Mountain Views News, Pasadena Edition [Sierra Madre] Saturday, October 20, 2018

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Mountain View News Saturday, October 20, 2018 

Protections

Earthquake Early Warning 
No Longer Just a Prototype

PCC to be Celebrated as 
Champion of Higher Education


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 The Pasadena city council is 
set Monday night to discuss 
stepping up the city’s Tenant 
Protection Ordinance after a 
number of tenants spoke out 
publicly recently after being 
given abrupt 60-day notice 
to vacate an 18-unit complex 
without any warning. 

 Many said they did not 
have money to move, or 
any place else to go, having 
lived at the building at 120 S. 
Roosevelt Ave for decades. 
The evictions came after the 
owner’s death. The daughter 
became the new landlord 
and ordered all the current 
tenants, including families 
on Section 8 housing, out. 


City Holds Free Annual 
Fall Festival Today

 

 Pasadena City College 
has been selected as one of 
16 California community 
colleges and universities to 
be honored for their work in 
supporting transfer students.

 Each year, the Campaign 
for College Opportunity 
selects several California 
Community Colleges and 
California State Universities 
to honor as Champions of 
Higher Education. Selected 
schools are honored for 
significantly increasing the 
number of students earning 
an Associate Degree for 
Transfer (ADT), enrolling 
those students at a CSU 
with junior status and 
graduating ADT earners 
with a bachelor’s degree. 
Today, PCC was announced 
as one of the sixteen 
colleges and universities 
who will be celebrated as a 
2018 Champion of Higher 
Education for Excellence in 
Transfer.

 During the 2016-2017 
academic year, Pasadena 
City College awarded 1,040 
Associate Degrees for 
Transfer (ADT), the second 
largest number of ADTs 
awarded amongst California 
community college 
campuses. 

 We are proud of the work 
we do to help our students 
achieve their dreams of 
transferring and excited 
to be honored as a 2018 
Champion of Higher 
Education!

 The selected colleges and 
universities will be honored 
on December 4, at the 
3rd Annual Champions 
of Higher Education 
Celebration in Los Angeles.

 For more information visit: 
collegecampaign.org. 

 The City of Pasadena 
is hosting its annual Fall 
Festival today, from 2:00 to 
6:00 p.m. at Victory Park. 
This event offers an exciting 
time of safe family fun.

 This annual event includes 
lots of fun activities for 
the whole family. Live 
entertainment, games, 
face painting, arts & crafts, 
fitness zone, pony rides and 
a train ride around the park, 
are just a few of the activities 
planned.

 Admission into this event is 
free. Nominal fees will apply 
for main attractions such as 
the train ride around the 
park, pony rides, petting zoo, 
inflatable rides, and food. 
Tickets can be purchased on 
site the day of the event.

 This event is open to the 
public and sponsored by 
the Human Services and 
Recreation Department.

Event Information 

Admission is free. Festival 
Opens at 2:00pm

Costume Contest: No 
registration is required. All 
costume contests are free 
of charge. Youth costume 
contest will begin at 4:00p 
and all other age categories 
will follow.

Activities offered at no 
charge:

Carnival Games

Carnival games for all ages 
throughout the festival area

Inflatable Game Row

Inflatable games for children 
ages 5 & up 

Art Area

Art activities provided by 
Armory Center for the Arts

Yee-Haw Toddler Corral

Games and activities 
designed for little ones ages 
2-5

Fall Fitness Fun

Obstacle course for all ages

 Entertainment

Performances for all ages

 Kreepy Kreatures

Visit some of your favorite 
creepy crawly friends

Attractions

BEST VALUE! Unlimited 
Ride Wristband $10.00

Includes:

Unlimited access to trackless 
train, big slide, pony ride 
and petting zoo

Parent Unlimited Ride 
Wristband $5.00

Includes:

Unlimited access to trackless 
train, big slide and petting 
zoo

TICKET SALES END AT 
5:00 pm

Cash will not be accepted at 
rides, tickets or wristbands 
only

Major Attractions- 1 ticket 
($3 per person)

Trackless Train

Pony Ride

Big Slide

Petting Zoo

Blair Art Club Face Painting 
$3.00 & up

All face painting sales benefit 
Blair Art Club, face painting 
is paid directly at the face 
painting booth 

(Left to right) Schiff, Chu, and Heaton. Photo credit: Caltech

 Government officials and 
Caltech scientists gathered 
at the Caltech Seismological 
Laboratory on Wednesday 
to declare ShakeAlert—an 
earthquake early warning 
system for the three states 
along the West Coast—”open 
for business.”

 Caltech president Thomas 
Rosenbaum, Sonja and 
William Davidow Presidential 
Chair and professor of physics, 
led the midmorning press 
conference, which included 
U.S. Representative Adam 
Schiff; U.S. Representative Judy 
Chu; Tom Heaton, professor 
of engineering seismology; 
Lucy Jones, research associate 
in geophysics at Caltech and 
founder of the Dr. Lucy Jones 
Center for Science and Society; 
Doug Given, earthquake 
early warning coordinator for 
the United States Geological 
Survey (USGS); and Ryan 
Arba, seismic hazards branch 
chief at the California Office of 
Emergency Services.

 “Caltech has worked for nearly 
100 years with colleagues 
in government and other 
academic institutions to 
leverage the insights and tools 
of seismology against the risks 
of earthquakes,” Rosenbaum 
said, announcing a new stage 
in the development of an 
earthquake early warning 
system for the West Coast. 
“Partner institutions can now 
use ShakeAlert to automatically 
slow trains; warn industrial 
sites to shut off gas lines; and 
warn personnel to drop, cover, 
and hold on.” 

 Given added: “Today is 
important because we’re 
making a large change from a 
production prototype in pilot 
mode to an open-for-business 
operational mode. Now, the 
system is not yet finished, it’s 
not yet complete; there is a lot 
of work to be done. However, 
there is a lot of capability in the 
system as it exists today to the 
point that it can definitely be 
used.”

 Earthquake early warning 
systems like ShakeAlert consist 
of a network of sensors near 
faults that transmit signals 
to data-processing centers 
when shaking occurs. These 
data-processing centers use 
algorithms to rapidly determine 
the earthquake’s location, 
magnitude, and the fault 
rupture length—determining 
the intensity of an earthquake 
and sending out an alert that 
can provide seconds or even 
minutes of warning. Paired 
with automated responses that 
will shut off gas before shaking 
starts, ShakeAlert could be 
instrumental in preventing 
the fires that typically damage 
cities after a major earthquake, 
Jones said. 

 Though only half of the sensor 
network that ShakeAlert will 
need has been built out so 
far—primarily around major 
metropolitan areas—the state 
of California and the federal 
government have allocated 
funding that should allow the 
rest of California’s portion of 
the network to be constructed 
over the next two years, Given 
said. In addition, an upgrade to 
the software that processes data 
from the sensor networks was 
deployed on September 28. This 
new software should reduce the 
number of mistakes and missed 
alerts, making ShakeAlert more 
reliable, Given said.

 A key step now is for companies 
and institutions to help find 
ways to take advantage of these 
alerts to save lives, he said.

 “This is a wonderful milestone,” 
Schiff said. “We can now see 
the end, I hope, in two or three 
years where the system is fully 
built out and funded and in 
operation. And once people 
come to see the benefit, then 
the future of the system will 
be even brighter. Getting that 
kind of advance notice is going 
to be so meaningful in terms of 
making sure people get to a safe 
place.”

Future iterations of the system 
will be able to send warnings 
to cell phones as well, Schiff 
said. Such alerts will need to be 
rolled out with public education 
to explain to individuals what 
to do when they receive such 
alerts—not to panic—and 
know that there could be false 
alarms.

 Chu, whose district includes 
Caltech, said, “One of the 
reasons that I am so proud 
to be a representative from 
this area is our science. In our 
district, amazing advances 
are happening every day that 
will take us to Mars or bring 
us a better understanding 
of our environment. And 
the ShakeAlert that we are 
announcing today belongs 
in that pantheon of history-
making innovations to come 
out of Caltech.” 

 This story has been edited by 
this newspaper for space, read 
the full text at: caltech.edu. 

Written by Robert Perkins, 
Caltech


Pet of the 
Week

 
Oreo (A466510) is a cute 
lovable Chihuahua. She 
starts off a little shy and 
hesitant, but she flourishes 
quickly into a loving lap 
dog. She gets along well with 
small dogs and people of all 
ages. She likes to be petted 
and held and she doesn’t 
mind being rocked like a 
baby, either! She is calm and 
mellow and looking for a 
loving new home. Come visit 
her at the Pasadena Humane 
Society & SPCA. 

 The adoption fee for dogs 
is $130. All dogs are spayed 
or neutered, microchipped, 
and vaccinated before going 
to their new home. 

 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.

 View photos of adoptable 
pets at pasadenahumane.
org. 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.

Free Monthly Events at 
Pasadena Senior Center

 

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

A Matter of Balance – 
Tuesdays, Oct. 2 to Nov. 
20, from 1 to 3 p.m. Are 
you concerned about 
falling? Learn how to 
reduce the fear of falling 
and increase balance, 
activity levels, confidence 
and independence during 
this eight-week, interactive 
workshop that combines 
discussion, video and 
exercise. Reservations are 
required: 626-685-6732. 

 Friday Movie Matinees – 
Fridays, at 1 p.m. Everyone 
enjoys watching movies and 
the pleasures they bring. 
Oct. 26: Overboard (2018, 
PG-13) starring Anna Faris 
and Eugenio Derbez. In this 
remake of the 1987 original, 
a rich, spoiled playboy from 
Mexico’s wealthiest family 
mistreats a single mom 
he has hired to clean his 
yacht, then falls overboard, 
wakes up with amnesia on 
the Oregon coast and is 
unwittingly subjected to 
payback from the woman. 

Medicare Resource Fair 
and Lecture – Wednesday, 
Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to 1 
p.m. The Medicare open 
enrollment period for 2019 is 
this coming Oct. 15 to Dec. 
7. Get the information you’ll 
need to make informed 
decisions about the medical 
and prescription plans that 
are best for your needs. 
Representatives from a 
variety of health care plans 
will be on hand to provide 
information and answer 
questions about Medicare 
plans and services. At noon, 
a one-hour lecture will 
provide an overview of 2019 
Medicare issues, options and 
changes.

 MUSE/IQUE 
COMMUNITY: CAR/
TUNES – Wednesday, Oct. 
24, at 4 p.m. There was a 
time when the only things on 
your mind were a full tank of 
gas, your favorite song on 
the radio and the endless 
possibilities of the open 
road. Guest performers from 
MUSE/IQUE will explore 
the dreams and memories 
of a simpler time. A limited 
number of ticket vouchers 
will be available to people 
who attend this event and 
sign up at the Welcome Desk 
for the Oct. 28 CAR/TUNES 
concert at Art Center College 
of Design’s hillside campus.

 Pasadena Financial 
Planning Day for All Ages 
– Saturday, Oct. 27, from 10 
a.m. to 2 p.m. This seminar 
will include workshops with 
topics related to avoiding the 
avalanche of student debt, 
changes to the 2018 federal 
tax code, how to invest your 
401K and how to avoid the 
three biggest retirement 
planning mistakes. In 
addition to the workshops, 
you can discuss your 
financial questions one-on-
one with a certified financial 
planner. People of all ages 
are welcome. Presented 
by the Financial Planning 
Association San Gabriel 
Valley.

 Halloween Treats at the 
Coffee Bar – Wednesday, 
Oct. 31, from 8:30 to 11 a.m. 
Don your finest Halloween 
apparel and come to the 
Pasadena Senior Center 
coffee bar for free coffee, hot 
apple cider, festive candy 
and other treats. DJ Joe will 
entertain in the lounge area 
with an eclectic mix of tunes. 

 Founded in 1960, the 
Pasadena Senior Center 
is an independent, donor-
supported nonprofit 
organization that offers 
recreational, educational, 
wellness and social services 
to people ages 50 and older.

ALTADENA CRIME BLOTTER

Sunday, October 7th 

12:05 AM David Castaneda, 
50 years old of Los Angeles 
was arrested in the 1900 
block of Lake Avenue for 
drunk in public. 

9:26 AM A residential 
vandalism occurred in the 
500 block of Figueroa Street. 
Damage: shattered window. 

6:00 PM A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 
1500 block of Valencia 
Avenue. Vehicles was 
recovered by LAPD Foothill 
Division on 10/8/18. 

Monday, October 8th 

12:05 AM A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 
area of Fair Oaks Avenue 
and Harriet Street. Vehicle 
was recovered by LASD 
Altadena on 10/8/18. 

7:00 PM A grand theft from 
a vehicle occurred in the 200 
block of W. Loma Alta Drive. 
Stolen: water tank, pressure 
washer, Yamaha generator, 
and locks. 

Thursday, October 11th 

10:12 PM Houston 
Rodriguez, 40 years old 
of Pasadena was arrested 
in the area of Washington 
Boulevard and Allen 
Avenue for possession of a 
controlled substance. 

Friday, October 12th 

1:45 AM A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the 1900 block of 
Oakwood Street. Suspect(s) 
entered the vehicle via 
unknown means. Stolen: 
white iPhone 6. 

12:03 PM A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 
2100 block of E. Washington 
Boulevard. Vehicle was 
recovered by LASD Altadena 
on 10/13/18.

Pasadena 
Business 

and 
Economic 
Summit

 The City of Pasadena and 
the Pasadena Chamber of 
Commerce invite leaders 
of business and industry 
in Pasadena to be part of 
a discussion on our local 
economy, their industries 
and the future of business 
in Pasadena at the sixth 
Pasadena Business and 
Economic Summit on 
Tuesday, October 23, 
from 11:30am to 1:30pm 
at The University Club 
at 175 North Oakland 
Avenue in Pasadena. Free 
valet parking is included 
along with lunch and the 
informative program.

 Cost to attend is $50 and 
includes the program, 
lunch and parking. A 
corporate table of eight, 
which includes signage 
and recognition on the 
program, costs $400. Valet 
parking, lunch are included 
in the cost. 

 Somjita Mitra, director 
of the Institute for Applied 
Economics at the Los 
Angeles County Economic 
Development Corporation 
will provide an economic 
overview and trends that 
impact our economy. 

 For more information 
visit: pasadena-chamber.
org


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