Mountain Views News          Saturday, May 14, 2011

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, May 14, 2011 


MAN 
CHARGED IN 
SHOOTING 
DUMPING 
BODY ON 210 

Artnight Pasadena Offers 
Twelve Cultural Venues

 
A 27-year-old Tujunga 
man accused of fatally 
shooting a family member, 
then dumping the body on 
a Foothill freeway off-ramp, 
was charged with murder 
today, the District Attorney’s 
Office announced. 

 Deputy District Attorney 
Lee Mitchell of the Pasadena 
Branch Office said Aram 
Sarukhanyan is expected 
to be arraigned – following 
his release from the hospital 
– in Department D of 
Pasadena Superior Court.

 The defendant remains 
hospitalized for a self-
inflicted gunshot wound, 
according to authorities. 

 Sarukhanyan is charged 
with one count each of 
murder and brandishing 
a firearm at a person in 
a motor vehicle. The 
complaint includes an 
allegation that the defendant 
personally and intentionally 
discharged a handgun. 

Sarukhanyan is accused of 
fatally shooting his cousin, 
Adrine Arzumanyan, 33, 
then pointing a handgun 
at a civilian who tried to 
stop him immediately after 
he dumped the victim’s 
body near the La Crescenta 
Avenue off-ramp on the 
westbound Foothill freeway. 

 If convicted as charged, 
Sarukhanyan faces a 
maximum prison term of 
more than 50 years to life. 

 This case is being 
investigated by the 
Homicide Bureau of the Los 
Angeles County Sheriff’s 
Department.

 ArtNight Pasadena on Friday, 
May 20, is a great opportunity 
to bring the whole family out on 
the town in search of inspiration 
and entertainment—all free!

From 6 to 10 p.m. cultural 
venues will open their doors 
and the city of Pasadena will 
provide free shuttle service at 
each location.

Walking is also an option as 
many of the venues are clustered 
downtown. To join a bicycling 
group visit www.cicle.org. For 
easy treats and modest prices, 
trendy food trucks will appear 
at a handful of venues.

ArtNight is an ongoing 
partnership among many 
cultural institutions and the 
Cultural Affairs Division of 
the city of Pasadena . For 
more information call 744-
7887. For accessibility and 
alternative formats call 744-
7249. Para español visite www.
artnightpasadena.org 

Push Carts Regulations Looked At

By Dean Lee

 

 With a growing number of 
push cart venders popping up 
around the city, the Economic 
Development and Technology 
Committee discussed 
Wednesday a number of ways to 
better regulate them including 
the idea of prohibiting carts 
from sidewalks around parks, 
limiting their numbers, and 
keeping them from schools. 

 Most of the venders are coming 
into the city from Los Angeles 
said William Kimura, the city’s 
Environmental Health Division 
Manager. He said the city 
licenses four types of venders, 
push carts, produce trucks, 
catering trucks and ice cream 
trucks.

 “Our department does do 
weekly checks in the afternoon, 
usually Thursday or Friday,” he 
said. “We are checking for illegal 
venders as best we can.”

 On Friday afternoon this 
newspaper easily found two 
illegal push carts venders in 
front of the Rose Bowl stadium. 
Neither vender would give their 
name. One vender (pictured 
above) was cutting fresh fruit 
something Kimura said was 
illegal. Neither of them had 
proper licensing displayed, 
which includes a brightly 
colored sticker issued by the 
city. A vender said he had been 
selling fruit at the Rose Bowl 11 
years. 

 Kimura said they were looking 
at possibly centralizing the 
vending in parks to specific 
locations. He said this could 
eliminate vending on sidewalks. 
He added this could also lift 
the current four hour vending 
restriction something the 
venders were asking for. 

 The venders were also asking 
to increase the residential 
five minute vending rule to 
60 minutes he said. They also 
asked the city to allow vending 
in front of schools sometime 
school officials oppose. They 
asked to keep push cart vending 
500 feet from any school. City 
manager Michael Beck said the 
city could extend the current 
code banning ice cream trucks 
in front of schools to include 
push carts. 

Beck also suggested they limit 
the overall number of venders 
in parks.

 “You could determine the 
number based on the size of the 
park,” Beck said. “Some parks 
you might want to have more 
than others.” 

 Council member Victor Gordo 
asked that they get a report back 
looking at the vending issues.

City to Hold 125th Birthday 

It begins with cake! A 
beautiful one, and enough for 
all.

 To honor its 125th 
anniversary as a city, Pasadena 
will begin celebrating in June, 
kicking off with a birthday 
party extravaganza hosted by 
Pasadena Museum of History 
on June 11, and followed by 
concerts, fireworks and more 
in the summer and fall.

 With the theme, “Destination 
Pasadena: Celebrating 
125 Years of Service and 
Hospitality,” the celebrations 
are a chance to discover the 
city’s talents and treasures 
while learning more about 
the people, places and events 
that play a major role in 
Pasadena’s reputation as a 
world-class city, including the 
Rose Bowl Stadium, Caltech, 
Norton Simon Museum, 
Pasadena Playhouse, and the 
Tournament of Roses.

 Pasadena, now a city with 
140,000 residents, was a 
rural hamlet when residents 
decided it was time to guide 
their town’s destiny by 
incorporating on June 12, 
1886. The year saw rapid 
changes in the United States 
: Sears & Roebuck, Avon, and 
Coca-Cola were established, 
a dishwasher was patented, 
the bicycle was the popular 
mode of transportation, Karl 
Benz and Gottlieb Daimler 
each filed for patents on 
their motorcars powered 
by internal-combustion 
engines, and the railroad was 
newly arrived in Southern 
California . This new mode of 
transcontinental travel helped 
inspire Pasadena to become 
a vacation destination for 
people wanting to escape the 
harsh Eastern winters. Now 
there are more than 125 great 
ways to entertain residents 
and visitors!

Human 
Services 
Director 
Named


Council to 
Hold Special 
Meeting 

Marathon Hits the Streets

 Thousands of runners, 
walkers, wheelchairs, bikes 
and strollers will hit the 
streets during the third 
annual Pasadena Marathon 
Sunday, May 15, starting at 
5:45 a.m. The fun community 
event includes full and 
half marathons, a 5K/10K, 
wheelchair stroll and kids’ 
run, all benefiting Pasadena 
Forward.

Beginning at 5 a.m., 
Pasadena police will close 
roads along the entire route, 
allowing motorists to cross 
at designated traffic control 
points. Each street will be 
reopened on a rolling basis 
as soon as the last participant 
passes through and all course 
materials have been removed. 
Watch for “no parking” signs 
along the route starting at 
1 a.m. on race day. The city 
will waive overnight parking 
restrictions and permit 
requirements that morning 
so you can park on adjacent 
streets and cheer for the 
competitors!

 City Manager Michael Beck 
announced Monday the 
appointment of Mercy Santoro 
as director of the Human 
Services and Recreation 
Department. Santoro will start 
June 1. 

 “Mercy Santoro has all the 
qualifications and capabilities 
needed for Pasadena’s next 
director of human services 
and recreation,” said Beck. “I 
am confident she will continue 
the traditions of leadership, 
management and community 
partnerships that have been the 
hallmarks of the department.” 

 The department develops 
neighborhood leadership 
and linkages and promotes 
positive use of recreation and 
leisure time city staff said. 
Social services, recreation 
and education activities are 
delivered at several community 
centers and parks in Pasadena 
as well as 14 Pasadena Unified 
School District sites. 

 Over the past two years 
Santoro has directed the 
Human Services Department 
in Claremont, including social 
services, human relations, 
recreation classes, adult 
and youth sports programs, 
and parks and facilities 
management. 

 “I am honored by the 
opportunity to join the 
Pasadena team and look 
forward to meeting and 
working with the community 
and staff in addressing the 
quality of life needs of our 
great city,” said Santoro. “I plan 
to be present in community 
life so I can connect with 
partners to ensure our goals for 
community well-being remain 
a top priority.”

 Santoro served as deputy 
director of the Claremont 
Human Services Department 
from 2006 to 2009, was a 
superintendent and supervisor 
in the department from 2000 
to 2006 and was recreation 
supervisor and coordinator 
for the Rialto Recreation 
and Community Services 
Department from 1995 to 2000. 
She taught developmental 
psychology at the University 
of La Verne as adjunct faculty 
from 2005 to 2007. 

 She holds a Master’s Degree 
in child development from the 
University of La Verne and a 
Bachelor’s Degree in English 
literature from Cal State-San 
Bernardino.

Citizen Journalism Meet-up

 

 

 

 

The Pasadena Community 
Network and this newspaper 
are holding a workshop on 
Citizen Journalism. 

 This group is the place where 
aspiring journalists can learn 
from trained professionals 
and support their local 
community by covering 
what’s really happening in 
their neighborhoods.

 We will put the news in your 
hands. Learn how to find 
the story, the tools needed 
to capture the story and the 
means to tell the story using 
the power of video, audio 
and print along with online 
social media The next 
meeting is April 26 from 
6 p.m. to 8p.m. This week 
at the Donald R. Wright 
Auditorium (see below). For 
more info call 626.794.8585 
or visit pasadenan.com.

A joint special meeting of the 
Finance/Audit Committees 
and City Council Monday at 
3 p.m. in Council Chambers. 
will include, Authorization 
to Enter Into a Contract 
With Brown Armstrong 
Accountancy Corporation for 
Audit Services, the Purchase 
of One $119,859 Compressed 
Natural Gas (CNG) 25-Foot 
Arts Bus and City Manager’s 
Recommended Fiscal Year 
2012 Operating Budget.

 
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Pasadena Commuters Being 
Recruited for Bike to Work Day

Pet of the 
Week


City of Pasadena ’s annual 
Bike to Work Day Thursday, 
May 19, is an opportunity to 
recruit commuters to “Think 
Globally and Bike Locally.”

The city is making the 
invitation nearly irresistible 
by offering plenty of pit stops 
and refreshments, prizes and 
helpful advice from local 
bicycle and store vendors, 
Pasadena Public Health 
Department and Pasadena 
ARTS Buses. 

At the Pasadena City Hall pit 
stop, on the Euclid Avenue 
side, bicyclists will gather 
between 6:30 and 8:30 a.m. 
Other pit stops include 
the Allen Metro Gold Line 
Station, Western Asset Plaza 
, Pasadena Towers and One 
West Bank.

Bicycling to work is 
particularly convenient for 
those who live nearby. For 
those with longer commutes, 
now bikes can be taken on 
the Gold Line at any time of 
day, or can be placed on bike 
racks on all buses.

“The goal of Bike to Work 
Day is to have participants 
consider bicycling more 
often,” said Fred Dock, 
Transportation Director.

For more information 
call (626) 744-RIDE 
(7433) or email omolina@
cityofpasadena.net


Photojournalist to Speak 
as Part of Speakers Series

 
Photojournalist and editor 
of the Pasadena Independent 
newspaper, Terry Miller, will 
speak at the 2011 Citizen 
Journalism Speakers Series, a 
free community lecture event. 
The event features local and 
national journalists, telling their 
personal stories and adventures 
in the life of journalism and 
media. The event will be held 
on Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 
6:00pm.

Terry Miller likes to focus in on 
his news stories to get close and 
personal, framing his subjects 
in a sensitive and thought 
provoking manner, developing 
an intimacy for the reader. While 
media competition is fierce 
and challenging in this digital 
world, being fair, objective and 
accurate in local news coverage 
remains his number one goal. It 
is said in journalism, “Tell the 
story, don’t become the story.” 
The proverbial “cardinal rule” 
of journalism changed in 1991. 
When a train derailment shut 
down California’s highway US 
101 for five days that is when 
Terry became the story. 

Terry known for having “Ink in 
the Blood” was born in England. 
In 1965, at the age of eleven, due 
to his father’s work as a Foreign 
News Correspondent for the 
London Daily Telegraph, he 
immigrated to the United States 
on the famous Queen Mary.

As a professional photographer 
he has had the opportunity to 
photograph some of Hollywood’s 
finest actors, musicians and 
comedians in their homes and 
at public engagements. Whether 
photographing a riot or a ribbon 
cutting, train derailment or just 
a simple mug shot, he puts his 
heart and soul into the story.

The event will be held at the 
Donald R. Wright Auditorium 
285 E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 
91101 (located in the Pasadena 
Central Library) All Events 
Door Open at 6:00pm

Each program includes a 
presentation by the speakers 
and an engaging 15-minute 
question and answer session 
with citizen journalists and 
community members in the 
audience.


Jackson, a handsome, two 
year old, brown and white 
tabby is looking for a loving 
home. He is confident, 
friendly and seeks attention. 
Jackson gets along with 
other cats and would be 
a great companion for 
someone who likes to take 
it easy. Come visit with him 
today!

 The regular cat adoption 
fee is $70 which includes 
the spay or neuter surgery, 
microchip, vaccinations, 
and a free follow-up health 
check at a participating vet.

 Please call 626-792-7151 
and ask about A284825 
or come to the Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA, 
361 S. Raymond Ave , 
Pasadena CA , 91105 . 
Our adoption hours are 
11-4 Sunday, 9-5 Tuesday, 
Wednesday, Thursday, and 
Friday, and 9-4 Saturday. 
Directions and photos of 
all pets updated hourly 
may be found at www.
pasadenahumane.org

PCC To get Sustainability Awards 

 Pasadena City College 
will walk away with two 
awards for being “green” at 
the 2011 Higher Education 
Sustainability Conference, 
which will be held in July at 
California State University, 
Long Beach. 

 Celebrating its 10th year 
anniversary, the conference 
is the only one of its kind in 
the state that brings together 
the University of California, 
California State University, 
and the California 
Community Colleges, as 
well as private colleges 
and universities, both as 
organizers and attendees.

PCC received a nod for 
its “Innovative Waste 
Reduction,” along with the 
University of California, 
Davis and California 
State University, Chico. 
The college was also 
recognized for “Campus-
Community Partnerships” 
for its Institution Pass 
Program. Other awardees 
in that category included 
California State University, 
Monterey Bay for its 
Chinatown Renewal Project 
and University California, 
Riverside for its Cultivate “R” 
Space.

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