Mountain Views News          Saturday, June 13, 2015

Mountain Views-News Saturday, June 13, 2015 
Pasadena 
News Briefs 

Woman Returns Home 
to Find Stranger in Her 
Living Room

 Police are still looking for a 
stranger found sitting on a 
Woman’s living-room couch 
Monday evening after she 
returned home. The incident 
happened around 8:40 p.m. 
according to police.

 Police said they are looking 
for an Asian man in his 20s 
wearing a black and white 
colored shirt. He was last 
seen in the 500 block of South 
Los Robles Avenue near the 
woman’s house. Police said 
the man broken in through 
a screen door. Officers 
conducted a search of the 
area after one of them saw a 
possible suspect run away. 

 Anyone with information is 
being asked to call police at 
626-744-4241. 

Closures on the 210 
Freeway

 Caltrans announced they 
will intermittently close up to 
two-lanes on the eastbound 
210 freeway starting Monday, 
through June 30, each night 
from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. 

 Officials said work involves 
demolition and removal of 
the existing median barrier 
starting at Ramsdell Avenue 
overcrossing to the Lincoln 
Avenue-Howard Street 
undercrossing in Pasadena. 
Residents and local businesses 
located near the freeway 
may notice varying noise, 
vibrations and dust associated 
with construction activities 
they said.
Tournament of Roses 
Foundation Names New 
President

 The Tournament of Roses 
Foundation elected Katherine 
Martinez Kleine as its new 
president and Tournament of 
Roses Association members 
Ken Burrows, Mitchell S. Ing 
and Dr. Robert B. Miller to the 
Foundation board. These new 
members replace outgoing 
board members Gerald Freeny, 
Brian James and Mike Ward.

 The Foundation board also 
elected: 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-

Pet of the 
Week 

 
Yumi (A269931) is a fiveyear-
old tan boxer. She has 
been out on our Mobile 
Unit and has been gentle 
and sweet with everyone 
she has met. She enjoys 
going for walks and seems 
to get along well with other 
dogs. She is affectionate and 
intelligent and would do 
well in a household that can 
provide her lots of exercise 
and activities. She weighs 
about 18 lbs and has already 
been spayed.

 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. 


Rialto Holds First Public Event in Years 


By Dean Leesaid Escott Norton Executive 

 Supporters got a look inside The Director at Los Angeles Historic 
Rialto Theater in South Pasadena Theatre Foundation and director 
as it reopened Saturday, for one of Friends of the Rialto.” “What 
night only —the first time to the that means is still up in the air… 
public since the movie house they are still looking for who the 
was shuttered five years ago. tenants might be for the theater 
Saturday’s occasion was the itself.”
South Pasadena Preservation For the years, one of the issues 
Foundation’s annual meeting, for the success and renovating 

 This was also the first time the Rialto has been limited 
the 1,200-seat movie theater parking something Norton said 
has hosted an event since being was just a red herring.
bought by new owner, Los “The obvious solutions are, 
Angeles developer Izek Shomof. shared use parking agreements 
Part of Shomof plan for the with local lots, valet services, or 
building could be to turn shuttled parking from a remote 
the Rialto into a restaurant lot,” he said. “So there are 
that screens movies in the solutions.”
background although he has not Norton also said at one point, 
committed to that.Landmark Theatres, who 

 “The only thing they [Shomof] held the lease, had planned 
has stated publicly is they to cut up the balcony making 
want to restore the exterior it a multiplex theater, almost 
and activate the store fronts, identical to what had been done 

Annual Pasadena 
Chalk Festival Returns

 The World’s Largest Street 
Painting Festival Features 
Breath-taking Murals 
Created by Hundreds of 
Chalk Artists

Over 600 dedicated and talented 
chalk artists from Southern 
California and beyond will 
come together Father’s Day 
Weekend at the civic center 
retail entertainment site, to 
showcase this unique centuries-
old art form. The festival offers 
visitors an opportunity to watch 
over 200 amazing chalk murals 
come to life before their very 
eyes. The unique art event is 
free.

 Celebrating its 23rd year, the 
Pasadena Chalk Festival places 
over 25,000 sticks of pastel 
chalks in the hands of hundreds 
of Madonnari (Italian for 
street painter), who spend the 
weekend creating spectacular 
murals in every style and genre. 
The Festival not only fills two 
levels at Paseo Colorado, it 
also extends onto the historic 
concourse of the Pasadena 
Civic Auditorium (across Green 
Street). 

 Artworks range from classical 
to contemporary, whimsical 
to fantastic, inspirational to 

NASA Spacecraft DetectsImpact Glass on Mars

 “Knowing that suchdeposits exist on theMartian surface today --
opens up a potential newstrategy in the search for 
ancient Martian life.” 

 NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance 
Orbiter (MRO) has detected 
deposits of glass within impact 
craters on Mars scientists 
announced Monday. Though 
formed in the searing heat of a 
violent impact, such deposits 
might provide a delicate 
window into the possibility of 
past life on the Red Planet.

 During the past few years, 
research has shown evidence 
about past life has been 
preserved in impact glass here 
on Earth. 

 Fellow Brown researchers 
Kevin Cannon and Jack 
Mustard, building on the 
previous research, detail their 
data about Martian impact glass 
in a report now online in the 

socially relevant. Participating 
artists work alone or in teams. 

 Animation Alley, an area 
spotlighting some of the top 
and upcoming animators 
and graphic designers from 
Southern California. On Paseo’s 
Upper Theatre Court, Chalk of 
Fame- sponsored by ArcLight 
Cinema - is a staging ground for 
artists who will create murals 
depicting well known movies, 
movie stars, epic scenes and 
movie posters. 

 At the festival’s conclusion, 
participating artists will select 
the outstanding murals from 
among their peers. Awards 
include 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place 
Best of Show, Best Technique, 
Best Use of Color, Best 
Original Design, Rendering of a 
Masterpiece, and more. Ballots 
will be available on Sunday at 
the information booth.

 Paseo Colorado welcomes the 
Pasadena Chalk Festival over, 
June 20th and 21st from 10 a.m. 

- 7 p.m. 
There will also be a Classic 
Car Show on Sunday from 
10:00am to 3:00pm adjacent to 
the Festival (on Green Street), 
featuring vintage, tricked-out 
and fun cars of all makes and 
styles. 

journal Geology.

 “The work done by Pete and 
others showed us that glasses 
are potentially important for 
preserving biosignatures,” 
Cannon said. “Knowing that, 
we wanted to go look for them 
on Mars and that’s what we did 
here. Before this paper, no one 
had been able to definitively 
detect them on the surface.”

 Cannon and Mustard showed 
large glass deposits are present 
in several ancient, yet well-
preserved, craters on Mars.

 Knowing that impact glass can 
preserve ancient signs of life 
-- and now knowing that such 
deposits exist on the Martian 
surface today -- opens up a 
potential new strategy in the 
search for ancient Martian life.

 “This significant new detection 
of impact glass illustrates how 
we can continue to learn from 
the ongoing observations 
by this long-lived mission,” 
said Richard Zurek, MRO 
project scientist at NASA’s Jet 
Propulsion Laboratory. 

to the Academy Theatre on 
Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena in 
the 1980s. 

 The Rialto was red tagged and 
closed in March of 2010 due to 
fire codes. The theater was built 
by C.L. Langley in 1925 and was 
added to the National Register 
of Historic Places in 1978. 

Retardant to 
Be SprayedAround 
Rose Bowl

 Brush areas surrounding 
the Rose Bowl Stadium 
will be treated with a clear, 
wildland fire retardant 
on Tuesday, starting at 

9:00 a.m. and continuing 
until early afternoon. This 
year the application will 
take place earlier in the 
month due to the extreme 
drought conditions and the 
retardant will adhere until a 
significant rainfall. 
The Pasadena Fire 
Department will take this 
proactive approach to 
diminish potential hazards 
during the Fourth of July 
holiday.

 Fire retardant is one of the 
main tools firefighters use 
as a preventive measure and 
to contain fires in untreated 
areas. 

 Phos-Chek helps keep 
trees and grassland 
from burning. Its main 
ingredients are phosphates 
and fertilizers that prevent 
the ignition of fire and assist 
in regrowth of areas after a 
fire has been extinguished. 
It is not harmful to pets.

 For general information 
call (626) 744-4655. 

Local Authors 
Wanted for 
Library Event

Pasadena Public Library is 
looking for local authors 
to participate in their 3rd 
Annual Author Fair on 
Friday, October 9 from 6 – 
10 p.m. at Central Library 
as a part of Pasadena’s 
biannual ArtNight 
celebration. Participation 
is free. Sign up at www.
pasadenapubliclibrary.netbeginning Monday.
All authors are invited 
to participate, including; 
those who specialize 
in art, photography, 
woodworking, crafts, 
knitting, sewing decorating, 
baking, cooking, home 
improvement, self-help, 
biography, history, fiction 
and non-fiction, children’s 
literature and other 
subjects. Display and sell 
your book/s, keep all sale 
proceeds and greet guests 
one-on-one! 
Registration and exhibit 
location is based on first-
come, first-served basis. 
Participants will receive 
a confirmation email 
following registration.
For more information visit 
pasadenapubliclibrary.net. 

City of Pasadena Set to 
Celebrate 129th Birthday 



Pasadena Museum of 
History and the City of 
Pasadena announced this 
week the theme “Happy 
Birthday Pasadena: Forward 
Motion,” marking the 
city’s 129th year since 
incorporation. Mayor Terry 
Tornek will cut the cake on 
June 28 at 2:30. This will be 
Tornek’s first official cutting 
of the city’s birthday cake. 

 This year’s theme will 
include cars, bicycles, and 
other vehicles that were 
innovative for their time – 
both a century ago and today. 
There will also be exhibitions 
When Johnny Came 
Marching West: How the 
Civil War Shaped Pasadena 
and Thaddeus Lowe: Chief 
Aeronaut of the Union Army. 
Complimentary birthday 
cake will also be served 
along with entertainment, 
and a craft workshop. 

PlanetarySocietyCelebrates 
LightSailMission

 Data indicate citizen-
funded spacecraft deployssolar sail, milestone for 
test path toward 2016 
mission 

 The Pasadena based Planetary 
Society announced Monday 
that after 19 days on orbit; data 
indicate that The Planetary 
Society’s LightSail spacecraftdeployed its Mylar solar sail in 
space. More information will 
be downloaded, analyzed and 
publicized in days to come, 
including possible images. 
A post-deployment press 
conference will occur following 
an initial data analysis period. 
Today’s deployment marked a 
milestone for the mission to test 
LightSail’s critical functions in 
low-Earth orbit, a precursor to 
a second mission set for 2016. 
Bill Nye (The Science Guy), 
CEO at The Planetary Society, 
celebrated the landmark and 
stated:

 “We couldn’t get signals to 
and from our LightSail on the 

Free Concerts in the Park 
Hosted By the Senior Center


Photo, Great American Swing Band, Mariachi Bella 

Residents do not have 
to be a member or even a 
senior to attend 

Every Tuesday evening at 6 

p.m. from June 30 to Sept. 1 
the Pasadena Senior Center 
presents free concerts at the 
Memorial Park band shell. 
The one-hour concerts are 
open to people of all ages. Bring 
a picnic or purchase dinner at 
the BBQ snack bar. 
· June 30 - Pam Kay and The 
Tap Chicks entertain with lively 
dance routines, Vaudeville-style 
comedy and clever costumes. 
· July 7 - Janet Klein and 
her Parlor Boys perform jazz, 
ragtime, blues and novelty 
songs popular from 1900 to 
1930. 
· July 14 - The all-female 
Mariachi Bella, dressed in 
traditional costumes, performs 
a mix of iconic and new 
mariachi music. 
· July 21 -- Susie Hansen 
Latin Band performs fiery 
jazz and salsa that will have 
the audience on their feet and 
dancing in the aisles. 
· July 28 - Pasadena Youth 
Chamber Orchestra features 
talented high school and college 
students performing classical 
music. 
· Aug. 4 - Billy and the 
Hillbillies perform a hilarious 

Go Metro to the Pasadena 
Museum of History and 
receive a free stylized map of 
Pasadena! For more details, 
click here. Take the Metro 
Gold Line to Memorial Park 
Station and walk a few blocks 
west on Walnut St. towards 
Orange Grove Blvd.

 Happy Birthday Pasadena 
will take place June 28, 

1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 
the Pasadena Museum of 
History 470 W. Walnut 
Street. For more information 
call 626-577-1660.
first orbital pass, so we tried 
again on our next orbit— and 
it worked! We’ve learned a lot 
about perseverance on this 
test mission. Although it’s in 
inertial space, LightSail has had 
me on a rollercoaster. I want 
to thank the engineering team; 
they’ve done fantastic work. I 
especially want to thank our 
supporters and members, who 
made this success possible. We 
are advancing space science and 
exploration. This mission is part 
of our mission.”

 The Planetary Society’s 
solar sailing involvement was 
started by Society co-founder 
Louis Friedman more than a 
decade ago. The spacecraft was 
designed by Stellar Exploration, 
Inc., in San Luis Obispo, Calif. 
LightSail’s lead contractor 
for integration and testing is 
Pasadena, Calif.-based Ecliptic 
Enterprises Corporation, a 
space avionics and sensor 
systems firm best known 
for its popular RocketCam™ 
family of video systems used 
on rockets and spacecraft. The 
spacecraft has ground stations 
at California Polytechnic State 
University San Luis Obispo and 
Georgia Tech. The LightSail 
project is managed by Doug 
Stetson, founder and principal 
partner of the Space Science and 
Exploration Consulting Group. 
Boreal Space and Half-Band 
Technologies are contractors to 
Ecliptic. 

act of bluegrass music mixed 
with comedy. 
· Aug. 11 - Inca, The Peruvian 
Ensemble offers a colorful 
array of music and dance from 
the Andes region using rare, 
authentic instruments. 
· Aug. 18 - Lisa Haley and the 
Zydekats is a Grammy Award-
winning group that plays lively 
Cajun Zydeco music. 
· Aug. 25 - Alan Chapman’s 
Movie Music Magic features 
memorable melodies from the 
silver screen performed by a 
dynamic ensemble. 
· Sept. 1 - The Great 
American Swing Band features 
the sounds of big band, rhythm 
and blues, jazz and Dixieland.

 Additional concert sponsors 
include the Los Angeles County 
Arts Commission, Pasadena 
Highlands and AGA Medicare 
Options.

 For more information visit 
www.pasadenaseniorcenter.orgor call 626-795-4331.

 Founded in 1959, the Pasadena 
Senior Center is an independent, 
nonprofit organization that 
offers recreational, educational, 
wellness and social services to 
people ages 50 and over in a 
friendly environment. Services 
are also provided for frail, 
low-income and homebound 
seniors. 


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