Recreation Department Classes | Monrovia High Exit Exams | Businesses We Want
~ If you are dying to learn Zumba, or any of dozens of other useful skills, Monrovia Recreation Division has classes for all ages. Here's the newest list: http://goo.gl/w9WWp . And here is a sign-up form: http://goo.gl/gb6Eg ~ How Monrovia High did on High School Exit exams. Short answer: better. http://goo.gl/1AgWy ~ Here are the businesses people want in Monrovia. Number one: a bookstore. Lotsa luck with that. I think bookstores are, sadly, going the way of newspapers. http://goo.gl/wpo8b - Brad Haugaard
Portantino Gets Audit of High Repair Bills
At the request of Assembly member Anthony Portantino, who represents part of Monrovia, the state's Joint Legislative Audit Committee today agreed to investigate charges of overcharging for repair work in state-owned properties along the 710 Freeway corridor. Portantino requested the audit into how Caltrans has managed state properties along the 710 Freeway right-of-way in the Pasadena area, after the LA Times reported finding roof repairs costing “four to five times what most homeowners could expect to pay for a new roof”.
- Brad Haugaard (from Portantino press release)
Monrovia Hillsides Presentation | MHS Auditorium
~ Presentation on Draft Environmental Impact for Monrovia hillsides. http://goo.gl/Yyb0L
~ I hear that the revamped Monrovia High School auditorium is opening this Friday and that it is "beautiful."
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Canyon Rattlers
Sacramento Acts Against Possible Gold Line Lawsuit
The Gold Line is getting support from Sacramento in its battle with a Monrovia property owner, with legislators introducing legislation to permit local city council members to sit on the Gold Line board, and also by appealing to the state Attorney General not to allow the property owner's lawsuit to proceed. Habib Balian, of the Gold Line, writes:
"As many of you know, legislators representing the corridor are supporting legislation in Sacramento to respond to technical challenges being made by a local property owner trying to slow down or stop the project. The allegations he makes relate to the issue of 'incompatible offices,' suggesting that local officials have a conflict of interest by serving on the Gold Line Board. However, as Assemblywoman Torres points out in the article 'The best qualified folks to sit on these types of boards are the ones who sit on local city councils.' This LA Times article outlines the issue and the work led by Assemblywoman Norma Torres and Senators Hernandez and Huff."
- Brad Haugaard
Henry's to Become Sprouts
Henry's Farmers Market, on Huntington, is switching its name to Sprouts Farmers Market, as part of a merger between Henry's and Sprouts. http://goo.gl/FrmZv - Brad Haugaard
Ramirez in Monrovia Football Lineup
De'Shawn Ramirez back in lineup for Wildcats football. http://goo.gl/4bDcL - Brad Haugaard
Monrovia FD Uses Jaws of Life | Have a Home Escape Plan
~ Monrovia Fire Department responded to 95 emergency calls from 8 a.m. August 9 to 8 a.m. August 16, 2011, including an early Sunday morning collision in which firefighters used the Jaws of Life to rescue a female from a vehicle. She suffered a broken leg and was transported to a trauma center in stable condition. http://goo.gl/4EBty
~ Also, the Monrovia FD recommends creating a home escape plan. Scroll down a bit to see the instructions on making one: http://goo.gl/4EBty
- Brad Haugaard
Mayor on How Monrovia is Helping Air Quality
Video of Monrovia Mayor Mary Ann Lutz being interviewed by the Air Quality Management District's "On the Air" program, discussing how Monrovia is helping improve local air quality. http://goo.gl/pBr8g - Brad Haugaard
Popular Pastor to Start Church in Monrovia
Albert Tate, a popular pastor at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, is starting a new church in Monrovia that will hold its first service Jan. 15, 2012. Tate is dividing his time between serving at Lake Avenue Church (the large church at Lake Avenue and the 210 Freeway) and this new venture. He is looking for a building in Monrovia and will spend several months in New York, where he will study how to start churches.
Tate is known for his humorous and congregation-involving style. A sermon clip ( http://goo.gl/bT7UO ) and a one-on-one chat ( http://goo.gl/HEP34 ).
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovian Killed
Monrovian killed in North Hollywood shooting. http://goo.gl/FsQ56
UPDATE: Police searching for gunmen. http://goo.gl/1Wy2w
- Brad HaugaardStar-News Editorial Page
For the second Saturday in a row, the paper Star-News (which covers Monrovia) has not had an editorial page. Last Saturday I thought maybe it was just an emergency problem fitting it in to the paper - though I had never seen it missing in decades - but now, twice in a row, I think maybe it is going away on Saturdays. Too bad.
- Brad Haugaard
Construction at Old Spire's Site
- Brad Haugaard
Lunch at Chili's
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia Quarterback | More Portantino | And Now Donnelly, Too
~ Monrovia High quarterback: http://goo.gl/IqWpj
~ Portantino vs. Perez - columnist says it's about Congress: http://goo.gl/0gFgZ
~ And now Assemblyman Tim Donnelly (who also represents part of Monrovia) and two other Republicans have released their full office budgets in defiance of Assembly leadership and in support of Democrat Portantino. [How about that - bipartisanship.] Donnelly said voters would be angry if they knew how the legislature spends its money. http://goo.gl/qxW58
- Brad HaugaardRedistricting the County | Should Monrovia Football Worry?
~ Three plans for redistricting for the County Board of Supervisors. http://goo.gl/5nk4p ~ Should Monrovia High football be worried about West Covina? http://goo.gl/06Ity - Brad Haugaard
Gold Line Art
If you are interested in public art at the Gold Line stations, here are two videos produced by the Gold Line folks that talk about it: http://goo.gl/e4bxu and http://goo.gl/qbhSD .
The first of these video says that the Gold Line spends half a percent of its $810 million budget on public art, or, a little over $4 million.
- Brad Haugaard
Foundations About to be Built for 210 Bridge
Work will soon begin on the foundations for the Gold Line bridge over the 210 near the eastbound Santa Anita Avenue offramp, including three 110-foot deep foundations, according to a press release from the Gold Line, which adds ...
"Over the coming months, intermittent partial and/or full freeway closures of the eastbound I-210 lanes will continue to occur, mostly from Midnight to 5:00 a.m. Traffic will be detoured along Foothill Boulevard.
"Avoid Traffic Delays: Register to receive construction alerts to your cell phone or e-mail at www.foothillextension.org."
- Brad Haugaard
Monrovia PD Gets Money to Reduce Alcohol-Related Problems
The Monrovia Police Department has been awarded a grant in the amount of $20,000 by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC). Representatives from the department attended an ABC training conference in Sacramento earlier this month.
The grant will allow the Monrovia Police Department to focus on providing education to ABC licensed establishments in their responsibilities as licensees. The department will also focus on enforcement of alcohol related offenses related to the licensed establishments. The police department will be conducting inspections of licensed establishments, as well as conducting enforcement operations to ensure the establishments are operating within the law.
The Monrovia Police Department has not received a grant from ABC in the past. The Monrovia Police Department hopes to establish lasting relationships with the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and with the licensed locations within the city.
Receiving an ABC grant for a city the size of Monrovia is significant because it will allow the Monrovia Police Department to focus on alcohol related offenses before they occur with a goal of reducing the number of alcohol related calls for service.
- Brad Haugaard (from Police Department press release)
Monrovia Detective Cases: Theft from Under Termite Tents, Molestation, Etc.
[Monrovia PD Detective Bureau Cases from the Police Department’s Neighborhood Watch Report for August 11-17- Brad Haugaard]
Identity Theft
On Tuesday, August 16, 2011, Monrovia detectives served a search warrant in the 200 block of West Palm on an identity theft suspect's apartment. Detectives found evidence linking the suspect to the crime. Monrovia detectives also found evidence of three additional identity theft victims. The suspect was arrested and the handling detective is continuing his investigation by contacting the three additional victims. This case will be presented to the District Attorney's office for filing considerations. The suspect will be facing a minimum of 10 identity theft allegations/charges. The investigation into the additional victims may produce even more allegations/charges of identity theft.
Residential Burglaries Committed While the Residences Were Tented and Being Treated for Termites
On Thursday, August 18, 2011, Monrovia detectives served a search warrant at a public storage facility in Arcadia in connection with two burglaries. The investigation led the handling detective to believe that one of the suspected burglars had a storage space at this storage facility. The search warrant allows the detectives to enter the storage space and to obtain information and records from the office regarding this space. This investigation is still ongoing.
Child Molestation / Suspect Convicted on August 16, 2011
The suspect was arrested on December 15, 2009, for child molestation. The suspect, a registered sex offender, allegedly, had repeatedly molested his live-in stepdaughter over an 8-year period, beginning when she was only 4 years of age.
The case was assigned to a detective for further investigation and the District Attorney's review. During the course of the detective's investigation, he was able to locate a previous victim of the suspect, an ex-girlfriend's daughter. She, too, was the victim of repeated sexual molestation by the suspect, which began when she was 6 years old. This case occurred in West Covina in 1995, while the suspect lived with the victim's mother.
Three felony charges were filed against the suspect for the Monrovia case by the Pasadena Superior Court and a jury trial began on August 10, 2011. On August 16, 2011, the case went to the jury, and in a short 60 minutes, they returned with a verdict: GUILTY on all counts. Each of the three counts holds a 25-year-to-life sentence, due to his prior felony sexual assault conviction.
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