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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016

VOLUME 10 NO. 4

TEEN BOYS FOUND MURDERED IN ARCADIA;

INTERNATIONAL MANHUNT LAUNCHED

COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TEMPORARY CONTRACT 
FOR SUPPLEMENTAL POLICE SERVICES FOR SIERRA 
MADRE NIGHTTIME PATROL

 At the Tuesday, January 26, 2016, City Council meeting, the City Council will review an agreement 
for the City of Arcadia to temporarily provide police patrol services, seven days a week between the 
hours of 6:00PM and 6:00AM beginning Sunday, February 7, 2016. Staffing levels within the Sierra 
Madre Police Department (SMPD) have reached a level where there are insufficient personnel to 
provide safe and reliable police services twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

 Over the course of the last few months, the Sierra Madre Police Department lost nine of its 
twenty full-time employees, three part-time Community Service Officers, and one part-time Police 
Officer, and there is the possibility that the Department may lose a few more employees. Employees 
are resigning for a variety of reasons including retirement, an opportunity to work at higher paying 
departments, and a perceived lack of job security in light of the scheduled decrease of the Utility 
Users Tax and the pending revenue measure on the April ballot.

 During the term of the temporary contract, Sierra Madre Police Department will continue to 
staff a dispatcher in the Sierra Madre Police Station during the nighttime hours. This will allow the 
Dispatcher to greet and assist walk-in lobby traffic, answer routine business calls such as overnight 
parking permits, and lessen the temporary impact to citizens who call the Police Department. All 
non-critical reports and calls for service will be handled by SMPD officers during their daytime 
shift.

 The Sierra Madre City Council will review the contract at its regular meeting on Tuesday, January 
26, 2016 at 6:30PM in the City Council Chambers, 232 W. Sierra Madre Blvd. The Arcadia City 
Council is scheduled to review the contract at its February 2, 2016 meeting. The temporary supplemental 
policing services for nighttime patrol are anticipated to begin on Sunday, February 7, 2016 
and be in effect until June of 2016.

 For additional information, the Sierra Madre staff report is available on the City’s website at: 
http://www.cityofsierramadre.com/

Two teenage brothers were found dead in their 
Arcadia home Friday. Now, police are looking 
for the victims’ uncle.

The boys, ages 15 and 16, were murdered 
Thursday inside their home in the 400 block of 
Fairview Avenue, according to the Los Angeles 
County Sheriff’s Department.

But their bodies were not discovered until 
Friday morning by their parents, who thought 
they were safe asleep in their beds.

The suspect, Deyun Shi, 44, is also wanted for 
allegedly attacking his wife with an ax Thursday 
night in La Cañada Flintridge because she 
wanted a divorce.

According to deputies, the victims’ parents 
were visiting the suspect’s wife at a hospital the 
night their sons were killed.

Deputies say the boys’ mother discovered 
their bodies. They suffered blunt force trauma, 
according to a press release by the sheriff’s 
department.

Investigators said Shi took a flight to China 
that was expected to land about 11 p.m. Friday. 
Authorities found 
his car at Los Angeles 
International 
airport.

Please contact 
the Los Angeles 
County Sheriff’s 
Department 
Homicide Bureau 
if you have any 
information about 
these crimes.

Photos courtesy 
LASD

Sources: MVNews, 
CBS LA and LASD


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SIERRA MADRE CANDIDATES WILL RUN UNOPPOSED

 When Sierra Madre voters go to the polls on April 12, 2016, they will find that none of the candidates 
running for office face any opposition. For the first time in decades, and, according to some longtime 
residents, for the first time in the last 40 years, there is only one candidate for each office.

 According to the last press release sent by retiring city clerk Nancy Shollenberger on January 19th, 
only the following persons filed:

 City Council - Two Vacancies: John Harabedian, Incumbent

 John Capoccia, Incumbent

 City Treasurer Mike Amerio

 City Clerk Melinda Carrillo

 The only other item on the ballot will be the User Utility Tax measure which will seek voter approval 
of an increase in the tax to 10% with escalation or a sunset. MVNews

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GET TRAINING FOR THE 2016 MOUNT WILSON TRAIL RACE

Sierra Madre, CA. - Mount Wilson Trail Race training runs begin January 30th, 
2016. The Mt. Wilson Trail Race Committee is again offering a comprehensive 
17-week program to get runners ready for the challenging Mt. Wilson Trail Race, 
scheduled for Saturday, May 28 in Sierra Madre. This program is free and the 
public is invited to participate.

 Simon Cooper’s Invictus Running Academy, with assistance from the Foothill 
Flyers, will lead advanced and beginners groups on a series of weekly runs up 
the Mt. Wilson Trail or along City of Sierra Madre streets. The instructors will 
also offer an easy-to-follow training program for runners to follow throughout 
the week. Two local popular races, the Santa Anita Derby Day 5K (April 9) and 
Fountain to Falls (May 7) will be part of the training program.

 The program gets kicked off with the Bandit Trail Run (5K, 15K 30K and 
50K) in Simi Valley on Saturday, January 30, giving Mr. Cooper an assessment of 
runners’ skills. MWTR training program participants get a 20% discount on race 
registration by going to ultrasignup.com and using the promo code MtWilson (go 
to www.bandittrailrun.com for more information). 

 On Saturday, February 6, the group will start meeting in Kersting Court (at 
the intersection of Baldwin Avenue and Sierra Madre Boulevard) at 7:00A. After 
some stretching and instruction, the runners will be on their way and should be 
back by 9:00A at the latest. On Saturday, May 21, a week before the Mt. Wilson 
Trail Race, there will be an expert panel prior to the training session, with past 
MWTR champions providing race strategy and advice.

 All runners should bring their own water and a running watch, as the workouts 
will involve timed events.

 Simon Cooper is returning 
for his second year at the helm of 
the Mt. Wilson Trail Training 
Program. He is a USATF-
certified coach and has been 
coaching and training runners 
for 10 years. In 2008, he founded 
Invictus Running Academy, 
a local coached running 
club that specializes in speed 
development. A veteran of the 
Mt. Wilson Trail Race himself, 
Simon has run the race 11 times 
and has 10 top-10 performances, 
with his highest placing being 
3rd, 4th and 5th. Most recently 
he has overall wins at the 2015 
Catalina Eco and Paramount 
Ranch half marathons and is the 
three-time winner and course 
record holder of the Bandit Trail 
Race 6K in Simi Valley. Also 
on staff is Philip Bachman, who 
is a USATF-certified coach and 
former collegiate cross country 
and track and field athlete; 
he is fresh off a 2:34 finish at 
the California International 
Marathon.

 

 If you have any questions 
about the program, please call 
MWTR Chair Pete Siberell (626-
574-6373) or Invictus Running 
Academy Head Coach Simon 
Cooper (626-485-8992).

 

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