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Mountain View News Saturday, January 25, 2014 

Pet of the 
Week 
Atticus is an eightyear-
old red Labrador 
Retriever mix. He’s a staff 
and volunteer favorite and 
charms everyone he meets. 
He’s very friendly and loves 
attention. 
Atticus’ adoption fee is 
$125, 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. He also 
qualifies for our “Seniors 
for Seniors” program in 
which his adoption fee 
is waived for adopters 60 
years old and older. New 
adopters will receive 
complimentary health and 
wellness exam from VCA 
Animal Hospitals , as well 
as a goody bag filled with 
information on how to 
care for your pet. Ask an 
adoptions counselor for 
more information during 
your visit. 
Call the Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA at 
626.792.7151 to ask about 
A346736, or visit at 361 S. 
Raymond Ave. in Pasadena 
. Adoption hours are 11-4 
Sunday, 9-5 Tuesday – 
Friday, 9-4 Saturday. Pets 
may not be available for 
adoption and cannot be 
held for potential adopters 
from phone calls or email. 
Directions and photos of all 
pets can be found at www.
City toConsider 
NarrowingColorado 
Boulevard 
Proposed plans are in 
the works that could slim 
Colorado Boulevard in Old 
Pasadena, adding new street 
parking along in the Playhouse 
District and place several 
small removable parks along 
the infamous thoroughfare, 
officials announced this week. 
Although the plans call for 
removing two lanes, one in 
each direction, along the 
boulevard, made famous by 
the Rose Parade, city officials 
said they would do nothing to 
obstruct the event. 
“We don’t do anything that 
would interfere with the 
parade,” Council member 
Terry Tornek told KABC 
news. “In fact, these ‘parklets,’ 
that we talk about would be 
designed specifically so they 
can be dismantled and stored. 
The plan proposed by the 
Playhouse District Association 
would convert six parking 
spots into parklets, with 
patios, planters, benches, grass 
and trees. According to the 
association’s website “other 
parking stalls [could] become 
shaded café spaces for outdoor 
dining.” 
The area would also shift 
to reverse angled parking, 
where the vehicle backs in, 
increasing available spots up 
to 10 per block. City planners 
said the idea of removes one 
lane of traffic in each direction 
between Hudson and Los 
Robles Avenues could reduce 
traffic speeds and would 
redirect crosstown traffic along 
the Union and Green streets. 
Department of Transportation 
Director Fred Dock said a 
similar plans looks at replacing 
vehicle lanes though Old 
Pasadena and replacing them 
with dedicated bike lanes. A 
number of parking spaces 
would also be redesigned from 
car to bike parking he said. 
Any plans to change Colorado 
Boulevard must first get 
approval from the city council 
Dock said. 
Although not political in nature, 
the city council again rejected 
plans to put a new Chick-fil-A 
restaurant in Pasadena citing a 
minor conditional use permit 
to expand the current vacant 
Burger King location on east 
Colorado to add a second drive 
thou lane—the Georgia chicken 
sandwich eatery is known for its 
conservative views. 
“My concern is that Chick-fil-A 
as cooperation is notorious for 
being anti-gay, their CEO helped 
fund the movement against the 
repeal of DOMA [Defense of 
Marriage Act],” said a resident 
during public comment, “And 
here they want to plant their flag 
and ride in our parade next year. 
Pasadena is greater than that… I 
don’t think Chick-fil-A belongs 
in Pasadena.” 
Councilmember Terry Tornek, 
who asked for the review said 
his worry was that by letting 
the restaurant expand the 
drive-thou 50 percent, that 
would become the norm and 
permanent. Tornek made a 
motion to send the issue back 
to the board of zoning appeals 
saying it had nothing to do with 
the company’s beliefs. 
“We made drive-thous a 
nonconforming use for a 
reason,” Tornek said. “We 
deemed them not to be what 
we aspire to in Pasadena and 
Colorado Blvd.” 
If approved, the expansion 
would increase the exiting 
Burger King at 1700 East 
Colorado from 3,100 square feet 
to 4,600 square feet. Chick-fil-A 
representatives said they choose 
the location because it is next to 
Pasadena City College. Chick-
fil-A also plans a float in next 
year’s Rose Parade to coincide 
with the opening of the first 
restaurant in Pasadena 
The city has rejected six 
other properties Chick-fil-A 
had sought including the last 
attempt on South Lake. 
Assemblymember Chris 
Holden introduced again a 
measure that prevents last-
minute dumping of seriously 
mentally ill inmates on county 
streets that passed its first 
committee test last week. This 
measure, which was narrowly 
defeated, last year, passed 
with unanimous bipartisan 
support out of the Assembly 
Committee on Public Safety 
Tuesday. 
AB 1065 provides county 
probation departments 
with more time to identify, 
and plan for more intensive 
treatment and supervision 
of released offenders who 
were formerly classified as a 
mentally disordered offender 
(MDO). Under this bill, 
probation departments have 
30 working days to thoroughly 
and properly put in place 
an appropriate supervision 
and treatment plan for these 
offenders. Previously counties 
only received 5 days or less to 
prepare. 
“Given more time to plan, the 
county probation department 
and county department of 
mental health can work 
out an effective treatment 
and supervision plan to 
ensure these offenders are 
off the streets and getting 
the help they need,” said 
Assemblymember Holden. 
“This is an unaddressed issue 
of criminal justice realignment 
that is need of some cleanup 
in order to maintain both 
patient care and safety in our 
communities.” 
AB 1065 now moves to 
Assembly Appropriations for 
financial consideration. 
Mentally IllDumpingBill Passes 
Committee 
USC Pacific Asia Museum 
presents the new exhibition 
The Other Side: Chinese 
and Mexican Immigration 
to America in the Changing 
Exhibition Galleries from 
February 7 through July 20. 
Through a collection from five 
contemporary artists of visual 
narratives about the Chinese 
and Mexican immigrant 
experiences, the exhibition 
explores the recurring issues of 
immigration, border relations 
and labor practices that have 
persisted throughout U.S. 
history and remain timely. 
The selection of works employs 
a mash-up of different styles and 
references, spanning historic 
periods, geographic locations, 
cultural influences and gender 
perspectives, bound together 
by the common threads of 
memory, history, identity and 
humanity. 
The artists featured are Andrea 
Bowers, Margarita Cabrera, 
Tony de los Reyes, Zhi Lin and 
Hung Liu. 
Andrea Bowers’ No Olvidado 
(Not Forgotten), a fence 
monument comprised of 
50” x 120” graphite on paper 
drawings, acts as a memorial 
honoring those who have died 
crossing the Mexico - U.S. 
border. Margarita Cabrera’s 
construction of desert plant 
sculptures from discarded 
Border Patrol uniforms further 
navigates the socio-economic 
layers of migrant workers 
and the gender association 
concerning sewing and mass 
production. In his Border 
Theory series, Tony de los Reyes 
approaches the U.S. - Mexico 
border as a site of abstraction 
and explores the layered 
structures and formations of 
political, cultural, economic 
and aesthetic identity. 
In his continuing exploration 
of the harsh reality and racism 
faced by Chinese immigrant 
railroad workers, Zhi Lin’s new 
large-scale abstract paintings 
record the physical and 
emotional hardships of their 
journey. Hung Liu’s portraits 
of Polly Bemis and China Mary 
draw attention to the female 
experience in late 1880s. Her Jiu 
Jin Shan (Old Gold Mountain) 
installation made of more than 
100,000 fortune cookies over 
a railroad track pays tribute to 
the Chinese migrant workers 
who lost their lives building the 
railroad. 
This exhibition was conceived 
by Nancy Tom and is guest-
curated by Chip Tom with 
support provided by Columbia 
College Chicago and the 
Los Angeles County Arts 
Commission. 
Museum Presents Exhibition 
on Chinese and Mexican 
Immigration to America 
This year, the Community 
Services Section -
Neighborhood Outreach Unit 
will be on the move once 
again in a concerted effort to 
meet and greet community 
members throughout the 
City of Pasadena. The Mobile 
Command Post Curbside 
Coffee & Chat allows Pasadena 
Police Officers, Park Safety 
Specialist, Safe Schools 
Officers and support staff to 
meet the people we serve, 
make new friends and rekindle 
relationships. 
The Mobile Command Post is 
being utilized as a highly visible 
and recognizable platform 
from which to host informal 
curbside coffee & chats with 
residents in neighborhoods 
throughout Pasadena. These 
informal meetings allow for 
neighbors and their children 
to step out of their homes and 
to be greeted at the curbside by 
uniformed officers operating 
the Mobile Command Post. 
If you would like the 
Mobile Command Post 
Curbside Coffee & Chat to 
visit your neighborhood, 
please call: Officer Ralph 
Ordonez at 626-744-7651 
or email: ralphordonez@
Police Curbside 
Coffee 
and Chat 
Pictured (left to right) 
Andrea Bowers, 
Installation view of 
No Olvidado (Not Forgotten), no. 162010 Graphite on paper Courtesy of SusanneVielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer. 
Hung Liu, In the Garden 1, 2005 Oil on canvas Courtesy of Walter 
Maciel Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Tony de los Reyes Border Theory 
(indeterminate zone/black), 2013 Dye and oil on linen Courtesy ofAngles Gallery. 
The public is invited to 
a community meeting in 
February to review draft 
policies as part of the General 
Plan update that will help guide 
the City’s future. 
The meeting will be held at 
9:00 a.m., Saturday, February 1, 
2014 at Pasadena City College’s 
Creveling Lounge (Building 
CC), 1570 East Colorado 
Boulevard. Parking is $2 and 
is available in lots 3 and 4 along 
South Hill Avenue. 
The General Plan, a blueprint 
that guides the City’s future, 
includes both a land use map 
and a list of policies. The 
policies answer important 
questions like, “What should 
new buildings look like?” 
and “How can we protect 
neighborhoods?” and “How 
economy?” 
The draft policies cover topics 
such as growth, transportation, 
design, historic preservation, 
environmental sustainability, 
arts and culture, economic 
vitality, parking, and education. 
The policies also give direction 
to future planning efforts for 
districts in the City such as the 
Central District, East Colorado, 
East Pasadena, North Lake, 
Fair Oaks and Orange Grove, 
Lincoln Avenue, Washington 
and Allen, West Gateway, and 
the Northwest. 
A final draft, taking into 
consideration the comments 
of the Commissions and 
community, will be prepared in 
the summer of 2014. 
For more information visit 
w w w. ci t y o f p a s ad en a .n et/
generalplan, call (626) 744-6710 
Meetings to be Held onGeneral Plan PoliciesChick-fil-A Plans Go Back for Review 
In anticipation of Pasadena 
Media opening new studios at 
150 S. Los Robles Ave, they are 
offering free television-training 
programs for producers. Plan 
to attend an orientation to 
discover the right classes for 
you. Producers’ Training 
teaches how to produce shows 
for The Arroyo Channel. Studio 
Production/Equipment training 
is also offered to volunteer 
crewmembers. In addition, 
on-going training will soon be 
available in citizen journalism 
and digital film groups. Call the 
office (626) 794-8585 or go to 
PASADENAMEDIA.ORG and 
explore what Pasadena Media 
has to offer. 
Learn How to Produce 
Your Own TV Show 
Class Offerings 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Nightly 
Orientation & Producers TrainingMonday, Jan. 27 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmStage Manager TrainingTuesday, Jan. 28 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
Character GeneratorTrainingWednesday Jan. 29 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
Video Tape Operator/ Digital Media Mngr TrainingThursday Jan. 30 at 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 
Citizen Journalism coming soon 
Digital Film Group coming soonNASA has received 58 proposals 
for science and exploration 
technology instruments to 
fly aboard the agency’s next 
Mars rover in 2020, twice the 
usual number submitted for 
instrument competitions in the 
recent past, and an indicator 
of the extraordinary interest in 
exploration of the Red Planet. 
The agency is beginning a 
thorough review to determine 
the best combination of science 
and exploration technology 
investigations for the mission 
and anticipates making final 
selections in the next five 
months. 
NASA opened competition for 
Mars 2020 research proposals 
in September and closed it 
January 15. Several NASA 
facilities, academia, industry, 
research laboratories and other 
government agencies submitted 
proposals. Seventeen proposals 
came from international 
partners. 
The instruments developed 
from the selected proposals will 
be placed on a rover similar 
to Curiosity, which has been 
exploring Mars since 2012. 
Using a proven landing 
system and rover chassis 
design to deliver these new 
experiments to Mars will ensure 
mission costs and risks are 
minimized as much as possible 
while still delivering a highly 
capable rover. 
The rover also may help 
designers of a human 
expedition understand the 
hazards posed by Martian 
dust and demonstrate how to 
collect carbon dioxide from the 
atmosphere, which could be a 
valuable resource for producing 
oxygen and rocket fuel. 
“NASA robotic missions 
are pioneering a path for 
human exploration of Mars 
in the 2030s,” said William 
Gerstenmaier, NASA’s associate 
administrator for human 
exploration and operations in 
Washington. “The Mars 2020 
rover mission presents new 
opportunities to learn how 
future human explorers could 
use natural resources available 
on the surface of the Red 
Planet. An ability to live off the 
land could reduce costs and 
engineering challenges posed 
by Mars exploration.” 
The 2020 mission will build on 
the achievements of Curiosity 
and other Mars missions, and 
offer opportunities to deploy 
new capabilities developed 
through investments by 
NASA’s Space Technology 
Program, Human Exploration 
and Operations Mission 
Directorate, and contributions 
from international partners.
NASA opened competition for 
Mars 2020 research proposals 
in September and closed it 
January 15. 
Several NASA facilities, 
academia, industry, research 
laboratories and other 
government agencies submitted 
proposals. Seventeen proposals 
came from international 
partners. 
For more information about 
NASA’s Mars programs, visit: 
http://www.nasa.gov/mars. 
NASA Receives Mars 2020 
Rover Instrument Proposals 
“NASA robotic 
missions are 
pioneering a path forhuman exploration ofMars in the 2030s”
Residents Displacedafter Apartment Fire 
An apartment fire Monday 
morning snarled traffic for 
hours near Huntington Hospital 
as fire crews battled the blaze 
that fully engulfed three units, 
damaging two others and 
displacing four families. 
The fire, at 617 S. Pasadena 
Ave, was first reported at 11 
a.m. and took 20 minutes to 
knock down. First reports from 
witnesses said there was a loud 
bang before the fire started. 
Investigators later determined 
the fire to be electrical in nature. 
Pasadena Fire spokeswoman, 
Lisa Derderian said one person 
was treated on-scene but was 
not transported to the hospital. 
One female requested assistance 
with housing from Red Cross 
she said. 
According to Derderian, a dog 
was successfully resuscitated, 
using animal oxygen mask, one 
cat succumbed to the fire and 
two additional cats survived. 
Damages to the structure were 
estimated to be $1. 5 million 
and another $300,000 in 
contents. 
All of the pets were housed and 
assisted by Pasadena Humane 
Society she said. 
In related news, 
Officials released the name of 
a 95 year old man killed in a 
house fire Jan. 17 at 121 Carlton 
Ave. Abel McDaniel was found 
dead in the one story duplex 
fire reported at 11:37 p.m. Two 
persons from a second unit were 
displaced. Fire investigators 
also determined that the cause 
of the fire to be electrical. The 
fire caused over $600,000 in 
damages Derderian said. 
Fire crews knockdown a blaze at 617 S. Pasadena Ave. Photo 
courtesy of Pasadena Fire