Mountain Views News          Saturday, April 7, 2012

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, April 7, 2012 

FBI to Investigate 
Police Shooting


Doo Dah 
Queen 
Crowned

Edison 
Releases 
Wind 
Storm 
Report 

 By Dean Lee

 As new developments in 
the officer involved shooting 
include Police Chief Phillip 
Sanchez welcoming an 
independent investigation 
by the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), the 
911 caller has now told a 
TV station that he is not at 
fault not having personally 
pulled the trigger that 
killed unarmed 19-year-old 
Kendrec McDade.

 Oscar Carrillo, the 26-year-
old who admitted to police 
last week that he lied about 
seeing any gun during a 
robbery of his laptop and 
backpack that ultimately 
led to McDade being shot 
by police, told CBS News 
Thursday that people were 
acting as though he shot 
McDade.

 “I didn’t tell the guy to get 
into my car, I’m not the guy 
who shot the guy,” he said 
adding, “I just want to say to 
the family, I feel sorry.” 

 Carrillo’s Attorney Andres 
Bustamante said, speaking 
on behalf of Carrillo, that 
there was a time lapse. 
Carrillo was not at the scene 
of the crime, “When the 
officer interviewed me, I 
didn’t even know that the 
kid who got shot was the 
one who robbed me,” he said 
through Bustamante. 

 Police first arrested Carrillo 
March 28 on suspicion of 
manslaughter but have since 
released him on $25,000 
bond. Los Angeles County 
District Attorney’s Office 
also failed to file charges 
against him sending the case 
back to Pasadena Police. 
Carrillo is being monitored 
by an ankle bracelet after it 
was discovered that he is an 
undocumented immigrant. 

 Numerous reports 
including the Washington 
Post say McDade’s family 
has now filed a federal 
lawsuit claiming police 
violated Mcdade civil rights. 
According to the lawsuit, 
officers handcuffed McDade 
and delayed administering 
first aid. It also states 
McDade, unable to speak, 
tried to communicate with 
officers and “began to twitch” 
on the ground. 

 A witness told the Pasadena 
Star News Friday during a 
live online chat that officers 
did not identify themselves 
before shooting something 
consistent with allegations 
in the lawsuit. Sanchez 
told community members 
Saturday that emergency 
lights, sirens and dash 
mounted camera on the 
squad car were not activated. 
He said the department’s 
policy prevents officers from 
rolling “code 3” to any armed 
robbery. He also confirmed 
that officer Mathew Griffin 
fired from the window of his 
police car. Sanchez defended 
the move saying it was a 
police tactic. 

 Saturday’s meeting at New 
Revelation Baptist Church 
was the first and only 
open community meeting 
related to the shooting. 
Sanchez later participated 
in a solidarity peace walk at 
Jackie Robinson Park. 

 The lawsuit names Sanchez, 
Griffin and officer Jeffrey 
Newlen as well as detective 
Keith Gomez as defendants. 

Sanchez, this week, 
requested the FBI to consider 
conducting an independent 
review of the March 24 
shooting. “The Federal 
Bureau of Investigations 
offers another independent 
level of review,” said Chief 
Sanchez. 

 The Pasadena Police 
Department is also 
conducting criminal 
and administrative 
investigations. The Los 
Angeles County District 
Attorney’s Office and the 
Office of Independent 
Review Group have also 
initiated investigations he 
said. 

 Pasadena resident 
Dianne Patrizzi 
crowned 2012 Doo 
Dah Queen


SCE could have 
shortened the restoration 
period by one day 
finding say.

 Southern California Edison 
(SCE) will need to modify 
many of its practices in the 
future to enhance its response 
to major storms like the one 
of Nov. 30, 2011, although an 
independent report indicated 
the utility followed a number 
of industry best practices in its 
storm response.

 “We have said from the 
beginning that we intend to 
learn lessons from our storm 
response and are determined 
to do better in the future,” SCE 
President Ron Litzinger said.

 SCE commissioned an 
independent consulting firm, 
Davies Consulting LLC, to 
conduct an independent 
assessment of the utility’s 
preparedness for and the 
effectiveness of its response to 
last November’s windstorm.

 The Davies group, focusing 
on 11 areas of evaluation, 
concluded from an analysis 
comparing the Nov. 30 
windstorm restoration to 29 
similar event restorations 
performed by other utilities 
that SCE deployed a sufficient 
number of resources to restore 
power to customers. The 
report further confirmed that 
SCE restored power within 
seven and a half days and did 
so without any serious injuries 
to SCE employees or the 
public. 

 The report also estimated, 
however, that SCE could have 
shortened the restoration 
period by at least one day, and 
possibly two days, had the 
utility demonstrated better 
situational awareness and 
employed a fully functioning 
Incident Command System, 
an improved damage 
assessment process, a refined 
planning process, and a more 
thoughtful implementation 
of its wire-down policy. The 
report details 80 findings and 
70 recommendations across 
the previously mentioned five 
areas.

 The Davies report and SCE’s 
internal report are available on 
SCE’s website at: http://www.
sce.com/windstorm.

 Diane Patrizzi, (pictured bottom left) known as 
“Patrizzia Intergalactica” will preside over this 
year’s zany Doo Dah parade as Queen after judges 
voted her sparkling gold glitter gown dace Sunday 
worth of being royalty.

 Patrizzi won over 22 other hopefuls, such as, a 
dancing exterminator to the beat of English rock 
band Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” and 
Yippi Hippi 60’s claiming there will be no end 
of the world in 2012. Former Queen Michelle 
Mills (aka Naughty Mickie) also tried out again 
although judges collectively agreed, “once a queen 
always a queen.” Mills became queen in 2008 with 
a sword dances act.

 The 2012 Parade takes place, April 28th, stepping 
off at 11:00AM in East Pasadena along Colorado 
Boulevard. Last year, dozens of inventive, art cars 
and floats accompanied a legion of frolickers 
past the mom-n-pop shops along East Pasadena’s 
shady tree-lined streets, including many first-
time entries 
like the League 
of Steam, 
Conehead 
Rocket Sled, 
among others.

JPL Events 
Calendar


APRIL 12-13: FREE 
LECTURE – GALE 
CRATER: EXPLORING 
THE MARS SCIENCE 
LABORATORY 
LANDING SITE

The selection of Gale 
crater as the Mars Science 
Laboratory landing site 
took more than five years, 
involved broad participation 
of the science community, 
and narrowed more than 
50 initial potential sites 
to four finalists, based on 
science and safety. Science 
criteria important for the 
selection include the ability 
to assess past habitable 
environments, which 
include diversity, context, 
and biosignature (including 
organics) preservation. 

APRIL 14: NASA’S 
CASSINI FLIES BY 
ENCELADUS

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft 
will be flying by Saturn’s 
moon Enceladus at an 
altitude of about 46 miles 
(74 kilometers), one of the 
closest encounters of the 
mission.

APRIL 16-22: JPL 
CELEBRATES EARTH 
DAY

JPL will mark this year’s 
Earth Day (April 22) with 
a weeklong series of events 
for employees and two 
public events:

- The National Mall, 
Washington, April 20-
22. JPL missions will be 
featured as part of NASA’s 
Earth Day exhibits on The 
National Mall.

- 12th Annual Earth Day 
event at the Aquarium of 
the Pacific in Long Beach, 
Calif., April 21-22, 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. Attendees will 
learn how they can help 
our ocean planet and how 
to use simple, everyday 
tips for protecting our 
environment. The event 
includes hands-on learning 
demonstrations for all ages. 
The JPL booth in the main 
hall will have information 
about JPL’s Earth science 
research.

College Launches Mobile App

 

 Pasadena City College has 
announced the launch of PCC 
Mobile, a free mobile campus 
application that brings college 
life to the iPhone and iOS-based 
mobile devices. The application 
offers mobile access to campus 
maps, the schedule of classes, 
event calendars, the latest news, 
sports schedules, and more. It 
even has a directory that lets 
students email or call professors 
and classmates. Students may 
also access distance education 
course through the Blackboard 
Learn component in PCC 
Mobile.

 Students, faculty, and staff can 
download the application for 
free through the Apple App 
Store. An app for Android and 
BlackBerry devices will soon 
be available as well. The app 
is expected to be popular with 
prospective students, parents, 
alumni and other members of 
the university community.

 For more information call 
(626) 585-7839 or go to: http://
itunes.apple.com/us/app/pcc-
mobile/id493657574?mt=8.


Citizen 
Journalism 
Meet-up

 Learn not just how to 
blog but how to report 
the news

Pet of 
the Week

 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 10 from 
6 p.m. to 8p.m. at the Pasadena 
Community Network - Studio 
G, 2057 N. Los Robles Ave.

 For more info call 626.794.8585 
or visit pasadenan.com.


Library Self-serve ‘Media 
Boxes’ Now Accessible

 Checking out a movie has 
never been easier! You can now 
select, check out and return 
popular movie DVDs both 
classics and the latest releases at 
Pasadena Public Library’s two 
new self-serve “media boxes” 
located at Central Library, 285 
E. Walnut St. and Hastings 
Branch, 3255 E. Orange Grove 
Blvd. Similar to the Red Box 
with one exception - all you 
need to borrow DVDs is your 
Pasadena/Glendale library card. 

 You can browse the collection 
and reserve a DVD from home 
for either of these DVD media 
boxes. Each location contains 
its own unique collection. 
After placing your reservations 
online, you have 24 hours to 
pick your DVD selection up. 
Check out up to six DVDs for 
seven days and simply return 
them directly to the media box.

 The media box is a new 
concept for libraries. There are 
only two other library systems 
using them in the U.S. -- one 
in Ohio, the other in Colorado. 
Produced by 3M the media 
boxes were purchased with 
grant money made available 
through the California State 
Library via the U.S. Library 
Services and Technology Act. 
For more information call 
Derek Massengale (626) 744-
4251.

Sandra Tsing Loh to Emcee 
Annual Earth Day Festival

 

 Celebrate a world of nature, art 
and live music at the Pasadena 
Earth and Arts Festival, 
Saturday, April 14, from 11 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. at Memorial Park and 
the Armory Center for the Arts, 
145 N. Raymond Ave. This 
year’s master of ceremonies is 
noted author, performer and 
KPCC radio commentator 
Sandra Tsing Loh. 

Marking its 10th anniversary 
as one of the biggest Earth Day 
events in the Southland, the free 
family festival features activities, 
exhibits and entertainment for 
all ages. 

 Browse through a huge 
eco-marketplace where local 
businesses and non-profit 
groups will promote green 
living, energy and water 
efficiency, composting, organic 
foods, green building design, 
alternative transportation and 
renewable energy. City staff 
will be on hand to answer 
your questions about waste 
reduction, recycling, water and 
energy conservation, and parks 
and nature preserves. 

 Green Truck and Coolhaus, 
two of the region’s most popular 
specialty food trucks, will sell 
affordable (and sustainable!) 
meals and snacks throughout 
the day. 

Speaking of sustainable and 
eco-friendly business practices, 
locally brewed beers will be 
available inside the festival’s 
first-ever Sustainable Beer 
Garden, serving up exceptional 
artisan lagers and ales from 
Pasadena’s own Craftsman 
Brewing Company and Los 
Angeles’s Eagle Rock Brewery. 
Fourteen-ounce beers for 
$5 will be served in fully 
compostable, corn-based cups. 
Pita Pita of Pasadena will serve 
food inside and outside the beer 
garden. 

 In addition to providing 
free youth art workshops 
throughout the day, Armory 
Center for the Arts brings 
world-renowned artist 
collaborative Fallen Fruit to 
this year’s festival. Fallen Fruit 
is an ongoing art collaboration 
among Los Angeles-based 
artists David Burns, Matias 
Viegener and Austin Young. 
Fallen Fruit began with creating 
maps of the fruit trees growing 
on or over public property 
in Los Angeles and other 
American cities and has evolved 
into an ongoing series of visual 
images and participatory public 
projects

For more information, visit 
www.cityofpasadena.net/
earthday or call (626) 744-4087.

 Chewie is a four-year-
old black and gray Tibetan 
Terrier. He loves to go for 
walks and cuddle with you. 
Just look at his handsome 
picture! His adoption fee is 
$120. 

 Chewie’s adoption fee 
is $120, which includes 
his neuter surgery, a 
microchip, the first set of 
vaccinations, as well as 
a free follow-up health 
check at a participating vet. 
New adopters will receive 
complimentary health and 
wellness exam from VCA 
Animal Hospitals. Ask an 
adoptions counselor for 
more information during 
your visit.

 Call the Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA at 
626.792.7151 to ask about 
A303672, or visit at 361 S. 
Raymond Ave. in Pasadena. 
Adoption hours are 11-4 
Sunday, 9-5 Tuesday –
Friday, 9-4 Saturday. 
Directions and photos of all 
pets can be found at www.
pasadenahumane.org.

Restaurants, United Pasadena 
Join To Offer Free Meals

 Pasadenans are pulling 
together to make sure no one 
in the community goes without 
a hot meal at least once a week. 
As of last Thursday, Pasadena’s 
Department of Human Services 
and Recreation is partnering 
with United Pasadena Hot 
Meals Program and several 
neighborhood restaurants 
to provide free hot meals to 
anyone in need each Thursday 
evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the 
Villa-Parke Community Center. 

 The service is an expansion 
of a program piloted at Jackie 
Robinson Center beginning in 
early 2011. Volunteers there 
have been serving about 200 
free hot meals each Wednesday 
evening. 

“Especially due to the economy, 
there’s a real need for this 
service right now,” explained 
Mercy Santoro, Director 
of Human Services and 
Recreation. “A simple hot meal 
and a little kindness can make 
a tremendous difference for 
people who are struggling. Our 
community partners deserve 
so much credit for stepping 
forward to help their neighbors. 
It’s Pasadena as its best.” 

 The program is funded by 
various Pasadena donors. 
Volunteers from community 
groups, agencies, civic 
organizations and faith 
communities serve meals, 
and additional volunteers are 
welcome. If you are interested 
in volunteering, contact Lola 
Osborne at 626-744-6879. 

Villa-Parke Community Center 
is located at 363 E. Villa Street. 
Jackie Robinson Center is at 
1020 N. Fair Oaks. 

Digital 
Comic Book 
Workshop 
for Teens

 Do you love comics and 
graphic novels? Do you 
love to draw? Then join us 
at our Digital Comic Book 
Workshop just for teens 
Tuesdays at 3:15 p.m. at La 
Pintoresca Branch Library, 
1355 N. Raymond Ave. Learn 
to draw comic book characters 
and then digitize them. 

 Presented in partnership with 
the Armory Center for the 
Arts. For more information, 
call (626) 744-7268.