PASADENA EDITION


SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016

VOLUME 10 NO. 41

PASADENA 
NEWS 

CITY TO HOLD LATINO HERITAGE 
PARADE AND JAMAICA FAIR




 Free family fun at the 18th 
annual Latino Heritage Parade 
and Jamaica (Community 
Fair) on Saturday, October 
15.The event is sponsored by
the City’s Human Services and 
Recreation Department and the 
Latino Heritage Committee. 
Go to www.cityofpasadena.net/
LatinoHeritage for updates.

 More than 1,000 participants 
and spectators are expected 
at this year’s event that begins 
with the parade at 11 a.m. and 
the festive Jamaica with cultural 
activities, food, music, and 
dance from Noon to 4 p.m.

 The parade starts at 
Los Robles Avenue and 
Howard Street, turns west 
on Washington Boulevard 
and ends at La Pintoresca 
Park, 1415 N. Raymond Ave., 
where art exhibits, artisans, 
educational/historical displays, 
live entertainment, tasty food, 
community info booths and 
much more can be found.

 This year’s theme is Nuestros 
Heroes/Our Heroes celebrating 
the accomplishments of 
individuals from all professions 
within the Latino Community.

 Leading the festivities, this 
year’s Grand Marshal is Luis 
J. Rodriguez, Poet Laureate, 
and Community Grand 
Marshal Serafin Espinoza, 
retired Director of Villa-Parke 
Community Center.

 For over 40 years, Luis 
Rodriguez has been a leader for 
social justice, the environment, 
economic equity and peace. 
He has been a journalist for 
newspapers and public radio; 
worked for labor unions; has 
been the U.S. Justice Party’s 
nominee for both U.S. Vice 
President and California’s 
governor and is a published 
author and poet with 15 books 
in poetry, children’s literature, 
fiction and nonfiction, 
including the bestselling 
memoir “Always Running, La 
Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.” 
His most recent poetry book 
is “Borrowed Bones” released 
in 2016 by Curbstone Books/
Northwestern University Press.

 Espinoza is a retired civil 
service professional with more 
than 40 years of social work 
experience, including his time 
directing Pasadena’s Villa-Parke 
Community Center. One of his 
major accomplishments was to 
assist the City of Pasadena with 
its policy on children, youth 
and families.

Man flees scene of 
deadly crash

 Police are asking for 
the public’s help finding 
the driver of a 2015 Tesla, 
after the car was left at the 
scene of a traffic collision 
Thursday. A Pasadena 
motorcyclist died as a result 
of the accident.

 According to police 
a 2015 gray 4 door Tesla 
was driving at a high rate 
of speed when it collided 
with a Harley-Davidson 
motorcycle around 11:40 
p.m. at the intersection 
of Marengo Avenue and 
Washington Boulevard. 
The driver of the Tesla, 
described as a White or 
Hispanic male, fled on foot. 

 The motorcycle rider 
was pronounced dead at 
the scene.

Anyone with information 
is asked to call Lieutenant 
Diego Torres at (626) 744-
7159 or (626) 744-4241.

TOURNAMENT ANNOUNCES ROYAL COURT

 The Tournament of Roses 
announced Tuesday morning 
the seven members of the 
2017 Royal Court. Selected 
from a group of 34 finalists, 
the Royal Court will attend 
nearly 100 community and 
media functions, acting as 
ambassadors of the Association 
and the Pasadena community at 
large. Their reign will culminate 
on Monday, January 2, 2017 
with the 128th Rose Parade and 
the 103rd Rose Bowl Game.

 The announcement follows a 
month-long process with nearly 
1000 people participating in 
the interview process. The 
Association’s Queen and Court 
Committee made its selections 
based on a number of criteria 
including poise, speaking 
ability, academic achievement, 
and community and school 
involvement.

 The seven Royal Court 
members are (in order of 
above photo, left to right) Maya 
Kawaguchi Khan, Arcadia 
High School; Natalie Rose 
Petrosian, La Cañada High 
School; Lauren Emiko Powers, 
Arcadia High School; Shannon 
Tracy Larsuel, Mayfield Senior 
School; Autumn Marie Lundy, 
Polytechnic School; Audrey 
Mariam Cameron, Blair High 
School and Victoria Cecilia 
Castellanos, (#533), Temple 
City High School. 

 “The 2017 Royal Court 
consists of seven extraordinary 
young women who are now 
ambassadors for America’s 
New Year Celebration,” said 
Richard De Jesu, chair of the 
Tournament of Roses Queen 
and Court Committee. “Starting 
today, and through January 2, 
the Royal Court will participate 
in numerous events that will be 
treasured memories for the rest 
of their lives.”

 The Announcement and 
Coronation of the 99th Rose 
Queen and Presentation of the 
Royal Court is on October 20 
at the Pasadena Playhouse, A 
limited number of tickets are 
available for purchase from 
Sharp Seating Company.

DESCANSO 
GARDENS 
DIRECTOR 

BROWN

TO RETIRE

Creepy clown threat 
shuts down two schools 

 Although police found 
no suspicious activity, they 
evacuated and searched 
Wilson Middle School, and 
had students sheltered in 
place at Willard Elementary 
School after a parent called 
police Thursday morning 
describing what their 
children said was a “creepy 
clown.”

 Police said there was 
no credible threat and 
both schools resumed their 
schedules. 

 Residents have been on 
edge this week after reports 
suggested the creepy clown 
pranksters were threatening 
online to show up in local 
communities, including 
Pasadena. 


NASA’s Curiosity Rover 
Begins Next Mars Chapter

 
After collecting drilled rock 
powder in arguably the most 
scenic landscape yet visited by a 
Mars rover, NASA’s announced 
Monday that Curiosity mobile 
laboratory is driving toward 
uphill destinations as part of 
its two-year mission extension 
that began last week.

 The destinations include a ridge 
capped with material rich in the 
iron-oxide mineral hematite, 
about a mile-and-a-half (two-
and-a-half kilometers) ahead, 
and an exposure of clay-rich 
bedrock beyond that.

 These are key exploration 
sites on lower Mount Sharp, 
which is a layered, Mount-
Rainier-size mound where 
Curiosity is investigating 
evidence of ancient, water-rich 
environments that contrast 
with the harsh, dry conditions 
on the surface of Mars today. 

 “We continue to reach higher 
and younger layers on Mount 
Sharp,” said Curiosity Project 
Scientist Ashwin Vasavada, 
of NASA’s Jet Propulsion 
Laboratory, Pasadena, 
California. “Even after four 
years of exploring near and on 
the mountain, it still has the 
potential to completely surprise 
us.”

 Hundreds of photos Curiosity 
took in recent weeks amid a 
cluster of mesas and buttes 
of diverse shapes are fresh 
highlights among the more 
than 180,000 images the rover 
has taken since landing on Mars 
in August 2012. Newly available 
vistas include the rover’s latest 
self-portrait from the color 
camera at the end of its arm and 
a scenic panorama from the 
color camera at the top of the 
mast.

 “Bidding good-bye to ‘Murray 
Buttes,’ Curiosity’s assignment 
is the ongoing study of ancient 
habitability and the potential 
for life,” said Curiosity 
Program Scientist Michael 
Meyer at NASA Headquarters, 
Washington. “This mission, as it 
explores the succession of rock 
layers, is reading the ‘pages’ of 
Martian history -- changing 
our understanding of Mars and 
how the planet has evolved. 
Curiosity has been and will be 
a cornerstone in our plans for 
future missions.”

 For more information about 
Curiosity, visit:mars.jpl.nasa.
gov/msl.

 Long-time Descanso 
Gardens Executive Director 
David Brown announced 
Thursday his plans to retire 
in the coming year. He has 
served since 2005 as executive 
director of the member-
supported botanic garden in 
La Cañada Flintridge, which 
is owned by the County of 
Los Angeles and managed by 
the Descanso Gardens Guild, 
Inc., a nonprofit organization 
formed in 1957.

 The Descanso Gardens Guild 
Inc. board of trustees has 
formed a transition committee 
to coordinate the national 
search for his successor.

 “As the board of trustees 
conducts the search for my 
successor, I plan to be as 
busy as ever as we debut our 
new seasonal production, 
‘Enchanted: Forest of 
Light,’ celebrate the 50th 
anniversary of our Japanese 
Garden, continue with the 
many and fascinating aspects 
of our conservation and 
sustainability mission, and 
help forward the Gardens’ 
strategic agenda,” he said. “I’m 
very proud of our senior team 
and know they will take good 
care of Descanso’s day-to-day 
urgencies as well as the long-
term course we’ve set upon.”

 Reflecting on his tenure at 
Descanso Gardens, he said, 
“It’s been a sheer pleasure. It 
is truly a lovely and much-
loved place: I’ve probably 
been told a thousand times 
what a beautiful ‘office’ I have 
to work in! Equally lovely has 
been the generous community 
and philanthropic support 
we’ve received as we guided 
Descanso into some new and 
important directions over the 
past decade.”

 Brown’s last day as Descanso 
Gardens director will be 
August 31.

Public Survey, Input Sought, on 
Arroyo Seco New Signs

Inside this week: 



 The public has until 
October 21 to participate in 
a survey to share thoughts 
and provide input about 
proposed park signs for the 
Arroyo Seco as part of the 
City’s Department of Public 
Works —the goal to create 
a comprehensive master 
sign plan for the immensely 
popular recreational area.

 The plan will cover all three 
main areas of Pasadena’s 
Arroyo Seco, including the 
Hahamongna Watershed 
Park (Upper Arroyo); the 
Central Arroyo Seco, and 
the Lower Arroyo Seco. The 
master sign program will 
help define consistent logos 
and graphic styles, sign 
materials and locations. A 
variety of signs will be used 
to help identify facilities 
and features, highlight 
directions and trails, be 
informative or interpretive 
and include regulations.

 The results of the brief 
survey will be used to 
help develop the sign 
component of the overall 
Arroyo Seco Master Plan. 
To participate in the 
survey, please visit bit.ly/
arroyosecosurvey. The 
link will be active through 
Oct. 21. Or go online to 
cityofpasadena.net/Arroyo 
Seco Master Sign Plan for 
more information. Or, 
contact Mr. Loren Pluth, 
Project Manager, Parks 
and Landscape, Public 
Works Department, (626) 
744-7329 or lpluth@
cityofpasadena.net.

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Democratic Headquarters

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There’s still a campaign 
going on, and the United 
Democratic Headquarters 
is the place to be to discuss 
issues and topics pertinent 
to Southern California.

Sunday Night Forum 
is: The Legal Assault on 
the Voting Rights Act. J. 
Morgan Kousser, Professor 
of History, Caltech will be 
leading the discussion. The 
discussion starts at 4pm. 
Admission is free. We’ll 
have refreshments. Seating 
is limited, so come early to 
grab one of our 100 chairs. 
The event goes 4pm - 5pm.

At 6 p.m. everyone is 
welcome for the watching 
party for the second 
Presidential Debate. For 
this event, there will be at 
least t least 200 chairs, and 
three screens showing the 
action. 

Both events will take place 
at United Democratic 
Headquarters 400 S Lake 
Ave.

Voting Rights Act 
Discussion

Followed by Second 
Presidential Debate 
Watching Party

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