Happy Thanksgiving

PASADENA EDITION

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2016


VOLUME 10 NO. 47

Local Area 
News Briefs

Thanksgiving Holiday 
Closures, Reminders

 New ordnance 
Aims to Clean up 
Homelessness in Old 
Town and Parks

 Pasadena residents and 
businesses are reminded that 
City Hall and most City services 
will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 
24, and Friday, Nov. 26, 2016, in 
observance of the Thanksgiving 
Day holiday. Specific closures 
and exceptions are noted below.

 Pasadena Fire and Police 
departments will continue to 
be staffed for all patrol, jail, 
fire, paramedic and other 
emergency services. Always 
call 9-1-1 for life-threatening 
emergencies. For non-
emergencies, call (626) 744-
4241. Remember, “If You See 
Something, Say Something.”

 Pasadena residents and 
businesses with power 
emergencies should call 
Pasadena’s Water and Power 
(PWP) Department at (626) 
744-4673 and for water-related 
emergencies call (626) 744-
4138. PWP’s Customer Service 
Call Center will be closed 
both days, but customers can 
access their accounts and make 
payments by phone at (626) 
744-4005 or online at www.
PWPweb.com. The Municipal 
Services Payment Center at 
City Hall will be closed both 
days. The Citizen Service 
Center, www.cityofpasadena.
net/Citizen-Service-Center will 
be closed Thanksgiving Day, 
but will be open to take your 
calls at (626) 744-7311 from 8 
a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 25 and Nov. 
26.

 Regular refuse and recycling 
collection for Thursday 
(Thanksgiving Day) will occur 
on Friday, Nov. 25, and Friday’s 
collection will be on Saturday, 
Nov. 26. No pickups for bulky 
items will be scheduled for the 
two-day holiday.

Pasadena Transit and Dial-A-
Ride transportation programs 
will not operate on Thursday, 
Nov. 24, but will resume regular 
service on Friday, Nov. 25. All 
parking meters are free and 
parking time limits will not be 
enforced on Thanksgiving Day, 
but shoppers are advised that 
all regular meter enforcement 
will resume on Friday, Nov. 
25.Violations for overnight
parking restrictions, red curb 
parking and blocking fire 
hydrants will continue to be 
issued both days.

 All Pasadena Public Library 
sites will close at 5 p.m., 
Wednesday, Nov. 23, and will 
be closed the following two 
days.

 All Recreation and 
Community Centers operated 
by the City’s Human Services 
and Recreation Department 
will be closed on both days, 
but all parks will be open for 
picnics, fun and play. No site 
reservations are accepted for 
the holiday.

 The City wishes everyone a 
safe, enjoyable Thanksgiving 
Day. Remember to celebrate 
responsibly and always 
designate a driver!

 
The city council voted 
Monday night to give 
Pasadena police authority to 
target and remove belongings 
related to homeless people, 
in a move that some say is 
cruel. The new ordinance 
also makes it a crime to 
aggressively panhandle.

 Opponents of the ordnance 
said it criminalizes homeless 
and without enough housing 
they have nowhere else to 
go. Others said the new 
law violates the Fourth 
Amendment, seizing property 
without due process. 

 The property can be removed 
without notice and held for 
30 days, police said a note 
would be left as to where the 
property can be picked up, 
without charge.

 City staff said "the intent is 
to ensure city’s streets and 
sidewalks are unobstructed 
so that businesses can operate 
unimpeded and that patrons, 
employees, and visitors can 
move about the city without 
obstruction." It takes effect in 
30 days.

CITY UNVEILS NEW ANTI-TOBACCO CAMPAIGN 

 City officials unveiled a new 
public awareness campaign 
Wednesday that uses snakes, 
sheep and a small child to send 
a message of the dangers of 
smoking menthol or tobacco-
flavored cigarettes and using 
electronic cigarettes. 

 The local educational campaign 
in English and Spanish is 
focused on reaching Latino and 
African American youths and 
adults, especially in Northwest 
Pasadena, with social media 
messages, bus shelter displays, 
interior placards inside 
Pasadena Transit buses and 
point-of-sale ads voluntarily 
used by tobacco retailers inside 
stores.

 “Most young people who use 
tobacco report using flavored 
products,” City Health Officer 
Dr. Ying-Ying Goh said. “These 
products are deadly tools that 
hook young people onto a 
lifetime of tobacco use.”

 She said tobacco use is still the 
number one preventable cause 
of death in the United States 
and statistics show the use of 
these types of tobacco products 
are very popular products with 
Hispanic/Latinos and African 
Americans.

 Funding for the educational 
campaign comes from a three-
year, $1.5 million grant from 
the U.S. Centers for Disease 
Control Prevention’s Racial 
and Ethnic Approaches to 
Community Health (REACH) 
Program. Currently, the federal 
REACH program has provided 
49 grants, but Pasadena is 
the only city-based health 
department in the country to 
receive funding and is also the 
only grantee using the funds for 
an anti-menthol, anti-tobacco 
product prevention effort.

 Public Health Department 
Director Michael Johnson 
said the educational campaign 
seeks to raise awareness about 
the high use of mentholated 
cigarettes, electronic cigarettes 
and flavored tobacco products 
and the aggressive advertising 
tactics used by the tobacco 
industry. Increase knowledge 
about mentholated and flavored 
tobacco to combat common 
perceptions that these products 
are safer than regular tobacco. 
For more information about 
the campaign and other 
anti-tobacco efforts, visit 
www.cityofpasadena.net/
publichealth/REACH, or call 
(626) 744-6014.

 Officers Save Dog 
from House Fire

 South Pasadena Police 
officers were dispatched 
Thursday to a residential 
house fire, at about 1:10 p.m., 
in the 1000 block of Garfield 
Ave. Upon their arrival, 
Corporal Craig Phillips and 
Officer Brian Wiley found the 
house to be partially engulfed 
in flames. 

 During a search of the 
residence, no residents were 
found; however, a small 17 
month-old Maltese was found 
cowering in the corner of a 
downstairs room. “Kolby” 
was rescued from the house 
uninjured and later reunited 
with his owner. 

 The cause of the fire is 
currently under investigation.

 Pictured (left) Dr. Ying-
Ying Goh and (right) Director 
Michael Johnson. Photo, D. 
Lee/MVNews.

Pasadena’s Annual Holiday 
Concert Returns Tonight

Pasadena 
Police DUI 
Enforcement 
Operation


Thanksgiving at the
Pasadena Senior Center



 Gobble gobble! The 
Pasadena Senior Center, 85 
E. Holly St., will continue 
its Thanksgiving tradition 
this year by offering a 
turkey feast with all the 
trimmings Thursday, Nov. 
24, at noon. They’ll even do 
all the cooking, all served by 
volunteers, and cleanup, so 
all you have to do is come!

 Prepaid reservations must 
be received at the Welcome 
Desk no later than Tuesday, 
Nov. 22. The cost is only $10 
for members and $12 for 
non-members of all ages.

 For more information call 
(626) 795-4311.

 Officers from the Pasadena 
Police Department’s DUI 
Enforcement Team will 
be deploying next week to 
stop and arrest alcohol and 
drug-impaired drivers in 
the Department’s ongoing 
traffic safety campaign. DUI 
Saturation Patrols will deploy 
on Wednesday, between 
the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 
2:00 a.m. in areas with high 
frequencies of DUI collisions 
and/or arrests.

 Officers will be looking for 
signs of alcohol and/or drug 
impairment with officers 
checking drivers for proper 
licensing delaying motorists 
only momentarily. When 
possible, specially trained 
officers will be available to 
evaluate those suspected of 
drug-impaired driving, which 
now accounts for a growing 
number of impaired driving 
crashes. 

 Recent statistics reveal that 
30 percent of drivers in fatal 
crashes had one or more 
drugs in their systems. A 
study of active drivers showed 
more tested positive for drugs 
that may impair driving (14 
percent) than did for alcohol 
(7.3 percent). Of the drugs, 
marijuana was most prevalent, 
at 7.4 percent, slightly more 
than alcohol. Everyone should 
be mindful that if you’re 
taking medication – whether 
prescription or over-the-
counter – drinking even small 
amounts of alcohol can greatly 
intensify the impairment 
affects. 

 The cost of a ride home is 
cheap, nothing compared to 
a $10,000 DUI conviction 
and the ‘inconvenience’ of not 
driving your own car home 
is nothing compared to the 
inconvenience of spending 
time behind bars.

 Pasadena Symphony’s annual Holiday 
Candlelight concert returns to All Saints Church 
tonight. Having sold out the past five years in a 
row, the concert will offer two performances to 
meet community demand at 4:00p.m. & 7:00p.m. 

 The architecturally exquisite and acoustically 
sonorous All Saints Church, Pasadena’s 
equivalent of a European cathedral, provides the 
perfect setting to hear your holiday favorites —all 
performed by candlelight. 

 Conductor Grant Cooper leads an array of 
choruses including the Los Angeles Children’s 
Chorus, the Donald Brinegar Singers and the 
L.A. Bronze Handbell Ensemble, set against the 
backdrop of the Pasadena Symphony. Special 
guest Sarah Uriarte Berry will accompany the 
orchestra as vocalist. With countless Broadway 
credits under her belt including Belle in Disney’s 
Beauty and the Beast, Diana in the Tony Award 
and Pulitzer Prize winning Next To Normal and 
Les Miserables’ Eponine, Berry is sure to bring an 
unforgettable performance.

The program has something for everyone, from 
holiday classics to popular standards. Hear What 
Child is This?, Have Yourself a Merry Little 
Christmas, Jingle Bells, Hallelujah! and many 
more favorites. Top off the holiday season with 
lasting memories for the whole family. The venue 
will again offer fully individual assigned seating 
available throughout All Saints’ glorious interior, 
ensuring that the audience can enjoy their 
experience with ease and have a well-deserved 
break from the hustle and bustle of the season. 

 Tickets to Holiday Candlelight with the 
Pasadena Symphony are limited and will sell out. 
Reservations start at $20 and may be purchased 
either at pasadenasymphony-pops.org or by 
calling the box office at (626) 793-7172.

 All Saints Church is located 132 N Euclid Ave, 
Pasadena. Parking structures are nearby at the 
Westin Hotel (enter on Los Robles, south of 
Walnut) or 330 E Union —metered parking is 
also available on Euclid and nearby streets.

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Meetings to be Held on 
Non-Potable Water Project 

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 PWP will be holding 
community meetings in 
December and January to share 
the findings of the Non-Potable 
Water Project Alternative 
Routes Study Reports and to 
seek input. 

 This is a follow-up to a February 
meeting about impacts during 
project construction, and 
residents were asked to explore 
two alternative pipeline routes. 
PWP has thoroughly examined 
the alternative routes and 
has several reports that detail 
the findings on the impacts 
of the proposed route vs. the 
alternative routes.

 The two Pipeline Routes are 
first; Linda Vista Ave., Laurel St., 
Parkview Ave. or (alternative 
route) Salvia Canyon & West 
Dr. and second; Rose Bowl Dr. 
or (alternative route) Rosemont 
Ave. 

Meetings will be

 Tuesday, December 6 at 6 p.m. 
Brookside Golf Club, Arroyo 
Room 1133 Rosemont Ave, and 
Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 
6:30 p.m. Brookside Golf Club, 
Arroyo Room 1133, Rosemont 
Ave.

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