Mountain Views News          Saturday, May 30, 2015

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, May 30, 2015 


CicLAvia-Pasadena Road 
Closures, Event Details

COUNCIL

MEETING 
ON WATER 
SHORTAGE

 Presented by Metro, CicLAvia-
Pasadena is a fun, car-free event 
on key city streets in Downtown 
Pasadena to enjoy by walking, 
jogging, bicycling, skating and 
other non-vehicle means from 9 
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. 

 Health and public safety officials 
also remind the public to dress 
appropriately for the event, to 
use helmets, pads and other 
safety gear as appropriate, wear 
hats for shade, use sunscreen 
and stay hydrated. 

 On event day only, 9 a.m. to 
4 p.m., call (626) 744-7889 
with questions about street 
closures, parking, and general 
event information. Additional 
information about CicLAvia-
Pasadena, including public 
access maps, can be found at 
www.ciclavia.org and www.
cityofpasadena.net. 

 Remember, if you see 
something, say something. 
Contact a uniformed officer 
on scene immediately or call 
(626) 744-4241. For all life-
threatening emergencies 
remember to always call 9-1-1. 

Gold Line and Bike Travel 
Options 

 Participants are encouraged 
to walk, ride their bikes or 
use public transportation to 
the event. Metro’s Gold Line 
stations at Memorial Park, Del 
Mar, and Lake Avenue are all 
located adjacent to the route. 

 “No Parking” and Vehicle 
Towing Along Route 

 The CicLAvia-Pasadena route 
and adjacent streets will be 
posted with temporary “No 
Parking” signs. All motorists 
are cautioned to observe all 
regular and temporary parking 
restrictions. Vehicles parked on 
the route during restricted times 
will be towed to the Elks Lodge 
parking lot, 400 W. Colorado 
Blvd., and will be available for 
pick-up for free only until 4 p.m. 
the day of the event. Call (626) 
744-4400 on Event Day only 
for towing information. After 
4 p.m., any unclaimed towed 
vehicle will be moved to a local 
tow yard and storage charges 
will apply. 

Road Closures 

 The main routes are Colorado 
Boulevard, from Pasadena 
Avenue to Bonnie Avenue; 
Raymond Avenue from 
Walnut Street to Del Mar 
Boulevard, and Lake Avenue 
from Colorado Boulevard to 
California Boulevard. Some city 
streets along the route will close 
to vehicular traffic as early as 6 
a.m. and will reopen as soon as 
possible following the clean-up 
of the event by about 6 p.m. 

 Maps with detailed detour 
routes are online. Primary 
detour routes include Walnut 
Street to the North, Allen 
Avenue to the East, California to 
the South, and St. John or Fair 
Oaks to the West. 

 The city council’s is set to 
continue a discussion Monday 
night over a city plan and other 
possible steps in response 
to the serious drought in 
California and Governor 
Jerry Brown’s mandate for a 
25-percent cut in water use. 
The meetings begin at 6:30 
p.m. in the Council Chamber 
at City Hall, 100 N. Garfield 
Ave. 

 According to officials, 
Pasadena’s Level 2 Water 
Shortage Plan, under a city 
ordinance, limits outdoor 
watering to two days per week 
during spring and summer, 
and one day per week during 
fall and winter. The plan 
requires water leaks to be fixed 
within 48 hours and prohibits 
the filling of ornamental lakes 
and ponds. 

 “All of us know by now that 
California is confronting an 
unprecedented challenge 
to our water supply. The 
Governor and state agencies 
are mandating draconian 
water-use reductions which 
we will be hard-pressed to 
achieve,” Mayor Terry Tornek 
said. “The City Council will 
undertake a serious dialogue 
with the public to discuss 
various methods to achieve 
these savings. If all of us work 
together to reform current 
practices, we can meet our 
goals while maintaining our 
quality of life.”

 The City is required to hold 
a public hearing prior to the 
Council declaring a Level 2 
shortage. If approved, the 
Council will set an effective 
date for when the Level 2 
shortage is declared. The City 
has been operating on a Level 1 
declaration since July 28, 2014 
that limits outdoor watering 
to three days in spring and 
summer and one day in fall 
and winter. 

 More information on 
Pasadena’s water restrictions 
is available online at www.
PWPweb.com/WaterWaste. 
Fines for repeat offenders can 
be up to $500 per violation for 
residential customers and up 
to $1,000 per violation for all 
non-residential accounts.

Sierra Madre Blvd Turf to Go Brown

By Dean Lee

 Sprinklers watering large grassy 
medians along Sierra Madre 
Boulevard —that includes the 
Tournament of Roses post 
parade viewing area— will be 
shut off permanently Monday, 
letting the area go brown as part 
of a statewide drought mandate 
prohibiting, “irrigation with 
potable water of ornamental 
turf on public street medians,” 
officials said.

 “What are going to do is, though 
community participation, 
look at what type of [drought 
specific] design should occur 
in that area,” Pasadena City 
Manager Michael Beck. 

 Beck said there would be a 
series of public meeting held 
over the issue, starting as soon 
as next month.

 He also said they were studying 
the city of San Marino closely 
as they begin working with 
Mariposa Landscapes Inc. to 
remove 5.5 miles of grass also 
on Sierra Madre Boulevard and 
along Huntington Drive.

 “In San Marino there are going 
to do some things that allow it 
to continue to work as a jogging 
trial and other things that allow 
it to work as an interactive space 
but without the turf” Beck said. 

 He added that even though the 
medians act like parks they are 
not. Beck said they cannot turn 
off water in the parks, “then the 
parks become dangerous for 
play activity if not maintained 
properly.” 

 The medians, that run the 2.5 
mile length of Pasadena from 
Sierra Madre to San Marino, are 
a remnant of the vast network 
of Pacific Electric Railway’s Red 
Cars removed in the 50s and 
60s.

Pedestrian 
Traffic 
Enforcement 
Operation 
Planned

NASA Testing Mars 
Lander for Next Mission

 
Pasadena Police Department 
will step up bike and pedestrian 
safety enforcement operations 
on Monday, with focused 
enforcement on collision 
causing factors involving 
motorists, pedestrians and 
bicyclists. 

 Officers will be looking for 
violations made by drivers, 
bike riders and pedestrians 
alike that can lead to life 
changing injuries. Special 
attention will be directed 
toward drivers speeding, 
making illegal turns, failing 
to stop for signs and signals, 
failing to yield to pedestrians 
in cross walks or any other 
dangerous violation. 

 Additionally, enforcement 
will be taken for observed 
violations when pedestrians 
cross the street illegally or fail 
to yield to drivers who have 
the right of way. Bike riders 
will be stopped and citations 
issued when they fail to follow 
the same traffic laws that apply 
to motorists. All riders are 
reminded to always wear a 
helmet – those under 18 years 
of age must wear helmets by 
law. Pedestrians should cross 
the street only in marked 
crosswalks or at corners. 

 Bicycle and pedestrian 
fatalities are rising in 
California as more people use 
these non-motorized means 
of transportation. Locally, 
Pasadena Police Department 
has investigated 486 fatal and 
injury collisions involving 
pedestrians and bicyclists 
during the past three (3) years. 
In 2012, California witnessed 
612 pedestrian and 124 
bicyclists killed that year while 
nationally 4,743 pedestrians 
and 726 bicyclists were killed.

 Engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, 
Denver, run a test of deploying the solar arrays on NASA’s InSight 
lander. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin

 

 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
officials announced Wednesday 
that testing is underway on 
NASA’s next mission on the 
journey to Mars, a stationary 
lander scheduled to launch in 
March 2016.

 The lander called InSight, is 
an abbreviation for Interior 
Exploration using Seismic 
Investigations, Geodesy and 
Heat Transport. It is about 
the size of a car and will be 
the first mission devoted to 
understanding the interior 
structure of the Red Planet. 
Examining the planet’s deep 
interior could reveal clues about 
how all rocky planets, including 
Earth, formed and evolved.

 The current testing will help 
ensure InSight can operate in 
and survive deep space travel 
and the harsh conditions of the 
Martian surface. The spacecraft 
will lift off from Vandenberg 
Air Force Base in California, 
and land on Mars about six 
months later.

 The technical capabilities and 
knowledge gained from Insight, 
and other Mars missions, are 
crucial to NASA’s journey to 
Mars, which includes sending 
astronauts to the Red Planet in 
the 2030s.

 “Today, our robotic scientific 
explorers are paving the way, 
making great progress on the 
journey to Mars,” said Jim Green, 
director of NASA’s Planetary 
Science Division at the agency’s 
headquarters in Washington. 
“Together, humans and robotics 
will pioneer Mars and the solar 
system.”

 During the environmental 
testing phase at Lockheed 
Martin’s Space Systems 
facility near Denver, the 
lander will be exposed to 
extreme temperatures, 
vacuum conditions of nearly 
zero air pressure simulating 
interplanetary space, and a 
battery of other tests over the 
next seven months. 

 “It’s great to see the spacecraft 
put together in its launch 
configuration,” said InSight 
Project Manager Tom Hoffman 
at NASA’s Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, Pasadena, 
California. “Many teams from 
across the globe have worked 
long hours to get their elements 
of the system delivered for these 
tests. There still remains much 
work to do before we are ready 
for launch, but it is fantastic to 
get to this critical milestone.”

 The mission’s science team 
includes U.S. and international 
co-investigators from 
universities, industry and 
government agencies.

 Mars missions are 
crucial to NASA’s journey 
to Mars, which includes 
sending astronauts to the 
Red Planet

Pianist Rueibin Chen to 
Perform Tonight at PCC 

 

 Pasadena City College will 
host a benefit concert featuring 
internationally acclaimed 
pianist Rueibin Chen tonight 
at 7 p.m. in PCC’s Westerbeck 
Recital Hall.

 Proceeds from “A Night with 
Rueiben Chen” will benefit 
Foothill Family Service, an 
organization that provides a 
range of community-based, 
mental health, and social 
services to at-risk populations 
in the greater Los Angeles area. 
An artist reception will follow 
the concert, which is presented 
by Cathay Bank.

 “We are delighted that Mr. 
Chen will perform in Pasadena 
in support of Foothill Family 
Service,” said Steve Allen, 
Foothill Family Service Chief 
Executive Officer. “To have an 
artist of his caliber helping raise 
funds for, and awareness of, our 
organization and the work that 
we do in the community is truly 
an honor.”

 A Chinese-Austrian born in 
Taiwan, Chen’s distinguished 
career has earned him more 
than a dozen awards in 
various international piano 
competitions. He has appeared 
as a soloist with many orchestras 
around the world, and was 
invited by officials of the 2010 
World Expo to be the exclusive 
opening-ceremony performer 
of the famous “Yellow River 
Concerto” in Shanghai.


Pet of the 
Week

 
Titus (A377847) is a two-
year-old, male, white and 
gray Siberian Husky mix. 
He enjoys attention and 
treats, as well as going for 
walks. Like many Huskies, 
Titus likes to talk! He has 
already been neutered 
which means he would be 
able to go home with you 
today. 

 The regular dog adoption 
fee is $125 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. 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.
pasadenahumane.org.

Learn How to Produce 
Your Own TV Show

Pops Opens 
Summer 
Series

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

Library Launches New 
Integrated Library System

 Michael Feinstein and the 
Pasadena POPS open their 
one of a kind, popular outdoor 
summer concert series with 
vocalists Marilyn Maye and 
Michael Andrew in BIG BAND 
SWING on Saturday June 20th 
at the Los Angeles Arboretum.

 The show will feature the 
sizzling and sultry big brass 
sounds that defined feel of the 
era with hits such as Glenn 
Miller’s Pennsylvania 6-500, 
Benny Goodman’s Sing Sing 
Sing, Duke Ellington’s Harlem 
Nocturne and Sophisticated 
Ladies along with rare gems 
made fresh like Jimmy Dorsey’s 
Green Eyes, Les Brown’s 
Leap Frog and Harry James’ 
Trumpet Blues and Cantabile.

 The grounds opens for 
picnicking and dining at 5:30 
p.m. and performances begin 
at 7:30 p.m.

 The Arboretum is located 
at 301 North Baldwin Ave., 
Arcadia, CA. Single tickets 
and season subscriptions are 
now on sale and are available 
at (626)-793-7172, online at 
PasadenaSymphony-Pops.org 
or at the Arboretum on the day 
of the concerts.

 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.

 Pasadena Public Library 
announced the launch of a new 
Integrated Library System (ILS) 
Wednesday. This new library 
information management 
software will provide library 
customers with the best possible 
service for their circulation, 
information access and 
collection management needs. 

 An Integrated Library System 
provides library customers with 
an enriched online catalog and 
more. With catalog searches 
in the new system, customers 
will receive results the way they 
expect, resembling familiar 
and popular internet search 
engines. The additions of 
spelling correction and search 
suggestions will make searching 
the catalog easier and more 
intuitive. Customers can also 
choose to keep their reading 
history as they read.

 The new system offers an 
enhanced level of convenience 
by expanding the way customers 
receive library communications. 
When items are ready for pick-
up or have an approaching due 
date, customers will be notified 
by telephone, email and soon 
text messaging. They will also 
be able to share information via 
social media.

 Demonstrations of the new 
system will be given during 
Tech M@de Easy workshops at 
Central Library:

 Wednesday, May 27, 2:30 – 4 
p.m.

 Tuesday, June 9, 10 – 11:30 
a.m.

 Wednesday, June 24, 2:30 – 4 
p.m.

 Tuesday, July 14, 10 – 11:30 
a.m.

 Wednesday, July 22, 2:30 – 4 
p.m.

 Tuesday, August 11, 10 – 11:30 
a.m.

 Wednesday, August 26, 2:30 
– 4 p.m. 

 The catalog is operated jointly 
by Pasadena Public Library 
and Glendale Library, Arts & 
Culture.

 For more information call 
(626) 744-4066.

Class offerings days and nights weekly

Station Schedule 

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.

Volunteer Orientation

Monday June 8, at 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.