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Mountain Views-News Saturday, June 10, 2017 SOUTH PASADENA -SAN MARINO 4 Mountain Views-News Saturday, June 10, 2017 SOUTH PASADENA -SAN MARINO 4 Rotary Club ‘Golden Animal Shelter Seeks Help for San Marino Motor ClassicStray Kitten with Broken Heart The San Marino Motor Classic State Collection’ need of expensive medical will be held at San Marino’s 30acre Lacy Park (1485 Virginia Pasadena Humane Society treatment. The fund gets its Partnership with Library Road) on Sunday, from 9 a.m. Asks Community to Help name from a maimed puppy to 4 p.m. The SMMC is the Heading into its 11th year, “Changing Season: A Father, Fund Life-Saving Surgery named Miracle who was premier regional automotive the Rotary Club of South A Daughter, A Family Farm” for ‘Edgar’ the Two-Month-brought to the shelter by a exhibition in the San Gabriel Pasadena and the South by David Mas MasumotoOld TabbyGood Samaritan after it was Valley and one of the premier Pasadena Public Library are “De-Bug: Voices from the The Pasadena Humane hit by a car in a hit-and-run. concours-level exhibitions in proudly continuing “The Underside of Silicon Valley” Society & SPCA (PHS) is Edgar the kitten is in dire Southern California, featuring Golden State Collection,” edited by Raj Jayadevseeking community-support need of a costly surgical a broad array of more than 200 a joint partnership that “Deeper Than Gold: A Guide for a two-month-old kitten procedure. With community mint condition motor cars that has greatly expanded to Indian Life in the Sierra named Edgar. The tabby aid, the costs can be offset span more than a century of automotive style. A portion the Library’s collection Foothills” by Brian Bibby was born with a congenital and the shelter will be able of the proceeds from the event of checkout books on “Earthquake Exodus, 1906: heart defect that, without to recruit the specialist will support the Pasadena California related subjects. Berkeley Responds to the immediate surgery to repair, required for his care. Humane Society & SPCA. The project is responsible San Francisco Earthquake will lead to near-certain The Pasadena Humane Advance purchase general for the addition of hundreds Refugees” by Richard death. PHS is hoping to raise Society started the “Miracle admission tickets are $25 each, of new books to the Library Schwartz funds for the costly surgery Fund” to provide injured, but if you purchase tickets collection on various aspects “Flutes of Fire: Essays which is anticipated to cost abused and underage through the Pasadena Humane of its home state.on California Indian $4,000-$6,000 not including animals with a second chance Society by April 30 you will Each Tuesday for its noon Languages” by Leanne post-surgical care.at life. Very often, lifesaving receive a $5 discount! (Children meeting in the Oneonta Hinton The shelter is also veterinary treatment for 12 and under are free.) Tower Room, the Rotary “Heirlooms: Letters from announcing the launch of animals, like Edgar, makes Club honors its guest a Peach Farmer” by David the “Miracle Fund,” a reserve all the difference.NASA Data: Future Mayspeaker by donating a Mas Masumoto that will be tapped for the More info on the fund: Golden State title selected “Indian Summer: Traditional care of injured, abused pasadenahumane.org/Be Rainier Than Expected by the Library staff for the Life Among the Choinumne and underage animals in miracle A new study suggests that decrease in high tropical cloud Library collection. Each Indians of California’s San most global climate models cover in context as one result book is affixed with a custom Joaquin Valley” by Thomas Caltech Postdoctoral may underestimate the of a planet-wide shift in large“ Golden State Collection” Jefferson Mayfieldamount of rain that will fall scale air flows that is occurring bookplate that the guest “Orange County: A Literary Scholar a Future Astronautin Earth’s tropical regions as as Earth’s surface temperature Caltech on the Mars Science our planet continues to warm. warms. These large-scale flows speaker signs so that the Field Guide” by Nancy already-catalogued book can Conner NASA announced today Laboratory mission’s Curiosity That’s because these models are called the atmospheric go straight into the library “She Sang Me A Good that Caltech’s Jessica Watkins, rover with John Grotzinger, underestimate decreases in high general circulation, and they GPS Chair’s Postdoctoral the Fletcher Jones Professor of clouds over the tropics seen include a wide zone of rising collection. Titles purchased Luck Song: The Californian Scholar and California Alliance Geology and Ted and Ginger in recent NASA observations, air centered on the equator. through the years provide an Indian Photographs of for Graduate Education and Jenkins Leadership Chair in according to research led by Observations over the last 30 outstanding assortment of Dugan Aguilar” by Dugan the Professoriate (AGEP) the Division of Geological and scientist Hui Su of NASA’s to 40 years have shown that this many of the best new books AguilarFellow, has been selected for Planetary Sciences. A multi-Jet Propulsion Laboratory in zone is narrowing as the climate on California’s arts, history, “Spring Salmon, Hurry the 2017 Astronaut Class. sport athlete, Watkins has also Pasadena, California.warms, causing the decrease in leaders, ethnic groups, to Me!: The Seasons of A native of Gaithersburg, served as an assistant coach for Globally, rainfall isn’t related high clouds. legends, geography, travel, Native California” edited by Maryland, Watkins graduated the Caltech women’s basketball just to the clouds that are Su and colleagues at JPL and nature, and much more.Margaret Dubinfrom Stanford University in team. In just two months, she available to make rain but four universities compared All of the Golden State “Topaz Moon: Chiura 2010 and earned a PhD from will depart from Pasadena to also to Earth’s “energy budget” climate data from the past books are added to the Obata’s Art of the UCLA in 2015. For the past begin two years of astronaut -- incoming energy from the few decades with 23 climate two years, she has worked at training in Houston. sun compared to outgoing model simulations of the same Library checkout collection Internment” edited by Kimi heat energy. High-altitude period. Climate modelers use and some of them go right Kodani Hill South Pasadena summer tropical clouds trap heat in the retrospective simulations like into the front area of the “Where on Earth: A Guide atmosphere. If there are fewer these to check how well their Library. New titles are added to Specialty Nurseries and Sundays Concerts in the Park of these clouds in the future, numerical models are able regularly. The following is a Gardens in California” the tropical atmosphere will to reproduce observations. Free live music returns to The South Pasadena list of the titles purchased edited by Lisa Alvarez cool. Judging from observed For data, the team used Garfield Park, 1000 Park Community Services recently from Heyday Books For more information visit changes in clouds over recent observations of outgoing Avenue, this summer Sundays Department and the Parks & decades, it appears that the thermal radiation from NASA’s of Berkeley, California: ci.south-pasadena.ca.us in July and August 2017 at 5:00 Recreation Commission are atmosphere would create fewer spaceborne Clouds and the p.m. to 7:00 p.m. please to present the annual high clouds in response to Earth’s Radiant Energy System Concerts in the Park series with surface warming. It would also (CERES) and other satellite the support of local businesses increase tropical rainfall, which instruments, as well as ground- and organizations who have would warm the air to balance level observations. generously sponsored this the cooling from the high cloud Su’s team found that family event. shrinkage. most of the climate models Bring your blankets and low Rainfall warming the air underestimated the rate of sitting beach chairs and enjoy also sounds counterintuitive -- increase in precipitation the music and fun. There will people are used to rain cooling for each degree of surface be a variety of delicious food the air around them, not warming that has occurred in available for purchase. warming it. Several miles up recent decades. The models July 9, The Grateful Dads. in the atmosphere, however, a that came closest to matching Classic Rock different process prevails. When observations of clouds in the July 16, The Fabulous Esquires water evaporates into water present-day climate showed a Band. Big Band / Horns vapor here on Earth’s surface greater precipitation increase July 23, TBA and rises into the atmosphere, for the future than the other July 30, Robert Sarzo, A Salute it carries with it the heat energy models. to Santana, Santana Tribute that made it evaporate. In the Su said that by tracing the August 6, Opa Opa, Latin cold upper atmosphere, when underestimation problem back August 13, City Beat Band, the water vapor condenses into to the models’ deficiencies R&B / Soul liquid droplets or ice particles, in representing tropical high it releases its heat and warms clouds and the atmospheric the atmosphere.general circulation, “This Huntington The new study is published study provides a pathway for in the journal Nature improving predictions of future Communications. It puts the precipitation change.” Explorers Explorers returns Public Programs andfor 3 fun-filled weeks Exhibitions at The Huntington in July The Romance of Yue Operachallenges, design concepts Summer is around the Today at 3 p.m.and training techniques, and corner and we’re gearing up Experience an afternoon of bonsai display. All supplies and for another amazing season of Chinese Yue opera featuring tools are provided, including Huntington Explorers Camp! international artists Wang demonstration trees for Our 2017 program is filled with Zhiping and Huang Hui of classroom practice. Members: hands-on fun for children ages the Shanghai Yueju Company, $120. Non-Members: $135. 5-12.accompanied by performers Registration: huntington.org/ Huntington Explorers Camp from the California Yueju calendar runs for three consecutive Center. One of the most Conference weeks, July 10 - 28, from 9 a.m. popular forms of opera in Octavia E. Butler Studies: to 4 p.m. daily. Campers can China today, Yue opera is Convergence of an register for a single week or known for its romantic themes, Expanding Field multiple weeks. We’ll focus on gentle melodies, and stunning a range of topics that emphasize June 23 (Friday) 8:30 a.m.–5 costumes. The program active learning, design-based p.m. includes scenes from ‘The thinking and most of all, fun! Inspired by the award-winning Fairy Carp,” “The Tragedy of Our Instructors are expert speculative fiction author Liangshanbo and Zhuyingtai,” artists and makers, who use Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), and “Interrogating and the Huntington collections as whose papers are housed at The Rescuing her Husband.” Free; inspiration for engaging art Huntington, leading experts advance reservations required. and science-based activities. in the field will explore the Tickets: huntington.org/ Campers will explore the expansive ways Butler’s writing, calendar. Rothenberg Hall. Huntington’s gardens, library, research, and life foster deeper Bonsai Academy and galleries and become understanding of the past, incredible inventors, botany June 10, 11, 17 & 18 present, and possible futures. buddies, super storytellers, and (Saturdays & Sundays) 10 $25. Registration: huntington. eco-rangers!a.m.–4 p.m.org/butlerstudies. Rothenberg Registration will open on April Bonsai master Ted Matson Hall 7. Members’ Price: $350.00 leads an intensive four-The Huntington is located at per week. Non-Members’ Price: session gakko, or school, in 1151 Oxford Rd., San Marino. $400.00 per week.the art of bonsai. Geared to It is open to the public every The Huntington is located beginners, the sessions explore day except Tuesday from 10 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. the history of bonsai, basic a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed Tuesdays For more call 626-405-2100. tree botany and horticultural and major holidays. After April 30, tickets are $25 each. You may purchase tickets online until Thursday, June 1. Day-of admission is $30 per person (children 12 and under are free). For more information about the event, visit www. sanmarinomotorclassic.com For event information visit sanmarinomotorclassic.com or by calling 626-792-7151 ext 167. Mountain Views News 80 W Sierra Madre Blvd. No. 327 Sierra Madre, Ca. 91024 Office: 626.355.2737 Fax: 626.609.3285 Email: editor@mtnviewsnews.com Website: www.mtnviewsnews.com | ||||||||||||||||||||