SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2023 VOLUME 17 NO. 03VOLUME 17 NO. 03 
webbmartingroup.com 
real estate 
Jan Greteman 
626.975.4033 
lic #01943630 
Judy Webb-Martin 
626.688.2273 
lic #00541631 
Katie Orth 
626.688.0418 
lic #00942500 
Single-Family Homes 
Condo/Townhomes 
WILL THE 2023 HOUSING MARKET 
FAVOR BUYERS OR SELLERS? 
LET'S CHAT! 
2021 2022 
Total # Sold: 21 19 
Average 
Sold Price: $746,329 $899,474 
Average Sq. Ft. 1,466 1,484 
Avg. Price 
Per Sq. Ft. $521 $613 
2021 2022 
Total # Sold: 138 92 
Average 
Sold Price: $1,392,451 $1,702,234 
Average Sq. Ft. 2,026 2,254 
Avg. Price 
Per Sq. Ft. $726 $795 
2 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,405 sqft | X sqft Lot 
3 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,374 sqft | 7,025 sqft lot 
Spanish-Style Charmer 
NEW LISTING 
Open Saturday & Sunday 1-4pm 
Listed for $1,139,000 | 1039Vinedo.com 
1039 North Vinedo Avenue | Pasadena 
626.355.1451CITY ADDING FOUR-WAY STOP TO 
BUSY INTERSECTION IMPLEMENTATION 
WARRANTED FOR ORANGE GROVE, 
MOUNTAIN TRAIL, AND SAN CARLOSBy Kevin McGuire 
Sierra Madre has seen many improvements over the years regard-
ing the safety of our pedestrians and drivers. We’ve seen more 
crosswalks added, cross-walk flashing lights, and more police pres-
ence to curb traffic offenders in the city. 
Now the city wants to tackle other traffic trouble spots—the inter-
sections of Orange Grove Avenue, Mountain Trail Avenue, and San 
Carlos Road and at Orange Grove Avenue and Rancho Road. After 
several accidents this past year, the city wants to put a four-way 
stop at these intersections to help prevent any further calamities. 
Adding these Stop controls would have to be coordinated with the 
City of Arcadia, which borders Sierra Madre at the site. 
A Wildan traffic engineer performed a signal warrant analysis, re-
viewed the three-year traffic collision history of these two intersec-
tions between 2019 and 2021, and recommended a four-way stop 
at Orange Grove Avenue, Mountain Trail Avenue, and San Carlos 
Road, which was the scene of six traffic collisions over those three 
years, according to data from California’s Statewide Integrated 
Traffic Records. A minimum of five crashes to (continued on pg. 3) 
The rainstorms over the last several 
weeks have severely damaged Si-
erra Madre’s Mt. Wilson Trail and 
Bailey Canyon Trail. As a result, 
the City of Sierra Madre has closed 
both trails because they are unsafe 
for public use. The trail damage is 
extensive, including trail washouts, 
trail failures, precarious rockslides, 
and downed trees. There is a section 
of the Mt. Wilson Trail that will re-
quire the installation of a 30-foot 
wooden bridge to make the trail 
passable. This is the worst cumulative trail 
damage in over 30 years and it will take time 
to fix. 
All labor on Mt. Wilson Trail and Bailey Can-
yon Trails is done by community volunteers, 
who work tirelessly and continuously to repair 
and maintain the trails to keep them open and 
safe for public use. The necessary supplies and 
tools used by the volunteers are paid for with 
tax-deductible community donations to the 
Fletcher Trail Maintenance Fund, as neither 
the City of Sierra Madre nor the US Forest Service provides any funds for the 
supplies or labor. Without the work of the volunteer trail maintenance crew, 
the trails would become impassable, as the recent rainstorms demonstrate. 
Mt. Wilson Trail and Bailey Canyon Trail are important and valuable com-
munity resources that are used by hundreds of hikers, runners, families, and 
nature enthusiasts of all ages. Users of both trails come from Sierra Madre, 
the entire San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles Basin, and beyond. The goal of the 
Sierra Madre Trails Maintenance Crew is to ensure these trails remain open 
and safe for public use for years to come. 
This year’s annual Mt. Wilson Trail Race (MWTR) will be held on May 27,2023. First run in 1908, the MWTR is the one of the oldest races in California. 
The MWTR course is 8.2 miles from Kersting Court to Orchard Camp and 
back. The trails need to be ready for this important community event. 
If you would like to help repair Sierra Madre’s trails, you can send a tax-
deductible donation payable to the “Sierra Madre Community Foundation” 
and write “Fletcher Trail Maintenance Fund” on the 
memo line. The mailing address is P.O. Box 716, Si-
erra Madre, CA 91025. All donors to the Fletcher Trail 
Maintenance Fund will receive a written tax-deductible 
acknowledgement letter. You can also go to the Sierra 
Madre Community Foundation website: https://www.
sierramadrefoundation.com to make your donation byPayPal or scan the QR Code: 
REPRESENTATIVES FROM GAS COM-
PANY TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON RECENT 
CHANGES AT COUNCIL MEETING 
Tuesday January 24, 2023 at City Hall at 5:30 pm 
With increased gas prices and recent cold snaps across the nation,
SoCalGas customers can expect higher gas bills in the upcom-
ing weeks. For example, customers whose winter peak bills were 
around $65 last year can expect to see bills closer to $160 this year. 
Similarly, if bills were around $130 last winter, customers will see 
a bill closer to $315 this year. 
The rise in cost is in response to the unprecedented events that 
have taken place over the last few weeks, including widespread,
below-normal temperatures, high natural gas consumption, re-
duced natural gas flows, and pipeline constraints, including 
maintenance in West Texas. 
SoCalGas has several assistance programs that range from past 
due bill forgiveness, CARE program (bill discount), and free en-
ergy efficiency home improvements through the Energy SavingsAssistance Program. They also offer their Ways to Save Energy-
Saving Tool to provide you with a customized analysis of your en-
ergy usage that can help you track your energy efficiency progress 
and help lower bills. 
These programs and more will be part of the presentation on 
Tuesday. Residents are encouraged to attend. 
IN SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC SAFETY COMES FIRST 
Sierra Madre Police & Fire Departments Hold 
Public Safety Town Hall 
On Wednesday evening Sierra Madre residents had the opportunity to hear first hand 
how Police and Fire work hard to keep them safe. The event, moderated by Mayor 
Edward Garcia, included presentations from SMFD Chief Brent Bartlett, SMPD ActingChief Henry Amos, and 'Chief in Waiting' Gus Barrientos. Bartlett's presentation show-
cased the fire department's achievements since becoming a fully paid department in 2019. 
The department still has 4 volunteers, 3 of whom live in Sierra Madre. In 2022, they re-
sponded to 1,382 incidents of which 79% were EMS calls. Their budget for 2022-23 is $2.9 
million and they were able to recover over $600,000 of that expense by participating in 
programs such as deployments to wildfire events (Oak Fire & Kinney Fire), etc.
Amos introduced the department's next Chief, Barrientos and reviewed the current crime 
trends from 2017 - 2021. Crimes in Sierra Madre have been trending downward with 2021 
showing the largest decline of over 200 incidents. Included in those figures are the de-
partments work with the Justice Department's ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children). 
There are currently 20 sworn officers, 4 dispatchers, 1 Administrative Director and several 
reserve and p/t officers who make protecting Sierra Madre a priority. SMPD also noted 
that as a result of a recent spate of early morning commercial break-ins, additional mea-
sure are being taken in an effort to curtail such activity. The audience was also reminded that, "If You See Something, Say Something", 
reviewing several types of suspicious activities to notify them of. As for the PD budget, Amos reminded the audience that unfortunately 
the only way in which the department can recoup its' costs was through the issuance of tickets, to which the audience' audible response 
was comical. 
After the presentations, break out sessions afforded attendees the opportunity to speak with members of the departments one on one, 
share their experiences and express their concerns and what they felt the departments priorities should be. Both departments received 
very positive feedback. Both departments noted that Recruitment and Retention are they biggest challenges. S. Henderson/MVNews 
MT. WILSON TRAIL 
& BAILEY CANYON 
TRAIL SEVERELY 
DAMAGED BY 
RAINSTORMS 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2023 VOLUME 17 NO. 03VOLUME 17 NO. 03 
webbmartingroup.com 
real estate 
Jan Greteman 
626.975.4033 
lic #01943630 
Judy Webb-Martin 
626.688.2273 
lic #00541631 
Katie Orth 
626.688.0418 
lic #00942500 
Single-Family Homes 
Condo/Townhomes 
WILL THE 2023 HOUSING MARKET 
FAVOR BUYERS OR SELLERS? 
LET'S CHAT! 
2021 2022 
Total # Sold: 21 19 
Average 
Sold Price: $746,329 $899,474 
Average Sq. Ft. 1,466 1,484 
Avg. Price 
Per Sq. Ft. $521 $613 
2021 2022 
Total # Sold: 138 92 
Average 
Sold Price: $1,392,451 $1,702,234 
Average Sq. Ft. 2,026 2,254 
Avg. Price 
Per Sq. Ft. $726 $795 
2 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,405 sqft | X sqft Lot 
3 Beds | 2 Baths | 1,374 sqft | 7,025 sqft lot 
Spanish-Style Charmer 
NEW LISTING 
Open Saturday & Sunday 1-4pm 
Listed for $1,139,000 | 1039Vinedo.com 
1039 North Vinedo Avenue | Pasadena 
626.355.1451CITY ADDING FOUR-WAY STOP TO 
BUSY INTERSECTION IMPLEMENTATION 
WARRANTED FOR ORANGE GROVE, 
MOUNTAIN TRAIL, AND SAN CARLOSBy Kevin McGuire 
Sierra Madre has seen many improvements over the years regard-
ing the safety of our pedestrians and drivers. We’ve seen more 
crosswalks added, cross-walk flashing lights, and more police pres-
ence to curb traffic offenders in the city. 
Now the city wants to tackle other traffic trouble spots—the inter-
sections of Orange Grove Avenue, Mountain Trail Avenue, and San 
Carlos Road and at Orange Grove Avenue and Rancho Road. After 
several accidents this past year, the city wants to put a four-way 
stop at these intersections to help prevent any further calamities. 
Adding these Stop controls would have to be coordinated with the 
City of Arcadia, which borders Sierra Madre at the site. 
A Wildan traffic engineer performed a signal warrant analysis, re-
viewed the three-year traffic collision history of these two intersec-
tions between 2019 and 2021, and recommended a four-way stop 
at Orange Grove Avenue, Mountain Trail Avenue, and San Carlos 
Road, which was the scene of six traffic collisions over those three 
years, according to data from California’s Statewide Integrated 
Traffic Records. A minimum of five crashes to (continued on pg. 3) 
The rainstorms over the last several 
weeks have severely damaged Si-
erra Madre’s Mt. Wilson Trail and 
Bailey Canyon Trail. As a result, 
the City of Sierra Madre has closed 
both trails because they are unsafe 
for public use. The trail damage is 
extensive, including trail washouts, 
trail failures, precarious rockslides, 
and downed trees. There is a section 
of the Mt. Wilson Trail that will re-
quire the installation of a 30-foot 
wooden bridge to make the trail 
passable. This is the worst cumulative trail 
damage in over 30 years and it will take time 
to fix. 
All labor on Mt. Wilson Trail and Bailey Can-
yon Trails is done by community volunteers, 
who work tirelessly and continuously to repair 
and maintain the trails to keep them open and 
safe for public use. The necessary supplies and 
tools used by the volunteers are paid for with 
tax-deductible community donations to the 
Fletcher Trail Maintenance Fund, as neither 
the City of Sierra Madre nor the US Forest Service provides any funds for the 
supplies or labor. Without the work of the volunteer trail maintenance crew, 
the trails would become impassable, as the recent rainstorms demonstrate. 
Mt. Wilson Trail and Bailey Canyon Trail are important and valuable com-
munity resources that are used by hundreds of hikers, runners, families, and 
nature enthusiasts of all ages. Users of both trails come from Sierra Madre, 
the entire San Gabriel Valley, Los Angeles Basin, and beyond. The goal of the 
Sierra Madre Trails Maintenance Crew is to ensure these trails remain open 
and safe for public use for years to come. 
This year’s annual Mt. Wilson Trail Race (MWTR) will be held on May 27,2023. First run in 1908, the MWTR is the one of the oldest races in California. 
The MWTR course is 8.2 miles from Kersting Court to Orchard Camp and 
back. The trails need to be ready for this important community event. 
If you would like to help repair Sierra Madre’s trails, you can send a tax-
deductible donation payable to the “Sierra Madre Community Foundation” 
and write “Fletcher Trail Maintenance Fund” on the 
memo line. The mailing address is P.O. Box 716, Si-
erra Madre, CA 91025. All donors to the Fletcher Trail 
Maintenance Fund will receive a written tax-deductible 
acknowledgement letter. You can also go to the Sierra 
Madre Community Foundation website: https://www.
sierramadrefoundation.com to make your donation byPayPal or scan the QR Code: 
REPRESENTATIVES FROM GAS COM-
PANY TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON RECENT 
CHANGES AT COUNCIL MEETING 
Tuesday January 24, 2023 at City Hall at 5:30 pm 
With increased gas prices and recent cold snaps across the nation,
SoCalGas customers can expect higher gas bills in the upcom-
ing weeks. For example, customers whose winter peak bills were 
around $65 last year can expect to see bills closer to $160 this year. 
Similarly, if bills were around $130 last winter, customers will see 
a bill closer to $315 this year. 
The rise in cost is in response to the unprecedented events that 
have taken place over the last few weeks, including widespread,
below-normal temperatures, high natural gas consumption, re-
duced natural gas flows, and pipeline constraints, including 
maintenance in West Texas. 
SoCalGas has several assistance programs that range from past 
due bill forgiveness, CARE program (bill discount), and free en-
ergy efficiency home improvements through the Energy SavingsAssistance Program. They also offer their Ways to Save Energy-
Saving Tool to provide you with a customized analysis of your en-
ergy usage that can help you track your energy efficiency progress 
and help lower bills. 
These programs and more will be part of the presentation on 
Tuesday. Residents are encouraged to attend. 
IN SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC SAFETY COMES FIRST 
Sierra Madre Police & Fire Departments Hold 
Public Safety Town Hall 
On Wednesday evening Sierra Madre residents had the opportunity to hear first hand 
how Police and Fire work hard to keep them safe. The event, moderated by Mayor 
Edward Garcia, included presentations from SMFD Chief Brent Bartlett, SMPD ActingChief Henry Amos, and 'Chief in Waiting' Gus Barrientos. Bartlett's presentation show-
cased the fire department's achievements since becoming a fully paid department in 2019. 
The department still has 4 volunteers, 3 of whom live in Sierra Madre. In 2022, they re-
sponded to 1,382 incidents of which 79% were EMS calls. Their budget for 2022-23 is $2.9 
million and they were able to recover over $600,000 of that expense by participating in 
programs such as deployments to wildfire events (Oak Fire & Kinney Fire), etc.
Amos introduced the department's next Chief, Barrientos and reviewed the current crime 
trends from 2017 - 2021. Crimes in Sierra Madre have been trending downward with 2021 
showing the largest decline of over 200 incidents. Included in those figures are the de-
partments work with the Justice Department's ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children). 
There are currently 20 sworn officers, 4 dispatchers, 1 Administrative Director and several 
reserve and p/t officers who make protecting Sierra Madre a priority. SMPD also noted 
that as a result of a recent spate of early morning commercial break-ins, additional mea-
sure are being taken in an effort to curtail such activity. The audience was also reminded that, "If You See Something, Say Something", 
reviewing several types of suspicious activities to notify them of. As for the PD budget, Amos reminded the audience that unfortunately 
the only way in which the department can recoup its' costs was through the issuance of tickets, to which the audience' audible response 
was comical. 
After the presentations, break out sessions afforded attendees the opportunity to speak with members of the departments one on one, 
share their experiences and express their concerns and what they felt the departments priorities should be. Both departments received 
very positive feedback. Both departments noted that Recruitment and Retention are they biggest challenges. S. Henderson/MVNews 
MT. WILSON TRAIL 
& BAILEY CANYON 
TRAIL SEVERELY 
DAMAGED BY 
RAINSTORMS 
SIERRA MADRE $4,750/Mo 

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HIGHLAND PARK $3,300/Mo 

2 beds 1 baths 960 sf 



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