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Get ready for Monrovia Area Partnership’s biggest event of the year, the 14th Annual Neighborhood 
Conference, will take place on Saturday, April 27, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Second Baptist 
Church (925 S. Shamrock Ave)!

If you are interested in learning about trending topics through our wide range of workshops, 
including SB1383: Organic Waste & Recycling, Development in Monrovia, Police Etiquette, and 
more – this is the event to attend! For a full list of workshops and descriptions, visit our website.

In addition to workshops, there will be information booths, free yoga session, raffle prizes, a 
keynote speaker, and breakfast and lunch will be provided! This event is FREE and open to the 
ENTIRE community. Workshop capacity is limited and first come, first served, so please register 
as soon as possible. If you have any questions, email the MAP team at map@ci.monrovia.ca.us!

APARTMENT FIRE WITH FATALITY IN ARCADIA

From Arcadia Fire Department:

At 9:18 p.m. on Sunday, April 7, 2024, Arcadia Fire units along with crews from 
Monrovia Fire & Rescue, and Sierra Madre Fire Department, responded to an 
apartment house fire in the 00 block of Genoa Street. Fire crews arrived on scene 
and reported light smoke coming from one of the apartment units.

Fire crews entered the apartment and encountered heavy smoke conditions. The 
main portion of the fire was in a bathroom, where a deceased person was located. 
Crews quickly extinguished the fire, within 15 minutes of arrival, and confirmed 
no further extension into adjacent units.

The deceased’s identification and cause of death will be determined by the Los 
Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.

The Arcadia Fire Department’s Fire Investigations Unit and Arcadia Police 
Department are currently investigating the cause and nature of the fire.

COUNTY OFFERS REWARD IN MONROVIA MURDER CASE

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors yesterday unanimously approved a motion 
introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger that extends a $10,000 reward in exchange for 
information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the murder of 46 year-old Terry Al-ford. 

On Jan. 29, 2021, Mr. Alford was shot multiple times in front of a residence in Monrovia while 
visiting his family. 

“Terry’s life was violently and senselessly ended, leaving his wife, children, and loved ones griev-
ing for the rest of their lives,” said Supervisor Kathryn Barger. “His murder took place over three 
years ago but law enforcement agencies remain dedicated to finding those responsible for Terry’s 
murder. I’m hopeful this $10,000 reward encourages someone to step forward. Terry’s family 
and the community at large deserve justice and closure.” 

According to law enforcement officials involved in the investigation, Mr. Alford was on a front 
porch when four male suspects approached the residence. At least two of the suspects shot him 
multiple times. Law enforcement investigators believe the shooting was gang related and inten-
tional, but presume Mr. Alford was not the intended target. 

Anyone with information about this case can anonymously contact the Los Angeles Regional 
Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 222-TIPS (8477) or submit a tip online at lacrimestoppers.org. 

Tips and information can also be reported to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Homicide 
Bu-reau by dialing (323) 890-5617 to speak with Detective Cynthia Sanchez. 

Here’s What’s Going On 
Around Town in April!
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ALL THINGS By Jeff Brown 

FIGHT THE BASTARDS!

From a jagged hilltop in Torres del Paine National Park in Chile, a group of hikers was marveling 
at the white tongue of a glacier descending through a valley to a vast blue lake. I asked 
our guide, a young Chilean woman from the capital city of Santiago, what it was like to live 
in this paradise near the tip of South America, and whether she kept up with the news from 
the outside world. “No, I stopped paying attention,”she said with a laugh. “I don’t even go 
back to Santiago much anymore,” I said I couldn’t blame her. While recently vacationing in 
a jurt in Patagonia, my wife, Karla, and I couldn’t help but think about how nice it would be 
to escape the anger, violence and madness of the “civilized” world.

That fantasy, it seems, is widely shared. Exhausted and heartsick, many people are tuning 
out the grim news about politics, Gaza, Ukraine, and climate change, and musing with 
friends about where to flee.

Here’s the problem with tuning out or running away, as temping as flight might be. Demagogues, 
dictators, and sociopaths are relentless in their pursuit of self-serving ends, and 
succeed when they wear down the resistance of principled people. When evil men triumph, 
escape is only temporary. While we were in Patagonia, we heard two sharp cracking sounds 
from the glacier-warning signs of the ancient ice’s dramatic retreat and warming temperatures. 
Do nothing but admire the scenery, and one day the glaciers-and so much else-will be 
gone..The same is true of democracy and decency. We can succumb to doomerism and let 
the bastards win, or stand and fight for what matters, and for the world we leave our children 
and grandchildren. In the gloomiest depths of World Was 11, as Hitler’s war machine 
rolled over Europe, “Winston Churchill had the inspiring rejoinder to despair: Whatever 
the cost may be, we shall fight. We shall never surrender.” 

P.S. The Nazis lost.

William Falk Editor-at-Large “The Week”

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