Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, May 18, 2019

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ALTADENA - SOUTH PASADENA - SAN MARINO

Mountain View News Saturday, May 18, 2019 

PASADENA CITY MEETINGS

Regular City Council Meeting

ALTADENA CRIME BLOTTER

Sunday, April 28th

12:48 AM – A petty theft from 
an unlocked vehicle occurred 
in the 300 block of W. Palm 
Street. Stolen: black cellphone.

10:00 AM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the 3100 block 
of Lake Avenue. Suspect(s) 
entered the vehicle by 
shattering the window. Stolen: 
gray backpack containing ladies 
clothing.

1:00 PM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the area of Lake 
Avenue and Loma Alta Drive. 
Suspect(s) entered the vehicle 
by shattering the window. 
Stolen: black purse, burgundy 
wallet, credit cards and other 
personal documents. 

Monday, April 29th

9:48 PM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the 2700 block of 
Marengo Avenue. Suspect(s) 
entered the vehicle by prying 
the door lock. Stolen: 
unknown.

Tuesday, April 30th

9:00 AM – A vehicle vandalism 
occurred in the 3300 block of 
Rubio Crest Drive. Vehicle 
damage: shattered front and 
rear windshields. 

11:30 AM – A vehicle vandalism 
occurred in the 3100 block of 
Glenrose Avenue. Suspect was 
taken into custody. 

2:00 PM – A battery occurred 
in the 3100 block of Glenrose 
Avenue. Suspect was taken into 
custody.

Wednesday, May 1st

11:00 PM – Darin Robledo, 
57 years old of Altadena was 
arrested in the area of Altadena 
Drive and Fair Oaks Avenue 
for possession of a controlled 
substance

Thursday, May 2nd

4:00 PM – A petty theft from 
an unlocked vehicle occurred 
in the 3200 block of N. Olive 
Avenue. Stolen: credit cards 
and currency.

4:23 PM – Jacob Calderon, 37 
years old of Cathedral City was 
arrested in the area of El Sereno 
Avenue and Woodbury Road 
for drunk in public.

Saturday, May 4th

7:20 AM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the area of Loma 
Alta Drive and Monterose 
Drive. Suspect(s) entered 
the vehicle by shattering the 
window. Stolen: beige cloth bag 
and blue towel. 

8:30 AM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the area of Mount 
Curve Avenue and Marengo 
Avenue. Suspect(s) entered 
the vehicle by shattering the 
window. Stolen: black Michael 
Kors purse, black wallet, credit 
cards, iPhone 6, passports, and 
other personal documents.

5:15 PM – A commercial 
burglary occurred in the 2300 
block of Lincoln Avenue. 
Suspect(s) entered the location 
by shattering the front glass 
door. Stolen: currency.

6:00 PM - A petty theft 
occurred in the 300 block of 
Crosby Street. Stolen: white 
Schwinn cruiser bike.

Sunday, May 5th 

3:15 AM – A battery occurred 
in the 3300 block of Laurice 
Avenue. Suspect was taken into 
custody. 

7:12 AM – A vehicle was 
reported stolen from the 400 
block of W. Poppyfields Drive. 
Vehicle was recovered by LASD 
Altadena in the area of Dabney 
Avenue. 

9:55 AM – Oddis Cole, 63 years 
old of Altadena was arrested in 
the 700 block of E. Altadena 
Drive for possession of a 
controlled substance. 

Tuesday, May 7th 

10:30 AM – A battery occurred 
in the 3100 block of Glenrose 
Avenue. Suspect has been 
identified. 

Wednesday, May 8th 

7:10 PM – A battery occurred 
in the 1500 block of Marengo 
Avenue. Suspect has been 
identified. 

Thursday, May 9th 

6:30 AM – A residential 
burglary occurred in the 3100 
block of Lincoln Avenue. 
Suspect(s) entered the residence 
by tearing the window screen. 
Loss: silver MacBook Pro and 
white Apple charger. 

6:45 PM – A vehicle burglary 
occurred in the 1300 block of 
E. Loma Alta Drive. Suspect(s) 
entered the vehicle via 
unknown means. Stolen: silver 
Lenovo laptop, black briefcase, 
keys, black cellphone charger, 
and a black/white lunch bag. 

Friday, May 10th 

12:00 AM – A petty theft from 
an unlocked vehicle occurred 
in the 2900 block of Santa Rosa 
Avenue. Stolen: brown wallet, 
blue bag, and currency. 

12:00 PM – A grand theft 
occurred in the 1700 block of 
N. Holliston Avenue. Stolen: 
heart pendant and various gold 
jewelry items. 

3:10 PM – A battery occurred 
in the 2100 block of N. Lake 
Avenue. Suspect has been 
identified. 

3:30 PM – An attempt 
residential burglary occurred 
in the 2200 block of Midlothian 
Drive. Suspect(s) attempted 
to enter the residence by 
shattering a window. 

4:45 PM – A domestic violence 
incident occurred in the 3300 
block of Dabney Avenue. 
Suspect was taken into custody. 

Saturday, May 11th 

11:30 PM – An assault with 
a deadly weapon occurred in 
the 2900 block of Bargen Way. 
Suspect was taken into custody.

 

NEXT CITY COUNCIL MONDAY MAY 20

Public Meeting 6:30 P.M. 

Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall

100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (Chair Victor Gordo, Tyron Hampton, Steve Madison, Andy 
Wilson) 

Meets May 21, at 5:30 p.m. Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S245/S246 (Council Conference Room, 2nd Floor)

FINANCE COMMITTEE (Chair Mayor Terry Tornek, Victor Gordo, John J. Kennedy, Margaret McAustin)

May 20 (Special Joint City Council/Finance Committee Meeting to commence at 2:30 p.m.)., 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (City 
Hall Council Chamber, 2nd floor)

LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE (Chair Terry Tornek, Steve Madison, Gene Masuda)

Meets May 28 at 6:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S245/S246 (Council Conference Room, 2nd Floor)

MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE (Chair Margaret McAustin, Tyron Hampton, Terry Tornek, Andy Wilson)

Meets June 11 at 4:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (Council Chamber, 2nd Floor)'

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE (Chair John J. Kennedy, Tyron Hampton, Steve Madison, Gene Masuda) 

Meets June 19 at 6 p.m. Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (Council Chamber, 2nd Floor)

SOUTH PASADENA CITY 
MEETINGS

Regular City Council Meeting

Next meeting June 5

Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday 
of the month, at 7:30 p.m., in the Amedee O. “Dick” 
Richards, Jr., Council Chambers, located at 1424 Mission 
Street. 

Freeway and Transportation Commission

Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

City Manager's Conference Room, Second Floor of City 
Hall, 1414 Mission Street

Staff Liaison: Margaret Lin, Manager of Long Range 
Planning and Economic Development

Phone: (626) 403-7236

Fourth of July / Festival of Balloons Committee

Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Amedee O. "Dick" Richards, Jr. Council Chamber

1424 Mission Street

Staff Liaison: Anthony Kim, Community Services 
Coordinator

Phone: (626) 403-7382

New Productions Announced 
at the Pasadena Playhouse

 


 Pasadena Playhouse 
Producing Artistic Director 
Danny Feldman announces 
four main stage productions 
for 2019/2020 including 
new productions of favorite 
musicals – Little Shop of 
Horrors with book and lyrics by 
Howard Ashman and music by 
Alan Menken, directed by Mike 
Donahue, and Irving Berlin’s 
Annie Get Your Gun with book 
by Herbert and Dorothy Fields, 
directed by Sarna Lapine 
– and two plays – the Los 
Angeles premiere of Lauren 
Yee’s The Great Leap directed 
by BD Wong, a co-production 
with East West Players, and 
Alfred Molina starring in 
the critically acclaimed West 
End and Broadway hit The 
Father by Florian Zeller and 
directed by Jessica Kubzansky. 
One more production and 
additional programming will 
be announced at a later date.

 Producing Artistic Director 
Danny Feldman said, “These 
four exciting shows are a great 
reason to put down your phone, 
get off the couch, and head to 
the Playhouse. We’ve got two 
classic musicals with some of 
the best songs ever written for 
the theater, stunningly reborn 
and giving our audiences the 
chance to experience them in 
thrilling new ways. Add to that 
two extraordinary new dramas 
brought to the stage by two 
world-class artists, BD Wong 
and Alfred Molina. Our new 
lineup will take audiences on a 
bold theatrical adventure they 
won’t soon forget.”

 The two musicals are from 
different eras – Little Shop 
of Horrors (September 17 to 
October 13) is the 1980s R&B 
megahit while Annie Get Your 
Gun (Spring 2020) is a return 
to the Golden Age of Broadway. 
Both productions take a fresh 
new perspective to the classic 
musicals.

 The Playhouse Membership 
Program, a new model of theater 
subscription, is the best way 
to see all season productions 
and experience everything 
the theater has to offer while 
supporting the theater and our 
outreach programs. With a 
Membership to the Playhouse, 
patrons simply purchase their 
package, then book their tickets 
throughout the year before 
they go on sale to the general 
public. They can choose when 
they want to attend and where 
they want to sit, and never be 
charged for tickets to season 
productions!

 A Playhouse membership 
includes:

Free tickets to all season 
productions

Access to the best seats in the 
house

The freedom to attend any 
performance

Savings of up to 50% over 
purchasing individual tickets

Tax deductibility at higher 
levels

 For a full list of benefits 
and to see how it works, visit 
pasadenaplayhouse.org/
membership, or call 626-356-
7529.

Multi-media Event to Honor 
‘No on 710’ Freeway Fighters

 
A free public event to 
honor the aptly nicknamed 
“Freeway Fighters,” will 
be presented in the South 
Pasadena Public Library 
Community Room at 7 p.m. 
on Friday, June 7. The event 
will feature the screening of 
about ten “digital stories” 
made by local residents. 
In them they tell their 
personal stories about their 
vital involvement in the 70-
year resistance movement 
to protect South Pasadena 
from the 4.5 mile Because 
of the Freeway Fighters’ 
dedication and tenacity, still 
no freeway runs through it.

 The Freeway Fighters, once 
called Citizens United to Save 
South Pasadena (CUSP), are 
a multi-generational band 
of South Pasadena residents 
(some now gone) who have 
waged their tireless “David 
vs. Goliath” efforts to keep 
the 710 out, no matter if it’s 
above ground or in a tunnel. 
They argued that the 710 
extension, linking Interstate 
10 and Interstate 210, would 
carry more than 100,000 
vehicles a day –many of 
them trucks—and destroy 
much of one of the most 
picturesque enclaves in LA 
County, while wiping out 
1,500 homes, 10 historical 
properties, and 7,000 trees. 
They also countered that 
the overall cost could add 
up to billions of dollars and 
drastically reduce the quality 
of life and air. Interstate 
710 Freeway interchange 
that threatened to carve 
through its midsection. 
South Pasadena is situated 
in the middle of several 
major transportation 
corridors between the major 
metropolises of Pasadena 
and Los Angeles.

 A partial list of prominent 
early “Freeway Fighters” 
includes John J. McCrory, 
Henry Dreyfuss, Thelma 
Clark, Ted Shaw, Bob and 
Bea Siev, Dorothy Cohen, 
Elizabeth Madley, Harry & 
Clarice Knapp, Amedee O. 
“Dick” Richards, Waynna 
Kato, Jess Reynolds, Joanne 
Nuckols, Sam Knowles, 
Anita and Diana Stoney, 
David Margrave, Jane 
Matyas, Bill & Mary Lee 
Harker, Jannie Kwok, Mary 
Ann Parada and “Fearless 
Leader” Alvalee Arnold. 
There are many, many others 
deserving credit for the still-
continuing advocacy work 
during the duration of the 
not-yet-ended dispute.

 The Library event will 
feature opening remarks by 
Mayor Marina Khubesrian, 
MD and Councilmember 
Richard D. Schneider, MD, 
who both have played 
important roles in the 
movement. It will also feature 
songs written and performed 
by singer/songwriter Brad 
Colerick, whose latest 
album “Nine-Ten-Thirty” 
is named after the city’s zip 
code, and a relevant poem 
read by South Pasadena 
Poet Laureate Ron Koertge. 
Author and Journalist Chip 
Jacobs, who has written 
about the Freeway Fight for 
the Los Angeles Times and 
the Pasadena Weekly will 
offer a brief overview of the 
longstanding struggle, as 
well as author and Journalist 
Frank Girardot, who 
previously served as Editor 
of the Pasadena Star-News.

 The Library event’s digital 
storytellers participated 
in a 2-day ‘California 
Listens’ Digital Storytelling 
Workshop last summer. The 
workshop, made possible by 
a grant from the California 
State Library, was attended 
by Freeway Fighters who 
developed their uniquely 
personal 2 to 4 minute 
productions that utilize 
video, music, narration, 
and photos. The videos they 
created will become part of a 
statewide archive of stories 
about various aspects of life 
in the Golden State. They 
will also be made available 
later via the Library’s 
homepage on the City of 
South Pasadena website.

 The Community Room is 
located at 1115 El Centro 
Street and no tickets or 
reservations are necessary. 
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. 
and seating is limited.

South Pas Film Screening: 
To Climb a Gold Mountain

 The Library, the South 
Pasadena Chinese-American 
Club (SPCC) and the Friends 
of the South Pasadena 
Library are pleased to present 
a screening of the award-
winning documentary To 
Climb A Gold Mountain: 
A Portrait of Struggle and 
Triumph in honor of Asian/
Pacific American Heritage 
Month. 

 Thursday, May 30, 7:00 p.m. 
in the Library Community 
Room

 Free and open to the public. 
Refreshments provided by the 
Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library Hospitality 
Committee.

 The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director.

 Director Alex Azmi’s moving documentary tells the stories 
of four women of Asian descent who lived in America from 
the 1850s to the

present day. The women came from different backgrounds 
and lived dramatically different lives. Some of the women 
featured in the film, like Anna May Wong, have reached 
success and fame. Still others, like Sing Ye, who lived in the 
1800s and fought for freedom, are all but forgotten. Each 
woman’s story represents a distinct theme of struggle and 
triumph, and ushers in the succeeding story. Through these 
stories, the film tracks the progression, evolution and legacy 
of immigrants in this country as they integrate into the 
fabric of America.

 Alex Azmi is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker. He is 
interested in documentaries and films that deal with social 
and human issues in the United States and around the 
world. His latest work, “the MAN and Machine”, which is 
in development, explores the forces behind advancements 
in technology and their impact on society. Alex won the 
International Humanitarian Platinum Award with co-
director Rebecca Hu at the 2017 World Humanitarian 
Awards and the film has been recognized at festivals around 
the world.

 Upon request made no later than four (4) business 
days before the event, the City will provide a reasonable 
accommodation for a qualified person with a disability 
to have equal access to the event. Please contact ADA 
Coordinator and Human Resources Manager, Mariam Lee 
Ko, at (626) 403-7312 or at southpasadenaca.gov.


Chu Commemorates 
150th Anniversary of the 
Transcontinental Railroad

 
May 10 marked the 150th Anniversary of the completion 
of the First Transcontinental Railroad, which linked the 
continental United States 
from coast to coast and 
ushered in a new era of 
American prosperity. 

The completion of the 
railroad would not have 
been possible without 
the labor of over 12,000 
Chinese railroad workers 
who helped to build 
this engineering marvel 
even in the face of great 
adversity and racial 
discrimination. Members 
of the Congressional 
Asian Pacific American 
Caucus (CAPAC) hosted 
an event at the Library 
of Congress to honor the 
contributions these workers. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27), chair 
of CAPAC, issued the following statement:

 “150 years ago, the completion of the Transcontinental 
Railroad marked an inflection point in history that forever 
changed our nation. It brought tremendous change and 
growth to the United States by bridging our coasts and 
facilitating greater economic development and prosperity. 
But this engineering feat would not have possible without 
the invaluable contributions of the 12,000 Chinese labors 
who made up over 80 percent of Central Pacific Railroad 
workforce. 

They endured treacherous conditions and faced intense racial 
discrimination, yet their stories are often overlooked in U.S. 
history books. That’s why I was so pleased to host an event 
at the Library of Congress to highlight the contributions of 
these Chinese laborers and to honor their role in shaping 
American history. 150 years after the completion of the 
Transcontinental Railroad, it is more important now than 
ever that we continue to tell their stories and ensure these 
pioneers get the recognition they deserve.”

Contributions of Chinese Railroad Workers


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