. The Whittier Chrysler Jeep Dodge facility has a new user, butit's only temporary. Whittier-area Republicans have rented the building, 13840Whittier Blvd., ...
Police still searching for kidnapping suspect
Sep 05, 2008; ... COVINA - Police continue to search for a man who beat a womanunconscious after a Labor Day weekend party, put her in the trunk ofher car and drove away. The woman sustained serious injuries when she escaped by jumpingfrom the trunk of the car near the intersection of the 57 and ...
Delegates satisfied with McCain
Sep 05, 2008; ... U.S. Sen. John McCain may not be as eloquent as his Democraticopponent Barack Obama, but his speech Thursday still made the keypoints, area delegates said after returning home Friday from St.Paul, Minn. And all thought the convention - which started slowly thanks toHurricane ...
Area prep teams kick off 2008 season
Sep 05, 2008 ... La Mirada High School players run onto the field before theirseason-opening game against Tesoro at La Mirada on Friday night. After watching many college teams open the season last week andthe NFL ...
Budget stalemate causes concern
Sep 05, 2008; ... WHITTIER - When California lawmakers missed the July 1 deadlineto pass a state budget, hardly anyone in public education wassurprised. The school year had just wrapped up, and after months of budgetbickering, most educators and administrators said they anticipated along summer ...
City of Hope recipient of Dodgers fundraiser
Sep 05, 2008 ... LOS ANGELES - The inaugural ThinkCure radiotelethon raised$166,485 to fund cancer research at City of Hope and ChildrensHospital Los Angeles. The announcement and check presentation tookplace Friday night at Dodger Stadium before the Dodgers' game withArizona. The fund-raiser, ...
Prayer Day funds decried; Church-state issue cited
Sep 05, 2008; ... PICO RIVERA - A National Day of Prayer celebration sponsored bythe city may have violated the separation of church and state,critics say. According to city records, Pico Rivera spent more than $8,400 tobook entertainment and rental equipment and to decorate and buy foodfor a ...
Memorial fund established for Solorio
Sep 05, 2008; ... AZUSA - A memorial fund has been set up for an 11-year-old boykilled in a bicycle accident on his first day of middle school. The account in Martin Solorio's name was created Thursday at Bankof America in Azusa to help with funeral expenses for the boy, whodied after he was hit by ...
Longtime Whittier chiropractor Vollers dies
Sep 06, 2008; ... Longtime Whittier chiropractor Johannes "John" Vollers, acommunity leader with significant historical family ties toWhittier, died in Texas on Aug. 30 after a long battle withleukemia. He was 55. About seven years ago, a routine blood test revealed that Vollershad milofibrosis ....
Around Whittier
Sep 06, 2008 ... Library will auction collectible books WHITTIER - The Friends of the Whittier Library will be auctioningcollectible books now through noon Sept. 26 at the Whittier PublicLibrary, 7344 S. Washington Ave. The books include: "France Will Live Again," 1942; "SpanishPioneers" by ...
Injury puts Montebello K-9 into retirement
Sep 06, 2008; ... MONTEBELLO - There's only one way to sum up a Police Departmentcareer that involved 1,100 searches, 400 drug busts and numerousapprehensions: "Dog tired." Ares, a Belgian Malinois working for the Montebello PoliceDepartment, has done all that, his handler said ....
Gilmartin was larger than life
Sep 06, 2008; ... Jim Gilmartin's fun, boisterous laugh could be heard all the waydown the street. But Aug. 29 that laugh was silenced. Gilmartin, a Los AngelesCounty sheriff's deputy, died from complications due to severalcancerous brain tumors. He was 44. Many friends and family say they ...
Firm has high hopes for new type of blimp
Sep 06, 2008; ... MONTEBELLO - Tucked in a warehouse along the Rio Hondo, one ofthe world's few blimp companies is building a bulbous-looking, super-light flying cruise ship that officials say could revolutionize airtravel. Called the Aeroscraft, the ship would be capable of flying 3,000miles at ...
FBI seeks 'Beret Bandit'
Sep 06, 2008; ... A skinny man with a penchant for dark glasses and the occasionalcap or beret is suspected of robbing five banks in three cities inless than a month. Dubbed the "Beret Bandit" by the FBI after he showed up at aWhittier bank wearing a tan beret, the lean robber likes to use anote ....
Transfers from closed schools going smoothly
Sep 06, 2008; ... PICO RIVERA - As the school year commences, nearly 1,300 studentsare beginning on an unfamiliar campus. News that four El Rancho Unified School District schools wouldclose this year at first caused concern for parents whose youngsterswould leave their campuses, but officials say ...
Local leaders impressed by speech
Sep 04, 2008; ... Local Republican leaders gave high points to Sen. John McCain'sacceptance speech, focusing on the agenda he laid out in hisremarks. McCain also spent a great deal of time discussing his personalexperiences, both as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and later inCongress ....
Truck loses brakes, smashes cars
Sep 05, 2008; ... -- Photo Gallery: Truck Crash LA CAADA FLINTRIDGE - A truck from Florida carrying a load ofonions lost its brakes on steep Angeles Crest Highway early Friday,but the driver managed to steer his rig into a parking lot of acafe, where it plowed into several parked cars. No one ...
City under budget for 50th anniversary
Sep 06, 2008; ... PICO RIVERA - City staffers say Pico Rivera is under budget forits 50th anniversary spending, and that donations from the communityare continuing to offset costs. While event expenditures and consultants' fees amount to morethan $200,000 (well over the city's $150,000 budget), ...
Nurse, missionary shares tales with young athletes
Sep 07, 2008; ... WHITTIER - Some of her former volleyball players may have gone onto achieve major professional success in the sport. But if there'sone thing La Serna High School coach Mollie Kavanagh wants her girlsto know, it's there is more to life than sports. "I think volleyball is a means to ...
Around Whittier
Sep 07, 2008 ... Ah! New Mexico! exhibit at library WHITTIER - This month's art exhibit at the Whittier PublicLibrary features works by Whittier artists Yoshio C. Nakamura andGrace Shinoda Nakamura. Paintings, photographs and prints inspired by the Nakamuras'travels in New Mexico will be ...
Leagues get a kick start
Sep 07, 2008; ... LA HABRA - The balls will keep rolling for a local soccer leaguethanks to the fundraising efforts of a provider of another type ofrolling object. For the past nine years, Uniroyal Tires has been partnering withdealers and local youth soccer leagues to provide free soccer ...
Local NFL fans eager for stadium
Sep 07, 2008; ... Watching the football season kickoff on TV from local sports barsSunday, area football fans say they hope to one day watch the actionlive from a local stadium. Developer Ed Roski Jr. and his company, Industry-based MajesticRealty, hope to have an $800 million, 75,000-seat stadium ...
Plans take shape at old duck farm site
Sep 07, 2008; ... LA PUENTE - It looks like things are starting to happen at theold duck farm where officials are planning to build a park after aseven-year wait. Plans to turn the 57-acre property off the 605 and 10 freewaysinto a regional park have yet to materialize, but officials with theSan ...
Grant helps after-school program
Sep 07, 2008; ... The Think Together after-school program has received a $24,000boost this year to help students in the Little Lake City, Los Nietosand South Whittier school districts sharpen their literacy skills. The money comes from the Pasadena-based Green Foundation, andwill go toward the ...
Magazine honors Whittier woman
Sep 07, 2008; ... WHITTIER - More than 6 million grandparents across the countryhave grandchildren younger than 18 living with them. In California, 6.8 percent of all children, about 626,000, livewith their grandparents, according to the American Association ofRetired Persons. One of those ...
Plan to cut projects funding upsets local politicians
Sep 07, 2008; ... Local city officials are crying foul over a bipartisan proposalto take $675 million over the next three years from redevelopmentagencies as a way to help balance the state budget. Losses would range from $4.5 million for Industry's RedevelopmentAgency to as little as $24,292 from ...
Mom's the word: Toasting mom who knows how to handle it all
Sep 07, 2008; ... I don't know if motherhood makes you a better person. It'scertainly the best incentive. I remember the day I found out we weregoing to be parents. The staffer behind the desk at Kaiser Permanente in Baldwin Parksaid I was the happiest mother-to-be she ever saw. I fairly ...
Community activist marks 85th year
Sep 08, 2008; ... WHITTIER - About 200 people attended the 85th birthday party forDorothea Boyd, a much-admired and respected community leader,Saturday at the home of Mark and Kim Perine, her son-in-law anddaughter. Boyd is president of the Whittier Conservancy, chairman of theBailey House ...