Mountain View News Saturday, August 13, 2022
Local Area
News Brief
Suspect Arrested
After Hours-long
Standoff
Los Angeles County Sheriff
officers arrested a barricaded
suspect Tuesday morning
after a nearly seven hour
standoff at an East Pasadena
CVS Pharmacy/Trader
Joe’s in the 3000 block of
Huntington Drive.
According to sheriff
investigators, the incident
began around 12:40 a.m.
when police got a report of
a suspect that barricaded
themselves inside the
building. The incident ended
hours later.
“SWAT operation for an
armed, barricaded, assault
with a deadly weapon suspect
in a CVS store in Pasadena has
concluded,” the LASD Special
Enforcement Bureau tweeted
just before 8 a.m. “Suspect in
custody. Huntington Drive
reopened. Neighborhood
safe.”
The department also released
video (pictured above) of
the operation as officers, in
tactical duty gear, entered the
building.
No other information was
given or what the suspect was
doing in the building.
The CVS Pharmacy/Trader
Joe’s is located at the boarder
between Pasadena and San
Marino.
Reward Renewed
in Murder of
13-year-old Boy
The Los Angeles County
Board of Supervisors
approved Tuesday extending
the $20,000 reward offered
for information leading to
the identification and arrest
of the person involved in the
murder of 13-year-old Iran
Moreno.
“Iran was playing video
games in his bedroom when
he was hit by a stray bullet
that tragically ended his
life,” said Supervisor Barger.
“The grief and loss felt by his
family, friends, teachers and
community is unimaginable.
I’m extending this $20,000
reward with the hope that
those involved in this
shooting will be identified
and prosecuted. Justice for
Iran and his family must be
served.”
According to Pasadena
police, on Nov. 21, 2021
at approximately 6:12
p.m., officers from the
Pasadena Police Department
responded to a residence
in the 900 block of N.
Raymond Avenue regarding
a person who had been
struck by gunfire. Officers
located Moreno, a resident
of Pasadena, suffering from
a gunshot wound. The victim
was unresponsive and officers
immediately began providing
emergency, lifesaving medical
care. Moreno died at a nearby
hospital.
At the time investigators said
they did not think Moreno
was the target.
To report information
related to this shooting,
contact the Pasadena Police
at (626) 744-4241.
City Council to Look at Future of 710 Stub
After the California
Transportation Commission
approved the relinquishment of
a portion of the embattled 710
Freeway extension earlier this
year, the Pasadena city council
is set Monday to hear land use
considerations for the future
of the former 710 Freeway
property.
The agenda item “Planning
Process for the Relinquished
710 Property” is listed as
information only and the
council will not vote.
The approximate 40-acre area
runs between Union Street on
the north, Columbia Street on
the south, St John Avenue on
the west and Pasadena Ave on
the east.
The reports list essential
considerations that include,
among others;
Land Use:
-Form and scale of future
development
-Mix of uses (housing,
commercial, open space,
mobility hub)
-Affordable housing
opportunities
-Consider the need for parksand emergency services
Mobility:
-Mobility network must
connect users to existing
freeway system
-Consideration of multi-modal
transportation options
-Balance land use and
engineering solutions with
mobility options
Engineering and Utilities:
-Understand the feasibility
(cost and engineering) of fillingin the ditch to reestablish a
homogenous topography withsurrounding property-Explore filling in only portionsof the ditch as may be required
to implement engineering
solutions
- Identify the different outcomes
of land use and mobility
depending on final topography
-Understand special factors
presented by engineering
solutions that may impact
utilities to serve future
development
According to the staff report
the City Manager’s Office
will serve as project lead and
work collaboratively to ensure
sharing of vital information
and to provide guidance across
departments.
“The relinquishment represents
a once in a lifetime opportunity
to re-stitch the fabric of our
community that was torn apart
by the State and establish a new
vision for its future,” Acting
Assistant City Manager David
Reyes states in the report.
Staff also said that there
are currently a number of
transitional mobility projects
being considered that will
allow for the continued safe
vehicular access in and around
the former710 State right-ofway.
These projects are expected
to go before the Transportation
Advisory Commission and to
City Council in September.
They also advise the council to
Pasadena Chorale OpensAuditions for 22-23 Season
The Pasadena Chorale
announced Monday that
they are opening new singer
auditions for the 2022-2023
season. The Pasadena Chorale
is an auditioned community
chorus dedicated to excellent
choral singing and to providing
free performances and
educational programming to
the community. The deadline
for new singer applications is
Aug. 31.
Pasadena Chorale has a two-
part audition process. The first
part, open to all, is an online
submission. The second part,
by invitation, is a live quartet
audition after attending a
Chorale rehearsal. This process
has been created to encourage
excellent singers who may
not be comfortable singing
alone at an audition, or may
not have access to rehearsal
accompanists, to participate in
the audition process.
“This is an exciting time to be in
a choir,” says Jeffrey Bernstein,
the Chorale’s Founding Artistic
and Executive Director. “This
season we’re continuing our
post-COVID revival with four
concerts to move audiences
with the beauty of unified
choral singing. Performing in
great acoustic spaces we’ll be
singing gems of the repertoire
by Josquin, Vaughan Williams
and Brahms and exploring new
music by diverse and young
composers.”
The Chorale welcomes singers
of all backgrounds and actively
seeks to assemble a group of
excellent singers that reflects
our greater community —
diverse in race, ethnicity,
gender identity, belief, sexual
orientation, age, and physical
ability. Singers with low voices
are particularly encouraged to
audition.
At this time, Pasadena Chorale
is requiring all personnel to be
fully vaccinated and boosted
against COVID-19. Singers who
audition will be asked to upload
proof of full vaccination before
attending any rehearsals.
consider establishing multiple
Task Forces in September
to oversee use/planning and
work related to the displaced
communities.
Any Task Forces created
should have stated Principles/
Policies, which include:
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion:
Social Justice: And Sustainable/
Green Development, staff said.
The council meets at 4:30
p.m. solely by Zoom. For moreinformation, including publiccomments visit: cityofpasadena.
net/city-clerk/public-comment.
Photo: The ConnectingPasadena Project.
Library OffersFree Health
Screenings
Pasadena Public Library
officials announced
Wednesday that they have
partnered with Huntington
Health, an affiliate of
Cedars-Sinai, to provide
free monthly health
screenings. This month, the
Hastings Branch Library,
3325 E. Orange Grove Blvd.
on Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to
noon to consult with trained
health care professionals.
No appointment necessary.
Additional dates are noted
at: cityofpasadena.net/
library/calendar/.
Nurses on-site can check
your blood pressure,
administer a blood
glucose screening, and
offer referrals and health
education. A minimum
two-hour fasting period is
required for blood glucose
testing.
Screening tests can often
help detect potential health
problems before you begin
to notice any warning
signs or symptoms. Early
screening tests for blood
pressure and blood glucose
can alert you to potential
health concerns before
they become severe,
creating an opportunity
for the early introduction
of life-improving care. By
partnering with Huntington
Health, the Pasadena
Public Library is able to
connect our community
with a vital resource to help
foster a healthier and more
informed society.
The Pasadena Public
Library is an information
center for the Pasadena
community in order to
preserve and encourage
the free expression of ideas
essential to an informed
citizenry.
For more information visit:
cityofpasadena.net/library
or call (626) 744-7076.
South Pasadena Library toCelebrate Ray Bradbury
Join local artist Tim Carey
and sculptor Christopher
Slatoff August 20 at the South
Pasadena Library for an
evening celebrating author Ray
Bradbury and his influence on
visual artists. Carey will give
an illustrated talk about his
stunning fused glass triptych
Live Forever! which was
installed in the Library’s Ray
Bradbury Conference Room
in 2020. Following Carey’s
talk, filmmaker John Sasser’s
short documentary Father
Electrico: Ray Bradbury Lives
Forever! will be screened.
The documentary captures
sculptor Slatoff ’s work with
Ray Bradbury to create an
autobiographical monumental
work. The presentations will
be followed by a lively Q&A
with Carey, Slatoff, and Sasser.
Refreshments will be provided
by the Friends of the South
Pasadena Public Library.
South Pasadena-based artist
Tim Carey studied traditional
drawing and painting at Art
Center College of Design. For
more than 15 years has been
working with the medium of
glass, first at the historic Judson
Studios, and now as the owner
of Tim Carey Studio, where his
mission is to bring glass into the
forefront as an image making
medium, and to enliven the
world around us with light and
color.
John Sasser began his career
in filmmaking in 2005, working
on a project with Mr. Sci-Fi
himself, Forrest J. Ackerman.
Thru Ackerman he met and
befriended Ray Bradbury, who
would call him into service
crafting the short documentary
Father Electrico: Ray Bradbury
Lives Forever!, about the
creation of a statue with
renowned sculptor Christopher
Slatoff. He worked as producer
on a short Stephen King film
and as a director-for-hire on
another short film, The App.
He has several other projects
written or in development for
future films and series.
Christopher Slatoff studied
at the Ecole des Beaux Arts
in France and earned a BA
in sculpture from California
State University Long Beach.
Slatoff has always focused on
the human figure in his work,
and now specializes in public
art. His monumental sculptural
work can be seen at Pepperdine
University, Fuller Theological
Seminary, the Port District of
Dan Diego, Our Lady of the
Angeles Cathedral and many
other locations. Slatoff has
taught art at Cal State Long
Beach, Art Center College of
Design, and Fuller Theological
Seminary.
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012) was
a prolific and beloved author of
novels, essays, plays and poems
and a mentor to young writers
and creators. He was a life-long
user of libraries as well as an
outspoken and articulate public
library advocate. Bradbury
lived in Southern California
for more than 75 years and
in his later years many of his
plays were performed at South
Pasadena’s own Fremont Center
Theatre. The Library’s Ray
Bradbury Collection, hosted
in the Conference Room and
local history archive, contains
ephemera, photos, first edition
Bradbury books, and vintage
paperbacks.
The event will take place at 7:00
p.m. in the Library Community
Room 1100 Oxley Street, SouthPasadena.
For more information visit:
southpasadenaca.gov.
Altadena Library Touch& Go: An Art Exhibition
The Altadena Library invites
the public to check out the
work of artists Jacqueline
Bell Johnson, Alison Chen,
Carmen Mardónez, Ariana
Page Russell, and Rebecca
Potts Aguirre at the Main
Library through August 30.
Touch & Go is an exhibition and the varied visual and
of art as an act of connection. physical evidence of that
Feminism, politics, making.
motherhood, memory, and Meet the artists and learn
the artists’ lived experience, more about their work
environment, and during the closing reception
community can be found as and art talk in the afternoon
common thematic threads. of Saturday, August 27 in the
The artists engage in tactile Main Library Community
dialogues of these themes Room. Light refreshments
through the acts of making will be provided.
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