Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, May 6, 2017

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Mountain View News Saturday, May 6, 2017 


Free Events Roundup at the 
Pasadena Senior Center

Police Arrest Three for 
Pasadena Robbery Spree

Man of La 
Mancha 
Extended 
by Popular 
Demand 

 

 There is something for 
everyone in February at the 
Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. 
Holly St. You do not have to be a 
member to attend. Some events 
require advance reservations. 

 Smart Phones, Tablets and 
Computers – Tuesdays and 
Thursdays to May 25, at 10 
a.m. Get the answers you need 
about personal technology 
devices, whether you own them 
already or are considering a 
purchase. Learning how to text, 
check voicemail set an alarm, 
navigate the Internet and 
download apps is easier than 
you may think!

 A Toast to the Joys of 
Music – Tuesdays to May 30, 
from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tom 
Campbell will play guitar and 
sing songs in the Senior Center 
Lounge. Stop by and enjoy his 
covers of traditional country, 
country rock, blues, folk, gospel 
and classic rock originally 
made famous by Willie Nelson, 
Merle Haggard, Vince Gill, 
Elvis Presley, B.B. King, Neil 
Young, The Grateful Dead, The 
Rolling Stones and many more.

Scenic Walkers Club – 
Wednesdays to May 17, at 10 
a.m. Enjoy a series of leisurely 
walks in the great outdoors. 
Alan Colville will give you a 
list of items to bring, let you 
know what to expect, provide 
detailed itineraries and arrange 
transportation. For more 
information or to sign up, 
email alancolville@charter.net 
or call 626-221-3741.

Domino Club – Thursdays, 
to May 25, at 1 p.m. If you’ve 
never played Chicken Foot 
dominoes before, or even if 
you have, come join the fun as 
Vicki Leigh leads participants 
in a rollicking version of the 
game that is easy enough for 
beginners yet challenging 
enough for more seasoned 
players. Oh, and please excuse 
the laughter every Thursday…
it may be contagious! For 
more information call Vicki at 
928-478-4654.

 Friday Movie Matinees – 
Fridays, May 12 and 19, at 1 
p.m. Everyone enjoys movies 
and the pleasures they bring. 
May 12: “Manchester by the 
Sea” (2015, R) starring Casey 
Affleck and Michelle Williams. 
After the death of his brother, a 
man returns to his hometown 
to care for his teenaged nephew 
and confront memories of a 
tragic event that led to divorce 
from his wife. May 19: “How to 
Marry a Millionaire” (1953, NR) 
starring Marilyn Monroe and 
Lauren Bacall. Three fashion 
models of modest means 
rent an expensive Manhattan 
penthouse apartment and 
pretend to be wealthy so they 
can snare rich husbands. 

 Citizenship Classes – 
Wednesdays through May 17, 
from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Make your 
dreams come true by attending 
these sessions to become a U.S. 
citizen! The first classes cover 
some of the American history 
and U.S. government questions 
on the citizenship exam along 
with discussions about the 
rights and responsibilities of 
citizenship. The four remaining 
classes cover more questions on 
the exam as well as strategies 
for completing the application 
for citizenship and having a 
successful interview.

 A Matter of Balance – 
Tuesdays and Thursdays, to 
May 23, from 1 to 3 p.m. Are 
you concerned about falling? 
Learn how to reduce the fear 
of falling and increase balance 
and activity levels during this 
interactive workshop that 
combines discussion, video 
and exercise. Reservations are 
required: 626-685-6732.

Improve Your Sleep – 
Thursday, May 11, at 10 
a.m. Can’t sleep? Learn about 
insomnia and other sleep issues 
as well as self-care strategies for 
improving your sleep habits. 
Presented by Peggy Burhenn 
RN from City of Hope.

 UCLA Memory Training 
– Thursdays, May 11 to June 
1, from 1 to 3 p.m. UCLA 
Memory Training is an 
innovative education program 
for people with age-related 
memory concerns. This four-
week workshop will focus on 
the top four concerns: forgetting 
names and faces, forgetting to 
keep appointments and other 
future plans, forgetting where 
you put things such as keys and 
eyeglasses, and overcoming tip-
of-the-tongue forgetfulness. 
Participants will engage in 
memory quizzes and skill-
building exercises through a 
combination of presentations 
and small-group discussions in 
a low-stress, fun environment. 
Reservations are required by 
calling 626-685-6732.

 Smart Gardening 
Workshop – Saturday, May 
13, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. This 
beginner class will provide 
hands-on instruction on 
composting, worm composting, 
water-wise gardening and grass 
recycling. Bring friends and 
neighbors! Presented by the 
City of Los Angeles.

 Founded in 1960, the 
Pasadena Senior Center is 
an independent, nonprofit 
organization. 

 Pasadena police 
announced arrests 
Wednesday in suspected 
rash of robbery and assaults 

According to investigators, 
a total of eight strong arm 
street robberies occurred 
in Pasadena between April 
27th and 28th, where victims 
were assaulted and their 
cellphones, purses, wallets 
and/or iPads were forcibly 
taken.

Preliminary information 
suggested the same suspects 
may be responsible for the 
numerous street robberies 
as the descriptions of 
the suspects were very 
similar. Robbery detectives 
investigating the events 
immediately focused on the 
cases and developed leads 
resulting in the identity of 
three individuals responsible 
for the robbery spree. 

 On Wednesday about 4:00 
PM, detectives arrested 
Tyrek Adam, a Black male, 
19 year old Pomona resident 
in Pasadena. Also yesterday 
at 10:00 PM, detectives 
arrested Calvin Mosley, 
Black male, 18 years old in 
the 900 block of Kirkwood 
Ave, Pasadena. Today 
at approximately noon, 
detectives arrested one 
Black male juvenile, 17 years 
of age in Pasadena. The two 
adults have been booked in 
the Pasadena city jail and are 
being held on $350,000 bail. 
The juvenile was transported 
to a juvenile holding facility. 
Detectives successfully 
recovered some of the stolen 
property.

 Detectives will be seeking 
robbery and assault charges 
on the three suspects with 
the Los Angeles County 
District Attorney’s office in 
the next few days.

 The Pasadena Police 
Department reminds 
citizens to be aware of their 
surroundings, especially 
while using their cellphones, 
and to promptly report any 
suspicious activity to the 
police department. Robbery 
detectives are asking persons 
who may have additional 
information regarding the 
robberies to contact the 
Pasadena Police at 626-744-
4241.

 If you prefer to provide 
information anonymously, 
you may call “Crime 
Stoppers” by dialing (800) 
222-TIPS (8477) or report 
via your smartphone by 
downloading the “P3 Tips” 
Mobile app.

 

 A Noise Within (ANW), the 
acclaimed classical repertory 
theatre, celebrating its 25th 
Anniversary Season, has 
added four performances 
of their critically acclaimed 
Man of La Mancha by 
Dale Wasserman, music by 
Mitch Leigh and lyrics by 
Joe Darion, and based on 
Cervantes’ Don Quixote. 
La Mancha performs now 
through June 4, 2017. 
Tickets for La Mancha start 
at $25.

 MLM has been a critical 
darling and audience 
favorite, receiving standing 
ovations every performance. 
Broadway World said 
of this production, 
directed by ANW Artistic 
Director Julia Rodriguez-
Elliott, “Perfection! A 
Noise Within produces a 
stunning, modernistic, most 
entertaining take on Man of 
La Mancha.” Theatremania 
said, “All in all, the 
production is a winner, and 
the company’s trip back to 
La Mancha is a most dreamy 
experience. Even the most 
hard-bitten con might be 
persuaded to pick up a prop 
and join the revels. Geoff 
Elliott has plumbed new 
depths with Quixote -- as 
both a blessed-out Quixote 
and a thoughtful and 
terrified Cervantes, the actor 
is in complete control.”

 The young hero of Ah, 
Wilderness! sheds naïve 
adolescent fantasies 
in a gentle coming-of-
age comedy by Eugene 
O'Neill, while the self-
deluded King Lear faces the 
deconstruction of his entire 
identity in Shakespeare's 
darkest tragedy.

 Ah, Wilderness! continues 
through May 20. King 
Lear continues through 
Saturday, May 6. At the last 
performance of Lear on May 
6, audience members will 
have a unique opportunity 
to both see Lear and Man of 
La Mancha on the same day. 
Called The Great Escape, 
audience members are able 
to dine with the casts and 
artistic team between the 
performances. Elliott said, 
“It’s a unique opportunity to 
gain insight on our design 
and conceptual process.” 
Tickets to The Great Escape 
are $50 per person and 
include food and drinks 
(show tickets are purchased 
separately).

 Artistic Director Geoff 
Elliott takes on the challenge 
of playing both Lear and 
Cervantes/Don Quixote in 
repertory; In addition to the 
director and actor, King Lear 
and La Mancha share some 
cast and artistic design team 
members – Fred Kinney 
(Scenic), Angela Balogh 
Calin (Costume), and Ken 
Booth (Lighting).

 Director Julia Rodriguez-
Elliott references this quote 
by Pablo Picasso: “We artists 
are indestructible; even in a 
prison, or in a concentration 
camp, I would be almighty 
in my own world of art, even 
if I had to paint my pictures 
with my wet tongue on the 
dusty floor of my cell.”

 Tickets for Man of La 
Mancha, King Lear and Ah, 
Wilderness!, starting at $25, 
are available online at www.
anoisewithin.org and by 
phone by calling 626-356-
3100.

Website: anoisewithin.org, 
Phone: 626-356-3100.

New Tool May Assist U.S. 
Regional Sea Level Planning

 Thanks in large part to 
satellite measurements, 
scientists‘ skill in measuring 
how much sea levels are 
rising on a global scale – 
currently 0.13 inch (3.4 
millimeters) per year – has 
improved dramatically over 
the past quarter century. 
But at the local level, it‘s 
been harder to estimate 
specific regional sea level 
changes 10 or 20 years away 
– the critical timeframe 
for regional planners and 
decision makers.

 That’s because sea level 
changes for many reasons, 
on differing timescales, and 
is not the same from one 
place to the next. Developing 
more accurate regional 
forecasts of sea level rise will 
therefore have far-reaching 
benefits for the more than 
30 percent of Americans 
who currently reside along 
the Pacific, Atlantic or Gulf 
Coasts of the contiguous 
United States.

 New research published 
this week in the Journal of 
Climate reveals that one key 
measurement -- large-scale 
upper-ocean temperature 
changes caused by natural 
cycles of the ocean -- is a 
good indicator of regional 
coastal sea level changes on 
these decadal timescales. 
Such data may give planners 
and decision makers a new 
tool to identify key regions 
of U.S. coastlines that may 
be vulnerable to sea level 
changes on 10- to 20-year 
timescales.

 “Decision makers need 
a diverse set of tools with 
different informational 
needs,” said lead author 
Veronica Nieves of UCLA 
and NASA’s Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory. “Having a better 
understanding of the chances 
of local flood damage from 
rising seas in coastal areas is 
a key factor in being able to 
assess vulnerability, risk and 
adaptation options.” Such 
tools could help planners 
decide whether a given part 
of a coastline would be better 
served by “soft” techniques, 
such as beach replenishment 
or preservation of wetlands, 
or by “hard” techniques, 
such as construction of sea 
walls or levees.

 Nieves’ team, which 
included participation from 
the Mediterranean Institute 
for Advanced Studies in 
Esporles, Spain, set out to 
detect decadal sea level 
changes over large U.S. 
coastal ocean regions. They 
compared existing National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) 
records of upper-ocean 
temperatures in coastal 
waters for each U.S. ocean 
coastline with records of 
actual sea level changes 
from 1955 to 2012, and data 
from U.S./European satellite 
altimeter missions since 
1992. They identified those 
sea level changes that have 
a large impact at regional 
scales in many locations, 
including largely populated 
cities. Sea level along the 
U.S. East Coast and West 
Coast can rise and fall by 
an inch or two (several 
centimeters) over the course 
of a decade or two because of 
fluctuations in upper ocean 
temperatures.

 Their method was able to 
explain about 70 percent of 
regional sea level variability 
on decadal time scales for 
the West Coast, about 80 
percent for the East Coast, 
and about 45 percent for the 
Gulf Coast. Along the Gulf 
Coast, the authors say other 
factors, such as tidal effects 
and the ongoing subsidence, 
or sinking, of the land, can 
play a more important role.

 “Our study shows that 
large-scale upper-ocean 
temperature changes 
provide a good way to 
distinguish decade-long 
natural ocean signals from 
longer-term global warming 
signals,” said Nieves. “This 
is important for regional 
planning, because it allows 
policymakers to identify 
places where climate change 
dominates the observed sea 
level rise and places where 
the climate change signal 
is masked by shorter-term 
regional variability caused 
by natural ocean climate 
cycles.”

 Nieves said an example 
is the U.S. West Coast, 
where the phase of a multi-
decadal ocean climate 
pattern called the Pacific 
Decadal Oscillation has 
helped keep sea level rise 
lower during the past two 
decades. With the recent 
shift of this oscillation to its 
opposite phase, scientists 
expect sea level rise along 
the West Coast to accelerate 
in coming years.

 “Scientists have worked 
hard to understand the 
really fast changes in sea 
level, such as storm surges, 
because they cause major 
damage, and the really slow 
changes because long-term 
sea level rise will shape the 
coastlines of the future,” said 
study co-author Josh Willis 
of JPL. “But in between these 
fast and slow changes, there‘s 
a gap in our understanding. 
The results of our study help 
fill that gap.”


Pet of the 
Week

 Hopscotch (A416153) is 
an adult, spayed female, 
black and white bunny who 
hopes to hop into a new 
home. Although she can be 
shy around new people, as 
Hopscotch gets comfortable 
she enjoys ear rubs and 
petting. She is a curious gal 
who enjoys bouncing around 
our rabbit enrichment 
playpen, exploring her 
surroundings and nudging 
everything in sight with 
her chin. Hopscotch enjoys 
munching on timothy hay 
and the occasional carrot 
snack. Meet her in our 
Critter House today!

 The adoption fee for rabbits 
is $35, which includes the 
spay or neuter surgery and a 
microchip.

 New adopters will receive a 
complimentary health-and-
wellness exam from VCA 
Animal Hospitals, as well 
as a goody bag filled with 
information about how to 
care for your pet.

 Call the Pasadena Humane 
Society & SPCA at (626) 
792-7151 to ask about 
A416153, or visit at 361 S. 
Raymond Ave. in Pasadena. 
Adoption hours are 11 a.m. 
to 4 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. Tuesday through 
Friday; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 
Saturday.

 Pets may not be available 
for adoption and cannot be 
held for potential adopters 
by phone calls or email. 
Directions and photos of 
all pets can be found at 
pasadenahumane.org.

Event Will Mark 90th 
Anniversary for GPS

 

 Caltech’s Division of 
Geological and Planetary 
Sciences marks milestone with 
daylong celebration

On May 11, Caltech’s Division 
of Geological and Planetary 
Sciences (GPS) will celebrate 
its 90th anniversary with 
a daylong symposium and 
celebration featuring speakers 
who contributed to the division 
throughout its history as well 
as lab tours and posters about 
current research.

 Speakers will include alumni 
from the 1930s to the present—
among them centenarians 
Mel Levet (BS ‘39, MS ‘40) 
and Walter Munk (BS ‘39, MS 
‘40). Levet is a geologist (who 
also pitched for and coached 
the Beavers baseball team 
in the 1930s) and Munk is a 
physical oceanographer who 
is renowned for his work on 
ocean circulation and tides. 
Throughout the day, tours will 
be conducted of three facilities: 
the media center of the Caltech 
Seismological Laboratory, 
more colloquially called the 
Seismo Lab, an internationally 
recognized earthquake 
research facility; the Earth 
Surface Dynamics Laboratory 
(or “Flume Lab”), a tilting 
flume used to study erosion 
and debris flows; and the 
Bruce Murray Laboratory for 
Planetary Visualization, a state-
of-the-art image processing 
and data visualization lab. The 
tours will offer alumni and 
friends a firsthand look at the 
division’s ongoing research. 
The following day, a 195-
mile round-trip, nine-hour 
excursion has been scheduled 
to explore the San Andreas 
Fault. The bus tour will include 
stops at the Cajon Pass, Lost 
Lake, Devil’s Punchbowl 
Natural Area, and several other 
locations.

 “Caltech excels at 
reinventing itself to create 
new research directions while 
also strengthening strong 
programs at the core of Earth 
and planetary science. Our 
students, alumni and faculty 
across many generations 
have collaborated to establish 
these outstanding programs. 
This event is a celebration 
of those collaborations and 
the accomplishments and 
distinguished careers of our 
alumni and current students,” 
says John Grotzinger, the Ted 
and Ginger Jenkins Leadership 
Chair of GPS and the Fletcher 
Jones Professor of Geology. 

 GPS began as the Department 
of Geology in 1926. The 
department originally 
partnered with the then-
independent Seismological 
Laboratory, which was 
established in 1921 in the 
hills above Pasadena and 
managed jointly by Caltech 
and the Carnegie Institution of 
Washington until Caltech took 
full charge of its administration 
in 1937. (The Seismo Lab 
finally moved onto Caltech’s 
campus in 1974 with the 
construction of the Seeley G. 
Mudd Building of Geophysics 
and Planetary Sciences, also 
known as South Mudd.) 
Since the 1920s, Caltech has 
collaborated with the United 
States Geological Survey on the 
Southern California Seismic 
Network (SCSN), which 
monitors ground motion in 
the region via seismometers at 
410 sites and provides timely 
information about earthquakes 
to first responders.

 Members of the Caltech 
community interested in 
attending the GPS 90th 
anniversary celebration are 
asked to register for the event 
online at web.gps.caltech.edu/
GPS90th/Information.html

ALTADENA POLICE BLOTTER

Monday, April 24th

7:00 AM – A vehicle 
burglary occurred in the 900 
block of E. Mount Curve 
Avenue. Suspect(s) entered 
the vehicle by shattering 
the window. Stolen: air 
conditioning knobs. 

3:55 PM – A theft of 
gardening equipment 
occurred in the 1000 block 
of Alta Vista Drive. Stolen: 
black Echo leaf blower. 

Tuesday, April 25th

6:00 PM – A petty theft 
occurred in the 2900 block of 
Zane Grey Terrace. Stolen: 
set of keys. 

Wednesday, April 26th

6:30 PM – David Diaz, 31 
years old of Altadena and 
Brian Garnica, 18 years old 
of Altadena were arrested in 
the area of Olive Avenue and 
Figueroa Drive for drinking 
in public. 

Thursday, April 27th

9:30 AM – A residential 
burglary occurred in the 
3100 block of Olive Avenue. 
Suspect(s) entered the 
residence via the unsecured 
front door. Stolen: currency. 

Friday, April 28th

6:00 PM – A petty theft 
occurred in the 2200 block 
of Lake Avenue. Suspects 
described as two males. 
Stolen: paintings and blue 
jeans. 

Saturday, April 29th

6:06 AM – An assault with 
a deadly weapon (hands) 
occurred in the 500 block 
of W. Altadena Drive. 
Investigation is on-going. 

7:47 PM – Daniel Ramirez, 
39 years old of Altadena 
was arrested in the area 
of Raymond Lane and 
Sacramento Street for 
possession of a controlled 
substance. 

7:47 PM - Hector Recarte, 
58 years old of Pasadena 
was arrested in the area 
of Raymond Lane and 
Sacramento Street for 
drinking in public.

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