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Mountain View News Saturday, January 23, 2021 

ARCADIA POLICE BLOTTER


For the period of Sunday, January 10th, through Saturday, January 16th, the Police Department responded 
to 1,073 calls for service, of which 91 required formal investigations. The following is a summary report of 
some of the major incidents handled by the Department during this period.

Sunday, January 10:

1. At 1:55 a.m., officers responded to Rusnak Mercedes Benz, located at 101 North Santa Anita Avenue, 
regarding a commercial burglary in progress. Surveillance footage revealed the suspect stole a fire
extinguisher and a key fob from the business. The suspect, a 33-year-old male from El Monte was also found 
to have three outstanding misdemeanor warrants. He was arrested and transported to the Arcadia City Jail
for booking.

Monday, January 11:

2. At 7:11 a.m., officers responded a residence in the 100 block of Luben Lane regarding the illegal
cultivation of marijuana. During a keep the peace call, the officers witnessed subjects moving marijuana
plants and cultivation equipment from the home. The investigation is ongoing.

3. At 10:13 a.m., an officer responded to the 11700 block of Clark Street regarding a vehicle burglary
report. The victim discovered someone had smashed her window and fled with a car battery. The incident
occurred sometime during the previous evening.

4. At 3:12 p.m., an officer responded to Move Your Mountain Fitness, located at 120 East Santa Clara
Street, regarding a package theft report. The victim determined her package had been stolen on Friday,
January 8th. She later located the shipping box to the rear of the business with a note that likely indicates
the suspect is a previous employee. The investigation is ongoing.

5. At 8:38 p.m., officers responded to assist the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigate
an in-progress residential burglary. The investigation revealed three suspects smashed a rear window and,
once inside the residence, they ransacked several rooms and fled with an unknown number of items. Two
of the three suspects were located and a 21-year-old male from Perris and a 19-year-old male from Perris
were arrested. The investigation is ongoing.

Wednesday, January 13:

6. At 6:54 a.m., an officer responded to the 1000 block of Arcadia Avenue regarding a stolen vehicle
report. Sometime during the previous night, unknown suspect(s) stole the victim’s 2003 Hummer H2. The
officer was unable to locate any surveillance footage of the incident.

7. At 8:21 a.m., an officer responded to a residence in the 100 block of Fano Street regarding a grand
theft report. The victim discovered her catalytic converter had been removed from her Honda CRV sometime 
between January 11th and 13th. The incident was not captured by surveillance cameras.

8. At 11:51 a.m., an officer took a telephonic report of a commercial burglary that occurred at the construction 
site of La Meridien Hotel, located at 130 West Huntington Drive. The reporting party discovered
unidentified suspect(s) forcibly entered two electrical rooms and fled with various electrical items. The officer 
canvassed the area for suspects, witnesses, or evidence but was unable to find any.

Thursday, January 14:

9. At 1:51 p.m., an officer responded to a residence in the 1100 block of Highland Oaks Drive regarding 
a burglary report. The victim discovered her carport had been broken into as was her husband’s vehicle.
There were no signs of forced entry to the vehicle. The loss is unknown at the time of this report.

10. At 9:58 a.m., an officer took a telephonic report of a theft from vehicle that occurred in the 1000
block of Park Avenue. The victim stated he left his trunk locked. During the previous evening, an unknown
suspect entered the unlocked trunk and fled with cash and two check books.

Friday, January 15:

11. At 6:10 p.m., an officer took a telephonic report of a grand theft incident that occurred in the 1200
block of Greenfield Avenue. An investigation revealed unknown suspect(s) stole the victim’s catalytic converter 
from his Toyota Prius sometime between 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on January 15th.

12. At 7:51 p.m., an officer responded to a residence in the 00 block of Alta Street regarding a burglary
report. The officer determined the unidentified suspect(s) entered the home through an unlocked living
room window and fled with various electronics, cash, and a doorbell camera.

Saturday, January 16:

13. At 9:20 a.m., an officer responded to the 900 block of West Duarte Road regarding the activation of
a GPS tracking device. The officer located the stolen item, the tracking device, and the suspect. A 43-year-
old male from Los Angeles was arrested and transported to the Arcadia City Jail for booking. The suspect
also attempted to bring a controlled substance into the jail. This offense was added to his list of charges.

14. At 4:23 p.m., an officer responded to the 300 block of South Second Avenue regarding a grand theft
report. According to a witnesses, the suspect exited a white Toyota Corolla and stole the victim’s landscaping 
equipment that was secured in the bed of his truck. The investigation is ongoing.


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Masters Series Winter Term 
History of American Movies

Altadena Seeking Applicants 
for Community Committee

Explore JPL With Virtual Tour



 From visiting mission control 
to seeing where space robots 
are built, the interactive tour 
lets online users explore the 
historic space facility from 
anywhere in the world. 

 Have you ever wondered were 
the rovers we send to Mars are 
built, or where spacecraft that 
explore the cosmos return their 
data to Earth? In a typical year, 
over 30,000 people visit NASA’s 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory 
in-person; now, for the first 
time ever, you can see the 
Southern California facility 
from anywhere in the world on 
a virtual tour. 

 The interactive tour takes 
visitors to several locations at 
the 177-acre laboratory, which 
together provide an overview 
of JPL’s rich history and its 
many space missions, past 
and present. Each location 
is embedded with dozens of 
points of interest – including 
videos, fun facts, and images. 
For example, you can drop by 
the control room for the Deep 
Space Network, where JPL staff 
communicate with every NASA 
spacecraft flying beyond the 
orbit of the Moon. Click on one 
of the embedded links to see 
in real-time which spacecraft 
are returning data to each of 
the three Deep Space Network 
facilities based around the 
world.

 “Seeing JPL from the inside is 
an amazing experience, and we 
hope this virtual tour creates 
the same sense of wonder,” said 
Veronica McGregor, manager 
of JPL’s Digital News and Media 
Office. “We plan to expand the 
tour with more locations later 
this year so people can return 
over and over.”

 The virtual lab tour is a 
collaboration of the JPL Digital 
News and Media Office and the 
Public Services Office, which 
handles in-person tours and 
other visitor activities. The 
tour staff’s expertise, honed 
from ushering thousands of 
visitors through the lab each 
year, was invaluable in creating 
the dozens of points of interest 
included in each virtual 
tour stop. In-person tours 
at JPL have been suspended 
since March 2020 due to the 
pandemic.

For more information and to 
explore the virtual tour visit: 
jpl.nasa.gov/virtual-tour.

 The Altadena Library 
Board of Trustees is now 
accepting applications for the 
newly created seat(s) on the 
Community Facilities District 
Committee, which was formed 
to oversee the assessment 
and funding of future capital 
improvement projects of the 
Altadena Library District, 
following the recent approval 
of Measure Z in the November 
2020 election. Attached is a 
press release with background 
information and application 
instructions for interested 
candidates.

 We think your readers in 
Altadena would be interested in 
hearing about this opportunity 
for engagement in local 
democracy, so we hope you 
will share this opportunity with 
your audience! Any questions 
about the CFD Committee can 
be directed Library Director 
Nikki Winslow at nwinslow@
altadenalibrary.org or (626) 
798-0833 ext. 103.



 The winter 2021 term of 
The Masters Series, which 
embraces lifelong learning 
and is presented by the 
Pasadena Senior Center, 
will be virtual via Zoom 
for people 50 and older 
Tuesdays to Feb. 23, from 2 
to 4 p.m. and will be titled 
“The History of American 
Movies.” 

 Since the earliest days 
of cinema, movies have 
captured hearts and 
imaginations all over 
the world. Dr. Jonathan 
Kuntz, a film historian and 
widely respected expert 
on Hollywood cinema and 
the development of the 
studio system, will cover the 
American film industry from 
the birth of Hollywood at 
the turn of the 20th century 
through the challenges 
facing filmmaking and 
distribution today. 

Jan. 26 – Hollywood in the 
Great Depression 

Feb. 2 – Hollywood from 
World War II to the Blacklist 

Feb. 9 – The End of the 
Studio Era, and Hollywood 
in the 1960s 

Feb. 16 – The New 
Hollywood and the Rise of 
Cable TV 

Feb. 23 – The Reagan Era 
and the Entertainment 
Conglomerate to the Present 

 The cost for the seven 
sessions is only $90 for 
members of the Pasadena 
Senior Center and $105 for 
non-members. 

 To register, visit www.
pasadenaseniorcenter.org 
and click on The Masters 
Series Lifelong Learning. 
Everyone who registers will 
receive email instructions 
for joining each of the seven 
Zoom sessions online. 
For more information 
about The Masters 
Series, email AnnieL@
pasadenaseniorcenter.org. 

 Kuntz has welcomed several 
generations of students to 
the study of cinema with 
his popular undergraduate 
course on the history of the 
American motion picture, 
offered every quarter at the 
UCLA School of Theater, 
Film and Television. He 
has appeared in several 
documentaries about 
American film history as an 
expert on film production 
and exhibition, and has 
contributed to The New 
York Times. Known for his 
encyclopedic knowledge, 
he has been quoted in the 
media on many topics from 
the careers of Elizabeth 
Taylor and Marilyn Monroe 
to the effects of the Disney 
purchase of Lucasfilm. 

 For more information 
about other Pasadena 
Senior Center programs and 
services, including online 
options for classes, events 
and activities during the 
COVID-19 pandemic, visit: 
pasadenaseniorcenter.org or 
call 626-795-4331. 

Cheeseburger Week Goin’ 
Take-out, not Goin’ to Texas 

 Multiple Pasadena eateries 
celebrate 1924’s invention of the 
cheeseburger in Pasadena with 
delicious offerings, specials and 
more. Sample as many as you can 
and vote for your favorite in the 
Cheeseburger Challenge 

 Pasadena celebrates the invention 
of the cheeseburger in the city in 
1924, 40 restaurants, burger joints 
and more take part in the citywide 
celebration. For now, Cheeseburger 
Week is a take-out event. (Should 
Governor Newsom relax outdoor 
dining restrictions, that could 
change.) 

 During Cheeseburger Week 
from January 24th to January 
29th, Pasadena honors Lionel 
Sternberger’s genius in being the 
first to put cheese on a hamburger 
and serve it at the Rite Spot 
in Pasadena in 1924. Forty of 
Pasadena’s favorite restaurants, 
lounges and burger joints offer their 
signature burgers, some special 
creations and great deals during 
Pasadena Cheeseburger Week.

 In 1924, as legend has it, teenaged 
Lionel Sternberger (pictured) 
burned one side of a hamburger 
patty at The Rite Spot, his father’s 
roadside stand along Colorado 
Boulevard (then Colorado Street) 
in west Pasadena. Rather than 
throw away the spoiled burger, he 
masked his mistake with a piece 
of cheese and served it to a very 
appreciative customer. Word soon 
spread and customers flocked to 
The Rite Spot for The Aristocratic 
Burger, A Hamburger with Cheese. 
Sternberger’s achievement is the 
first verified instance of someone 
serving a hamburger with cheese to 
a customer.

 Over the years, Sternberger 
perfected his Aristocratic Burger, 
much to the delight of customers 
at The Rite Spot. Sternberger’s 
culinary achievement has been 
documented by Hamburger 
America, the Los Angeles Times 
and even Time magazine in its 
obituary of Sternberger.

 To celebrate Sternberger’s 
culinary masterpiece, Pasadena 
restaurants are offering specials, 
unique creations and the tried 
and true. Patrons can experience a 
terrific take-out burger experience, 
from top-of-the-line fine dining 
experiences to burger stands and 
lounges. Those wanting a variety 
of experiences can organize a 
cheeseburger crawl or follow one of 
the pre-planned themed crawls.

 Several participants in the 2021 
Cheeseburger Week celebration 
and Cheeseburger Challenge are 
offering special meals and deals. 

Clearman’s Galley (The Boat) has 
their Charbroiled Cheeseburger 
Combo on spcial for $14.95.

Dog Haus (both locations) has 99¢ 
Cheeseburger Sliders and any of 
Dog Haus’ 7 amazing Haus Burgers 
for just $6.99 during Cheeseburger 
Week!.

The Raymond offers their Classic 
Burger with Fries for $18 and the 
Impossible (veggie) Burger with 
Fries for $20. 

The Stand has their French Onion 
Soup Burger for $12

Kathleen’s has their sublime 
Avocado Bacon Cheeseburger, with 
their house made thousand island 
dressing. Served with onion rings 
or fries.

Mi Piace in Old Pasadena has 
created the Black Label Burger: 
exclusive Prime Rib Eye and Brisket 
mix with aged Vermont cheddar, 
raw Vidalia onion, organic tomato- 
Boston lettuce- fresh made 1000 
island- toasted sesame brioche bun 
for $20; 

Many other participants are offering 
special creations and deals. 

 For a full list of participants 
and more specials visit: 
pasadenarestaurantweek.com 
and click on the Restaurants and 
Menus tab. Voting in the 2021 
Cheeseburger Challenge opens 
January 24, and ends January 30.

Application for CPOC Now 
Online

 The city is now accepting 
applications for the initial 
nominations for appointment 
to the Community Police 
Oversight Commission, with 
appointments to occur in the 
coming weeks. The application 
for those interested in serving 
as a commission member is 
now available online.

 In October 2020, the city 
council established the 
CPOC by ordinance. The 
purpose of the commission 
is to enhance, develop, and 
strengthen community-police 
relations, and review and make 
recommendations regarding 
the ongoing operations of the 
Pasadena Police Department 
to the chief of police, city 
manager, and/or city council.

 The CPOC will be composed 
of 11 members, with each city 
council member nominating 
one (for a total of eight), and 
three members nominated 
from community-based 
organizations. No later than 90 
days after appointment to the 
commission, commissioners 
must participate in a ride-
along with the Pasadena 
Police Department, and 
receive 30 hours of training in 
relevant subject matter areas. 
Further information about the 
qualifications and duties of 
commissioners can be found in 
the Pasadena Municipal Code, 
Chapter 2.60.

 In the near future, the city 
council will consider and 
adopt by resolution a policy 
for appointment of members 
to the Community Police 
Oversight Commission. 
Those who are interested in 
serving are encouraged to 
apply immediately to be part 
of the pool of applicants to 
be considered for the initial 
appointments to the 11 
available vacant positions.

 For questions, additional 
information, or to be sent an 
application by mail, please 
contact the mayor’s office at 
(626)744-4333.

PLEASE STAY 
SAFE!

SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE!

WEAR A MASK! 

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