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Alverno School in Sierra Madre had a perfect record of 62 graduates Friday with 100% of these 62 girls attend- ing college this fall. Some of the colleges that graduated were accepted to include The City of Monrovia and the Gold Line Construc- tion Authority are, perhaps, at a defining moment over the sale of land slated for a railway maintenance yard for the new Gold Line exten- sion which is scheduled to roll through Monrovia in the coming years en route to the County line. During a meeting of the Gold Line Joint Powers Asso- ciation in Arcadia last week, Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz accused the GLCA board of going back on an agreement to buy 13.8-acres of city land at Shamrock Av- enue and Duarte Road which had been slated for the main- tenance yard for the GLAC. The city is now question- ing GLCA’s motives and has issued public statements and letters which we print here in entirety: After last week’s GLJPA meeting, Chairman of the Board for GLCA Doug Tessi- tor posted the following opin- ion on their website: In 2010 the Construc- tion Authority learned it was required to build a mainte- nance and operations facil- ity to complete the Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa as a requirement of the Funding Agreement between the Authority and Metro. Since then the Author- ity proceeded to environ- mentally review the facility alternatives. In January 2011, the Authority Board certified the final environmental docu- ment and selected a 24-acre site in the City of Monrovia for the facility. This decision was supported by the City. We then began negotiating to purchase the land within the selected site, including 14 acres owned by the City of Monrovia and its Redevelop- ment Agency and 10 more owned by multiple private property owners. By March 2011, the Au- thority and City had come close to agreeing on a $56 mil- lion deal for the city-owned properties, based entirely on, of course, the City’s ability to sell its land free and clear with- out litigation or other encum- brance. In fact, the draft Pur- chase and Sale Agreement stated there was no threat- ened litigation. It was not until March 22, 2011 that the Authority was made aware of a 2004 covenant between the City of Monrovia and an ad- jacent property owner alleg- edly prohibiting the transac- tion between the City and the Authority, and that the City would not be able to sell its land without embroiling the Authority in very costly and schedule-threatening litiga- tion. This property owner has since filed 2 lawsuits, one chal- lenging CEQA and the other against the City of Monrovia contesting the sale and pur- chase of the City’s properties. These facts materially change the Authority’s ability to pay $56 million as part of a deal for the City’s properties and pose a significant risk to the viability of the entire proj- ect. The Authority very much believes that the City should be involved in resolving this situation. Given the new condi- tions, the Authority is seeking the City’s partnership in shar- ing some of the costs to settle with the private property owner and resolve the City’s lawsuit regarding its 2004 cov- enant with the same property owner. At this point, howev- er, it does not appear that the City considers that it has any responsibility in the litigation or the cloud over its property. The Authority’s options are clear: we can give into the demands of a few property owners and possibly bank- rupt, shorten and/or signifi- cantly delay the project; or we can take every step reason- ably necessary to complete the project to Azusa on time and within budget while pre- serving resources to extend light rail to the county line. Doug Tessitor Board Chairman Metro Gold Line Foot- hill Extension Construction Authority” Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa responded to GLAC with the following: “GLCA Attacks Monro- via At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, the City Council/Redevelopment Agency Board held a joint public hearing to consider a proposed purchase and sale agreement (PSA) between Monrovia and the Gold VOLUME XXXVII, NO. XXIII Community News, Arts & Opinions Since 1996 THURSDAY, JUNE 16 - JUNE 22, 2011 Starting a new Business? Register your name at FileDBA.com BY TERRY MILLER Please see page 17 Please see page 4 Please see page 6 Please see page 5 Tracks of My Tears - This area at South Shamrock and Duarte is where the proposed maintenance yard was slated to be built to accommodate the coming Gold Line Extension. Monrovia was the only city who offered land for this purpose. The project is now in jeaopardy – Photo by Terry Miller V TE READERS CHOICE 2011 ONLINE (THIS WEEK VOTE ON PAGE 8) Metro Gold Line Chairman Says Developments ‘Pose a Significant Risk to the Viability of the Entire Project’ - Meanwhile Monrovia City Manger Says GLAC ‘Attacks Monrovia’ Sheriff’s Homicide de- tectives responded to 22100 East East Fork Road, Azusa Tuesday, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a South Pasa- dena Police officer. The offi- cer was at a training exercise at Burro Canyon Shooting Park. Detectives learned that while participating in an on- duty training exercise, the officer fell and hit his head. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pro- nounced dead. Kevin Sandoval, 23, was pronounced dead at about 3 p.m. following a training ac- cident. Sandoval was doing fire- arms training when he fell for an unknown reason and hit his head according to sourc- es. The officer was airlifted to Foothill Presbyterian Hos- pital in Glendora and was pronouced dead shorthly thereafter. South Pasadena Police Officer, 23, Dies During Training Exercise Alverno High School Forty-Eighth Commencement The Duarte City Council voted unanimous- ly on June 14 to continue its challenge to the City of Azusa’s 2010 approval of the Vulcan Materials Co. mining expansion project by authorizing an appeal to the State Court of Appeal. The lawsuit, originally filed in August of 2010 and first heard in late March of this year, was denied by the Superior Court on May 9. The City has until August 8 to file its appeal. “The Council’s deci- sion to appeal continues Duarte Council Votes 5-0 to Appeal Recent Denial of Vulcan Materials Lawsuit Closed nearly one year ago, the Sierra Madre Farmer’s Market is slated to start selling or- ganic produce again later this summer, but under new mangement. The city council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve the new proj- ect. Councilmember Mac- Gillivray voted against the 5 year lease by saying her main concern was the com- petition a farmer’s market might bring to local, estab- lished businesses. Sierra Madre Farmer’s Market May Resume in July Governor Brown Issues Statement sierramadreweekly.com Sierra WEEKLY Madre
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Alverno School in Sierra Madre had a perfect record of 62 graduates Friday with 100% of these 62 girls attend-ing college this fall. Some of the colleges that graduated were accepted to include
The City of Monrovia and the Gold Line Construc-tion Authority are, perhaps, at a defining moment over the sale of land slated for a railway maintenance yard for the new Gold Line exten-sion which is scheduled to roll through Monrovia in the coming years en route to the County line.
During a meeting of the Gold Line Joint Powers Asso-ciation in Arcadia last week, Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz accused the GLCA board of going back on an agreement to buy 13.8-acres of city land at Shamrock Av-enue and Duarte Road which had been slated for the main-tenance yard for the GLAC.
The city is now question-ing GLCA’s motives and has issued public statements and letters which we print here in entirety:
After last week’s GLJPA meeting, Chairman of the Board for GLCA Doug Tessi-tor posted the following opin-ion on their website:
In 2010 the Construc-tion Authority learned it was required to build a mainte-nance and operations facil-
ity to complete the Foothill Extension from Pasadena to Azusa as a requirement of the Funding Agreement between the Authority and Metro.
Since then the Author-ity proceeded to environ-mentally review the facility alternatives. In January 2011, the Authority Board certified the final environmental docu-ment and selected a 24-acre site in the City of Monrovia for the facility. This decision was supported by the City. We then began negotiating to purchase the land within the selected site, including 14 acres owned by the City of Monrovia and its Redevelop-ment Agency and 10 more owned by multiple private property owners.
By March 2011, the Au-thority and City had come close to agreeing on a $56 mil-lion deal for the city-owned properties, based entirely on, of course, the City’s ability to sell its land free and clear with-out litigation or other encum-brance. In fact, the draft Pur-chase and Sale Agreement stated there was no threat-ened litigation. It was not until March 22, 2011 that the
Authority was made aware of a 2004 covenant between the City of Monrovia and an ad-jacent property owner alleg-edly prohibiting the transac-tion between the City and the Authority, and that the City would not be able to sell its land without embroiling the Authority in very costly and schedule-threatening litiga-tion. This property owner has since filed 2 lawsuits, one chal-lenging CEQA and the other against the City of Monrovia contesting the sale and pur-chase of the City’s properties.
These facts materially change the Authority’s ability to pay $56 million as part of a deal for the City’s properties and pose a significant risk to the viability of the entire proj-ect. The Authority very much believes that the City should be involved in resolving this situation.
Given the new condi-tions, the Authority is seeking the City’s partnership in shar-ing some of the costs to settle with the private property owner and resolve the City’s lawsuit regarding its 2004 cov-enant with the same property owner. At this point, howev-
er, it does not appear that the City considers that it has any responsibility in the litigation or the cloud over its property.
The Authority’s options are clear: we can give into the demands of a few property owners and possibly bank-rupt, shorten and/or signifi-cantly delay the project; or we can take every step reason-ably necessary to complete the project to Azusa on time and within budget while pre-serving resources to extend light rail to the county line.
Doug TessitorBoard ChairmanMetro Gold Line Foot-
hill Extension Construction Authority”
Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa responded to GLAC with the following:
“GLCA Attacks Monro-via
At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, the City Council/Redevelopment Agency Board held a joint public hearing to consider a proposed purchase and sale agreement (PSA) between Monrovia and the Gold
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Tracks of My Tears - This area at South Shamrock and Duarte is where the proposed maintenance yard was slated to be built to accommodate the coming Gold Line Extension. Monrovia was the only city who offered land for this purpose. The project is now in jeaopardy – Photo by Terry Miller
V TEREADERS CHOICE 2011
ONLINE(THIS WEEK VOTE ON PAGE 8)
Metro Gold Line Chairman Says Developments ‘Pose a Significant Risk to the Viability of the
Sheriff’s Homicide de-tectives responded to 22100 East East Fork Road, Azusa Tuesday, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a South Pasa-dena Police officer. The offi-cer was at a training exercise at Burro Canyon Shooting Park.
Detectives learned that while participating in an on-duty training exercise, the officer fell and hit his head. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pro-nounced dead.
Kevin Sandoval, 23, was pronounced dead at about 3 p.m. following a training ac-cident.
Sandoval was doing fire-arms training when he fell for an unknown reason and hit his head according to sourc-es. The officer was airlifted to Foothill Presbyterian Hos-pital in Glendora and was pronouced dead shorthly thereafter.
South Pasadena Police Officer, 23, Dies During Training Exercise
AlvernoHigh School Forty-Eighth Commencement
The Duarte City Council voted unanimous-ly on June 14 to continue its challenge to the City of Azusa’s 2010 approval of the Vulcan Materials Co. mining expansion project by authorizing an appeal to the State Court of Appeal. The lawsuit, originally filed in August of 2010 and first heard in late March of this year, was denied by the Superior Court on May 9. The City has until August 8 to file its appeal.
“The Council’s deci-sion to appeal continues
Duarte Council Votes 5-0 to Appeal Recent Denial of Vulcan Materials Lawsuit
Closed nearly one year ago, the Sierra Madre Farmer’s Market is slated to start selling or-ganic produce again later this summer, but under new mangement. The city council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve the new proj-ect. Councilmember Mac-Gillivray voted against the 5 year lease by saying her main concern was the com-petition a farmer’s market might bring to local, estab-lished businesses.
Sierra Madre Farmer’s Market May Resume in July
Governor Brown Issues Statement
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A free workshop en-titled “Parenting Your Aging Parents” is being offered on Thursday June 30, 2011 from 6:00-7:30pm at Villa Gardens, 842 E. Villa St. Pasadena, 91101.
Local psychologists Dr. Bobbi Carlson and Dr. Lanikai Clouse will present the 90 minute lecture and discussion aimed at helping the “sandwich generation”--which describes people busy raising their own growing children, and si-multaneously finding their
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Role reversal is dif-ficult, and the strains of caring for two generations at once can often be over-whelming. Fortunately Doctors Carlson and Clouse (who themselves represent 2 different gener-ations) offer sound advice and practical solutions for people trying to navigate these challenges.
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The home serves as a quiet family retreat among the other multi-million dollar homes in the neighborhood. Schneider has lived in the home on and off since 2003 and said that he has really enjoyed it over the years. The amenities consist of four large bedrooms which includes a master suite with a fire place, four bathrooms, including a sauna, large liv-ing room with fireplace and connecting library. Also, off the kitchen there is a maid’s or extended family quarters. Within the compound there is a sparkling pool, Koi pond complete with a water fall and a sporty putting green to hone ones putting skills.
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Dear Monrovia Weekly,What a warm and touching addition to the usual news. As one who attended the occasion with my children and grandchildren it could not
have been a more pleasant evening. In perfect Monrovia weather strains of mariachi music filled the canyon as guests strolled up the drive to the historic old lodge. With touches of the 40’s period there could not have been a more beautiful setting for Jim and Roxy’s family and friends to get acquainted.
Thanks again Monrovia Weekly,Auntie Gloria Goodman and family
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Cat lover that I am, I do have to admit that there are a few downsides to living with them. For ex-ample, when they decide it is time for you to get out of bed you might as well agree. Thee is no point in arguing or trying to ignore. You’ll never win unless you are willing to throw them out of the house.
For me, that is not an option. I believe urban cats should be in-house. The odds are against them outdoors with so many cars, especially on a busy boulevard like mine. Hu-mans don’t try to cross that street except at a
light. Even then, depend-ing on their persuasion, they better say a couple of Hail Marys or a Help Me Lord before stepping off the curb. Given that, I’m forced to rise on my cats’ time schedule.
This morning was an especially bright, sunny morning so my old lady cat decided abot 6:00 that it was time for us to get up. She began by nudging my head with her head then licking my face with her sandpapery tongue. That got her a few mumbles and a little neck scratching.
Next, she began walk-ing up and down my body, back and forth, back and forth. When that didn’t work she began to knead. Now, she has the biggest, the longest claws I have ever seen on a domestic cat. When she kneads, it does get my attention.
She had my attention but I still wasn’t ready to give in. I pulled the covers over me to let her dig into them for a while.
Finally, in frustration, she called in her back-up buddy. When an all mus-cle 20 pound male leaps on me, I awake. I usually let out a very audible groan as soon as I’m able to get my breath again.
He is not a kneader. He doesn’t have to be. He sprawls his 20 pound body across my stomach and chest then takes com-pensatory nibbles at my chin. The old lady, mean-while, moves up to sit on my head.
I’ll just sum up here by telling you that I was up at 6:15 this morning, only semi-smiling a bit, feed-ing the really happy feline members of the family.
After a year of plan-ning, hundreds of volun-teer hours and tons of card-board, paint and glitter, the Grad Nite Committee 2011 of Temple City High School is offering a sneak preview of its one-night-on-ly production, “Party Like a Rock Star!”
Members of the public can go behind-the-scenes before the graduating se-niors arrive on Friday, June 17, starting at 8:30pm and get a glimpse of the complete transformation of the campus, from set deco-rations to lighting, posters, scenery and stages. The cost of the adult only walk-through is a suggested do-nation of $2. (Graduating seniors with tickets will not be admitted until the 10pm event start time.)
“We thought it would
be fun to show the public what we’ve been working on for the past year,” said Tammi Loveland, a TCHS parent and Grad Nite co-chair.
Grad Nite 2011 will feature a concert atmo-sphere with 3 band and a DJ performing through-out the night. During the all-night festivities, senior will play games, enjoy all kinds of entertainment, get make-up and hair styles, win prizes, and enjoy food and fun with their newly graduated classmates. Ev-erything for the seniors will be provided and they will not be allowed to leave campus once they arrive.
“The idea is to pro-vide a safe and sober, ‘nev-er-to-be-forgotten,’ party for our graduates,” said Beatrice Macias, Grad Nite
co-chair.While it is a Temple
City tradition to decorate the high school grounds and throw the elaborate Grad Nite party every June, some parents and community members do not know about the event or exactly what goes into its preparation. The walk-through will provide them the chance to see firsthand what goes into Grad Nite.
Also, just like the Tournament of Roses, the end of Grad Nite marks the beginning of planning for next year’s Grad Nite. So, the committee is look-ing for parent volunteers to start Grad Nite 2012.
For more information about the walk-through, contact Janet Smith at (626) 286-8335.
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun – These Alverno gradautes not only had great fun during their time at the private girls’ school but also an excellent educa-tion. All 62 graduates will attend colleges with some attending Ivy League schools in the fall as this year’s Valedictorian Erica Tavea ( right) who is going to Yale. -Photos by Terry Miller
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Dr. Patricia RasmussenPresident
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Mrs. Joanne MontgomeryVice President
Monrovia/Bradbury/Duarte Representative
Dr. Edward C. OrtellClerk/Secretary
Duarte/Arcadia/Azusa/Monrovia Representative
Mrs. Susan M. KeithMember
Claremont/Azusa/La Verne/Pomona Representative
Dr. Gary L. WoodsMember
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Ms. Nohemi CamachoStudent Representative
Dr. Geraldine M. PerriSuperintendent/President
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC FORUMNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thatthe Citrus Community College Boardof Trustees will host a public forum, conducted by the Community CollegeLeague of California and RedistrictingPartners, to receive public input andtestimony regarding revisions to theDistrict’s trustee area plan.
Education Code 5019.6 requireseach district that elects its govern-ing board “by trustee area” to ad-just the trustee area plan followingthe release of the Census.
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To add the young wo-mens’ exciting graduation, Steven Fabian – Anchor from Channel One News – was the keynote speaker at
the 48th Commencement Ceremony. He celebrated graduation with the Class of 2011 and helped bring the 50th Anniversary of Alverno to a close.
“It was an exciting year in the school’s history,” said Summer Williams ’95, Alumnae Coordinator. “The graduation ceremony for the Class of 2011 was the perfect
culmination for the 50th An-niversary at Alverno. It was thrilling to be a part of it as an alumna and as an em-ployee.”
The motto at Alverno: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Words to live by in-deed. Congratulations Class of 2011
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Line Construction Authority (GLCA) for property owned by Monrovia and to be used by GLCA for its M&O Facil-ity (M&O Property). The pro-posed PSA reflects the deal struck by the City and GLCA negotiating teams earlier this year, after having negotiated with each other in good faith for nearly two years. While Monrovia remains commit-ted to the deal as it was ne-gotiated, GLCA is now try-ing to force Monrovia to pay GLCA’s costs to settle two lawsuits filed against GLCA by Excalibur Holdings (an adjacent property owner who sued the GLCA in February over its adoption of the SEIR and both GLCA and Monro-via over the PSA.
In its lawsuit challenging the PSA, Excalibur alleges that a 2004 settlement agree-ment between Monrovia (both the City and Agency) and Excalibur prohibits Mon-rovia from either condemn-ing or causing the condemna-tion of Excalibur’s property. This is incorrect.
The 2004 settlement agreement is the result of litigation between Monro-via and Excalibur stemming from the Agency’s 6th Amendment to its redevel-opment project area in 2002. Excalibur sued the Agency on the grounds that the envi-ronmental impact report was insufficient. Ultimately, the parties settled in 2004 by ex-ecuting a “tolling agreement” that preserved Excalibur’s right to reinstate its original lawsuit should Monrovia condemn or cause the con-demnation of Excalibur’s property. Nonetheless, Excali-bur inexplicably relies on this settlement agreement to chal-lenge the PSA for the M&O Property - despite the fact that the settlement agreement has
no bearing whatsoever on the M&O Property.
Furthermore, Monro-via is neither acquiring, con-demning nor causing the condemnation of Excalibur’s property. Indeed, Excali-bur’s own SEIR lawsuit filed against GLCA in February 2011 will have a greater im-pact on whether or not their property is acquired. That is, if Excalibur’s boasts about the alleged deficiencies con-tained in the SEIR are true, GLCA will not be able to acquire Excalibur’s property regardless of whether Monro-via sells the M&O property to GLCA. Thus, for our part, we have advised GLCA to con-tinue with our proposed trans-action, and allow Excalibur to sue GLCA and Monrovia on the alleged breach of the 2004 settlement agreement.
Rather than proceed with the PSA as negotiated, GLCA - out of frustration, op-portunism or both - has stated that, unless Monrovia pays millions of dollars toward the settlement of Excalibur’s law-suits, GLCA will condemn Monrovia’s property. While this threat certainly demon-strates that GLCA, and not Monrovia, is the driving force behind the condemnation of properties for the M&O Facil-ity, it is certainly the wrong thing for GLCA to do to a fel-low public agency.
At Tuesday’s public hearing, staff made its presen-tation and reiterated the guid-ing criteria that we have ar-ticulated for nearly two years - any consideration of locating the proposed M&O Facility in Monrovia had to:
Expedite the construc-tion of Phase II of the Gold Line (through the Foothill Corridor);
Hold Monrovia harm-less financially; and
Mitigate any environ-mental impacts associated with the project.
As negotiated by GLCA and Monrovia, total value consideration for the 13.87 acre site is $39.6 million for land, City expenses, and potential lost revenue; $16.5 million in identified public improvements and infrastruc-ture; and the construction of a 350 space parking structure for Monrovia’s Gold Line station.
The attorney for Excali-bur spoke in opposition and was incredulous. Among oth-er absurd allegations, he ac-cused Monrovia and GLCA of manufacturing a phony disagreement for his client’s benefit; he then went on to allege that GLCA does not lawfully exist and that Monro-via and GLCA were engaged in racketeering activities and conspiracies under the RICO Act (as in the RICO Act used to prosecute the Mob). Ulti-mately, however, his primary objections seemed to revolve around Monrovia, his cli-ent, and the 2004 settlement agreement.
The next speaker was the special counsel for the GLCA and, ironically, his ob-jections also revolved around the settlement agreement. He referred to the Council’s consideration of the proposed PSA as merely approving a “proposal” because his clients have withdrawn their support for the previously negotiated deal points, and reiterated GLCA’s position that Mon-rovia must “participate” in set-tling the Excalibur litigation (i.e. pay millions of Monrovia taxpayer dollars to resolve GLCA’s problems acquiring the Excalibur property).
There were no other speakers and Mayor Lutz closed the Public Hearing.
At that point, staff responded to the two speakers’ state-ments and then, one by one, the Council members voiced their respective views on the matter. Mayor Lutz and Mayor Pro Tem Garcia were angry and disappointed in the GLCA for their behavior and attitude. Councilman Shaw and Councilwoman Shevlin were equally disappointed that GLCA would threaten and try to cast Monrovia as the villain in this scenario, especially after Monrovia had given the GLCA a vi-able alternative when no other options were available to it. Councilman Adams, foreshadowing his vote, ref-erenced his strong distaste for the deal and GLCA and asked the Council to simply stop negotiations immediately and withdraw from the proj-ect.
In the end, the Council voted 4-1 to continue the mat-ter to June 21 so that GLCA and Excalibur might be able to reconcile their differences.
Perhaps foretelling that the discussion on the 21st will be very short - and/or the potential litigation between GLCA and Monrovia will be protracted, should they bring a condemnation proceed-ing - the GLCA released an op-ed piece in the local press on Friday evening, ostensibly to give their side of the story. It contains many errors and omissions, and Monrovia has prepared a rebuttal. (See both at the end of this weekly re-port.)
Ultimately, and in reflec-tion on the point of GLCA’s op-ed - that they are somehow being squeezed on all sides and are merely trying to build their project - it is difficult for them to cast themselves
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Festivities will begin with a Community Picnic on Sat-urday, July 2, 2011 in Sierra Vista Park. From 3– 8 pm there will be swimming, picnics, a home-run-derby and much more. The cel-ebration will continue on
July 3rd in Memorial Park from 5-10 pm with the traditional “Bubblewrap Fireworks”, beer garden, food booths and a perfor-mance by Mercy and the Merketts. The 4th of July
will start off with a bang and the new 5K Firecrack-er Fun Run. The run will begin at 7:00 am in Kerst-ing Court and run a loop along the parade route. The traditional hometown parade will begin at 10 am
and will be fol-lowed by activi-ties in Memorial Park.
Anyone in-terested in reg-istering to par-ticipate in the 5K Firecracker Fun Run or in the 4th of July Parade can do so online at
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As a follow-up to re-cent business roundtable discussions regarding a new trash pickup and re-cycling program that will be implemented for local businesses in mid-2012, the City of Monrovia will host a workshop on Monday, June 20, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The work-shop will focus on options and recommendations to be forwarded to the City Council later this summer.
The event will be held at the Monrovia Commu-nity Center, located at 119 W. Palm Avenue in Mon-
rovia. All business owners are invited to attend and lunch will be provided.
“In our previous roundtables held in May, we invited local business owners to give us their suggestions on what they would like to see in a re-fuse and recycling pro-gram,” says Scott Ochoa, Monrovia’s City Manager. “They spoke, we listened, and now we want to share the outcome of our deliber-ations. In essence, the June 20 workshop will serve as the conclusive dialogue be-fore we take the program
recommendations to the City Council.”
The purpose of the new trash pickup and re-cycling program is to pro-vide convenience, reliabil-ity, and cost-efficiency to commercial and industrial businesses; to encourage them to increase recycling efforts; and to meet City and State goals for reduc-ing waste that would other-wise be headed to landfills. Businesses can register or request more information by calling the City of Mon-rovia, Public Works De-partment at (626) 932-5553.
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Pasadena and Monterey Park, train at Burro Canyon on East Fork Road off High-way 39 near the Morris Res-ervoir. The shooting park opened in 1993.
Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. issued the follow-ing statement Wednesday regarding the death of South Pasadena Police Department Officer Kevin A. Sandoval:
“Officer Sandoval had a promising future in law en-forcement and public service that was tragically cut short.
Anne and I extend our deep-est condolences to his family, friends and colleagues at this painful time.”
Officer Sandoval, 23, of Covina was participating in departmental firearms train-ing at Burro Canyon Shoot-ing Park when he collapsed for unknown reasons. Med-ics, who were also training at the shooting range, adminis-tered first aid. He was then transported by helicopter to Foothill Presbyterian Hos-pital in Glendora, where he
was pronounced dead. Officer Sandoval was a
South Pasadena Police De-partment Cadet and reserve officer before becoming a full-time patrol officer on Feb-ruary 16, 2009.
He is survived by his parents Vilma and Obdulio, and sister Janet, of Covina, CA.
In honor of Officer San-doval, Capitol flags will be flown at half-staff.
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On June 6, Pasa-dena’s Brookside Golf Course hosted the second annual Los Angeles “Sav-ing Strokes” program, a rehabilitation program de-signed to help stroke sur-vivors overcome physical disabilities. The event was co-sponsored by the Hun-tington Memorial Hospital and the American Stroke Association, and stroke survivors and caregivers throughout the Los Ange-les area were invited to at-tend.
When the survivors arrived at the site, they checked in at a covered pavilion, where doctors administered a series of balance and coordination tests. The survivors were then escorted onto the golf field, where professional golfers coached them and helped them refine their skills.
Janet Mayeda, Direc-tor of Rehab Services at Huntington Hospital, said that programs like Saving Strokes have tremendous therapeutic value. Because stroke victims can develop speech and mobility prob-lems, she explained, they often find it difficult to accomplish basic tasks, in-cluding recreational activi-ties like playing golf. “After a patient has had a stroke, they typically need a lot of therapy to improve mobil-ity,” she said.
The venue offered spe-cialized equipment for the stroke survivors—for ex-ample, a series of modified clubs for golfers who had lost partial mobility, and a golf cart that only requires a single hand to operate.
The golf course itself was divided into several sec-tions, each one focusing on a single golfing skill, such as chipping or putting.
Arbi Ohanian, the Medical Director of the Huntington Memorial Hospital Stroke Center, described the program as a way of testing strength, bal-ance, and visual coordina-tion in a fun and enjoyable way. “It’s designed to look at therapy from a different viewpoint,” he said.
Doug Kawaguchi, a stroke survivor, said, “I’m not able to do a lot of things that I could do be-fore…this program lets you know that you can still play even with one hand and a disability.” Kawaguchi at-tended the Saving Strokes program in Orange Coun-ty this May, and had such a positive experience that he decided to attend the Pasa-dena event as well.
Kawaguchi’s life has drastically changed since his stroke—his impaired mobility prevents him from working, and complet-ing simple tasks takes him much longer than before. For Kawaguchi, programs like Saving Strokes present a welcome relief from the physical challenges of daily life. “I had a nice time,” he said. “When I first had my stroke, I never thought I’d be able to play golf again.”
For stroke survivor Laura Romero, Saving Strokes was a one-of-a-kind opportunity to try out a sport that she had never before had the chance to play. Romero, a Los An-geles resident and former creative director, is one of
only a handful of people with moyamoya disease, a rare illness that causes artery constriction in the brain.
A year ago, Romero fell in the shower and be-gan experiencing episodes of memory loss and dif-ficulty walking. Doctors initially attributed these symptoms to side effects of a concussion, but with the aid of an angiogram, they determined that Romero’s carotid artery had closed in, requiring emergency surgery.
Romero said that sur-geons had to physically relocate the constricted artery and reroute the flow of blood. “I like to think of it as taking Sepulveda instead of the 405,” she quipped.
Romero first heard about the Saving Strokes program through the Hun-tington Hospital’s stroke support group, and was thankful for the opportu-nity to attend. “I’ve never golfed before,” she said, “So it was really informa-tive and really satisfying.”
Steve Mermis, who golfed recreationally prior to his stroke, was equally enthused about the pro-gram. “This is the first time I’ve been able to go to a golf course since my stroke in 2007,” he explained. “It’s a nice environment.”
Mermis first started playing golf with lawyers and businessmen on com-pany outings, and his in-troduction to the sport began on a baseball field. “I had learned how to hit a baseball 400 feet,” he said, “and they put a golf club
in my hand. It’s not that I expected to be a great golf-er—I loved the experience and the opportunity to get some fresh air. The experi-ence of hitting something really well is what brings you out again.”
Mermis said he was grateful for the support and “tremendous patience” of the people hosting the event. In spite of the set-backs caused by his stroke, he remains determined to lead as fulfilling a life as possible. “I still travel; I’m still as active as I can be,” he said. “I’m not content to sit in a wheelchair and not do anything anymore.”
Indeed, the survivors present at Saving Strokes were anything but passive observers. With the en-couragement of their care-givers and golf experts, they tackled the sport’s many challenges with gusto. One man at putting practice anxiously watched his golf ball roll across the turf; when he saw it suc-cessfully sink into its target, his face broke into a wide, jubilant smile.
As the event drew to a close at noon, Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard made a brief appearance, stat-ing, “I’m so proud that this event, Saving Strokes, is taking place at Brook-side Golf Course today, because it demonstrates Pasadena’s commitment to healthy living…I think the world of the Hunting-ton Hospital and its com-mitment to helping people with medical needs.”
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The last public tours of A Noise Within’s “Hard Hat Sunday” concluded on June 12, showcasing the new grounds and the prog-ress of the construction to around 100 people.
A Noise Within, a highly acclaimed classi-cal repertory company has presented more than 120 plays including those of Shakespeare, Moliere, Miller, Calderon de la Bar-ca, Ibsen and O’Neill.
“Our 20-year dream of a permanent home for A Noise Within is turning into reality, ensuring that the unique blend of clas-sical theatre that we do will be here for adults and students for generations to come,” said Julia Rodri-guez-Elliot.
The company found-ed by the couple of Geoff Elliot and Julia Rodriguez-Elliot began 20 years ago in Glendale, will move into the $13.5 million building in Pasadena by August. ANW plan to begin per-formances as early as two months later in October. The Elliots are also co-ar-tistic directors for the com-pany.
“It’s been a long time coming, we’ve been through many ups-and-downs and different schemes to try and make something happen” said Geoff Elliot, “so for it to finally come together and culminate in a permanent home for this company, it’s hard to even articu-late.”
Lawrence Sparks a 17 year fan of ANW said he will happily travel from his hometown of Glendale to the new theater in Pasade-na, “I like that they work with classics and they do an outstanding job. You can always count on them for doing a good produc-tion and often it’s bril-liant.”
The new 300-seat theater will reside in the corner of Foothill Boule-vard and Sierra Madre Villa Avenue right next to the Gold-Line. ANW has worked out an agreement that the Gold-Line parking lot will be the parking lot for the theater.
The state-of-the-art 33,000-square-foot facility replaces the former Stuart Pharmaceutical headquar-
ters. Although the vast ma-jority of the building is com-pletely new, ANW made sure to keep the historic part of the previous struc-ture. The former build-ing created by celebrated architect Edward Durell Stone, who is known for the John F. Kennedy Cen-ter for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. and Radio City Hall in New York. This means that the new theater has the part of the structure that was listed on the National Register in 1998.
A Noise Within has been rewarded with 26 Los Angeles Drama Crit-ics Circle Awards which is the highest honor for the-atrical achievement in Los Angeles. It is the only year-round classical repertory company in Southern Cali-fornia. ANW provides edu-cational programs to adults and children and currently serves over 10,000 students annually from over 120 schools and 24 school dis-tricts. The theatre will dou-ble the number of students it serves to over 20,000 in the new complex.
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The one and only Cali-fornia Philharmonic is pre-paring for its most spectacu-lar Festival On The Green summer concert series yet. After more than 15 highly successful years at this ven-ue, this summer marks the final season of concerts at the Arboretum...and tickets are selling fast. It may be the final chance to enjoy the acclaimed Maestro Victor Vener and Cal Phil at the Ar-boretum but it is certainly not the last time they will be per-forming during the summer months; details about their exciting new summer home for 2012 and beyond will be announced shortly. What’s more, their popular Sunday matinees will continue to take place at the Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
“It is with some sadness, but also with great anticipa-tion for what we have lined
up for next year, that we pre-pare for our farewell series at the Arboretum,” said Mae-stro Vener, who founded Cal Phil, which is also often referred to as “Arcadia’s Or-chestra.” “It has been a plea-sure and an honor to perform at this venue for 15 years. We are looking forward to sharing news with everyone about where we will per-form beginning next summer shortly. We are stronger than ever, and are excited for the future. Moving to our new outdoor home will mean an exciting change of scenery for both our audience and or-chestra, but the music will re-main as powerful and beauti-ful as always.”
The highly-anticipated series begins at the Arbore-tum the weekend of June 25, 2011 with Beethoven and The Beatles featuring the number one tribute band and fan fa-
vorite The Fab Four perform-ing Beatles hits, alongside two of Beethoven’s most enthralling works, the Fifth Symphony and the Overture To Egmont.
Whether seated com-fortably around tables or on a blankets, audience mem-bers are able to enjoy their favorite food and beverages before and during the con-certs. Picnic suppers created by noted local caterers and restaurants including King’s Row Gastro Pub, Robins BBQ, Bristol Farms and Dog Haus, the city’s newest hot spot for Gourmet Hot Dogs, Burgers and Sausages, are available at the Festival Vil-lage; wine, beer, coffee and soft drinks are available from the Philharmonic Fountain. Concertgoers may also bring their own food and bever-ages. Live pre-concert en-tertainment is provided by
point08 Jazz Club, allowing patrons to relax and enjoy their meals while enjoying the finest in live jazz from the redwhite+bluezz jazz stage. Gates open at 5:30pm with the concert beginning at 7:30pm.
Each Saturday evening performance is also given at Walt Disney Concert Hall as a Sunday afternoon matinée at 2:00pm. Maestro Vener opens these afternoons with a pre-concert Talk with the Maestro at 1:00pm in BP Hall, giving music lovers a chance to talk one on one about a wide range of mu-sical subjects prior to each concert. The Walt Disney Concert Hall performance of Beethoven and The Beatles will be held on Sunday, June 26th at 2:00pm.
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Pasadena (BLA) $399,000
This Charming Sierra Madre home has 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathrooms, and a huge bonus room/office that could be converted to a 4th bedroom. Office looks out to a private patio with beautiful deck. The kitchen has been recently remodeled with Brookhaven Maple cabinets, Cesarstone countertops, Spanish porcelain field tile/natural metal titanium countertops, Spanish porcelain field tile/natural metal titanium floor and Stainless Steel appliances. All of this and many more custom features on a quiet cul-de-sac street. Sierra Madre (GAT) $898,000
This stunning home is fabulous for entertaining or relax-ing. 3,757 sq. ft. home, 16, 592 sq. ft. lot with 4 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, 4 fireplaces, office family room, fire pit and shaded patios. Extensively updated in 1993, and 2009, this house has it all.
Pasadena (GRE) 1,488,000
The bright 2-level townhome sits in the back of the complex. Located on the Southwest corner, the rooms are light and bright. 964 sq. ft., 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms.
Pasadena (MIC) $398,000
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This home had only 2 owners! The current owner has lived there for 40 years. Ideally located in North Sierra Madre, this 1,875 sq. ft. home is situated on a 16,399 sq. ft. lot and has 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms.
Sierra Madre (TOY) $799,000
OPEN HOUSE SUN. 1-4PM 330 TOYON RD.
Located in the desirable “Meadows” complex in quaint Sierra Madre. It features 3 bedrooms, 3.5 updated baths, family room, li-brary, stained and leaded glass window accents, AC & heat, 2,922 square feet and a 12, 057 foot lot.
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James Joseph Yanko, 36 a software engineer married Roxana Aguirre-Robertson, 33, an aspiring teacher at a private ceremo-ny at Nature Friends Center in Sierra Madre Canyon.
Present for the union of this delightful couple were aproximately 100 guests as well as family members.
Jim’s family included William and Sandra Yanko and Roxana ‘s( aka Roxy) mother Diamnna Robert-son and her sister Adriana Aguirre-Robertson. The Best Man was Jim’s long time friend Bryan Mizota and Maid of Honor was Caroline Khachaturian.
All the planning was
performed by Wedding Planner extraordinaire, Sharlene Green and her Dad ( who moonlights as an Elton John impersonator) performed the ceremony.
The couple will make their permanent home in Monrovia.
Local Monrovia Couple Ties the Knot in Rustic Sierra Madre
This is an opportunity to learn the true concepts of Islam, in a fun manner with SMALL group discussions.
Esma Ali, the instructor, migrated to the U.S. from India, when she was eight years old. She is not scholar, just a regular practicing Mus-lim, who strives to live her life with directions from the
Quran and Hadith (Words of Prophet Muhammad). Mus-lim scholars have reviewed and approved the curriculum she created for this course.
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Alice Garabedian, loving mother of 6 chil-dren, passed away May 26, 2011 in Pasadena.
Alice immigrated to the United States in September 1980 and made Pasadena her home for the next 31 years. As a loving and deeply caring mother and wife, she always enjoyed the good things in life like cooking, en-tertaining and attending the Armenian Broth-erhood Bible Church where she was a long time member establish-ing a great many life-long friendships. A hard worker all her
life along with her husband
Dertad, Alice devoted her life to her children and grandchildren. Al-ice is survived by her six children: Nvaire, Manny, Harout, Joe, Zvart and Silva. The grandchildren are: Tina, Carol, Lydia, Alec, Jason, Janet, Lit-tle Tina, Sophia, Raffi, Jacoby and Temani.
Services were held June 2 , at the Arme-nian Brotherhood Bible Chuch in Pasade-na. She will be missed greatly by many people and especially her lov-ing family.
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When Annabelle Lee, owner of Curves in Arca-dia, opened 7 years ago, the mission was to give the women in the Arcadia a complete aerobic and strength training workout in a fun, supportive envi-ronment.
“It’s exciting to have been a part of the Arcadia community for so long, providing women with weight loss guidance and a fun, doable program,” said Ms. Lee. “We feel our success in Arcadia stems from not only the strength of the Curves brand, but our dedication to helping women get fit.”
Since Ms. Lee opened Curves of Arcadia in July, 2005, women have been
able to exercise in an en-vironment designed strictly for them.
To celebrate the an-niversary, Curves of Ar-cadia is offering all new members to JOIN for only $7! (valid between 7/1st to 7/16th/2011).
Under the direction of Richard B. Kreider, PhD, FACSM, scientists have put the Curves fitness and weight-loss program to rigorous testing, scrutiniz-ing its effects on hundreds of women. The results? Curves works! Women on the Curves plan have lost weight and kept it off, boosted their metabolism, lost body fat, gained mus-cle, and enjoyed several other significant benefits.
According to Ms. Lee, the Curves plan focuses on firing up the metabolism, small meals throughout the day, a broad variety of healthy food and strength training. Curves’ exercise program consists of thirty minutes of exercise three times a week, during which participants work all major muscle groups and receive a great cardio workout. It includes all five compo-nents of a complete exer-cise program: warm-up, strength training, cardio, cool down, and stretching.
For more information on how to become a mem-ber, contact Curves Ar-cadia at 626-446-2420 for more information.
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MASA student, Brianna Maloney, a freshman, lost her mother last week to cancer. Her father died a few years ago, so she and her brother are in need of some commu-nity help right now.
Friday and Saturday, June 17 & 18 a Rummage Sale is being held at Wild Rose Elementary School from 9am - 2pm. All money
raised will go to Brianna and her brother. Help is needed in many different ways:
. Someone can set up and Easy - Up and we can hold a bake sale at the same time as the Rummage Sale. We need someone with an Easy - Up, a table, etc. Vol-unteers to bake, bake, and bake, and donate lemon-ade, cups, and anything else
that may be needed. Maybe someone can volunteer to co-ordinate this lemonade stand/bake sale.
They need donations, including plastic grocery bags. Donated items can be dropped off the day of the Rummage Sale.
For more information contact Kristin Ford at Wild Rose.
Pasadena City Council-woman Jacque Robinson will travel to Washington, D.C., Friday to meet with members of the Obama administration and attend an intimate recep-tion with President Barack Obama.
Robinson is one of a se-lect group of Young Elected Officials Network members who have been invited to
the White House to discuss important issues facing states and localities.
“I look forward to a full day of discussion with my colleagues and the adminis-tration,” Robinson said. “I am most interested in engag-ing in discussion related to further stimulating the local economy, creating jobs and stabilizing the housing mar-
ket. This is an extraordinary opportunity for me to repre-sent Pasadena at the highest level.”
Robinson attended the YEO national conference in Washington last week. For more information about the organization, visit www.yeonetwork.org.
Wild Rose Elementary to Hold Fundraising Rummage Sale this Weekend for Students who Lost Both Parents
Pasadena Councilwoman to Meet With President, Administration Officials in Washington
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Pho Lemon, 113 E. Lemon Ave, Monrovia, 91016 is Monrovia’s one and only Vietnamese noodle house. While Vietnamese cuisine tends to be easy to find in Arca-dia, Pasadena, and points south, I predict pho fans will gravitate to Pho Lem-on no matter where you live.
Proprietors Huy Nguyen and Tracey Nguyen (no relation, but they are boyfriend and girlfriend) are 24 and 19 years old respectively. They look more like the kids the owner left in charge than the owners themselves, but don’t let that throw you. The qual-ity and commitment to time-honored techniques, the flavors, the cleanli-ness, the ambience and décor make one think they must have had exten-sive prior experience. Not so much. Tracey came to
the US from Hanoi at age 16 and did some waitress-ing here. Huy worked as an electrical engineer in Vietnam before coming to America. Now they are full-time students and the-rest-of-the-time restau-rateurs, and they are defy-ing all the odds.
After eating their food I fully expect they will con-tinue to flourish as long as they continue to deliver what we experienced.
We sampled three items by Executive Chef Henry Pham: Shrimp Spring Rolls, House Spe-cial Pho (aka rice noodle soup for the uninitiated), and Vermicelli BBQ Sliced Pork. Lunch for two—and we could not finish all of it—under $25 before tax and tip.
The spring rolls are light and cool and mild-ly flavored, served with house made peanut butter sauce. They were a good
start, gently waking up our taste buds for what was to come without being too filling.
Service is fast, by the way. Our entrees came out very quickly after the rolls, starting with the soup, simply named “Spe-cial Pho.” Served with fresh raw bean sprouts and basil leaves on the side, cooked ingredients include a generous share of rice noodles, scallions, onions, cilantro, and four types of beef: brisket, well-done flank steak, rare filet mignon, and meatballs. But what sets this soup apart is the broth. Chef Pham takes no shortcuts, cooking hearty beef bones for ten hours to achieve a rich and flavorful stock without a speck of MSG. (No MSG is used any-where in Pho Lemon.) I also enjoyed the variety of thinly sliced beef, which I was thrilled to find plenti-
ful, yet not too chewy. As part of a hot broth I was afraid it might get messy, but the beef was ten-der enough to cut with a spoon.
Last dish was Vermi-celli BBQ Sliced Pork, marinated in five spice sauce served over vermi-celli noodles. Another heaping bowl including delicious house made fish sauce, crispy egg rolls, and vegetables. A signature of Pho Lemon is their earthy yet light whole flavors. Nothing is over-seasoned. The elements in each dish are allowed to present or assert themselves as ap-propriate, and there are plenty of sauces available to dress things up to your own taste.
Huy and Tracey Nguyen share an obvi-ous and deep passion for the comfort foods of their homeland. Go let them share some with you.
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COMMUNITY CALENDARFEATURED EVENT
WEEKLY EVENTSPasadena City Orches-tra’s Concert in the ParkPasadena Community Or-chestra, under the baton of Alan Reinecke, will hold their annual ‘Concert in the Park: A Festival of Popular Music from the Classics and the Theater” on Satur-day, June 18 at 6:30 p.m. The concert will be held at Sierra Madre Memorial Park, located at 222 W. Si-erra Madre Blvd. Guests are invited to come early and bring a picnic. There will be a Kids’ March led by the drum line of PCO and balloons as well. For more info call (626)-445-6708 or visit www.pcomu-sic.org.Eurhythmics Class at Pasadena Conserva-toryThe Pasadena Conserva-
tory of Music will hold a “Dalcroze Eurhythmics Class for Adults” on Thurs-day, June 16 at 10 a.m. In-structor Shoko Hino will teach students how to inter-nalize a solid sense of mu-sicianship-rhythm, pitch, harmony, and expression through movement, listen-ing, responding, singing and performing. The class is free. To RSVP call (626)-683-3355 or e-mail [email protected]. Bargain Table Book Sale The Friends of the Sierra Madre Library will be hav-ing a Bargain Table Book Sale at the Library Mon-day, June 13 – Saturday, June 18 during the libraries open hours. All books are in good condition and are $1 each. There will be new books added every day. The library is located at
440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. For more info call (626)-355-7186Fusion Fridays: Drag-ons and DrumsThe Pacific Asia Museum will host this month’s Fu-sion Friday event. The theme is “Dragons and Drums,” and will feature Taiko drums, a dragon boat that guests can pad-dle, and a dragon project to bring home. There will be dancing, music, art, demos, cultural activities and food. The event will be held on Friday, June 16 from 7:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. The event is free to museum members and $15 for non-members. Asian-inspired or cocktail attire is highly encouraged. For more info call (626)-449-2742. Eaton Canyon Sum-mer Book FestivalEaton Canyon Nature Center will hold a Summer Book Festival on Saturday, June 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The theme of the event is “Books That Enrich Our Lives” and au-thors of books on science, nature, indigenous cul-tures, local history, green living, and environmental stewardship will all be pres-ent to sign books and give short talks. Eaton Canyon Nature Center is located at 1750 N. Altadena Dr., Pasadena. For more info call (626)-398-5420.Business Refuse and Recycling Workshop
The City of Monrovia will be proposing a new trash and recycling program for businesses to be imple-mented by July 2012. Busi-nesses are invited to par-ticipate in the formation of this program by attending a final workshop to discuss options and recommenda-tions to be considered by City Council. The work-shop will be held Monday, June 20 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Monrovia Community Center, which is located at 119 W. Palm Avenue. Lunch will be provided, please RSVP to [email protected] EVENTSSM Summer Rec ClassesThe Sierra Madre Com-munity and Personnel Services Department has added four new classes to their summer recreation program: Water Aerobics, Zumba, Kidz Love Soccer, and a special Teen Acting for Theater. Registration is available online at www.cityofsierramadre.com/on-lineregistration. Prices and sessions vary. For more info call (626)-355-5278 ext. 227.Sierra Madre Library Summer Reading Programs
Children – The theme for the Children’s Summer Reading Club is “One world, Many Stories.” The program begins Monday, June 20 and runs through
Saturday, August 13. Chil-dren are invited to register for free either in person or online. Each registrant will receive a reading log, bookmark, and a theme-0related book bag. Age-appropriate books, read at home, are recorded on the log or online, and a prize will be awarded after each weekly reading require-ment is completed. There are separate age categories for the children.Teens – “You Are Here” is the theme for the Summer Reading Club for teens grades 7+. Participants read eight books in eight weeks and earn prizes for every two books read.Adults – The adult theme is “Novel Destinations,” which will showcase fic-tion and nonfiction books on Travel and World Cul-ture. Books in print, on CD, Playaway, or e-reader all qualify. This program is for individuals 18+ runs the same dates as the chil-dren’s program. There will be weekly prize draw-ings, and all prizes have been generously donated by local merchants. There will be a grand prize draw-ing for a Kindle at the end of the program. To register for any of the programs online, or to find out more information, visit www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call (626)-355-7186 x 105.SPECIAL EVENTSSierra Madre’s Fourth of
July ParadeThe City of Sierra Madre will hold a parade on Monday, July 4 beginning at 10 a.m. on Sierra Madre Blvd., from Sunnyside to Rancho. For local non-profits, there is an entrance fee of $15. For businesses, the fee is $25. Individuals are free to enter but must submit an application. Ap-plications are due Friday, June 10. To enter, visit www.cityofsierramadre.com/onlineregistration. For more info call (626)-836-8580.LOCAL GOVERNMENT City Council MeetingsArcadia - First and third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located at 240 W. Huntington Dr. Monrovia – First and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, located at 415 S. Ivy Avenue.Pasadena – Every Mon-day at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, located at 100 N. Garfield Avenue. Sierra Madre – Second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, located at 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. Temple City – First and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the Civic Center, located at 5938 Kauffman Avenue.
600 plus dedicated chalk artists will converge on Paseo Colorado as the 19th Annual Pasa-dena Chalk Festival continues the legacy of bringing this unique chalk painting art form to Southern California. In 2010 the Pasadena Chalk Festival received the Guinness World Record for Largest Display of Chalk Pave-ment Art, affirming its title as The World’s Largest Street Painting Festival. The Pasadena Chalk Festival returns to Paseo Colorado Fa-ther’s Day Weekend, June 18 - 19, 2011 from 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. and is FREE and open to the public.
19th Annual Chalk Festival This Weekend
If you would us to consider your event for the community calendar, please contact Michelle R. Brown at [email protected].
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Arcadia PDFor the period of Sunday, June 5, through Saturday, June 11, the Police Department re-sponded to 882 calls for service of which 123 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of the major incidents handled by the De-partment during this period.Sunday, June 5:Shortly before 10:00 a.m., a traffic stop was conducted to the front of Coco’s Restaurant located at 1150 West Colo-rado Boulevard for expired registration. A consensual ve-hicle search revealed a loaded firearm as well an explosive device. The Los Angeles Sher-riff’s Department was called and arrived at the scene to examine the device and take custody of it. The vehicle also contained methamphetamine, drug paraphernalia as well as an illegally modified air soft gun. The 41-year-old male driver of unknown race was placed under arrest for carry-ing a concealed weapon, pos-session of narcotics for sale, possession of paraphernalia, having a hidden compartment for drugs, altering a replica fire-arm and possession of illegal fireworks.At about 7:25 p.m., officers responded to the 00 block of West Huntington Drive regard-ing a suicidal subject. Upon contact the 57-year-old white male was deemed to be a risk to himself and was transported to Exodus Recovery Center in Los Angeles for a 72-hour psy-chiatric evaluation and treat-ment.Monday, June 6:Between 12:00 a.m. and 3:24 a.m., a commercial burglary occurred at the Go Phone Shop located at 411 East Huntington Drive. Unknown suspect(s) shattered a front window. Once inside, the suspect(s) stole unknown prop-erty from a glass case. Shortly before 7:00 p.m., units were dispatched to Nord-strom’s located at 400 South Baldwin Avenue in regards to a suspicious subject. Offi-cers were advised that a male subject was using a fraudulent identification card and credit card to make a purchase. The subject exited the store and entered a vehicle as officers arrived. A traffic stop was conducted. An investigation revealed several purchases had been made under different names. Two Hispanic males one age 36 and the other age 45, were placed under arrest for commercial burglary, us-ing another’s personal iden-tification to obtain credit and providing false information to a peace officer.
Tuesday, June 7:A traffic stop was conducted around 11:30 a.m. at Santa Anita Avenue at Colorado Boulevard. A records check of the passenger revealed three outstanding misdemeanor war-rants and the 48-year-old His-panic male was placed under arrest. Between 7:45 p.m. on June 6th and 7:35 a.m. on June7th, an auto burglary occurred in the 600 block of West Lemon Avenue. Unknown suspect(s) damaged the driver’s side door lock, entered the vehicle and stole various coins, gift cards and business cards.Wednesday, June 8:At approximately 3:26 p.m., officers were dispatched to Subway located at 288 East Live Oak Avenue regarding a robbery that had just occurred. A suspect described as a White male with a goatee, wearing a white tee shirt, blue jeans and armed with a handgun had just left the location. An area check was conducted for the suspect however, he was not located. The loss was approximately $93.00 in cash. A follow-up in-vestigation is being conducted by the Detective Bureau. Between 11:00 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., a residential burglary occurred in the 900 block of Catalpa Road. Unknown suspect(s) entered the location by shattering a window on the rear door. Once inside, the suspect(s) ransacked the home and stole unknown property.Thursday, June 9:Shortly before 4:30 a.m., a commercial burglary occurred at Domenicos located at 251 North Santa Anita Avenue. Two Black males in their twen-ties attempted to pry open the rear door and when unsuccess-ful, proceeded to kick it open. Once inside the suspects went through the contents of the of-fice and took unknown prop-erty before leaving the location.At about 10:41 p.m., while on patrol in the area of Campus Drive from El Monte Avenue, an officer received an alert in his unit from the Automatic License Plate Reader Sys-tem (ALPRS) informing him that a vehicle, a silver Ford Expedition, had an outstand-ing warrant. The officer con-tacted the owner, a 52-year-old Hispanic female. A records check revealed two outstand-ing warrants in the amount of $31,796.00. The female was placed under arrest for the war-rants as well as possession of illegal fireworks.Friday, June 10:A traffic stop was conducted around 2:03 a.m. at Rosemead Boulevard and Huntington Drive for tinted windows. An
investigation revealed that the 31-year-old Asian male driver was intoxicated and he was placed under arrest for DUI.At about 2:30 p.m., officers responded to the 1000 block of South Sixth Avenue regard-ing a suicidal subject. The 50-year-old White male was determined to be a danger to himself and taken into custody for a 72 hour mental health evaluation. He was transported to BHC Alhambra hospital for the evaluation and treatment.Saturday, June 11:Between 6:00 p.m. on June 10th and 10:00 a.m. on June 11th, an auto burglary oc-curred in the 400 block of West Duarte Road. Unknown suspect(s) smashed the front passenger side window and stole a GPS device, an IPod and sunglasses for an approxi-mate loss of $500.00.At about 5:00 a.m., officers responded to the 900 block of La Cadena Avenue regarding a verbal argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend. An investigation revealed that the involved 28-year-old Black male was in-toxicated and he w a s
placed u n d e r arrest for being drunk in public.
Monrovia PDDuring the last seven day period, the Police Depart-ment handled 549 service events, resulting in 85 in-vestigations. Following are the last week’s highlighted issues and events:Attempt TheftOn June 2, an officer was dispatched to a residence in the 100 block of Mauna Loa regarding an attempt-ed theft from a vehicle. The victim parked her vehicle in front of her residence at 6 p.m. in the evening. The next day she went to unlock her vehicle with the remote and discovered she had not locked her vehicle. She inspected her vehicle and found it had been ran-sacked and the headliner had been burnt. No items appeared to have been tak-en from the vehicle.
Theft From a VehicleOn June 2, an officer re-sponded to the report of theft from a vehicle in the 100 block of West Wal-nut. The victim parked his pickup truck at 11:15 p.m. He returned to his vehicle the following day at 11 a.m. and drove to work, which is in the 300 block of West Huntington. He parked and went into work. When he exited his place of work, he noticed his tailgate was missing. The victim does not believe it was taken while parked in the park-ing lot at work, since it is always busy. He suspects that it was taken during the night while parked in front of his residence.Traffic Accident - Over-turned VehicleOn June 4 at 10:41 p.m., a vehicle was traveling east on Colorado when the driver e i ther fell asleep or had s o m e
type of medical issue. The driver only remembers driv-ing straight and then waking up with the vehicle
upside down on its roof. The driver
was checked and did not appear to be under
the influence of alcohol or drugs. The driver was tak-en to a hospital for obser-vation; no serious injuries were reported.Driving Under the Influ-ence / Possession of a Controlled Substance - Suspect ArrestedOn June 6 at approxi-
mately 7:27 a.m., police received a call reporting a female in a red Honda Ac-cord honking her horn and yelling. Officers responded and stopped the vehicle. The female was found to be driving under the influ-ence and was arrested. She was extremely uncoopera-tive and verbally abusive. A thorough search of her property revealed a baggie containing methamphet-amine. She was charged with driving under the in-fluence and possession of a controlled substance. The female subject is schizo-phrenic and had been con-tacted several times over the previous weekend by officers.Commercial RobberyOn June 6 at 4:19 p.m., police received a report of a robbery at a fast food business in the 300 block of West Huntington. The suspect is described as a male Hispanic wearing a light blue cap and white t-shirt with horizontal stripes. The suspect had a black semi-automatic handgun and demanded cash. The suspect walked out to a gray or silver, 4-door Hon-da Civic with paper plates, and the driver was a heavy-set female. The vehicle fled south on Magnolia, out of sight. An area search and notification was made to neighboring agencies, but the vehicle was not located. El Monte Police Depart-ment had a robbery that occurred later that day in their city; the description of the suspects and vehicle is a close match.Vehicle BurglaryOn June 7 at 4:30 p.m., po-lice responded to a vehicle burglary in the 200 block of West Scenic. The report-ing party believed some-one had broken into their neighbor’s vehicle. An offi-cer went to the location and
found the interior of the ve-hicle had been ransacked. He dusted for prints, took photos, and checked for witnesses.Possession of Burglary ToolsJune 7 at 11:47 p.m., of-ficers observed a subject who was a known burglar in the area of Foothill and Magnolia near midnight. He was riding a bicycle without a light and no rear reflector. He was detained regarding the violations and questioned about his activity. His responses were ambiguous and in conflict. After a consent search of his person and property, officers found a sufficient amount and type of tools consistent with tools used for auto burglaries to arrest the subject. He was arrest-ed and taken into custody for possession of burglary tools.
Residential BurglaryOn June 8 at 4:18 p.m., a resident in the 900 block of Briarcliff Road reported a burglary. He had returned home and found the front door had been smashed and two televisions, a laptop, and other miscel-laneous items had been taken. Officers responded and cleared the house; no suspects were inside.Commercial RobberyOn June 8 at 8:48 p.m., an armed robbery was report-ed at a business in the 300 block of West Huntington. The suspect was described as a male Hispanic, ap-proximately 25-years-old, large build, wearing a white hat, white long-sleeve shirt and blue jeans. He ap-proached the clerk, pulled a silver colored revolver and demanded money. He was last seen running west-bound from the location.
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NOTICE OF
A P U B L I C
HEARINGBEFORE THEA R C A D I A
PLANNING COMMISSION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Arcadia, California will hold a pub-lic hearing to consider the following:
A report and resolution of the City of Arcadia amending and adopting lo-cal guidelines for implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Pub. Resources Code §§ 21000 et seq.).
Date & Time of Public Hearing: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Location of Public Hearing: Arcadia City Council Chambers240 W. Huntington Drive,Arcadia, CA
The Arcadia Planning Commis-sion will hold a public hearing at the above date, time and place. All interested persons are invited to appear at the public hearing and to provide evidence or testimony concerning the proposed report and resolution of the City of Arcadia amending and adopting local guide-lines for implementing the California Environmental Quality Act. You are hereby advised that should you de-sire to legally challenge any action taken by the Planning Commission with respect to the proposed report and resolution, you may be limited to raising only those issues and ob-jections which you or someone else raises at or prior to the time of the public hearing.
The proposed report, resolution, and the local guidelines are available for review at the Arcadia City Hall in the Planning Services office. For further information, or to submit comments regarding the proposed report and resolution, please contact Associate Planner, Thomas Li at (626) 574-5447 in City Hall at the Planning Services office at 240 W. Huntington Dr., Arcadia, CA 91007-3499.
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Arcadia City Hall is open Monday through Thursday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on alternate Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Arca-dia City Hall will be closed on June 17th.
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DE-PARTMENTCommunity Development Division / Planning ServicesThomas Li, Associate Planner(626) 574-5447
Publish: June 16, 2011
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee’s Sale No. 05-FWA-97507 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 5/17/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On June 23, 2011, at 10:30 AM, AT WEST SIDE TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BLVD., 12720 NORWALK BOULEVARD, in the City of NORWALK, County of LOS ANGELES, State of CALIFORNIA, RE-GIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION, a California corporation, as duly appointed Trustee under that certain Deed of Trust executed by VISHWAJIT ROY, AN UNMARRIED MAN, as Trustors, recorded on 5/25/2006, as Instrument No. 06 1152448, of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA, under the power of sale therein contained, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BID-DER, for cash, or cashier’s check (payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States) without warranty express or implied as to title, use, possession or encumbrances, all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it as such Trustee, in and to the following described property situated in the aforesaid County and State, to-wit: TAX PARCEL NO. 5780-025-005 From information which the Trustee deems reliable, but for which Trustee makes no representation or warranty, the street address or other common designation of the above described property is purported to be 1530 SOUTH 8TH AVENUE , ARCADIA, CA 91006. Said property is being sold for the purpose of paying the obligations secured by said Deed of Trust, including fees and expenses of sale. The total amount of the unpaid principal balance, interest thereon, together with reasonably estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Trustee’s Sale is $552,967.69. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c), the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or autho-rized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one or more of the following methods: by telephone, by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting or the borrower has surrendered the property to the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent and that the compliance with Civil Code Section 2923.5 was made at least thirty (30) days prior to the date of this Notice of Sale.Dated: 5/20/2011 REGIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION, Trustee By MARILEE HAKKINEN, AUTHORIZED AGENT Agent for Trustee: AGENCY SALES AND POSTING 3210 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 200 IRVINE, CA 92602 Telephone Number: (800) 542-2550 Sale Information: (714) 730-2727 or http://www.rtrustee.com ASAP# 4004261 06/02/2011, 06/09/2011, 06/16/2011 Arcadia Weekly
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No WW-276575-C Loan No 4489618320578686 Insurer No. - YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 12/02/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by the duly ap-pointed trustee. The sale will be made; but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by said Deed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. TRUSTOR: YASUSHI TAKAKURA, A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded 12/13/2005 as Instrument No. 05 3053540 in Book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 06/27/2011 at 10:30 A.M. Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 Property Address is purported to be: 920 Tindalo Road Arcadia, CA 91006 APN#: 5770-007-015 The total amount secured by said instrument as of the time of initial publication of this notice is $229,301.71, which includes the total amount of the unpaid balance (including accrued and unpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, expenses, and advances at the time of initial publication of this notice. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55. Date: 05/26/2011 EXECUTIVE TRUSTEE SERVICES, INC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite 400 Burbank, CA 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER ASAP# 4008410 06/02/2011, 06/09/2011, 06/16/2011 Arcadia Weekly
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 08-0076745 Title Order No. 08-8-290089 Investor/Insurer No. 079135575 APN No. 8572-030-025 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/18/2004. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by MICHELLE KIM, A MARRIED WOMAN AS HER SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY, dated 11/18/2004 and recorded 11/30/04, as Instrument No. 04 3085356, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of
Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 06/23/2011 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 11264 AR-ROWOOD STREET, ARCADIA AREA, CA, 91006. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $457,184.23. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 10/29/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By: - Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4006149 06/02/2011, 06/09/2011, 06/16/2011 Arcadia Weekly
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS #: CA-09-260074-ED Order #: 090181401-CA-DCO YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/21/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): LUIS SANCHEZ, MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY Recorded: 6/28/2005 as Instrument No. 05-1518848 in book xxx, page xxx of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 6/27/2011 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $375,688.86 The purported property address is: 242 LOS ANGELES AVE MONROVIA, CA 91016 Assessor’s Parcel No. 8515-015-041 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 7301 Baymeadows Way Jacksonville FL 32256 Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [ 1 ] The mortgage loan servicer has obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [ 2 ] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 . If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: 6/1/2011 Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE informa-tion only Sale Line: 714-730-2727 or Login to: www.fidelityasap.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR
PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDITOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. ASAP# 4008722 06/02/2011, 06/09/2011, 06/16/2011 Monrovia Weekly
Trustee Sale No.: 20110169800861 Title Order No.: 110064323 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Y O U A R E I N DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/15/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. NDex West, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/25/2007 as Instrument No. 20072417466 of of-ficial records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California. Executed By: Norman De La Paz and Kathleen De La Paz, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check/cash equivalent or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). Date of Sale: 06/22/2011 Time of Sale: 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel 711 South Hope Street Los Angeles, Ca 90017 California Ballroom. Street Address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2819 Doolittle Avenue, Arcadia Area, California 91006 APN#: 5791-030-004 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $473,616.49. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.COM, LLC ONE MAUCHLY IR-VINE, CA 92618 800-280-2832 Auction.com, LLC NDex West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 05/17/2011 NDex West, L.L.C. may be acting as a debt col-lector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. P834888 6/2, 6/9, 06/16/2011 Arcadia Weekly
Trustee Sale No.: 20110169800861 Title Order No.: 110064323 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Y O U A R E I N DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 10/15/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. NDex West, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 10/25/2007 as Instrument No. 20072417466 of of-ficial records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California. Executed By: Norman De La Paz and Kathleen De La Paz, will sell at public auction to highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check/cash equivalent or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). Date of Sale: 06/22/2011 Time of Sale: 9:00 AM Place of Sale: Sheraton Los Angeles Downtown Hotel 711 South Hope Street Los Angeles, Ca 90017 California Ballroom. Street Address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 2819 Doolittle Avenue, Arcadia Area, California 91006 APN#: 5791-030-004 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $473,616.49. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: AUCTION.COM, LLC ONE MAUCHLY IR-VINE, CA 92618 800-280-2832 Auction.com, LLC NDex West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 05/17/2011 NDex West, L.L.C. may be acting as a debt col-lector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. P834888 6/2, 6/9, 06/16/2011 Arcadia Weekly
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 10-0141954 Title Order No. 10-8-508897 Investor/Insurer No. 6030487745 APN No. 8585-009-050 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 08/11/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.” Notice is hereby given
Public Notices
that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by PRABHDEEP NARULA, dated 08/11/2006 and recorded 08/29/06, as Instrument No. 06 1921216, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 06/30/2011 at 10:30AM, At the West side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA 90650 at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 10025 LOWER AZUSA ROAD 14, TEMPLE CITY, CA, 91780. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $577,798.13. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an ‘’AS IS’’ condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtedness secured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. DATED: 02/03/2011 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Information (626) 927-4399 By:-- Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any informa-tion obtained will be used for that purpose. ASAP# 4014624 06/09/2011, 06/16/2011, 06/23/2011 Temple City Tribune
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S. No. 2011-2206 Loan No. 008201 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 8/17/2010. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: PAUL A. MAZZONE, AN UNMARRIED MAN Duly Appointed Trustee: S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION Re-corded 8/20/2010 as Instrument No. 20101166246 in book XX, page XX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale:6/30/2011 at 10:30 AM Place of Sale: At the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, California Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $347,863.07 Property being sold “as is - Where is” Street Ad-dress or other common designation of real property: 5930 ALESSANDRO AVENUE TEMPLE CITY, CA 91780 A.P.N.: 8587-007-017 THE BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT, IN ITS DISCRETION, TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS AND REMEDIES IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 9604 OF THE CALIFORNIA COMMERCIAL CODE, OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECTION, AS TO ALL OR SOME OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY, FIXTURES AND OTHER GENERAL TANGIBLES AND INTANGIBLES MORE PARTICULARY DE-SCRIBED IN THE DEED OF TRUST, SECURITY AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS AND FIXTURE FILING. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designa-tion, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. FOR SALES INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL (714)730-2727 or LOG ONTO www.lpsasap.com Date: 05/26/2011 S.B.S. TRUST DEED NETWORK, A CALIFORNIA CORPORA-TION 31194 La Baya Drive, Suite 106 Westlake Village, California 91362 (818) 991- 4600 CINDY SANDOVAL, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICER WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ASAP# 4015123 06/09/2011, 06/16/2011, 06/23/2011 Temple City Tribune.
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 11-00816-3 CA Loan No. 0067575779 Title Order No. 110130214-CA-MAI APN 8572-003-027 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED August 1, 2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On June 29, 2011, at 10:30 AM, at the west side of the Los Angeles County Courthouse, directly facing Norwalk Blvd., 12720 Norwalk Blvd., Norwalk, CA, FIDELITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as
the duly appointed Trustee, under and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust Recorded on August 8, 2006, as Instrument No. 06 1753385 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, CA, executed by: HECTOR VEGA, A MARRIED PERSON, as Trustor, in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Beneficiary, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, in lawful money of the United States, all payable at the time of sale, that certain property situated in said County, California describing the land therein as: AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED OF TRUST The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 5530 TYLER AVE, ARCADIA, CA 91006 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regard-ing title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the obligations secured by and pursuant to the power of sale contained in that certain Deed of Trust (together with any modifications thereto). The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligations secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of this Notice of Trustee`s Sale is estimated to be $442,738.23 (Estimated), provided, however, prepayment premiums, accrued interest and advances will increase this figure prior to sale. Beneficiary`s bid at said sale may include all or part of said amount. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept a cashier`s check drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the California Financial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in California, or other such funds as may be acceptable to the trustee. In the event tender other than cash is accepted, the Trustee may withhold the issuance of the Trustee`s Deed Upon Sale until funds become available to the payee or endorsee as a matter of right. The property offered for sale excludes all funds held on account by the property receiver, if applicable. DATE: June 9, 2011 FIDEL-ITY NATIONAL TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, TRUSTEE 135 Main Street, Suite 1900 San Fran-cisco, CA 94105 415-247-2450 Stephanie Alonzo Authorized Signature SALE INFORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED ON LINE AT www.lpsasap.com AUTOMATED SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 714-730 - 2727 ASAP# 4017087 06/09/2011, 06/16/2011, 06/23/2011 Arcadia Weekly.
Trustee Sale No.: 20110169801735 Title Order No.: 110125847 FHA/VA/PMI No.: 3879915733 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 3/11/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDex West, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 04/01/2008 as Instrument No. 20080557384 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of California. Executed By: KENNY HO AND ISABELLA HO, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 7/1/2011 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILD-ING, 350 WEST MISSION BLVD., POMONA, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 4825 AGNES AVE. #14, TEMPLE CITY, CA 91780 APN#: 8589-020-096 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $409,976.47. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: PRIORITY POSTING & PUBLISHING, INC. 2 17501 IRVINE BLVD., SUITE ONE TUSTIN, CA 92780 714-573-1965 www.priorityposting.com NDex West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 6/2/2011 NDex West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P842942 6/9, 6/16, 06/23/2011 Temple City Tribune
Trustee Sale No.: 20090159901030 Title Order No.: 090038512 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 11/16/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursu-ant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 11/28/2006 as Instrument No. 06 2622948 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: PING MI TENG, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 07/01/2011 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MISSION BLVD., POMONA, CA. STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is pur-
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expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): MATTHEW B KENNEDY, A SINGLE MAN Recorded: 1/31/2008 as Instrument No. 20080188326 in book XXX , page XXX of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale: 7/7/2011 at 10:30:00 AM Place of Sale: At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West Mission Blvd., Pomona CA Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $421,897.21 The purported property address is: 125 N MAYFLOWER AVENUE MONROVIA, CA 91016 Assessor’s Parcel No. 8504-012-021 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other com-mon designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, please refer to the referenced legal description for property location. In the event no common address or common designation of the property is provided herein directions to the location of the property may be obtained within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale by sending a written request to Americas Servicing Company 1 Home Campus X2504-017 Customer Service Des Moines IA 50328. Pursuant to California Civil Code §2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: [1] The mortgage loan servicer has not obtained from the commissioner a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the notice of sale is filed; [2] The timeframe for giving notice of sale specified in subdivision (a) of Section 2923.52 does not apply pursuant to Section 2923.52 or 2923.55 . If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the success-ful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. Date: Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 5th Avenue San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 714-573-1965 or Login to: www.priorityposting.com Reinstatement Line: 619-645-7711 Quality Loan Service, Corp. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is inten ded to exercise the note holders rights ’ against the real property only. THIS NOTICE IS SENT FOR THE PURPOSE OF COLLECTING A DEBT. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDER AND OWNER OF THE NOTE. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED BY OR PROVIDED TO THIS FIRM OR THE CREDI-TOR WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. IDSPub #0004080 6/16/2011 6/23/2011 6/30/2011 Monrovia Weekly
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ES-TATE OF:ANTHONY JAMES ROBINSONCASE NO. BP129049To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be in-terested in the WILL or estate, or both of ANTHONY JAMES ROBINSON.A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by ANTHONY S. ROBINSON & ANTHONY C. ROB-INSON in the Superior Court of California, County of LOS ANGELES.THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that ANTHONY S. ROBINSON & ANTHONY C. ROB-INSON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the per-sonal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 07/21/11 at 8:30AM in Dept. 11 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representa-tive appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in Probate Code section 9100. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or ac-count as provided in Probate Code Section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.Attorney for PetitionerJOHN L. SHAW - SBN 582835816 TEMPLE CITY BLVD.TEMPLE CITY CA 917806/16, 6/20, 6/27/11CNS-2118759#MONROVIA WEEKLY
ported to be: 45 GENOA STREET #A, ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA 91006 APN#: 5779-012-081 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $574,834.85. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: PRIORITY POSTING & PUBLISHING, INC. 17501 IRVINE BLVD., SUITE ONE TUSTIN, CA 92780 714-573-1965 www.priorityposting.com NDEx West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 06/07/2011 NDEx West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P843904 6/9, 6/16, 06/23/2011 Arcadia Weekly
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Trustee Sale No. 736069CA Loan No. 3061560557 Title Order No. 3206-237204 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 03-09-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 07-07-2011 at 10:30 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 03-17-2006, Book , Page , Instrument 06-0572998, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: MARCO A RODAS AND MAGDALENA RODAS, HUSBAND AND WIFE, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashier’s check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: AT THE WEST SIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTHOUSE, DIRECTLY FACING NORWALK BOULEVARD, 12720 NOR-WALK BLVD. , NORWALK, CA Legal Description: LOT(S) 70 OF TRACT NO. 13688, IN THE CITY OF MONROVIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 289 PAGE(S) 29 AND 30 OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $559,345.71 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 743 W LEMON AVENUE MONROVIA, CA 91016 APN Number: 8505-022-009 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designa-tion, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold “as is”. In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 06-14-2011 CALI-FORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee FRED RESTREPO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COL-LECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: (714) 730-2727 or www.lpsasap.com (714) 573-1965 or www.priorityposting.com ASAP# 4021244 06/16/2011, 06/23/2011, 06/30/2011 Monrovia Weekly
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. 08-0070860 Title Order No. 08-8-260691 APN No. 8503-009-019 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 04/21/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice is hereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. , as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust executed by TOMMY FIGUEROA, A SINGLE MAN, dated 04/21/2005 and recorded 04/29/05, as Instrument No. 05 1000500, in Book , Page ), of Official Records in the office of the County Recorder of Los Angeles County, State of California, will sell on 07/11/2011 at 1:00PM, At the front entrance to the Pomona Superior Courts Building, 350 West
Mission Blvd., Pomona, Los Angeles, CA at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash or check as described below, payable in full at time of sale, all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust, in the property situated in said County and State and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 917 CRESCENT DRIVE, MONROVIA, CA, 91016. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrect-ness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The total amount of the unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obligation secured by the property to be sold plus reason-able estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $774,561.67. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. In addition to cash, the Trustee will accept cashier’s checks drawn on a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Said sale will be made, in an “AS IS” condition, but without covenant or warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebted-ness se-cured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder, with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal of the Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interest thereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section 2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declaration from the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent is attached to the Notice of Trustee’s Sale duly recorded with the appropriate County Recorder’s Office. DATED: 10/11/2008 RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. 1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., SV2-202 SIMI VALLEY, CA 93063 Phone/Sale Information: (800) 281 8219 By: Trustee’s Sale Officer RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. FEI # 1006.38618 6/16, 6/23, 6/30/2011 Monrovia Weekly
Trustee Sale No.: 20100159901877 Title Order No.: 100311886 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Y O U A R E I N DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED 5/11/2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANA-TION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAW-YER. NDEX WEST, LLC, as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 05/17/2007 as Instrument No. 20071203096 of official records in the office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED BY: ALEX C. TAO AND AI LUN MA, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER’S CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of payment authorized by 2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful mon-ey of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 7/7/2011 TIME OF SALE: 10:30 AM PLACE OF SALE: AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE TO THE POMONA SUPERIOR COURTS BUILDING, 350 W. MIS-SION BLVD., POMONA, CA STREET ADDRESS and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 6148 IVAR AVENUE, TEMPLE CITY, CA 91780 APN#: 5384-002-007 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street ad-dress and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is $661,441.98. The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to sell to be recorded in the County where the real property is located. FOR TRUSTEE SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: PRIORITY POSTING & PUBLISHING, INC. 17501 IRVINE BLVD., SUITE ONE TUSTIN, CA 92780 714-573-1965 www.priorityposting.com NDex West, LLC as Trustee Dated: 6/13/2011 NDex West, LLC MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P846478 6/16, 6/23, 06/30/2011 Temple City Tribune
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS #: CA-11-418733-LL Order #: 701594 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 1/22/2008. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUB-LIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and
When Phillip Lew was asked a question by a moth-er of 2 at one of his events about how much money colleges really make behind closed doors; not even he anticipated what his research would soon reveal about the growing divide between what average families make every year and what some colleges silently make every year be-hind their modest ivy towers.
Lew embarked on a ruthless expedition into the lu-crative industry that has now become America’s Higher Education System. A world by many once considered a realm for intellectual devel-opment and transition into adulthood; is now marred by evidence of student loan kickbacks, grossly misman-aged endowments and funds that “accidently fall” into the pockets of those who “hap-pen” to have power.
“After conducting a lot of research and reading all the fine print I started to re-alize that these colleges talk, act and conduct themselves like international billion dol-lar corporations yet we treat them like non-profits” Lew says.
For example, what many families don’t realize is that University of South-ern California—a competitive private university in Los An-geles—made over 2.4 Billion dollars in 2010 and had over 4 Billion dollars in total net assets. That’s more revenue than many of America’s top
corporations and double the GDP of Belize, Greenland, Sierra Leone, and dozens of other countries. This revenue according to Lew, is not just coming from college tuition and fees, but is in truth com-ing from hidden real estate holdings, equity investment deals and other assets owned by education juggernauts.
“When I listen to hor-ror stories of families getting trapped in debt and college loans I can’t help but won-der whose teaching these families what can be done to cut the costs for college” Lew says.
A recent study by the Department of Education re-veals that U.S. College Debt totaled 830 billion dollars for 2010; exceeding the total amount of American con-sumer credit card debt by over 2 billion dollars. “Col-lege tuition has gone up 500% over the last 25 years and what many families don’t re-alize is unless they understand how the financial aid process really works they could soon have their kids graduate and be stuck with over $100,000 + in loans at 8% or more” Lew says.
According to Lew, understanding the college fi-nancial aid process starts with first understanding the psy-chology behind what triggers a college to write a check for a student in the first place.
“Bottom line…it’s a busi-ness decision and that’s what families need to understand.
I’ve seen families who make $200,000 a year watch as their kids receive full scholarships to attend a top university and I’ve seen families make un-der $30,000 be forced to take out $40,000 in loans with zero support from the college” Lew says.
Why does that happen? According to Lew, because colleges are using a collec-tion of information to make a financial aid decision in-cluding the parents income, students GPA, assets, stan-dardized test scores, extracur-riculars, recommendation let-ters, and a whole lot more to determine how much money they can make off the family and how much that specific student may benefit the col-lege.
“These colleges are most interested in attracting the kinds of students that best match their college’s mis-sion, academic profile and culture. As such, knowing both what kind of college your student would be inter-ested in as well as what col-leges would be interested in them is an important step in getting huge discounts off the sticker price for college.”
“Once families under-stand that financial aid is a process and not a form they will be one step closer to sending their kids to the col-lege of their choice without sacrificing their lifestyle, retire-ment or going plain broke.”
Local Author asks ‘How much Money do America’s Colleges Really make off your family?’
Duarte’s belief that the Vulcan EIR is seriously flawed and that destroying the Van Tassel ridge is the wrong thing to do,” com-mented Darrell George, City Manager.
The appeal process starts a new review by a three-judge panel located in Los Angeles at the State Court of Appeal. The pro-cess, comparable to the initial lawsuit, will involve preparation of an adminis-trative record, the filing of approximately three briefs, a hearing and eventual ruling. It could take any-where from nine to fifteen months to complete.
“I hope we get a panel of judges who really under-stands what it means to rip
that mountain down,” said Councilmember Margaret Finlay as she addressed the public after returning from closed session. “We will continue to fight the good fight,” added Mayor Tea-sel Paras Caracci.
Duarte’s lawsuit fo-cuses on the Azusa City Council’s violations of the California Environmental Quality Act and seeks to overturn its certification of the Final Environment Impact Report and related entitlements for the mine expansion project. It also raises numerous points in-cluding insufficient analysis of air quality impacts from blasting and trucking activ-ities; ignoring South Coast Air Quality recommenda-
tions on the location and number of air monitoring stations; and Azusa’s fail-ure to impose any mitiga-tion measures for potential liquefaction impacts.
As approved by the Azusa City Council, the Vulcan mining expan-sion project is poised to destroy Van Tassel Ridge as Vulcan plans to extract 105.6 million tons of ag-gregate from the mountain between now and 2038. Over that same period, the City of Azusa stands to make more than $65 million in mining fees and incentives from Vulcan at the expense of its neigh-bors in Duarte.
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as victims in this scenario. The board members of the GLCA are all elected officials in other cities along the align-ment; they would - or should - do the same thing that the Monrovia City Council is do-ing: protecting the interests of their residents. The staff of the GLCA operate a construc-tion authority; their job is to build something and move on, handing over the project to a third party (in this case METRO) - thus, they won’t have to live with the impact of the project once construction is finished. But Monrovia will, and that is why every dollar of value - in cash as well as pub-lic improvement investment - is so critically important. It is definitely worth fighting for. If Excalibur Holdings and their attorneys believe this entire episode to be an elaborate ruse perpetrated for their amusement and intrigue, then they are sorely mistaken. Truly, the lack of substance in their statements and alle-gations speaks to the lack of merit in their legal claims.
Lastly, and perhaps most notably, the GLCA has op-tions - it can pay Excalibur enough to make it a willing seller; it can try to condemn the property it needs for the M&O Facility; it can redesign
the project to exclude Excali-bur; or it can walk away. I can say without equivocation or tentativeness that we knew, early on, that the time might come when Monrovia would have to walk away from this deal - when it might stop making sense to pursue. We reconciled with that potential outcome at the outset of our discussions with GCLA in July 2009. No one is forcing this site upon GLCA; if they can make a better deal else-where along the Gold Line alignment, then perhaps the time has come for them to reconcile to this alternative as well.”
Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz has been at the forefront of the negotiations along with Scott Ochoa and has written the following letter in response to GLAC:
“I am writing on behalf of the Monrovia City Council to set the record straight. I am sorry to have to say that the GLCA Board Chairman’s Friday, June 10 op-ed con-tains many factual misstate-ments and omissions.
The GLCA became aware of METRO’s require-ment for a Maintenance & Operation Facility well before mid-2009. In July 2009, the City of Irwindale announced
to the other Gold Line Phase II cities that it did not support the construction of the M&O Facility in its community. That same month, Monrovia staff began sharing informa-tion with GCLA and MET-
RO about a possible site in Monrovia.
Through the summer and fall of 2009 intensive dis-cussions between the City, GLCA and METRO staff focused on Monrovia’s prop-erty, the City’s needs and interests in order to facilitate a sale and issues with the sur-rounding property owners. Contrary to the GLCA Chair-man’s statements, his staff
and Monrovia staff discussed Excalibur Holdings, as well as negotiated on elements of a potential land sale (subject to requisite environmental clearances), well before Janu-ary 2011.
GLCA’s letter is correct in its assertion that the draft purchase and sale agreement, considered by the Monrovia City Council/Agency Board on March 22, 2011, stated that there was “no threatened litigation” against Monrovia. Indeed, although GLCA had already been sued by Ex-calibur on February 24, 2011 regarding the adoption of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), Mon-rovia was not served with Ex-calibur’s second lawsuit until the night of the public hearing - thus, the proposed purchase and sale agreement was true and accurate.
All of this is to say that the GLCA should not be surprised and shocked re-garding this matter. On the other hand, we do believe that GLCA has come to view Monrovia’s 2004 settlement agreement with Excalibur Holdings opportunistically.
To be perfectly clear, the 2004 settlement agreement is not “prohibiting the transac-tion between the City and the Authority.” This agreement is the result of the Monrovia Redevelopment Agency’s 2002 project area amend-ment, which included the Ex-calibur Property. Excalibur challenged the project area amendment on the grounds of an insufficient Environ-mental Impact Report (EIR). In exchange for settling the lawsuit, the settlement agree-ment exempted the Excalibur property from eminent do-main, brought on or caused by Monrovia. In the event that Monrovia did bring or cause to be brought eminent domain in the future, then the settlement agreement would be canceled and Excalibur
would have the right to rein-state its challenge to the 2002 project area amendment.
Thus, in responding to GLCA’s demands that Monrovia participate in paying to settle the current litigation with Excalibur, the City points out the obvious: Monrovia is neither con-demning nor causing the con-demnation of the Excalibur property. GLCA is a wholly independent governmental agency over which Monrovia has no control. Moreover, even if the City or Redevelop-ment Agency were in breach of the 2004 settlement agree-ment, the remedy for such a breach is contained within the settlement agreement itself - Excalibur can re-litigate its original EIR challenge against Monrovia, not GLCA.
Of greater concern to the City is why GLCA has not been more decisive in addressing Excalibur. The GLCA is under extreme time pressure. They need 50% of the M&O Facility land in or-der for METRO to release the necessary funding to com-mence major construction on the Phase II alignment. They have already solicited large design-build contracts thus they need an expedient alter-native rather than pursuing the time-intensive options of either redesigning the M&O Facility to carve out Excali-bur or pursuing an eminent domain action against Excali-bur. In effect, GLCA is look-ing for someone else, in this case, Monrovia, to provide them with a quick solution. The Monrovia City Council believes it has no standing in GLCA’s negotiations with a private property owner and has already contributed sig-nificantly to the future devel-opment of the Foothill Exten-sion.
At the end of the day, GLCA has four basic options:
They can pay Excalibur enough money to make them a willing seller;
They can condemn Excalibur’s property (and Monrovia’s property, for that matter);
They can redesign the M&O Facility to exclude Ex-calibur’s property; or
They can find a different location for their M&O Facil-ity.
Make no mistake, how-ever, these were and are their options with or without any 2004 settlement agreement.
The City of Monrovia has been a committed part-ner in the construction of the Foothill Extension, but the City cannot and will not
bear the excessive costs and impacts of development if the GLCA condemns its prop-erty. It’s time for the GLCA to stop playing games with the cities along the Foothill Extension and come to an agreement with the private landowner and finally accept their previously negotiated agreement with the City of Monrovia, so the project can move forward.
Respectfully,Mary Ann LutzMayor, City of Monro-
via”Monrovia Councilman
Tom Adams told Monrovia Weekly that he is very disap-pointed and “ didn’t want the maintenance yard in the first place, but for the right price it would be ok”. He insists that the price they are offering is “too cheap”.
“They can take their trains elsewhere. I have been suspect of this (project) from the start” Adams said. He pointed out that Monrovia was the only city along the Foothill Extension route that offered land for the main-tenance yard. “No other city wanted a maintenance yard…” he added.
Adams also said he thought it might have been wise for Mayor Lutz and City Manager Scott Ochoa to also include another councilmem-ber in these negotiations.
Mayor Lutz said was stunned when GLCA’s law-yers spoke against approving the property sale at Tues-day’s Monrovia City Council meeting.
“We’re not the ones negotiating with Excalibur, we’re not the ones buying the extra property - it’s down to the Gold Line,” Lutz told Monrovia Weekly on Friday evening. .
The city has put a $39.6 million price tag on the land at Shamrock and Duarte, including its own purchase price of $23.3 million and re-lated costs, plus $12.5 million to cover revenues Monrovia would lose by not developing the site.
Monrovia Councilman Tom Adams, upon read-ing The GLCA letter told the Weekly “I don’t think it changes a thing. In fact, they say they shouldn’t give in to a few property owners, Mon-rovia should not give in to them.”
Councilmembers will discuss the issue at next week’s June 21 meeting. The next Gold Line meeting is July 5 at 6pm at the Metro Gold Line offices in Monro-via.
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