Blotters March 14-17
Arcadia PD For the period of Sunday, March 14, through Saturday, March 20, the Police Department responded to 922 calls for service of which 152 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, March 14: 1. An auto burglary occurred in the [...]
Arcadia Council Candidates Square Off in Chamber Forum – New Blood and Blue Bood
By John Stephens Candidates converged on Arcadia’s historic Woman’s Club Tuesday evening for a city council candidates’ forum sponsored by the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, Association of Realtors and Arcadia Weekly. Masterfully moderated by Scott Hettrick, publisher of the popular blog “Arcadia’s Best,” the forum showcased a wide variety of issues and approaches by a [...]
Homophobia and Everything Else Sends Blogmeister Three Seats to the Wind
The Wacky World of Sierra Madre Politics By Terry Miller Ah, it’s springtime, that time of the year when everyone is talking about new growth and yes, those dreaded elections rearing their hanging chads in cities near and far. Indeed, this is that special time when all the uncompromising extremists crawl out from under their [...]
Sierra Madre Mayor MacGillivray Slams Down Gavel On Mosca
In what has proved to be a more than a really contentious city council and election season, Sierra Madre citizens were once again bombarded with fireworks at the final city council meeting before the April 13 election. Sierra Madre city councilman and candidate for re election Joe Mosca was verbally attacked during Public Comment period [...]
Pasadena Independent – March 25th, 2010
Air Operations Open House Introduces Community to New Crime Fighting Helicopter
Executives from the McDonnell Douglas Corporation presented a key to the new helicopter to Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard during a brief afternoon ceremony introducing the public to the new member of Pasadena PD. “Our Air Operations Section is a critical component to policing in our city,” Interim Chief of Police Christopher Vicino said. “Their ability [...]
Police Blotters March 7- 12, 2010
Arcadia PD For the period of Sunday, March 7, through Saturday, March 13, the Police Department responded to 843 calls for service of which 136 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period. Sunday, March 7: 1. An auto burglary occurred between 10:30 [...]
Healthcare Not Warfare Vigil Held outside Adam Schiff’s Office
Roberta Medford and a handful of friends and colleagues held a vigil outside Pasadena Senior Center Monday afternoon. The group plans on monthly vigils the third Wednesday of each month. Photo by Terry Miller Healthcare Not Warfare Vigil Held outside Adam Schiff’s Office Roberta Medford and a handful of other opponents of war [...]
Anti-War Protest at PCC Takes Message to Military Recruiting Office
Scores of students, educators and concerned citizens joined forces Thursday lunchtime to march for peace and get back the much needed dollars for education. Since 2001 one trillion dollars has been spent on two major wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hundreds of thousands of civilians and soldiers on all sides have died as a result [...]
Pasadena Police Air Operations to Hold Open House Saturday
The Pasadena Police Department Air Operations Section will host an open house on Saturday, March 20, 2010 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. The open house will take place at the police department’s heliport located at 2175 Yucca Lane in the City of Altadena. Members of the public will have an opportunity to view the [...]