Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, August 11, 2018

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, August 11, 2018 

Judy Chu: Trump’s War on 
Environmental Regulations 
Risks Californians’ Health

‘Three Days in January,’ 
Donated to the Library

Household Hazardous 
Waste Free Drop-Off

 
The County of Los Angeles 
provides free Drop-Off 
events for residents to safely 
dispose of their household 
hazardous waste, electronic 
waste and universal waste. 

 South Pasadena’s next 
local event will be Saturday, 
August 18th from 9 am. - .2 
p.m. at the South Pasadena 
Unified School District 
Parking Lot (Diamond Ave. 
and Mission St.). 

 For more information 
on what is accepted and 
where you can take it, 
visit CleanLA.com or call 
888-CleanLA.

 There are a variety of 
hazardous and non-
hazardous items you can 
dispose of here in South 
Pasadena. For details, check 
out the City’s Reduce, Reuse 
and Recycle Directory.

 Less Hazardous Products - 
Whenever possible, use less 
hazardous products to clean 
and get rid of unwanted 
pests. For details, check 
out Less Toxic Alternatives 
to Common Hazardous 
Household Products.Used 
Motor Oil Logo

 Used Motor Oil Facts - By 
volume, used motor oil is 
one of the largest hazardous 
waste streams in California: 
Almost 115 million gallons 
are sold in the state each 
year. While about 70 percent 
is collected after use, it 
continues to be a serious 
environmental problem 
because it is insoluble and 
contains heavy metals and 
toxic chemicals. It makes its 
way into lakes, streams, and 
oceans via the storm water 
system and endangers fish, 
waterfowl, insects, and other 
aquatic life. In addition, one 
gallon of used motor oil can 
foul the taste of 1 million 
gallons of water. 

 Used Oil Drop-Off Sites - 
There are dozens of local 
drop off sites to take used 
motor oil. Click here to find 
the closest certified site. 

 How Often Should You 
Change Your Oil? Do you 
know when your motor oil 
needs to be changed? The 
old standard of 3,000 miles 
is woefully out of date and 
no longer applies to most 
cars. Many cars, even older 
models, can be driven up 
to 5,000, 7,500, 10,000, and 
even 15,000 miles before 
needing an oil change. 
Drivers may likely save time 
and money in service costs 
and do the environment a 
big favor — without hurting 
their car or compromising 
auto performance in the 
least.

 For more information visit: 
southpasadenaca.gov. 

 
The Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) under the 
Trump Administration 
announced plans to roll back 
federal clean car standards and 
revoke California’s ability set 
its own emissions standards, 
an authority codified by the 
Clean Air Act. Rep. Judy Chu 
(CA-27) released the following 
statement:

 “This is an outrageous new 
attack in Trump’s war on 
California. Many Angelenos 
can remember when the smog 
in our area was so bad that 
we could not go outside. But 
that problem has been largely 
improved. That is because 
we enacted smart, proactive 
environmental measures, 
including limits on emissions 
from cars. But Trump is trying 
to change all of that, putting all 
Californians’ lives at risk.

 “California’s successful 
approach to curbing pollution 
is needed even more today as 
we battle the effects of climate 
change. In the United States, 
transportation accounts for 
more carbon emissions than 
any other sector. In order 
to curb that, California has 
adopted some of the country’s 
strictest Corporate Average 
Fuel Economy (CAFE) 
standards, which have 
encouraged innovation while 
improving our air quality 
here in California. That’s why 
the clean car standards that 
Trump wants to roll back are so 
important.

 “Already, many states and 
other countries have followed 
California’s example in 
efficiency and environmental 
protections. I am confident that 
the courts will quickly reject 
this blatant overreach of this 
Administration.

 “I strongly support California’s 
leadership in America and 
globally when it comes to 
reducing our impact on the 
climate and will continue to 
fight for policies that protect 
our health and environment.”

Background:

 California began introducing 
stricter environmental 
regulations in the 1960s, after 
researchers at the California 
Institute of Technology linked 
smog to vehicle emissions. 
In 1970, Congress passed the 
Clean Air Act, which included 
a special waiver authority 
for California to continue 
enforcing emissions standards 
independent from the federal 
government. Since then, 
California has continued to 
be a global leader in clean air 
standards, with 12 additional 
states and the District of 
Columbia choosing to adopt 
the state’s stricter standards. 
Every President since 1970 – 
Republican and Democrat – 
has granted California’s waiver 
requests.

 Corporate Average Fuel 
Economy (CAFE) standards 
were first enacted through 
the Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act of 1975 as 
a response to the oil crisis. 
The standards requires car 
manufacturers to build more 
energy efficient vehicles that 
use less oil by setting an average 
fuel economy for all cars made 
by the company.

 A copy of “Three Days 
in January: Dwight 
Eisenhower’s Final 
Mission,” by Bret Baier 
has been donated to the 
South Pasadena Public 
Library by the Literacy 
Committee of the East 
Pasadena Republican 
Women’s Club Federation. 
The 2017 national bestseller 
has not only been called a 
masterwork on Eisenhower’s 
presidency, but also one of 
the classics of presidential 
history. The book 
reexamines the presidency 
of Dwight David Eisenhower 
(1890-1961) whose lifetime 
of service took him all the 
way from rural Kansas to 
West Point. From there he 
rose to become a five-star 
Army General and supreme 
commander of Allied Forces 
in Western Europe.

 General Eisenhower 
masterfully led the fight on 
the battlefields of World War 
II where he supervised the 
Invasion of Normandy and 
the defeat of Nazi Germany. 
Ike was then elected to be 
the 34th President of the 
United States and served 
two terms in the Oval Office 
from 1953-1961. During his 
time in the White House, 
Eisenhower managed Cold 
War-era tensions under the 
threatening cloud of nuclear 
weapons and launched the 
space race.

 President Eisenhower is 
also credited with skillfully 
guiding the U.S. out of a 
dangerous war with Korea 
and into a period of great 
economic prosperity, in the 
process strengthening Social 
Security while creating 
the federal interstate 
highway system. Although 
Eisenhower remained 
popular while he was in 
office, he is considered 
by Baier to be an oft-
forgotten giant of U.S. 
history whose leadership 
traits offer lasting examples 
of honorable and effective 
political maneuverings. 
When he left the White 
House, Eisenhower had set 
the nation, in his words, “on 
our charted course toward 
permanent peace and 
human betterment.”

 The title of the book 
refers to the three days 
starting on January 17, 
1963 when departing 
President Eisenhower gave 
his Farewell Address and 
began passionately advising 
43 year-old President John 
F. Kennedy on important 
national issues before he was 
sworn into office on January 
20.

 Bret Baier is the Chief 
Political Anchor for Fox 
News Channel and the 
Anchor and Executive Editor 
of “Special Report with Bret 
Baier. He has previously 
served as Chief White 
House Correspondent for 
Fox News and as National 
Security Correspondent 
based at the Pentagon, 
reporting from 74 countries, 
including numerous times 
from Iraq and Afghanistan.

 The East Pasadena 
Republican Women’s 
Club operates under the 
sponsorship of the National 
Federation of Republican 
Women. The motto of their 
Literacy Committee is “Only 
the educated are free,” a 
quote attributed to Epicletus.

Crowell 
Public Library 
gets new 
RFID system

 
San Marino’s Crowell Public 
Library recently completed 
the equipment installation 
for a new RFID (Radio 
Frequency Identification) 
stock management system.

 Staff will spend the summer 
placing RFID tags in the 
books, starting with the 
children’s books.

 The tags are inert until 
they are put in range of a 
transponder pad. Then, they 
transmit their bibliographic 
information. Patrons will be 
able to check out their own 
books by placing them on a 
transponder pad.

Staff will also be able to 
locate books on the shelves 
with a scanner. The library 
holds approximately 90,000 
items, but staff is anticipating 
being able to go live with the 
new system at the end of 
September.

 The system, which costs 
nearly $60,000, is being 
paid for entirely through 
the generosity of the Library 
Foundation and the Friends 
of the Library.

Library Launches New Film 
Streaming Platform Kanopy

 

 South Pasadena Library 
customers can now 
stream up to five films 
per month from Kanopy’s 
collection of 30,000 titles. 
Included are independent, 
foreign language, classic, 
documentary and 
educational films. The 
educational films include 
more than 3,000 Great 
Courses titles. Supported 
platforms include web 
browsers, apps for iPad/
iPhone, Android, and 
Amazon’s fire Tablet, as 
well as Apple TV, Roku, 
and Chromecast. Parental 
controls can be set to restrict 
access to films outside of the 
family friendly Kanopy Kids 
collection. Visit the Library’s 
Kanopy site to create an 
account and start enjoying 
this amazing new resource 
today! For more information 
or help getting started, visit: 
ci.south-pasadena.ca.us 
or speak to a librarian by 
visiting the library or calling 
(626) 403-7350.

Sunday Matinee at the 
Walt Disney Concert Hall

Conversational 
English Class

 

 Spend Sunday August 19 
afternoon with friends and 
John Williams, and the Cal 
Phil! Relive some of your 
most cinematic experiences 
through the music of 
John Williams, composer 
of the most popular and 
recognizable soundtracks, 
who has been nominated for 
over 51 Academy

 Before the concert we will 
have lunch at San Antonio 
winery (see menu below).

Menu (Includes salad, bread, 
dessert, andnon-alcoholic 
beverage):

1) Spaghetti with meat balls 
or sausage 2) Fish of the 
day 3) Ravioli of the day 4) 
Chicken of the day 5) Chef’s 
special of the day Cost: $90 
per person

Leave: 10:30 am (Spot Time: 
10:15 am)

Return: 5:30 pm (approx)

Meet at the Recreation 
Department (1560 
Pasqualito Drive)

Seats may be available 
beyond the reservation 
deadline July 5, if the 
minimum participation 
is met. Please call the 
Recreation Department at 
(626) 403-2200 for more 
information.

 

 Join fellow English 
language learners for an 
hour of conversation and 
instruction. South Pasadena 
Library’s Conversational 
English Class meets 
Wednesdays from 11:00 
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Ray 
Bradbury Conference Room 
on the Library’s second 
floor. There is no charge 
for English As a Second 
Language (E.S.L.) adult 
learners to attend this class 
and no advance registration 
is required. Drop-ins are 
welcome.


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