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PASADENA EDITION October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Page B1 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2016 VOLUME 10 NO. 42 Local Area News Briefs One City, One Story Selection to Be Revealed Former Art Center Vice President Is New Pasadena Media ED Pasadena Public Library’s 15th One City, One Story selection will be announced on Friday, at 6 p.m. in Pasadena’s Central Library’s Great Hall, 285 E. Walnut St. The event will kick- off the library’s ArtNight celebration. During the presentation, Mayor Terry Tornek and Robert Karatsu, interim director of the Pasadena Public Library system, will announce the book selection and unveil a poster size version of the book cover. A 12-member community committee chose the novel. Last year’s selection was the novel “Orphan Train” by author Christina Baker Kline. Pasadena’s annual community reading celebration is designed to broaden and deepen an appreciation of reading and literature in the community, engage participants in dialogue and bring Pasadenans together by promoting greater understanding of differing points of view. Thousands of people read the same book and participate in related events including a conversation with the author, film series, book discussion groups, exhibitions, lectures and other activities. One City, One Story events will be scheduled throughout March 2017 and feature a community dialog with the author on Thursday, March 2nd. The full calendar will be announced in the near future. For more information visit www.onecityonestory.com. Claim filed, names of officers released, involving man killed with Taser Attorney Caree Harper filed a claim of damages last week on behalf of the family of Reginald Thomas who died last month when a Taser was used by Pasadena police after they said he did not comply with orders to put down a knife and fire extinguisher he was carrying. Police, this week also released the names of the officers who responded to the 911 domestic disturbance call early morning Sept. 30. According to police Michael Orosco, Philip Poirier, Raphael Santiago, Aaron Villacana, Thomas Butler and Robert Griffith were involved. The family claims negligence, that physical force was used, against Thomas by officers and paramedics. The Investigation is being led by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau By Dean Lee The city’s public cable access television station, last week, hired former Art Center Senior Vice President for Real Estate and Operations, George Falardeau, as the new Executive Director /CEO of Pasadena Media. The move ends a 10 month nationwide search to fill the position. Falardeau had also served as the station’s board president from July 2014 to July 2015. “As former chair of Pasadena Media, I got a flavor of how exciting this place really was,” he said. “If you look at my background, I’ve always been heavily involved with the community… It’s a job some people might think I’m over qualified for but I’m uniquely qualified at this time for this job, leading this organization into the future.” Falardeau said, before Art Center, he worked 25 years at NBC, “When I was there I was an award winning cameraman, technical operations manager, I was director of planning and studios, when I left I was Vice President of West Coast Facilities.” He officially signed an employment agreement with Pasadena Media, during the Pasadena Community Access Corporation board meeting Oct 4, for just over $102,000 a year. Falardeau started the job without delay. Although the PCAC board had concern about the salary, including current employee layoffs, they voted in favor of the contract. “From my understanding there were well over 100 applicants…” Falardeau said. “They got down to two or three candidates and finally picked me, there were really qualified people, this job is about that amount of money, whoever they hired they were going to be in that ballpark.” As director of Pasadena Media he will oversee all staff, operations and training at the station. With an annual budget of just over $1 million the station oversees four local television channels: KPAS, Government Access; The Arroyo Channel, Community Access; KLRN, Pasadena Unified’s Educational Access and PCCTV, Pasadena City College’s Educational Access. Falardeau replaced former Executive Director Keri Stokstad who left, last year, for a position as TV manager with the City of Santa Monica. Mayor Terry Tornek George Falardeau photo D. Lee/MVNews Forum on Dealing with Bears, Coyotes and Bobcats Man shot by South Pasadena police during standoff Innovate Pasadena to Hold Annual Connect Week A mother and daughter escaped to safety Sunday morning, after finding a prowler in their home, a situation that led to a standoff and ended with intruder being shot by officers. According to police, they were called to a home 1300 block of Huntington Drive Sunday shortly before 4:20 a.m. Police found the two women locked in an upstairs bathroom and the suspect ransacking the lower level of the home. Police shot the man after being confronted. He then barricaded himself in a bedroom and police helped the woman escape out the bathroom window. The suspect was later taken into custody. He was shot in the shoulder. Join Assemblymember Chris Holden in partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Councilmember Victor Gordo, Vice Mayor Gene Masuda and Councilmember Margaret McAustin for “Living with Urban Wildlife” Community Meeting. Dealing with Coyotes, Bobcats and Bears in your backyard. Be Aware-Fish and Wildlife experts encourage neighbors to work together to live safely with our wildlife. Find out how in this free public forum. The City of Pasadena Humane Society, City of Pasadena Department of Public Works and City of Pasadena Police will be available to answer questions. Tuesday October 18th, 6:30pm at Longfellow Elementary School Auditorium. Located at 1065 East Washington Blvd. Pasadena. Event Series Gives Startups, Local Innovators and Residents Meaningful Opportunities to Collaborate, Learn and Grow in the Areas of Science, Technology, Design, Entrepreneurship and Astronomy Innovate Pasadena, a community organization dedicated to advancing greater Pasadena as a hub of technology and design innovation, presents its third annual Connect Week, a series of independently organized seminars, workshops and social events taking place across the city throughout the week starting Sunday. Attendees will enhance their innovation and tech savviness by learning more about the latest in design trends, checking out local startups, engaging with top industry professionals and more during #Connect16. Pasadena, a rich center for tech and design, is powered by a range of thriving industries, including aerospace,biotech, engineering and more. Since its inception in 2014, Connect Week has aimed to shine a spotlight on the energy and excitement of tech advancements in Pasadena’s talent base by giving the community a chance to collaborate and share knowledge, showcase visionary products and discuss new ideas that will further Pasadena’s reputation as an innovative authority. “Pasadena has played and continues to play an important role in shaping the future of our world when it comes to technology and new discoveries. From talent of the past like Einstein who studied at Caltech, to top companies shaping our future like Jet Propulsion Laboratory, X1 Technologies and more, we take pride in the great roster of talent our city has to offer,” said Mike Giardello, president of Innovate Pasadena. “And that’s what Connect Week is all about -- helping Pasadena stand out as SoCal’s premier tech and innovation hub all while strengthening our local collaborative community.” Connect Week programming is organized into four tracks: design, science, entrepreneurship and technology. This year, Innovate Pasadena will add a fifth track in honor of “Astronomy Week” to celebrate Pasadena’s position as a world leader for telescopic celestial discovery and robotic space science. (cont. page3) Chamber to Hold Business and Economic Summit The Pasadena Chamber of Commerce invites leaders of business and industry to a forum on the local economy, local industries and the future of business in Pasadena at the fourth Pasadena Business and Economic Summit on Tuesday, October 25, at 11:30am at The University Club at 175 North Oakland Avenue in Pasadena. Tracy Hernandez, Founding President of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (BizFed) will give an economic overview, with particular attention the San Gabriel Valley and Pasadena. She will also present findings of a recent industry issues survey and discuss upcoming issues facing businesses in the region. The summit will focus on innovation and the future, with panelists discussing the evolving workplace, the transportation future of Los Angeles County and what the future workforce may look like. This year, the format will include a moderated panel discussion among the participants. Karl Bird, Acquisition Department Manager at Jet Propulsion Laboratory and chair of the Chamber’s Economic and Business Development Committee will facilitate. Taking part as featured panelists are Brittany Dodd, senior associate for Advisory and Transaction Services and Workplace Strategy at CBRE, Kim Sidders, People Operations Coordinator with Bolton & Company and Pauletta Tonilas, Chief Communications Officer with Los Angeles County METRO. Pasadena Mayor Terry Tornek will provide a welcome and update on City priorities. Pasadena Economic Development Manager Eric Duyshart will give an update on economic development initiatives in the city. Cost to attend the Pasadena Business and Economic Summit is $50 and includes the program and lunch. Parking is included in the ticket price. Additional information, including the opportunity to sign up and pay online, can be found at the Pasadena Chamber website at www.pasadena- chamber.org (follow the link to Events and the Business and Economic Summit). For information call (626) 795- 3355. Panel Discussion will focus on future of workplace, evolving workforce and transportation planning, featured speaker to discuss local economy and issues facing businesses in the region CALENDAR Pg. 2 MORE PASADENA NEWS Pg. 3 SAN MARINO/SO. PAS Pg. 4 SIERRA MADRE Pg. 5 ARCADIA Pg. 6 MONROVIA Salt Waste Facility Wins Safety Award EDUCATION/YOUTH Pg. 7 FOOD & DRINK Pg. 8 The Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) project in Aiken, SC, has been named the winner of Engineering News-Record Southeast’s (ENR SE’s) 2016 Excellence in Safety Award. This award recognizes excellence in safety among construction projects in the Southeast (Florida, Georgia, and North and South Carolina). SWPF is a $2.3 billion Department of Energy (DOE) facility designed to process the radioactive waste stored in 51 underground tanks at the Savannah River Site. Construction of the facility was completed in April after nearly 9 years and approximately 12.5 million manhours--with a recordable incident rate of 0.96 and a lost-time accident rate of 0.24. Parsons is the prime contractor on the project. 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