Mountain Views News          Saturday, May 23, 2015

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, May 23, 2015 

Memorial 
Day 
Closures, 
Reminders

Man Arrested near Aquatic 
Center over Sexual Assault 

 
The police are asking for 
the public’s help identifying 
any additional victims after 
a minor claimed Monday 
that he had been sexually 
assaulted at the Rose Bowl 
Aquatic Center 

 According to police, shortly 
before 7:00 p.m., a male 
minor advised his mother 
that he had been sexually 
assaulted while in the 
dressing room area at the 
aquatic center. 

 The minor’s mother 
immediately reported the 
incident to the center’s staff 
that recognized the suspect 
as a patron at the facility. Staff 
notified police and lifeguards 
followed the suspect from 
the Aquatic Center through 
the park where officers took 
suspect-Leslie Dittert into 
custody without incident. 

 Suspect Leslie Dittert, 
white male, 57 years old 
and a Glendale resident, 
was booked at the Pasadena 
jail. The case was presented 
to the Los Angeles County 
District Attorney’s Office 
on Thursday. No charges 
were filed against Dittert, 
although police said their 
investigation is on-going. 

 Police detectives are 
attempting to identify any 
additional victims. Dittert 
was released from custody. 

 Parents or minors that 
may have had inappropriate 
contact with Leslie Dittert are 
asked to contact Detective 
Monica Cuellar (626)744-
7128 or the Pasadena Police 
Dispatch non-emergency 
number at (626)744-4241 
anytime. 

 
Pasadena residents and 
businesses are reminded 
that City Hall and many city 
services and administrative 
business offices will be 
closed on Monday in 
observance of Memorial 
Day.

 The Pasadena Police and 
Fire Departments will be 
staffed for all patrol, jail, 
fire, paramedic and other 
emergency services, but not 
business or administrative 
offices. For any life-
threatening emergencies, 
always remember to call 
9-1-1. Remember, “If 
You See Something, Say 
Something” by calling 
police to help keep us all 
safe.

 The City Council will not 
meet on Monday night. The 
next regularly scheduled 
Council meeting is at 6:30 
p.m., June 1, 2015 at City 
Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave.

 The City’s Municipal 
Services Payment Center at 
City Hall will be closed, as 
will the Parking Office.

 The City’s Citizen Service 
Center, (626) 744-7311, will 
remain open from 8 a.m. to 
5 p.m. on May 25 for calls 
from the public.

 Trash, recycling and yard 
waste pickups will be on 
the regular schedule, but 
no bulky item pickups on 
Memorial Day.

 The City’s Area Rapid 
Transit System (ARTS) and 
Dial-A-Ride transportation 
programs will not be in 
operation on Memorial 
Day. All parking meters not 
posted as a “No Parking” 
zone will be free on May 
25 and time limits will not 
be enforced during the 
holiday. All enforcement 
will resume May 26.

 The Pasadena Central 
Library and all branch 
libraries will be closed 
Sunday, May 24 and 
Monday, May 25, with 
normal hours resuming 
May 26. All Community 
Centers operated by the 
City’s Human Services and 
Recreation Department will 
be closed, but all parks will 
be open for picnics, fun and 
play. No site reservations 
are accepted for the holiday. 

Dittert

Residents Briefed on Proposed Festival

By Dean Lee 

 The community got the first 
ideas last week at what a large 
scale, two day, music and arts 
festival might look like— similar 
to the recent Coachella Valley 
Music and Arts Festival— 
proposed for the Rose Bowl and 
surrounding Arroyo area to be 
held as early as next year. 

 The meeting came a week 
before the start of a series of 
three scoping meetings, for 
the event, the first to be held 
Thursday night at the Rose 
Bowl.

 Vice President and COO of 
Goldenvoice Skip Paige gave an 
overview of the layout of what 
the music and arts festival might 
be.

 “The footprint you have here 
is pretty much the same as you 
would have for New Year’s Day 
at the Rose Bowl.” Paige said 
addressing parking right away. 
“We’re really not talking up 
any more parking than would 
be displaced on a normal New 
Year’s Day event.”

 He continued explaining that 
they plan five stages, with the 
main stage, called the Rose Bowl 
Stage, inside the stadium. The 
others would be the Huntington 
Stage, Arroyo Stage, Foothill 
Stage and an unnamed stage 
outside the Rose Bowl area. 
The festival would take up 
both Brookside Park and the 
Brookside golf course and well 
as the stadium.

 There would also be a food and 
drink area, partnered with local 
eateries such as Lucky Baldwin’s 
and large scale art from both 
local and world artists he said 
although most residents were 
concerned with parking and 
noise. 

 “I can assure you that we will be 
very vocal on the traffic impact,” 
said West Pasadena Residents’ 
Association President Geoffrey 
Baum. “How the logistics are 
handled for the festival and also 
the noise because that impacts 
all the neighborhoods and it’s 
something that going to be very 
important for us and looking 
forward to continuing that 
dialog.”

 Others were concerned that the 
Arroyo Seco Music Festival was 
ready to happen, even before 
the public had a chance to hear 
about it. Some also threated 
lawsuits.

 “It appears like this is pretty 
much a done deal,” said one 
resident of the Rose Bowl 
neighborhood. “You mentioned 
the Environmental Impact 
Report and approval… now 
the last Environmental Impact 
Report for events in the Arroyo 
Seco was challenged by a 
lawsuit. You’re talking about an 
event far greater in scope than 
any football game.” 

 Gordo reminded the audience 
of the upcoming EIR meetings, 
scheduled for this morning at 
11 a.m., at the Rose Bowl and 
May 27 at 6:30 pm at the City 
Planning Commission meeting 
at City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Ave. 

Process to 
Fill District 7 
Vacancy

 City officials announced 
Last week that applications 
are be accepted from eligible 
Pasadena registered voters 
living in City Council District 
7 that seek to be appointed 
to fill that council seat 
recently vacated by newly 
elected Mayor Terry Tornek. 
Applications will be accepted 
through 5:30 p.m., June 1, they 
said.

 In addition to the application, 
the Council voted to require 
that all applications must 
include a nomination petition 
signed by a minimum of 25 
qualified registered voters 
who live in District 7. All 
application materials and 
petition papers must be issued 
by the City Clerk’s Office and 
delivered in person back to the 
City Clerk’s Office at City Hall, 
100 N. Garfield Ave., by the 
June 1 deadline.

 An ad hoc committee 
of the City Council will 
develop interview questions 
and review of applications. 
Mayor Tornek appointed Vice 
Mayor Gene Masuda and 
Councilmember Margaret 
McAustin to form the ad hoc 
committee.

 In accordance with City 
Charter any action by the City 
Council to appoint requires 
five affirmative votes. Should 
the City Council be unable to 
garner the necessary five votes 
the replacement would then be 
chosen by lot.


Rose Bowl Aquatic Center

Altadena Crime Blotter

 Sunday, May 10th

 7:30 PM – A grand theft from 
an unlocked vehicle occurred in 
the 2600 block of Boulder Rd. 
Loss: silver MacBook Pro, gold 
Ray Ban sunglasses, currency. 

 Monday, May 11th

 11:23 AM – Jessie Warren 
Richard Love were arrested for 
an attempt robbery at Super 
King Market, 2260 Lincoln 
Av. after attempting to shoplift 
three (3) bottles of alcohol.

 8:45 PM – A commercial 
burglary occurred at California 
Civic Engineering Inc., 2160 
Parnell Way. Suspect(s) entered 
the location by coring a hole 
in the wall. Loss: black Dell 
laptop, black Toshiba laptop, 
silver Toshiba laptop, hard 
drives.

 Tuesday, May 12th

 11:10 AM – An assault with 
a deadly weapon (firearm) 
occurred in the 400 block 
of Figueroa Dr. Deputies 
responded to the area regarding 
gunshots fired and observed 
several people to the front 
of a residence. A possible 
suspect has been described as a 
Hispanic male in a light brown 
sedan last seen eastbound on 
Figueroa from the location. 
Fortunately, nobody was struck 
by the gunfire.

 3:29 PM – A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 
parking structure of 24 Hr. 
Fitness, 2180 Lincoln Av. Loss: 
silver 2006 Buick Lacrosse.

 7:28 PM – Maile Howell was 
arrested for domestic battery in 
the 2000 block of N. Lake Av.

 8:20 PM – Bobby Pollard and 
Arthur Brown were arrested 
in the area of Canyada Av. and 
Alberta St. for possession of a 
controlled substance for sales.

 9:13 PM – Carl Lloyd 
was arrested in the area of 
Woodbury Rd. and Fair Oaks 
Av. for possession of a controlled 
substance and possession of 
drug paraphernalia.

 Friday, May 15th

 8:40 PM – An assault with 
a deadly weapon (firearm) 
occurred in the 700 block 
of Figueroa Dr. Deputies 
responded to the area regarding 
gunshots fired and contacted 
a male. The male stated he 
observed a grey vehicle with 
tinted windows approach the 
area and fire (4) gunshots. The 
vehicle then fled southbound 
on Windsor Av. No injuries.

 9:30 PM – A residential 
burglary occurred in the 1800 
block of N. Allen Av. Suspect(s) 
entered the location via 
unknown means. Loss: grey 
MacBook.

 11:25 PM – An assault with 
a deadly weapon (firearm) 
occurred in the 100 block of 
W. Las Flores Dr. Upon arrival, 
deputies observed the victim 
being treated for gunshot 
wounds to the leg.

 Saturday, May 16th

 6:06 PM – Jerry Barragan and 
Royce Camp were arrested in 
the area of Elizabeth St. and 
Lake Av. for possession of 
marijuana for sales.

Firefighters Recognized for 
Their Relief Efforts in Nepal


An Afternoon 
with Megan 
Marshall

Pet of the 
Week

 Pasadena Public Library’s 
Allendale Branch is pleased 
to welcome home the 2014 
Pulitzer Prize winner for 
Biography Megan Marshall 
who returns to her hometown 
of Pasadena for a discussion 
and reading of her winning 
book, Margaret Fuller: A New 
American Life on Saturday, 
May 30 at 2 p.m. A compelling 
examination of the trailblazing 
19th century author, journalist, 
and women’s rights advocate, 
Margaret Fuller, wrote Dwight 
Garner in his New York Times 
book review “is as seductive 
as it is impressive . . . [and] 
pushes Ms. Marshall into 
the front rank of American 
biographers.” 

 Marshall, who lives in 
Belmont, Massachusetts, is 
the Charles Wesley Emerson 
College Professor at Emerson 
College in Boston, where she 
teaches nonfiction writing 
and archival research in the 
MFA program. During her 
formative years in Pasadena, 
Marshall was a patron of both 
the Allendale Branch and 
Pasadena Central Libraries, 
where she developed and 
fostered her love of reading 
and writing, and where she 
first discovered the literature of 
Hawthorne, Thoreau, Melville, 
and other 19th century writers 
who drew her to attend college 
in New England. 

 Copies of Margaret Fuller: A 
New American Life, as well as 
Marshall’s first award-winning 
biography, The Peabody Sisters: 
Three Women Who Ignited 
American Romanticism, will 
be available for purchase and 
signing. 

 Allendale Branch Library is 
located at 1130 S. Marengo Ave. 
For more information, contact 
Jean Penn at (626) 744-7260 or 
jpenn@cityofpasadena.net.

Pictured Left to Right: Paramedic Intern Derrick Bean, 
Paramedic Matt Caffey, Engineer Dave Marquez, Captain Tim 
Okimura, ROWW lead Cody Walker and Deputy Chief Jon 
Trautwein. Photo D. Lee/MVNews


By Dean Lee 

 After spending a week in 
earthquake ravished areas of 
Nepal, Pasadena Fire Engineer 
Dave Marquez, Paramedic 
Matt Caffey and Captain Tim 
Okimura were honored by the 
city council last week for their 
relief efforts in response to the 
7.8 earthquake that struck the 
country in April.

 “In some of the areas we went 
to we were the first medical aid 
in there, we were actually there 
as the tractors were clearing 
the roads.” Okimura said. “It 
was overwhelming at first even 
when we paused along the road, 
people were going out, almost 
bombarding us, trying to figure 
out what was going on.” 

 Pasadena Fire Public 
Information Officer Lisa 
Derderian said the Local team 
was part of twelve volunteers 
that treated more than 400 
people in just four days, 
working extended hours to 
make sure they left the area in a 
better place with tents, supplies, 
water filtration systems and 
hope for the future.

 Derderian also said they spent 
the week working with locals 
to set-up medical clinics, food 
distribution sites, managed 
resources and comforted the 
youth in the area. Most of 
the villages they responded to 
were without running water or 
power. Many people suffered 
injuries from the earthquake 
such as broken bones, 
dehydration, intestinal issues 
and psychological effects. 

 “The unique nature of this 
event was that Nepal is a 
very mountainous and very 
distributed population… its 
very much scattered villages, so 
access, getting to these people 
was a struggle,” Marquez said. 
“Locating transpiration and 
making up the roads to get to 
these places.” 

 To date, over 8,000 have died; 
including 29 people last Monday 
after another a 7.3-magnitude 
earthquake stuck the regain. 
Some estimates are as high as 
1 million injured or in need of 
assistance.

 Cody Walker, brother of the 
late Paul Walker, led the team 
as part of the non-profit, Reach 
Out Worldwide. Derderian said 
the team used their personal 
time for the mission.

 Einstein (A374797) is a 
handsome 10-year-old, 
male, black and white long 
haired cat. 

Einstein can be a little on 
the shy side, but he will 
come out of his shell once 
he gets to know you. He 
would be best suited to a 
quiet home with a warm 
lap and preferably no young 
children. Einstein also 
qualifies for the Seniors 
for Seniors program which 
waives the adoption fee for 
adopters age 60 and up. The 
mandatory microchip fee of 
$20 still applies.

 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.

 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. 

Call the Pasadena 
Humane Society & SPCA 
at 626.792.7151 or visit 
at 361 S. Raymond Ave. 
in Pasadena. Adoption 
hours are 11-4 Sunday, 
9-5 Tuesday –Friday, 9-4 
Saturday. 

Learn How to Produce 
Your Own TV Show


New training starts 
soon, learn how to report 
news using social media 
skills. Other training 
nightly listed below

 With the opening of 
the new Pasadena Media 
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 crew members. 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.

Tournament of Roses New 
Board Members Announced

Class offerings days and nights weekly

Station Schedule 

Closed - Memorial Day

Monday May 25, All Day.

Producer Member Training

Monday June 1, at 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

PCAC Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday June 2, at 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Producer Member Training

Wednesday June 3, at 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Producer Member Training

Friday June 5, at 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

 

 The Tournament of Roses 
Foundation announced Tuesday 
the election of Ken Burrows, 
Mitchell Ing, and Robert Miller 
to the board of directors. These 
new members replace board 
members Gerald Freeny, Brian 
James and Mike Ward. The 
Foundation board also elected 
a new president and officers: 
Katherine Martinez Kleine, 
president; Nancy Neal Davis, 
vice president; Maxine Harris, 
treasurer; and Norma Garcia 
Kachigian, secretary. Members 
continuing to serve on the 
Foundation Board are Shannon 
Boalt, Laura Farber, Rick 
Jackson, Charlie Martinson, 
Karen Palmersheim, and Jerri 
Price-Gaines.