VOLUME 20 NO. 44SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2026 
HAPPY HALLOWEEN & 
DON'T FORGET TO FALL BACK ON NOV. 1ST 
Sierra Madrean Frances Farnam (above)
a BFGoodrich Young Guns competitorwill display the car and give a talk on howyoung people can take on hard builds 
LAS VEGAS, NV, Nov. 2, 2026. FrancesFarnam, founder of Tinkergineering,
will show her electric 1976 Porsche 914 at 
the 2026 SEMA Show, November 3 to 6,
in the FutureTech Studio, Central Hall, 
Booth #24401. The car is competing in 
the BFGoodrich Young Guns categoryof SEMA Battle of the Builders, which 
recognizes builders 29 and under. 
Farnam bought the 914 at age 11 for$2,000 she earned selling grapefruit at alocal farmers market. She started with no 
garage, just a tent on a dirt floor, cheaptools, and no welding experience. Over sixyears, she restored the car and convertedit to electric. Before the high-voltage work,
she completed Legacy EV’s 5-day EVFundamentals Bootcamp, including high-
voltage safety training. Today the car runsand drives 
with its original 5-speed manual 
transmission, which she rebuilt. 
When she got stuck, she asked for help.
Mentors including Mark Brems of 
914Electric, Michael Bream of EVWest,
Matthew Whitesell of 914 Rubber, and 
Eric Shea of PMB Performance guided thebuild. Sponsors such as Toyo Tires and 
Bilstein supported it in exchange for build 
content. 
Farnam will present “We Can Do HardThings: Building an Electric Porsche 914as My First Car” on Thursday, November5, from 4:00 to 4:30 PM on the FutureTechLIVE Stage. She is available for interviewsat the car November 4 to 6. 
A freshman at Cornell University studyingenvironmental engineering, Farnam has 
been featured by the Mountain Views 
News (https://mtnviewsnews.com/v20/
htm/n33/index.htm), Forbes, NBC LosAngeles, CNBC Make It, and SEMA News. 
She plans to grow Tinkergineering into afoundation that connects young builders 
with mentors, starting with a scholarship 
for a young maker. 
BE WARNED: 
SCAMMERS 
POSING 
AS PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
OFFICIALS 
PASADENA (CNS) - Officialsin Pasadena today warned 
community members to bewary of scammers posingas public health officials toobtain sensitive personal and 
financial information. 
Although there have been 
no reports of such fraudulentactivity in the city, Pasadena 
public health officials issued 
the warning Wednesday 
because numerous such 
reports have been made tothe California Department ofPublic Health. 
``We want to make Pasadena 
residents aware of scams 
involvingindividuals impersonating 
public health officials to 
obtain personalinformation,'' Public Health 
Director Manuel Carmona 
said. ``We encourage everyone 
to remain vigilant about 
phone and online scams.'' 
The scams are typical acrossthe United States and while 
the CDPH and PPHD ``mayreach out to individuals 
for legitimate public health 
purposes, such as disease 
contact tracing, these calls 
will never involve requestsfor Social Security numbers,
credit card information 
or data not related to your 
health,'' officials said. 
Some scammers have 
claimed a prescription wasfilled in the victim's name 
while seeking so-called 
verifying information. 
``In some cases, scammers 
have escalated the ruse bytransferringvictims to a video call with 
an individual impersonating 
a police officer or other 
authority figure in a fakeuniform and fabricated 
recording room,'' accordingto the PPHD release, which 
said the schemes sometimes 
involve coordinated callers 
who reinforce the ruse. 
Urgency and threats are 
tools commonly used in suchscams, which 
include warnings of legal 
consequences or canceled 
prescriptions. 
Anyone who receives sucha suspicious call should hang 
up immediately and contact 
the CDPH at 916-558-1784, 
and anyone in Pasadena 
who believes they have beenthe victim of fraud should 
contact the Pasadena Police 
Department at 626-744-4241. 
Incidents should also be 
reported to the Federal Trade 
Commission at ReportFraud. 
ftc.gov. 
The Team wishes to thank all 
those who attended the OpenHouse celebrating SMSR's 
75th anniversary. Community 
members, young and old, 
retired SMSR, and visitors from 
fellow SARs and other agencies.
Attendees toured our station and 
trucks, worked a highline system, 
learned knots, practiced medical 
skills, met our longest-standingmember, Russ Anderson (94),
enjoyed a raffle, and more.
Special thanks to members of 
LASD’s Temple Station, led byCapt. Sherif Morsi, and Rep.
Judy Chu. We are grateful this 
support. 
SIERRA MADRE STUDENT WHO BOUGHT A 1976 PORSCHE 914 AT AGE 11 WITH 
GRAPEFRUIT MONEY DEBUTS HER SELF-BUILT ELECTRIC CONVERSION IN LAS VEGAS 
THANK YOU FROM SIERRA 
MADRE SEARCH & RESCUE 
DOLORES HUERTA, INFLUENTIAL 
LABOR LEADER, FEMINIST AND 
CIVIL RIGHTS ICON, DIES AT 96 
Dolores Huerta, the labor 
activist and civil rights leaderwho co-founded with Cesar 
Chavez the group that laterbecame the United Farm 
Workers, has died. She was96. 
Huertafamily spokespersonErik Olvera told The 
Associated Press that Huerta 
died of cancer at her home 
in Bakersfield and was 
surrounded by family. 
"Dolores represented the bestof us," California GovernorGavin Newsom said in a statement. "California — and the United 
States — would not be what we are today without her resolute spirit,
her passion for justice and fairness, and her commitment to thoseoverlooked and forgotten." 
"Dolores reminded us that no matter the odds, no matter the obstacle,
we can build a greater life for ourselves, our community, our city,
and our country," Bass said in a statement. "She never, never stoppedworking. She was fighting for civil rights every day, into her nineties.
Those who knew her, worried about her, but the intensity of her fightcontinued on." 
VOLUME 20 NO. 44SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2026 
HAPPY HALLOWEEN & 
DON'T FORGET TO FALL BACK ON NOV. 1ST 
Sierra Madrean Frances Farnam (above)
a BFGoodrich Young Guns competitorwill display the car and give a talk on howyoung people can take on hard builds 
LAS VEGAS, NV, Nov. 2, 2026. FrancesFarnam, founder of Tinkergineering,
will show her electric 1976 Porsche 914 at 
the 2026 SEMA Show, November 3 to 6,
in the FutureTech Studio, Central Hall, 
Booth #24401. The car is competing in 
the BFGoodrich Young Guns categoryof SEMA Battle of the Builders, which 
recognizes builders 29 and under. 
Farnam bought the 914 at age 11 for$2,000 she earned selling grapefruit at alocal farmers market. She started with no 
garage, just a tent on a dirt floor, cheaptools, and no welding experience. Over sixyears, she restored the car and convertedit to electric. Before the high-voltage work,
she completed Legacy EV’s 5-day EVFundamentals Bootcamp, including high-
voltage safety training. Today the car runsand drives 
with its original 5-speed manual 
transmission, which she rebuilt. 
When she got stuck, she asked for help.
Mentors including Mark Brems of 
914Electric, Michael Bream of EVWest,
Matthew Whitesell of 914 Rubber, and 
Eric Shea of PMB Performance guided thebuild. Sponsors such as Toyo Tires and 
Bilstein supported it in exchange for build 
content. 
Farnam will present “We Can Do HardThings: Building an Electric Porsche 914as My First Car” on Thursday, November5, from 4:00 to 4:30 PM on the FutureTechLIVE Stage. She is available for interviewsat the car November 4 to 6. 
A freshman at Cornell University studyingenvironmental engineering, Farnam has 
been featured by the Mountain Views 
News (https://mtnviewsnews.com/v20/
htm/n33/index.htm), Forbes, NBC LosAngeles, CNBC Make It, and SEMA News. 
She plans to grow Tinkergineering into afoundation that connects young builders 
with mentors, starting with a scholarship 
for a young maker. 
BE WARNED: 
SCAMMERS 
POSING 
AS PUBLIC 
HEALTH 
OFFICIALS 
PASADENA (CNS) - Officialsin Pasadena today warned 
community members to bewary of scammers posingas public health officials toobtain sensitive personal and 
financial information. 
Although there have been 
no reports of such fraudulentactivity in the city, Pasadena 
public health officials issued 
the warning Wednesday 
because numerous such 
reports have been made tothe California Department ofPublic Health. 
``We want to make Pasadena 
residents aware of scams 
involvingindividuals impersonating 
public health officials to 
obtain personalinformation,'' Public Health 
Director Manuel Carmona 
said. ``We encourage everyone 
to remain vigilant about 
phone and online scams.'' 
The scams are typical acrossthe United States and while 
the CDPH and PPHD ``mayreach out to individuals 
for legitimate public health 
purposes, such as disease 
contact tracing, these calls 
will never involve requestsfor Social Security numbers,
credit card information 
or data not related to your 
health,'' officials said. 
Some scammers have 
claimed a prescription wasfilled in the victim's name 
while seeking so-called 
verifying information. 
``In some cases, scammers 
have escalated the ruse bytransferringvictims to a video call with 
an individual impersonating 
a police officer or other 
authority figure in a fakeuniform and fabricated 
recording room,'' accordingto the PPHD release, which 
said the schemes sometimes 
involve coordinated callers 
who reinforce the ruse. 
Urgency and threats are 
tools commonly used in suchscams, which 
include warnings of legal 
consequences or canceled 
prescriptions. 
Anyone who receives sucha suspicious call should hang 
up immediately and contact 
the CDPH at 916-558-1784, 
and anyone in Pasadena 
who believes they have beenthe victim of fraud should 
contact the Pasadena Police 
Department at 626-744-4241. 
Incidents should also be 
reported to the Federal Trade 
Commission at ReportFraud. 
ftc.gov. 
The Team wishes to thank all 
those who attended the OpenHouse celebrating SMSR's 
75th anniversary. Community 
members, young and old, 
retired SMSR, and visitors from 
fellow SARs and other agencies.
Attendees toured our station and 
trucks, worked a highline system, 
learned knots, practiced medical 
skills, met our longest-standingmember, Russ Anderson (94),
enjoyed a raffle, and more.
Special thanks to members of 
LASD’s Temple Station, led byCapt. Sherif Morsi, and Rep.
Judy Chu. We are grateful this 
support. 
SIERRA MADRE STUDENT WHO BOUGHT A 1976 PORSCHE 914 AT AGE 11 WITH 
GRAPEFRUIT MONEY DEBUTS HER SELF-BUILT ELECTRIC CONVERSION IN LAS VEGAS 
THANK YOU FROM SIERRA 
MADRE SEARCH & RESCUE 
DOLORES HUERTA, INFLUENTIAL 
LABOR LEADER, FEMINIST AND 
CIVIL RIGHTS ICON, DIES AT 96 
Dolores Huerta, the labor 
activist and civil rights leaderwho co-founded with Cesar 
Chavez the group that laterbecame the United Farm 
Workers, has died. She was96. 
Huertafamily spokespersonErik Olvera told The 
Associated Press that Huerta 
died of cancer at her home 
in Bakersfield and was 
surrounded by family. 
"Dolores represented the bestof us," California GovernorGavin Newsom said in a statement. "California — and the United 
States — would not be what we are today without her resolute spirit,
her passion for justice and fairness, and her commitment to thoseoverlooked and forgotten." 
"Dolores reminded us that no matter the odds, no matter the obstacle,
we can build a greater life for ourselves, our community, our city,
and our country," Bass said in a statement. "She never, never stoppedworking. She was fighting for civil rights every day, into her nineties.
Those who knew her, worried about her, but the intensity of her fightcontinued on." 
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