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A major gift from the Ar-thur and Rosalie Kaplan fami-ly will launch construction of a new pavilion at City of Hope. The pavilion, named in the family’s honor, the Kaplan Family Pavilion, will sit at the heart of City of Hope’s hos-pitality, reception and confer-ence area. It will be adjacent to the Visitor Center, House of Hope and Platt Conference Center – all integral compo-nents of City of Hope’s out-reach to, and connection with, the community.

Family members – Ar-thur (deceased) and Rosalie Kaplan, along with their chil-dren, Michael Kaplan, Steven

There was a Girl Scout Cookie Kick-off event at the Holy Angels Church on Saturday, January 12 with Mayors MaryAnnLutz (Mon-rovia), Bob Harbicht (Ar-cadia) and Margaret Finlay (Duarte) helping kick off the

event. The Mayors’ words of encouragement to over 400 girl scouts supported this year’s cookie theme, “What Can A Girl Do?” - “A World of Good”.The girls were re-

December 14th Mon-terey Park awoke to another horrific case of shooting at our schools. A crazy gunman shot 20 children and 6 adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connect-icut. Monterey Park Rotary President David Anantasin wondered what can a small club on the other side of the country do to help and how can this be tied to the Rotary International President Sakuji Tanaka’s theme for 2012-13 “Peace Through Service.” He remembered the story that he had heard as a child about a girl (Sadako Sasaki) in Japan, who was dying from leukemia caused by the bomb dropped during World War II on Hiro-shima. According to Japanese legend if she could make a thousand paper cranes, she would be granted a wish. Her wish was to live. She made 644 cranes before she passed away. Her community com-

The Glendale Fire De-partment adopts local fam-ilies who need assistance for the holidays. This year, one of the families request-ed beds for their children. The staff of Glendale Fire Department made it their mission to fulfill the family’s Christmas wish. CORT specializes in find-ing solutions that remove the worry and financial problems that accompa-nies change. The goal is

On Wednesday Janu-ary 16, 2013 at 10:58 a.m., Monterey Park Fire units re-sponded to a reported struc-ture fire at 456 S. Alzado St.

First arriving units found a single family dwelling with an apparent attic fire in progress. An aggressive fire attack was conducted and the fire was brought under control within 30 minutes. In addition to Monterey Park Fire, units from Alhambra and Los Angeles County assisted with suppression ef-forts.

The home suffered ap-proximately $100,000 dollars in damage to the structure and contents. There were no injuries to civilians or to firefighters. Initial cause is under investigation by mem-bers of the Monterey Park Arson Taskforce, however preliminary results showed the fire to be accidental in nature.

The Burbank-Glen-dale-Pasadena Airport Au-thority has voted to approve retaining two firms, AE-COM, Inc. and STV, Inc., to conduct studies focusing on improving multi-modal transit connections to and from Burbank Bob Hope Airport and to begin plan-ning for potential land uses

in and around the Airport, including the B-6 property, site of the former Lockheed Martin “Skunk Works.”

The Airport Land Use Working Group (ALU-WG), comprising staff members from both the Airport and the City of Bur-bank, will provide oversight and direction for the stud-

ies.The technical studies

represent the next steps in a joint Authority and City process to develop a con-sensus plan for the future of Bob Hope Airport. The studies’ scopes include:

1. Engaging in a con-sensus-based planning pro-cess with community in-

volvement to identify future transportation options.

2. Assisting the Au-thority in evaluating and integrating concurrent transportation planning ac-tivities, such as improving connections to the North Hollywood Red Line Sta-

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Airport authority retains firms to study multimodal transit to Bob Hope Airport

A thousand cranes in memory of Sandy Hook

Glendale Fire Department receives donation from CORT Furniture

South Alzado Street residential structure fire in Monterey Park

Scope also includes planning for potential land uses near airport

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Hundreds of friends and patients enjoy the celebrations at City of Hope Thursday. -Photo by Terry Miller

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The Internal Revenue Service today announced a simplified option that many owners of home-based busi-nesses and some home-based workers may use to figure their deductions for the busi-ness use of their homes.

In tax year 2010, the most recent year for which figures are available, nearly 3.4 million taxpayers claimed deductions for business use of a home (commonly referred to as the home office deduc-tion).

The new optional de-duction, capped at $1,500 per year based on $5 a square foot for up to 300 square feet, will reduce the paperwork and recordkeeping burden on small businesses by an estimated 1.6 million hours annually.

“This is a common-sense rule to provide taxpayers an easier way to calculate and claim the home office deduc-tion,” said Acting IRS Com-missioner Steven T. Miller. “The IRS continues to look for similar ways to combat complexity and encourages people to look at this option as they consider tax planning in 2013.”

The new option pro-vides eligible taxpayers an easier path to claiming the home office deduction. Cur-rently, they are generally required to fill out a 43-line form (Form 8829) often with complex calculations of allo-cated expenses, depreciation and carryovers of unused de-ductions. Taxpayers claim-ing the optional deduction will complete a significantly simplified form.

Though homeowners using the new option cannot depreciate the portion of their home used in a trade or busi-ness, they can claim allowable mortgage interest, real estate taxes and casualty losses on the home as itemized deduc-tions on Schedule A. These deductions need not be allo-cated between personal and business use, as is required under the regular method.

Business expenses unre-lated to the home, such as ad-vertising, supplies and wages paid to employees are still fully deductible.

Current restrictions on the home office deduction, such as the requirement that a home office must be used regularly and exclusively for business and the limit tied to the income derived from the

particular business, still apply under the new option.

The new simplified op-tion is available starting with the 2013 return most taxpay-ers file early in 2014. Further details on the new option can be found in Revenue Proce-dure 2013-13, posted today on IRS.gov. Revenue Proce-dure 2013-13 is effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and the IRS welcomes public com-ment on this new option to improve it for tax year 2014 and later years. There are three ways to submit com-ments.

E-mail to: [email protected]. Include “Rev. Proc. 2013-13” in the subject line.

Mail to: Internal Reve-nue Service, CC:PA:LPD:PR (Rev. Proc. 2013-13), Room 5203, P.O. Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044.

Hand deliver to: CC:PA:LPD:PR (Rev. Proc. 2013-13), Courier’s Desk, In-ternal Revenue Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The deadline for com-ment is April 15, 2013.

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Avon closing Pasadena distribution facility

Avon has recently an-nounced that the company will close its distribution fa-cilities in Atlanta, GA and Pasadena, CA.

These facilities closures are part of the initial steps of the company’s global Cost Savings Initiative that was an-nounced in December. The global actions are aimed at concentrating resources on high-priority activities, boost-ing efficiencies and reducing costs.

Avon's commitment to its U.S. business, and to

Representatives and their Consumers “ is unwaver-ing.” According to an email sent to this newspaper. “ These changes will allow the company to focus on those activities which can best sup-port its Representatives, help them grow their businesses and meet the needs of their customers.”

The decision to close these U.S. facilities is neces-sary to right-size our U.S. sup-ply chain footprint, reduce complexities and restore the health of the U.S. business.

Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and

the ConstitutionSaturday, Jan. 26

9:30 am Registration Exhibit of “Internment

Camp Photos 1942-1944” by educator and photographer Stone Ishimaru (Poston In-mate)

10:00 am Welcome – Pasadena Mayor Bill Bo-gaard

Guest Speaker: Karen Korematsu, co-founder Kore-matsu Institute

Documentary: “Of Civil Wrongs and Rights The Fred Korematsu Story”

Tule Lake Presentation: Yukio Kawaratani (Tule Lake inmate) & Phil Shigekuni

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Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Con-stitution is the first day in U.S. history named after an Asian American. It is celebrated every January 30th on Mr.

Korematsu’s birthday. The Fred Korematsu Day bill, AB1775, was signed into law by former California Gover-nor Arnold Schwarzenegger on September 23, 2010.

In 2011, a group of citi-zens went before Pasadena City Council, Pasadena Uni-fied School District and Pasadena City College with a Resolution for an Annual Fred Korematsu Day. Pasa-dena became the first south-ern California city to pass this as an annual resolution. The first Fred Korematsu Day Pasadena was celebrated in 2012 with a distinguished group of panelists at Donald Wright Auditorium, Pasade-na City Library.

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The California Public Utilities Commission re-leased a 42 page document detailing their final findings which indicate serious vio-lations on behalf of SCE in the handling of the days and weeks that followed the windstorm.

The report goes on to say: “On November 30, 2011 and December 1, 2011, pow-erful winds swept through Southern California Edison Company’s (SCE) territory knocking down utility fa-cilities, uprooting trees, and causing prolonged power outages. Two-hundred forty-eight wood poles and 1,064 overhead conductors were affected. The highest num-ber of simultaneous custom-er outages was 226,053. Full restoration was completed at 6:21 AM on December 8, 2011. There were no report-

ed injuries or deaths due to this incident.

The Consumer Pro-tection and Safety Division (CPSD) of the California Public Utilities Commis-sion’s (CPUC) investigated the cause of the failed poles, SCE’s restoration effort, and SCE’s communication with the general public and gov-ernmental agencies during the incident.

CPSD determined that SCE and Communica-tion Infrastructure Provid-ers (CIP), who jointly own poles in SCE’s service terri-tory, violated General Order (GO) 95 safety factor require-ments. The CIPs involved are AT&T, Champion Broadband, Charter Com-munications, Sunesys, Time Warner Cable, TW Tele-com, and Verizon. At least 211 poles and 17 guy wires

did not meet the safety factor requirements codified in GO 95, Rule 44.1. CPSD also found that SCE violated GO 95, Rules 17 and 19, for fail-ing to adequately investigate the outages and pole failures and for failing to preserve the evidence.

CPSD found that SCE’s restoration time was inad-equate. In addition, informa-tion in SCE’s emergency procedures was not updated and SCE personnel did noty follow traing schedule nor did they ask for mutual as-sistance.”

The massive windstorm on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2011 affected 440,000 Edison customers, including about 205,000 customers in the San Gabriel Valley. It caused more than $34 million in damages in the Los Angeles County area.

By Terry Miller

Report cites serious safety violations; ‘restoration time was inadequate'

Temple City was one of the hardest hit areas in the huge windstorm December 2011. The Public Utilities Commission has published a scathing report on Edison’s response to that disaster but Edison also has fired back saying SCE de-ployed more than 1,500 field resources to remove vegetation and safely restore power. Within 24 hours of the peak out-age total (4 a.m. on Dec. 1, 2011), SCE had restored nearly 50 percent of its customers’ power. -Photos by Terry Miller

California Public Utilities Commissionblasts SCEdison for poor handling of

windstorm in 42-page-report In a motion intro-duced for the January 22 Board agenda, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich has called for the Public Utilities Commission to enforce regulations violat-ed by Edison in the 2011 windstorms.

“The PUC investiga-tive report revealed that Edison destroyed evidence that should have been available to inspectors, used substandard utility poles, and failed to con-duct emergency training exercises,” Antonovich said. “Edison’s failure to comply with common in-dustry standards resulted in prolonged outages, un-necessary damage, a com-plete customer commu-nications blackout -- and ultimately, an increased threat to public safety.”

In December 2011, powerful windstorms swept through the San Gabriel Valley and San Fernando Valley knocking down 200 utility poles, uproot-ing 1,300 trees, and leaving 439,000 customers with-out power for more than seven days. The utility company’s response to the

disaster led the Consumer Protection and Safety Divi-sion of the California Pub-lic Utilities Commission to investigate.

Their report released Monday concluded that:

Edison failed to pre-serve evidence for inspec-tion by the Consumer Pro-tection and Safety Division that proved their actions led to unnecessary damage and prolonged outages.

Twenty-one of Edi-son’s utility poles and 17 guy wires did not meet in-dustry safety requirements.

Several conductors showed signs of pitting and deformation indicating they failed to meet industry safety requirements.

A lack of vegetation management by Edison may have contributed to utility pole failure.

Edison did not dis-patch dedicated staff to contact its 397 critical care customers during the inci-dent.

Edison did not deploy a reverse-911 system to au-tomatically contact its cus-tomers of an outage in a particular area.

Edison provided the

public inaccurate restora-tion time estimates.

Edison did not imple-ment in-person “door-to-door” outreach activities during emergencies.

Edison did not request mutual assistance from oth-er utilities or the California Utility Emergency Orga-nization (CUEO) which could have reduced resto-ration times.

Edison’s Corporate Emergency Response and Recovery Plan is outdated, and some of its points of contact included retired PUC staff.

Edison representatives lacked specific operational knowledge and author-ity when contacted by the public and government entities.

Edison violated safety requirements by failing to conduct all of its emergen-cy training exercises.

Antonovich’s motion also directs the County’s Office of Emergency Man-agement to provide the Board of Supervisors with quarterly reports on Edi-son’s compliance correct-ing these deficiencies.

Antonovich asks PUC to enforce utility regulations violated

to make life’s transitions easier and less stressful. CORT located on 339 N. Central Avenue in Glen-dale fulfilled its goal by providing the Glendale Fire Department with a large furniture donation that included two twin size headboards along with box springs and mattress-es, a dresser, two night-stands, a mirror, a sofa, loveseat, and lamp. Glen-

dale Fire Department per-sonnel delivered the fur-niture to the local family who was extremely grate-ful and overwhelmed by the generosity of the com-munity. This family was overjoyed to have their Christmas wish come true. Glendale Fire Depart-ment would like to thank CORT, Store Manager Mark Belinfante, Retail Manager Robert Morgan

and Sales Representative Lisa Marie Green for their gracious donation and support.

The mission of the Glendale Fire Department is to protect life and prop-erty by providing the high-est level of service to the community. For more in-formation about the Glen-dale Fire Department, go to http://fire.ci.glendale.ca.us.

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Kaplan and Bonnie (Kaplan) Fein – have been longtime supporters of City of Hope. The pavilion that bears their name will help usher in City of Hope’s centennial celebra-tion in 2013, paying tribute both to City of Hope’s legacy and to its future. With two in-dividual structures joined by a central courtyard, this mod-ern centerpiece will include a concert venue; multimedia, conference and presentation rooms; exhibit spaces; and outdoor areas. Groundbreak-ing for the 8,000-square-foot facility is expected to begin in January 2013; the building is scheduled to open in January 2014.

The Kaplan family has made significant contribu-tions to City of Hope as do-nors and by serving on vari-ous committees and boards. Steven Kaplan has been ac-tive with a number of City of Hope chapters, including Inner Circle and The Sports-men’s Club. Michael Ka-plan is a past City of Hope chapter president and legacy member of the board of di-rectors. Bonnie Fein is a past president of Inner Circle and currently serves on City of Hope’s Ambassador Leader-ship Council, the Los Angeles Real Estate & Construction Industries Council and Board of Regents. The Kaplan fam-ily previously supported an endowed chair in medical on-cology and named the lobby inside City of Hope Helford Clinical Research Hospital in 2007. This most recent gift is

a tribute to Arthur and Rosa-lie Kaplan by their children who continue to be inspired by their family’s legacy and commitment to philanthropic giving.

Arthur Kaplan was president and co-founder of KB Management Co., a de-velopment firm specializing in office buildings. Raised in Los Angeles, he was involved in numerous Jewish charities, as well as medical and educa-tional organizations such as City of Hope. Before starting KB Management, he headed several Southern California firms that manufactured and sold food products, tires and cosmetics. He was diagnosed with cancer in 1981, and was treated at City of Hope. Though he died in 1985, the family credits City of Hope

with prolonging his life and enabling him to enjoy his fi-nal years.

“Everyone that comes through City of Hope’s gate is treated with an enormous level of compassion,” said Michael Kaplan. “We do what we can to support City of Hope because they do so much to help everybody and they do it with compassion and love.”

“We are grateful for Rosalie’s generosity and for the legacy support from the Kaplan family,” said Michael A. Friedman, M.D., Irell & Manella Cancer Center Di-rector’s Distinguished Chair and City of Hope chief execu-tive officer. “City of Hope cel-ebrates its centennial in 2013. This gift enables us to build a museum and reception

center to honor our past and celebrate our future. The Ka-plan Family Pavilion will pro-vide a setting to preserve the heritage of the last hundred years, and to reinvigorate our commitment to our mission and the challenges of the next hundred years.”

“When you have been given so much in life, there is an obligation to give back,” said Rosalie Kaplan, who will celebrate her 100th birthday in 2013 - City of Hope’s cen-tennial year. “When I grew up, we did not have a lot of money, but I never thought that we were poor. Any extra money that I earned would be placed in a special jar for City of Hope. I have always believed that they have the ability to cure cancer.”

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Opera Singers from the Los Angeles Opera Company entertain guests Thursday lunchtime after the ceremonial groundbreaking.The pavilion that bears the Kaplan name name will help usher in City of Hope’s centennial cel-ebration in 2013, paying tribute both to City of Hope’s legacy and to its future. -Photos by Terry Miller

29-year-old Suspect Donald Vincent, a youth ice skating coach, was arrested at his Torrance home on Friday by Detectives from the Special Victims Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sus-pect Vincent is alleged to have molested a boy while the coach lived in Hacienda Heights.

Suspect Vincent has been coaching youth ice skaters for the past seven years at various ice skat-ing rinks in the Los Ange-les, Riverside and Orange County areas, including:

East/West Ice Palace – Artesia, Los Angeles Coun-ty

Glacial Gardens – Lake-wood, Los Angeles County

Norwalk Ice – Norwalk, now closed (2007)

Paramont Iceland - Paramount, Los Angeles County

Skating Edge Ice Arena – Harbor City, Los Angeles County

Anaheim Ice – Ana-heim, Orange County

Ice Town Riverside – Riverside, Riverside County

The information came to light in December 2012 when the now 17-year old victim told a friend at a youth camp, who then told another person. They then encouraged the victim to report the abuse. The victim told sheriff’s investigators that he was repeatedly mo-

lested by his skating coach at the coach’s Hacienda Heights home, when he was between the ages of 12 to 15.

Suspect Vincent was arrested on felony child molestation charges at his home in Torrance on Janu-ary 11, 2013. He is currently incarcerated with a bail set at $1,000,000.00.

On Monday, January 14, 2013 at Pomona Supe-rior Court, the suspect was charged with three felony counts by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The charges include: One count of 288.5(a) CA Penal Code, Continuous Lewd Acts With a Minor, and two counts of 288(c)(1) CA Penal Code, Lewd Acts with a Minor, Ages 14 or 15.

Sheriff’s Special Vic-tims Bureau detectives are seeking the help of the pub-lic to identify possible ad-ditional victims, especially during the suspect’s tenure as a skating coach. Anyone who may have information regarding this investiga-tion is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Department Spe-cial Victims Bureau at (877) 710-5273 or [email protected] Or if you wish to re-main Anonymous, call “LA Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), texting the letters TIPLA plus your tip to CRIMES (274637), or using the website http://lac-rimestoppers.org.

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I didn’t know what to expect when a friend and I arrived in Torrance for a re-cent mid-week getaway. The city has always been a mys-tery to me; a place I past on the way to Redondo Beach or Long Beach. But after a night in the ocean-front city, I knew I had discovered a hid-den gem.

The adventure began when a friend and I checked into comfortable suite at the Torrance Marriott South Bay Hotel. Located in the cen-ter of town, next to the Del Amo Fashion Mall (the fifth largest mall in the U.S.), with sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and Downtown Los Angeles, the hotel is a great place to call home while visit-ing Torrance.

Our 17th-floor room was highlighted by a huge living area, with office desk, flat screen TV, and full kitchen with sink, microwave and fridge. The modern room also boasted a comfy king bed and a balcony overlook-ing the beautiful Los Angeles

skyline and Pacific Ocean. After unpacking we

drove a few blocks from the hotel to The Depot Restau-rant (www.depotrestaurant.com), where we enjoyed a memorable, eclectic lunch in a classic building that was once an actual train depot.

I began the meal with iced tea and Debu-Chan Bento, an exciting and deli-cious plate featuring seared tuna, house-smoked Ssalm-on, Thai BBQ shrimp, crispy calamari, and miso greens. My friend had the Hudson River Foie Gras & Garlic Shrimp Club Sandwich, with Applewood smoked bacon on toasted brioche.

While dining with met chef and owner Michael Shafer, who described a little about his menu, which tastefully blends German, Austrian, contemporary Scandinavian, pan-Asian, Mexican-American, and American cooking together to create a tantalizing culinary journey.

Other tasty items at The Depot include the Shrimp Burger, with roasted peppers, gorgonzola and garlic spread; the Ahi Tuna & Wasabi Cav-iar Tartare; and Macaroni and Cheese with buttermilk

chicken fingers. With our bellies full

and satisfied we cruised out of The Depot and into the Toyota Museum (www.toyo-tausamuseum.com), located on grounds of the car compa-ny’s headquarters. In this fas-cinating, 46,000-sq-ft museum I encountered a hundreds of rare and historic cars, some I which had a profound im-pact on my own life.

Museum highlights in-clude a 1958 Crown, the first Toyota ever sold in America; a sports car from the James Bond movie “You Only Live Twice;” the first Lexus to come across the ocean to America; a section full of awesome Indy Race Cars; rare pick-up trucks and Land Rovers; and kiosks every-where that display videos of the history of car-making gi-

ant. Back at the hotel, we re-

laxed by the indoor / outdoor pool and then I worked out at the fitness center. After-wards, we grabbed a drink at the Marriott’s beautiful Rain Wine Bar & Lounge.

For dinner we drove a couple miles to Yuzu Sushi Restaurant, where we sam-pled sushi and fine Japanese cuisine. Dinner highlights in-

clude, Yebisu beer, pickled veggies, fish cakes, tuna rolls, fried chicken and an array of exotic salads.

Torrance Marriott South Bay is located at 3635 Fashion Way, Torrance, 90503. For more information and reser-vations, visit www.marriott.com or call (310) 316-3636. For more info on Yuzu Res-taurant, call (310) 533-9898.

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pleted the project in her mem-ory. They went on to create a statue of Sadako holding a giant golden origami crane in Hiroshima Peace Park so that her memory lives on.

President David with 30 Rotarians and Interactors worked on two Saturdays in January to create a mobile of 1,000 origami cranes in memory of Sandy Hook’s victims. Students and teachers at Repetto Elementary School also made 1,000 origami cranes to create another mo-bile. The teachers used this project to teach the children about compassion for others

and reaching out in peace to others. These cranes will be displayed in the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library Children’s Room later this month and from there the cranes will be shipped to Sandy Hook as a memorial of what they, and we all lost. The Monterey Park Brugge-meyer Library also has the children’s book for checkout about Sadako entitled Sada-ko and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr.

For further information contact Monterey Park Rota-ry President David Anantasin (213) 268-5911 or E-mail him

at [email protected].

Rotary International is the oldest service organiza-tion in the world. For infor-mation on serving your lo-cal community through the Monterey Park Rotary, check http://montereyparkrotary.org/. Monterey Park Rotary usually meets every Thurs-day at 12:15 P.M. at Capital Seafood, 755 W. Garvey Avenue, Monterey Park. For more information on Rotary International and clubs in other communities see http://www.rotary.org/EN/ABOU-TUS/Pages/ridefault.aspx.

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minded that “by putting their mind and energies to some-thing, a Girl Scout can over-come any challenge. There are no limits. She can be any-thing. She can do anything.”

The event was put to-gether by Joyce Santillan, Monrovia/Duarte Service Unit Manager and Judy Lee, Arcadia Service Unit Man-ager who decided that bring-ing more girls together would provide an opportunity for

girls to “meet new friends and have fun with their sister scouts.”

Girls attended Cook-ie University where they learned about goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics—aspects essential to leadership, to success, and to life. Girls are building a lifetime of skills and confidence.

So remember, when

a girl scout is selling you a box of cookies, you are help-ing her to reach her goals. Cookie Sales initial orders begin January 13, 2013 and booth sales will begin Febru-ary 12. For more informa-tion about cookies or if you are interested in joining Girl Scouts, please contact the lo-cal Arcadia Council at (626) 677-2000 or look at the web-site girlscoutsla.org.


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A 20-year-old Newhall man who trolled for teen girls on Internet social me-dia sites and hung out with younger boys so he could meet younger girls was sen-tenced to 15 years and four months in state prison today after pleading no contest to molesting 15 girls in 2010 and 2011, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Deputy District Attor-ney Julie Kramer said Mi-chael Downs was sentenced by San Fernando Supe-rior Court Judge Hayden Zacky. Downs pleaded

to 14 felony counts and one misdemeanor charge involving the victims, be-tween the ages of 16 and 12 when the crimes occurred. She said the felony charges included eight counts of lewd conduct with a child, five counts of unlawful sex with a minor and one count of sexual penetration by a foreign object of a minor. The misdemeanor count was sexual battery.

Downs was charged in December 2011 and has been in custody since then in connection with the case. As part of his sentence, he

must register for life as a sex offender. A restitution hearing will be scheduled by Judge Zacky on Feb. 27.

Authorities said Downs was between the ages of 18 and 19 when the crimes oc-curred. They said he lied about his age, pretending to be 15 or 16. He would meet the victims through social media, at malls and house parties. He also befriended younger teen boys to meet girls in their age group.

The case was investi-gated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau.

Notice is hereby given that the Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Commis-sion (ALUC) will conduct a public hearing concerning the City of Burbank Draft 2035 General Plan project for its review for consistency with the Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Plan on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 150 at the Hall of Records, 320 West Temple Street, Los Angeles,

California 90012. The Draft Burbank 2035 Plan’s project site for the purposes of this Airport Land Use Commis-sion (ALUC) review is the Airport Influence Area for Bob Hope Airport that is within the City of Burbank.

For further information contact Mr. David McDon-ald at (213) 974-6425 or [email protected]. Review case materials at http://planning.co.la.ca.us/

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The Community De-velopment Department (CDD) has undergone a series of structural realign-ments throughout the past year in an effort to provide the best customer service to all who live, work and conduct business in Glen-dale. The final part of that reorganization will be com-pleted when the Neighbor-hood Services operation moves to the Municipal Services Building. This move will enhance the customer experience as it will ensure that a variety of services be provided under one roof and at one

centralized public coun-ter. The new configura-tion will truly provide a one-stop-shop for many of the City’s constituents including developers, con-tractors, homeowners and business owners.

Beginning on January 22, 2013, the Neighbor-hood Services Office (con-sisting of code compliance and customer service staff) will be housed in the Mu-nicipal Services Building located at 633 East Broad-way in room 101. Their new counter hours will be Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 12:00

PM. The public will still be able to contact staff at the Neighborhood Services number, (818) 548-3700 from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM Monday through Thurs-day and 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM Fridays.

Stay connected with the Community Devel-opment Department by signing up to receive their online newsletter, CDD Connection. You can also visit the CDD Webpage to learn more about the ser-vices available through the Community Development Department or by phone at (818) 548-2140.

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Dorothy's PlaceLive with both?

My life will soon change. I’m about to be-come rich. Have you seen all the ads recently for the big Sweepstakes? Well, with no effort on my part, I’ve made it to the finals and now I’m mailing in the winnng entry. The camera crew and the Prize Patrol will soon show up at my front door. I’m going to win $5,000 a week for the rest of my life!

Dream on. What will I do with all that money? Oh sure, I’d like to buy a sparsely populated state and just turn it into a huge, hap-py home for all the aban-doned and abused animals and kids of the world. But

then, I’m not thinking chari-ty and goodness today. I’m thinking pure self-indulgent pampering.

I’ll start with a new house and lots of rooms, each to its own purpose. Of course, a door on every room except the “parlor”. No one but me need ever see the inside of them ex-cept my husband and my animals and I might shut even him and them out of some.

I’ll have a humongous indoor jacuzzi with so many built-in jets that I can lie, sit or stand in any position and bombard any one spot on my whole body. Then I’ll have a heated massage table and I’ll hire a masseuse to give me a massage at least once a day.

Since my body will feel good, I’ll do my own house-cleaning. I like to clean. But, I’ll never do grocery shopping again. No reason

to cook either and definitely no dishwashing. No laun-dry. No ironing. I’m not being entirely selfish--think of the new jobs I’m creat-ing. I’ll have a new $5,000 every week. I’ll pay very well.

What if...do you sup-pose...could someone else have the winning number? I won’t have lots and lots of rooms? I won’t have a jacuzzi? I won’t have lots of hired help? Do I need them? Nah.

I do have a bath tub. I do have lots and lots of friends. I do have a “par-lor”. My friends don’t mind if my treadmill sits in one corner and my books are piled in another. My cats will sit in my lap in any room.

I wouldn’t trade all the wonderful love I have for even $5,000 a week. Then again, I could surely learn to live with both.

Burbank Interim City Manager Ken Pulskamp has promoted Joy Forbes to become the City’s new Director of the Commu-nity Development Depart-ment (CDD).

Forbes currently serves as Deputy City Manager for the City of Burbank, a position she’s held since January, 2009. Prior to that, she served 13-years in CDD, finishing as Deputy City Planner be-fore her move to the City Manager’s Office four years ago.

“In some ways, I’m re-

turning to my roots,” says Forbes. “CDD stoked my passion for city planning; but it was these last four years as Deputy City Man-ager that gave me an even deeper understanding of all the elements that create a vibrant community.”

The Community De-velopment Department is responsible for City Plan-ning, Building, License and Code, Transportation, Housing, and Economic Development.

“Given Joy’s experi-ence in the field of Com-munity Development,

her professional planning background, and her vast knowledge of the Burbank community, I know she will do an excellent job leading this department,” says Pulskamp.

Forbes will begin her duties as CDD Director on Saturday, January 19, 2013. In addition, she will continue to assist Interim City Manager Pulskamp as he conducts an internal search for an Interim Assis-tant City Manager. Forbes replaces Greg Herrmann who retired in December, 2012.

Joy Forbes selected as Burbank’sDirector of the CommunityDevelopment Department

Sonia Fernandez, 40, of Pomona, has been re-appointed to the Califor-nia Employment Training Panel, where she has served since 2011. Fernandez has been marketing representa-tive at the Laborers’ Em-ployers Cooperation and Education Trust since 2005. She was database manager

at the Southern California Laborers’ Joint Apprentice-ship Committee from 2002 to 2005. Fernandez was an accounts payable and re-ceivable clerk at the Holiday Candy Company Inc. from 1996 to 1997 and was a per-sonnel administration clerk in the United States Marine Corps from 1993 to 2006.

She is a member of Dis-abled American Veterans. Fernandez earned a Master of Arts degree in leadership and organizational studies from Azusa Pacific Univer-sity. This position does not require Senate confirmation and compensation is $100 per diem. Fernandez is a Democrat.

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This home has been beautifully maintained and restored. There is an updated kitchen with granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances and cherry wood cabinets. The view out the front window and front patio includes the mountains, tree tops and city lights. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,460 sq. ft. See www.833CanyonCrest.com for more pictures and information.

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Offering tranquil VIEWS of the valley and moun-tains, this 4 bedroom, 3 bath home is situated on a 14, 401 sf. lot. There is a large family/media room, an updated kitchen, updated baths, new windows, closet organizers in all bedrooms, new bamboo flooring. CA & Heat, huge laundry room and a large 2-car garage! See www.608vallevista.com for photos and details.

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This property (13,787 sf) and the vacant land/lot (10,178 sf) to the North (608 S. Ramona) are being sold together for a total of 23,965 sf. Both lots are zoned R-2 (buyer to verify zoning with the city). Front house has 3 bedrooms, 1 bath-room. Second house has 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. This property is being sold for $748,000. The 2nd parcel to the north, referenced as 608 S. Ramona, San Gabriel is a lot priced at $488,000. The seller prefers to sell both lots together.San Gabriel (610RAM) $1,236,000

This gorgeous character home is tucked against the Sierra Madre foothills. Grand entry~step-down L.R. w/custom stone fireplace~Formal Dining Room & French doors cook island, stainless refrigerator, dishwasher, pantry, granite counters. Family Room w/ custom built-ins~ 3/4 guest bath, skylights. Master Suite highlighted w/a stone fireplace & mountain views~Master Bath has dual sinks, Jacuzzi, 2 Bedrooms. Hardwood floors. Dual A/C. Dual paned windows.Sierra Madre (LIM) $1,150,000

Perfect for live work BUYERS!! Zoned Residential Pro-fessional! Adorable craftsman type cottage with newly built addition that has 2 master suites and a den (all built in 2007), there is also a 3rd bedroom with another bath. There is a porch that surrounds the front yard with pretty garden, in back yard you have a private garden setting . There are 2 Mitsubishi air-heat units in home. Sierra Madre (373SIE) $775,000

This Vintage Victorian was built in 1900 and legend sur-rounds it that it was built for Lucky Baldwin’s sister. Its 4 bedrooms are all upstairs with an original full bathroom and there is an office downstairs along with a half bath and laundry room. The dining room, kitchen and spacious living room have seen many a family gathering and the seller is sad to depart after 39 years! Sierra Madre (PAR) $798,000

tion and to the Gold Line in Pasadena.

3. Assisting the City in identifying acceptable land use development oppor-tunities at the Airport and nearby rail stations.

4. Developing strate-gies that minimize environ-mental impacts of Airport-related development.

In 2011 both the Au-thority and the City agreed to extend a 2005 Devel-

opment Agreement until March, 2015. Extending the Agreement allows the City and Authority time to work closely with the community to explore options for fu-ture use of the land in and around the Airport and the transit systems serving the Airport.

The preliminary sched-ule calls for the public in-volvement in the studies to begin next spring. The

selected firms, AECOM, Inc. and STV, Inc., have extensive transportation and land use planning ex-perience. The studies will take approximately four-teen months to complete at a cost of $949,647, being covered through a grant from the federal govern-ment with additional fund-ing from the Los Ange-les County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

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California homeown-ers with mortgage-related headaches will get some relief under a new bill pro-posed by State Assembly-member Chris Holden (D-Pasadena). AB 132 would waive the state penalties on early withdrawals from re-tirement accounts when the funds are used to help sta-bilize mortgage payments.

As more and more homeowners struggle to pay their mortgages or watch as their home values plunge, they are turning to early distributions from their retirement accounts. But that can trigger severe tax penalties if the borrow-er is less than 59 ½ years of age. There is a 10% federal

tax penalty and an addi-tional 2.5% state penalty for early withdrawals.

“These people are be-ing penalized for trying to do the right thing and save their homes,” explained Assemblymember Holden. “With several mortgage lenders acknowledging abuses, it’s time to give homeowners a break. In addition to helping these people stay in their homes, we’re also helping restore stability to our communi-ties and avoid the blight as-sociated with foreclosures.”

Under Holden’s AB 132, eligible homeowners could avoid state tax penal-ties on up to $6,000 taken from their retirement ac-

counts when they use them to pay their mortgage. The penalty is also waived as part of a home loan modifi-cation. In addition, individ-uals must agree to receive financial counseling from a HUD-approved counseling agency prior to taking the distribution.

“I’m hoping that this bill will allow more home-owners to avoid foreclo-sure. The added funds may help stabilize homeowners for a month or two until they can refinance or sell. Although foreclosure rates across the state are down, California still has the na-tion’s second-highest fore-closure activity,” added Holden.

Assemblymember Holden offers help for struggling homeowners with AB 132

The leader of a gang that committed serious hate crimes against African Americans in Azusa was sentenced Monday to 20 years behind bars.

The Feds say 48-year-old Santiago Rios, who is known as “Chico,” was the leader of the Azusa 13

gang in 2008 and 2009. He pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and conspiracy to violate the civil rights of area black men and women.

On June 2011, a feder-al grand jury indicted Rios

and 50 other members and associates of Azusa 13, which is a Latino gang.

Authorities alleged that the gang committed racially-motivated crimes against black people from assaults to robberies and also used racist graffiti to harass African Americans.

Azusa gang leader sentenced to 20 years

Southern California Edison (SCE) has received and is currently reviewing the California Public Utili-tiesCommission, Safety and Enforcement Division’s final report on its investigation of the utility’s response to the Nov. 30, 2011,hurricane-force windstorm that resulted in significant damage to the SanGabriel Valley.

In their press release, SCE said “The final report recaps many issues that SCE has previously acknowl-edged. Based on a tremen-dous effort by SCE to learn from theresponse experi-ence, including both an in-ternal and an extensivethird-party investigation that SCE made publically available in April 2012,the utility has modified and significantly upgraded many of its practic-esto enhance its response to major storms such as the one of Nov. 30, 2011.”

“Our performance in the San Gabriel Valley fol-lowing the 2011 windstorm fell short of our own expecta-tions, as well as those of our customers,local elected offi-cials, and the commission,” said SCE President Ron Litz-inger. “As a result, we have established a comprehensive program tostrengthen our service restoration and com-munication performance during andafter storms by bolstering key technology systems, and by increasing thescalability and integration of our storm response plan.”

SCE continues to be-lieve that in an emergency such as this, there needs tobe an appropriate and practical balance between restoration efforts andpreservation of removed materials for later regulatory analysis.Restora-tion of electrical service had to take precedence in this situationgiven the magnitude of the damage and the sig-nificant number of custom-erswho remained without power. While SCE’s prima-ry focus was on restoration

ofservice, field crews trans-ported and preserved more than an acre of fallenpole material as “evidence.”

SCE looks forward to working with the commis-sion to develop protocols that would confirm the ap-propriate balance between restoration and preservation of materials following signifi-cant storm events.

Key improvements:SCE is currently plan-

ning to implement a study of its poles, as directed in the re-cent General Rate Case de-cision, to examine poleload-ing in the service territory and will report the results of thestudy to the commission by July 31, 2013.

The Outage Center on SCE’s website, SCE.com, was redesigned forbetter ac-cess via mobile devices. This includes a new mobileappli-cation for iPhone and An-droid smart phones to give customers theopportunity to access outage information, report an outage, or track-outage status via their mobile devices.

The utility identified more than 40 potential stag-ing sites within the service territory that can be used as command posts and loca-tions for crew gathering and dispatch, as well as to store materials.

SCE has improved situ-ational awareness through storm and response model-ing, which was tested during the utility’s responseduring the 2012 heat wave.

The utility plans for the use of Early Damage Assess-ment Teams for immediate field deployment to perform quick assessment of the mag-nitude and location of dam-age, which can then be used as input to help determine the appropriate restoration strategy and resource re-quirements.

Background on the 2011 windstorm:

The severe windstorm resulted in nearly 225,000

customers being without power at the peak of the event, and more than 400,000 customers experienced at least some power loss. The wind knocked down approx-imately 250 poles, 60,000 feet of wire and 100 transformers, most of them in the greater San Gabriel Valley, the hard-est hit area.

SCE deployed more than 1,500 field resources to remove vegetation and safely restore power. Within 24 hours of the peak outage total (4 a.m. on Dec. 1, 2011), SCE had restored nearly 50 percent of its customers’ power. Restoration efforts were completed on Dec. 8, 2011. SCE field crews worked around the clock for days in a difficult and danger-ous environment. Thousands of hours were spent remov-ing trees, rebuilding entire electrical lines, installing over 200 poles and reestablishing-service for hundreds of thou-sands of customers.

While some customers were without power for an extended time, 92 percent of affected customers in the San Gabriel Valley area had their power restored by Sun-day eveningor within four days. There were no serious injuries to the crews or the public.

Customer safety is a top operating priority for SCE. If you see a downed line or dangling wire — even if it ap-pears not to be live — don’t touch or approach it and call 911 immediately.

A video and fact sheet about powerline safety are available at: www.sce.com/powerlines. The informa-tion is available in Spanish at: www.sce.com/cables.The Davies report and SCE’s internal report are available on SCE’s website at: http://www.sce.com/windstorm.Follow us on Twitter(www.twitter.com/SCE)and like us on Facebook (www.face-book.com/SCE).

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BALDWIN PARK $369,000This home features 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1,700 sq. ft. of living space. Shows very well, close to shopping cen-ters and schools. 2 car garage. Property is located on a corner lot must see to appreciate.(M3702)


TEMPLE CITY $1,398,000Breath taking! Temple city school. Granite floors, cathedral ceiling, top quality & extraordinary architectural design, family & living room w/fireplace, central air and heating, formal dining room, master suite w/steam room, office, bonus room and bar, beautiful gormet kitchen w/granite coutertops and center island, a must see.(L5924)


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