Mountain Views News          Saturday, December 4, 2010

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Mountain Views News Saturday, December 4, 2010 

ARCADIA HAS THE FIRST OPEN SOURCE CATALOG IN SO. CAL

Winter Holidays 
Around the World 
at the Arcadia 
Historical Museum

On Saturday, December 
18 at 2:30 p.m., come see 
how people around the 
world celebrate the winter 
holidays! Enjoy an afternoon 
filled with activities and 
crafts including a puppet 
show! Get a henna tattoo 
and make a cheeky caroler! 
Seating is limited and 
families will be accepted in 
the order that they are in 
line.

 The Arcadia Historical 
Museum is located at 380 W. 
Huntington Drive, immediately 
behind the Community Center. 

 For more information, please 
call (626) 574-5440.

NEW ONLINE REGISTRATION IS HERE!

The Recreation and Community Services Department is pleased 
to announce that beginning Monday, November 29, 2010 
recreation participants will now be able to view, register and 
pay for City offered activities, including youth, adult and senior 
citizen classes, excursions and special events at any time during 
the open registration period in the convenience of your home or 
on your mobile device. Once you have created an account online 
and it is verified by the Recreation Department, you will be able 
to search for and enroll in any activity listed on the Department 
website. For more information please call 626.574.5113 or log 
onto the city’s website at www.ci.arcadia.ca.us and look for the 
online link to recreation programs. Registration is available to 
residents of Arcadia online only the week of November 29th and 
non-residents, walk-in and fax-in the week of December 6th. 

The “Buzz” displaying all programs and classes for the 2010/2011 
winter season will be mailed to residents the first week in 
November. On the cover, look for an artists rendering of The 
Dana Gym, a brand new facility in Arcadia. This very special 
project is a joint use venture between the Arcadia Unified School 
District and the City of Arcadia. The Dana Gym will have one 
full size basketball court, which can be divided in half for two 
side-by-side youth basketball/volleyball courts or can be set up 
for badminton. City sponsored recreation activities will include 
playground and intramural leagues, adult basketball and a variety 
of contract classes. Look for the Grand Opening of the Dana Gym 
in 2011. 

Do you want to know what the “Buzz” is about in Arcadia? Wait for 
the latest copy of “The Peacock Buzz” to find out! 

The Arcadia Public Library 
will celebrate its grand 
opening of the new and first 
open source Library Catalog 
in Southern California 
beginning December 13. 
Here are some of the new 
features:

• It’s simplicity! The 
new catalog offers simple, 
clear searching. 

• The Library can 
implement new features to 
better serve the public and 
improve work processes for 
the staff. 

• Suggestions for 
Library purchases are 
available right from the 
catalog. 

• Expanded searches 
are possible, with simple and 
clear instructions. 

• Book reviews are 
available. 

• You can add items to 
a personal, private list. This 
could be used for keeping 
track of books you’ve read or 
want to read. 

• You can place your 
own comments or reviews 
for items in the catalog. 

• You can add tags 
(personally meaningful 
terms) to items.

• You can set up an 
RSS feed so that you will be 
notified when new items 
arrive at the Library on your 
personal interests or by your 
favorite authors. 

• You can place all of 
your holds at one time…fast, 
fast, fast! 

• You can receive 
notices by e-mail…and 
decide for yourself when you 
want to receive them! 

The Arcadia Public Library 
is very excited about 
implementing this new open 
source integrated library 
system (ILS). As technology 
continues to change, so does 
the Library. The Arcadia 
Public Library has had 
three different integrated 
library systems (ILS) over 
the past twenty years. The 
last migration was in 2002. 
Through a grant from the 
California State Library, 
the Arcadia Public Library 
is able to cover some of the 
initial costs to change over 
to this new system. The 
Arcadia Public Library has 
contracted with ByWater 
Solutions for the migration, 
hosting and support of the 
Koha integrated library 
system.

What is Koha? Koha is the 
first open-source integrated 
library system. Koha was 
originally developed in 
New Zealand by Katipo 
Communications Ltd. for 
Horowhenua Library Trust. 
It first went live in January, 
2000. Koha is currently 
maintained by a team of 
software providers and 
library technology staff from 
around the world. There are 
over 1000 libraries running 
on Koha internationally.

Why Koha and why now? 
The past two years have 
been financially tough for 
public libraries and Arcadia 
Public Library has been no 
exception. The Library was 
asked to hold the line on 
costs and/or reduce costs 
as much as feasible. Costs 
for the current ILS system 
continued to climb these 
past two years and we were 
unsuccessful in getting the 
current vendor to keep costs 
the same and/or to reduce 
them. The Library has been 
interested in an open source 
integrated library system 
for a couple of years and 
when staff compared costs 
of the current ILS to an 
open source library system, 
Arcadia Public Library 
was very impressed with 
what was “free” with an 
open source package. This 
included the initial purchase, 
additional modules that were 
unattainable due to high 
costs before, upgrades, test 
environment license and 
more. It’s not completely free 
but it is a big savings from 
what is currently being paid 
out now.

Check out the new Library 
Catalog in person or online 
beginning December 13! 

Breakfast with 
Santa and 
Holiday Snow 
Festival!

Get ready for the holidays 
and come join us for 
breakfast with Santa on 
Saturday, December 4th at 
the Arcadia Community 
Center, 365 Campus 
Drive, Arcadia, CA 91007. 
Breakfast with Santa is $8 
per person and includes 
breakfast, photos with Santa 
and holiday entertainment. 
There will be two options 
for breakfast: 8:30-9:30am 
(#4030) or 10:30-11:30am 
(#4031). Space is limited. 
Registrations are being 
accepted now! Just go on-
line to the City of Arcadia’s 
website: www.ci.arcadia.
ca.us, to download the 
registration form or stop 
by the office, 375 Campus 
Drive. 

The Holiday Snow Festival 
is free to the public and 
will also take place at 
the Arcadia Community 
Center on the same day 
from 9am-2pm. This 
event will feature holiday 
entertainment, crafts, 
trolley train rides, dual 
sled runs and two snow 
play areas. Carl’s Jr. will be 
available for purchase from 
11:30am-1:30pm. Santa 
will only be present at the 
Breakfast with Santa Event. 
Parking will be available 
at Gate 4 of the Santa 
Anita Race Track. Shuttle 
service will be available to 
transport participants to 
and from the Community 
Center from 7:45am-
2:15pm. In the event of 
rain, the Snow Festival 
will be held Saturday, 
December 11th. For more 
information please call 
626.574.5113!

Charges Filed in Attempted Murder Case

On November 5, 2010 at 
about 6:50 pm, a 17 year old 
young man from Arcadia 
was lured into a physical 
altercation by a lone suspect, 
at a business located in 
the 1000 block of South 
Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia. 
The fight moved outside the 
business toward the parking 
lot when the suspect was 
joined by three additional 
suspects who attacked the 
victim. The suspects struck, 
kicked, beat the victim 
with a pipe-like object, 
and during the attack, the 
victim was stabbed twice in 
the torso. The suspects fled 
and were not apprehended. 
The victim was hospitalized 
and is recovering from his 
injuries.

Over the course of the 
next few weeks, Arcadia 
Detectives conducted 
follow-up investigation 
and developed information 
that led to the arrest of 
four individuals for this 
crime. Two adults, Andy 
Lieu, 18 years old from El 
Monte, and Jonah Moon, 
18 years old from Norwalk, 
along with two 17 year old 
juveniles were booked at 
the Arcadia City Jail on 
attempted murder charges. 
The juveniles were from 
Alhambra and Cypress. 
Detectives believe that the 
attack was in retaliation 
for an altercation that took 
place earlier in the day in 
another local city and that 
both incidents were gang 
related. All four suspects 
are believed to be members 
of a local Asian street gang.

A felony complaint was 
filed on November 29, 
2010 by the Los Angeles 
District Attorney’s Office 
with charges of attempted 
murder - PC 664/187(a) 
and criminal street gang 
enhancements on each of the 
four suspects. Lieu, Moon, 
and the two juveniles are 
being held on $1,000,000.00 
bail at Los Angeles County 
facilities. 

Robert P. Sanderson, 

Chief of Police


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Arcadia Police Blotter

For the period of Sunday, November 21, through Saturday, November 27, the Police Department 
responded to 804 calls for service of which 110 required formal investigations. The following is a 
summary report of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period.

Sunday, November 21:

1. Between noon on November 19 and 1:25 p.m. on November 21, a residential burglary 
occurred in the 300 block of West Duarte. While the home was tented for fumigation, unknown 
suspect(s) entered the location and stole jewelry, watches, silver coins, and a digital camera.

2. Around 1:00 p.m., units responded to Macy’s regarding a woman detained for theft. Loss 
prevention personnel recognized the female suspect who had stolen from the store on previous 
occasions and was kept under observation. The woman selected merchandise, went into a fitting 
room, and then concealed the items. A private person’s arrest was made, and a 53-year-old Asian 
was taken into custody for commercial burglary.

Monday, November 22:

3. A traffic stop was initiated at St. Joseph and Santa Anita around 10:43 a.m. for a code violation, 
and a 31-year-old male Hispanic driver was contacted. A record check revealed that the man was on 
parole for narcotics and a consent search of the vehicle was made. A baggie of crystalline substance 
was found, and the driver was arrested for possession of a controlled substance and felony parole 
violation.

4. A residential burglary was reported in the 100 block of Magna Vista around 4:40 p.m. Two 
male Hispanic suspects, claiming to be gardeners, approached the residents and they went to the 
backyard to discuss possible gardening services. While the residents were distracted, a third suspect 
entered the house and stole several thousand dollars in cash.

Tuesday, November 23:

5. A commercial burglary occurred in the 11900 block of Goldring between 11:00 a.m. on 
November 22 and 9:00 a.m. on November 23. Unknown suspect(s) smashed a window to enter the 
business and then stole various tools.

6. Units responded to Baby Gap located at Westfield Mall round 8:24 p.m. in reference to a theft 
investigation. Loss prevention personnel discovered that one of their employees had made several 
fraudulent cash refunds since August. A 29-year-old female Hispanic was arrested for grand theft.

Wednesday, November 24:

7. A 37-year-old man was arrested for battery around 7:40 a.m. at a Chevron gas station 
located at 500 North Santa Anita. During an altercation over custody issues, the man became physical 
with his ex-wife.

8. A 1993 white Honda Civic was stolen from Golden West and Hunting between 8:54 a.m. and 
3:00 p.m. The car was later recovered on November 25 by LAPD.

Thursday, November 25:

9. Units responded to Dave & Busters around 9:35 p.m. in reference to a theft. A female suspect 
stole two jackets from the bar area. 

10. During the investigation at Dave & Busters, a 28-year-old male Hispanic was detained as he 
was seen hanging out with the female suspect involved in the above theft. A record check of the man 
revealed that he had an outstanding warrant and was taken into custody.

Friday, November 26:

11. Around 5:45 p.m., officers were dispatched to Westfield Mall regarding a stabbing in progress. 
During a fight between several male Asians, a victim sustained a non-life threatening stab wound in 
the abdomen and a laceration on his neck. He was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. 
An 18-year-old man was arrested at the scene, while the primary suspect who had stabbed the victim 
fled the location. 

 On November 27, officers went to the City of San Gabriel and arrested the 18-year-old 
primary suspect for attempted murder.

12. Shortly before 11:30 p.m., officers were called to Foothill and Don Alvarado in reference 
to a vehicle blocking the roadway. A 25-year-old male Hispanic driver was contacted and it was 
determined that he was operating the vehicle while intoxicated. The man was arrested for DUI 
without incident.

Saturday, November 27:

13. A commercial burglary occurred at Maki Sushi, 302 East Huntington, between 10:30 p.m. on 
November 26 and 10:00 a.m. on November 27. Unknown suspect(s) pried open the rear door and 
stole cash.

14. Several arrests were made at Westfield Mall for commercial burglary. Two Asians, both 
21 years of age, were arrested from Sports Chalet for stealing almost $600 in merchandise; a 
27-year-old female Asian was arrested for stealing $700 in cosmetics from Sephora and a $20 item 
from Brookstone; a 25-year-old female Asian was arrested at Macy’s for concealing over $635 in 
merchandise in her purse, shopping bag, and baby stroller. 


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