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Mountain View News Saturday, September 27, 2025

COMMUNITY SAFETY FORUM WITH PASADENA POLICE DEPARTMENT

Oct. 1, 6:00 pm. at Blair High School

NEWS BRIEFS

Los Angeles County Begins Mailing Sample Ballot 
Books for the 2025 Statewide Special Election 

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk 
(RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced that the mailing of Sample Ballot Books 
to all registered voters for the November 4, 2025 Statewide Special Election is 
now underway. 

Sample Ballot Books provide voters with essential election information, including 
instructions on voting options, key deadlines, and a preview of the 
ballot. 

This election was called by the California Legislature through legislation proposing 
a constitutional amendment that was then signed into law by the Governor. 
State Measure 50 proposes changes to the state constitution that require 
voter approval to be enacted. 

Additional details about State Measure 50 are available in the State Voter Information 
Guide (VIG), which is mailed separately by the California Secretary of 
State and also available online. 

The RR/CC will continue mailing Sample Ballot Books through October 14, 
2025, and will begin mailing Vote by Mail ballots on October 2, 2025. Starting 
October 6, 2025, voters will also be able to access their Sample Ballot online 
at LAVOTE.GOV/ISB. 

The RR/CC is proud to offer election materials in English and 18 different 
languages. 

Voters can request election materials in their preferred language by returning 
the Language Request Form found at the back of the Sample Ballot Book or by 
contacting our office at (800) 815-2666, option 3. 

Join the Pasadena Police Department and 
PUSD to discuss recent swatting incidents 
and community safety.

The Pasadena Police Department will lead a Community 
Safety Forum at Blair High School (cafeteria) on 
Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. to address recent 
swatting incidents that impacted Blair Middle and 
High School and Altadena Arts Magnet.

These incidents involved false reports; out of an abundance 
of caution, law enforcement responded, and our 
schools followed safety protocols.

The Community Safety Forum will include: 

An overview of swatting trends and law enforcement 
response

How police assess threats and coordinate with schools

Tips for families and students; how to report concerns

Q & A with Pasadena Police Department (PUSD will 
attend)

Student and staff safety is our highest priority. We appreciate 
our partnership with PPD and your continued 
support in keeping our schools safe and calm places of 
learning. 

Spanish translation and childcare for school-age children 
will be available.

PROPOSED ASSESSMENT DISTRICT: 

MONROVIA CITYWIDE LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, AND 
PARKS MAINTENANCE DISTRICT

Monrovia takes pride in our beautiful parks, tree-lined streets, safe lighting, and welcoming public spaces, and 
we’re committed to keeping them well cared for. To make sure these essentials continue to be maintained at the 
high standard our community expects, the City is proposing the creation of the Monrovia Citywide Lighting, 
Landscaping, and Parks Maintenance District.

This new district would replace the two existing assessment districts, which have funded streetlights, traffic signals, 
landscaping, and park upkeep since the 1990s but no longer generate enough revenue to cover rising costs.

If approved by voters, the new district will provide a stable and self-sustaining structure to maintain these services, 
protect property values, and allow the City to keep investing in safety, accessibility, and long-term neighborhood 
improvements. To ease the transition, new assessment rates will be phased in gradually over five years, 
with the City covering part of the cost during the early years.

Every property owner will receive a ballot packet in the mail beginning September 26, which will include a fact 
sheet with parcel-specific details, a notice of public hearing, and an official ballot with instructions for returning 
it by November 18.

We encourage everyone to get informed and ask questions. To learn more, additional resources, including background 
information, timelines, and an interactive map of proposed rates, are available on the City’s website.

Man Killed in South Pasadena Crash After Police 

Terminated Pursuit Identified

 SOUTH PASADENA (CNS) - A 20-year-old man who died when his vehicle 
crashed into a home's garage in South Pasadena shortly after police ended a 
brief pursuit was identified today by authorities.

 The crash was reported around 5 a.m. in the 300 block of Orange Grove 
Avenue, south of Columbia Street, according to the South Pasadena Police 
Department.

 Officers from the Pasadena Police Department were in pursuit of the vehicle, 
but were not closely chasing it when it crashed, police said.

 ``Pasadena Police terminated the pursuit in under a minute and after cancelling 
the pursuit and no longer following the vehicle,'' Pasadena city spokeswoman 
Lisa Derderian said in a statement last week. ``The suspect continued 
almost one mile before the fatal traffic collision in South Pasadena. It was not 
an active pursuit that lead to the fatal collision.''

 The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

 He was identified Monday by the county Medical Examiner's office as Andrew 
Gonzalez.

 It was not clear what prompted the chase.

 The vehicle ended up flipped onto its hood, partially inside the garage, 
which appeared to be heavily damaged, according to video from the scene.


Female San Marino Officer Alleges Discrimination, 
Forced Early Retirement

 (CNS) - A woman is suing the San Marino Police Department, alleging she 
was forced into early retirement after being sexually harassed by the police 
chief and others, and then retaliated against when she reported the conduct.

 

Candice Torres' Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges retaliation, discrimination, 
failure to accommodate and engage in the interactive process 
and failure to take all reasonable steps to prevent unlawful discrimination and 
retaliation. Torres seeks unspecified compensatory damages.

A representative of the San Marino City Attorney's Office did not immediately 
reply to a request for comment on the suit brought Friday.

Torres, who was hired in February 2006, alleges Chief John Incontro and 
other department members sexually harassed and discriminated against her,

and that she faced retaliation after protesting the alleged conduct.

Incontro made ``sex/gender-based and pejorative/infantilizing'' comments 
about Torres' use of a backpack by referring to the plaintiff as a ``little girl,'' 
while the then-city manager told her that she was ``looking like a girl'' when 
she wore a dress to a work-related dinner, the suit states.

Incontro regularly used a five-letter epithet to refer to women, including the 
city manager at the time, the suit states. The chief also told or conveyed the 
message to Torres that she should be more ``managerial-like'' in her work, but 
he didn't make the same comments to male officers, according to the suit. He 
also lectured Torres about not having co-workers at an October 2019 party 
she hosted, but he didn't give such sermons to men, the suit further states.

That same month, no one from the department attended Torres' completion 
of the Sherman Block Leadership Institute program, although it was customary 
to have a department leader attend such graduations, according to the 
suit.

In January of 2022, Torres was responding to a car fire when she suffered injuries 
to her neck and back that forced her on leave. While off-duty, she was 
notified she was the subject of an internal affairs probe involving conduct in 
2019, the suit states.

Torres contends she was ultimately forced into an early retirement by way of 
refusing to reasonably accommodate the plaintiff and engaging in conduct

that prevented her from returning to work despite her being healthy and 
qualified for various positions. She contends she was stymied in her hopes of 
promoting within the SMPD and that the alleged backlash was related to her

complaints about the harassment and discrimination she claims she suffered.

Torres has suffered losses to her reputation as well as her earnings and also has 
experienced mental suffering, according to her lawsuit.

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