Monrovia vs. San Dimas This Friday | LifeChurch Celebration | Monrovia Stats

~ Tomorrow, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m., Monrovia plays San Dimas at Monrovia High in football.

~ LifeChurch of Monrovia, which meets in the Mary Wilcox Center, is sponsoring a Safe and Healthy Community Celebration Sept. 21 at Pamela Park at 2236 Goodall Ave., in Duarte: lunch activities for children, live entertainment, giveaways, etc.

~ Stats from the census on Monrovia. http://goo.gl/NxB6kk

- Brad Haugaard

Mayflower Closing for Railroad Construction

Mayflower Avenue will be closed between Evergreen Avenue and Duarte Road from Sept. 26 through early December while crews build grade crossing improvements for the Gold Line.

  

There will be a detour route and a free pedestrian shuttle service during daytime hours. Shuttle stops will be on either side of the tracks and signage will be posted with the hours of operation.

 

All businesses will remain open and accessible during construction.

 

Construction schedules are subject to change.

 

Source: press release

 

- Brad Haugaard

Assemblymember Chris Holden to Give State of the State Talk

Assemblymember Chris Holden, who represents Monrovia, will present his "State of the State" address to the Sierra Madre City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 6:30 pm.

He will review the state budget, prison overcrowding, affordable healthcare, education, and his bills promoting job growth.

Source: Holden press release

- Brad Haugaard

Pedestrian Goes Through Windshield of Car

Details on today's accident at Huntington and Magnolia. Three people injured and taken to the hospital. A pedestrian went throught the windshield of a car. http://goo.gl/dLVrfM

- Brad Haugaard

Suspect in Phone Threats Convicted Earlier of Bomb Threats

The man arrested on suspicion of making threatening calls to local schools (including Monrovia's Santa Fe Middle School) is the same man convicted of making bomb threats in Pasadena last year. http://goo.gl/VH7zir

- Brad Haugaard

Popeyes Chicken Remodeling

Popeyes Chicken, at the corner of Magnolia and Huntington, is being remodeled.

- Brad Haugaard

AeroVironment Competitor Goes Bankrupt

One of the competitors to Monrovia's AeroVironment, Ecotality, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It also made electric car chargers. http://goo.gl/3TWB2i

- Brad Haugaard

Injury Accident at Huntington and Magnolia

Monrovia Police report a "bad traffic accident with injuries" at Magnolia and Huntington. Use another route.

- Brad Haugaard

CIBA to Build Industrial Condos on Magnolia

The Successor Agency to the Monrovia Redevelopment Agency (the City Council wearing a different hat) agreed tonight to let CIBA Real Estate build 10 industrial condos compromising roughly 16,000 square feet and 40 parking spaces at 820 South Magnolia Ave., a few blocks north of Huntington.

- Brad Haugaard

Looking for Missing Man, Former Monrovian

A group called 'Team Robert' is searching for the whereabouts of a Placentia man, Robert Harrod, who used to live in Monrovia. He has been missing since 2009, when he was 81 years old. Placentia Police suspect foul play. If you have any information, call Det. David Radomski, Placentia Police, 714 993-8176. CBS report: http://goo.gl/KPJ8Ev . Search web page: http://goo.gl/SNNdrw

- Brad Haugaard

Parry Suggests Lockers for Homeless | Monrovia Allows Electronic Price Signs for Service Stations

At tonight's Monovia City Council meeting ...

~ Former City Council candidate Robert Parry suggested a tough love approach to homeless people in Library and Recreation Parks. The tough part would be legal injunctions requiring those who commit crimes to stay away. The love part would be for the city to work with churches and civic organizations to provide lockers (like school lockers) for homeless people to keep their stuff in. One homeless man, Parry said, told him that he had to watch all his possessions constantly just to prevent them from being stolen. Comment: Lockers ... hmm. Interesting, affordable and simple idea. Worth considering.

~ The council ammended the city code to allow service stations to have electronic fuel price signs.

- Brad Haugaard

Francis Delach Will Be Interim City Manager for Monrovia

At its meeting tonight, the Monrovia City Council named Francis Delach, former Azusa City Manager, to be its interim city manager during the search to replace current City Manager, Laurie Lile, who is retiring. Here is Delach's LinkedIn page: http://goo.gl/WnxynN

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Wants Your Opinion on Housing

Monrovia wants your opinion on the city's housing needs, as part of its general plan, so it is asking residents for their opinions through a quick nine-question survey, here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ZCHXPL9

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovian Arrested in Threatening Calls to Schools, Hospitals

UPDATE 2: Earlier this year a Monrovia man by the same name, Gerardo Cortez, identified at the time as being 25 years old, pleaded no contest to one count of making a false bomb report. http://goo.gl/FM7LQ3

UPDATE: Arrested man is Geraldo Cortez, 26, of Monrovia. http://local.nixle.com/alert/5064134/

KNX Newsradio reports that a Monrovia man has been arrested in connection with threatening calls that shut down local schools - including Monrovia's Santa Fe Middle School - and hospitals. http://goo.gl/RXky2f

- Brad Haugaard

Williams Launches Monrovia School Board Campaign | Fitness Challenge | Flags Half Staff | Ralphs Cards

~ Terrence Williams, candidate for the Monrovia School Board, has launched his campaign and has a webpage with his campaign statement: http://williams4monrovia.com/

~ The Foothill Fitness Challenge, sponsored by City of Hope, pits Monrovia and other foothills communities against each other in a friendly competition to see which city can be most fit. http://goo.gl/WrGArX

~ Monrovia flags at half staff in memory of those killed at the Washington Navy Yard. http://goo.gl/WO1MSA

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Police: Wheelchair Suspect Arrested From Bus; Threatening Mom; Stabbing Attack; Etc.

[Monrovia Police activities from the Police Department's Neighborhood Watch Report for Sept. 12–15 . - Brad Haugaard]

Following are the weekend's highlighted issues and events.

Warrant Arrest – Suspect Arrested

September 13 at 5:29 p.m., officers observed a known gang member in the 200 block of East Lime. A computer check revealed he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest for criminal threats. Officers immediately arrested the suspect and took him into custody for the warrant.

Warrant / Possession of a Controlled Substance – Suspect Arrested

September 14 at 3:05 a.m., an officer on patrol conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation. During the course of the traffic stop, the officer discovered one of the occupants had a no-bail warrant for possession of a controlled substance. The subject was arrested and taken into custody. The warrant was out of Downey Police Department and they responded and took custody of the suspect.

Disturbing Subject / Warrant ­– Suspect Arrested

September 14 at 1:19 p.m., the driver of a Foothill Transit bus called police because a male subject in a wheelchair was causing a disturbance on the bus. He was yelling at customers and the bus driver. He refused to get off the bus when the bus stopped at Mayflower and Huntington and he was asked to exit. An officer arrived and convinced the subject to exit the bus. A computer check was run on the subject, which revealed the he had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. The officer arrested the subject for the warrant and took him into custody.

Warrant Arrest – Suspect Arrested

September 14 at 2:00 p.m., an officer on patrol in the 200 block of Madeline contacted a subject walking near Norumbega and Greystone. A computer check revealed the subject had a warrant for his arrest for theft and drugs. The officer arrested him for the warrant.

Criminal Threats – Suspect Arrested

September 14 at 8:26 p.m., the sister of a subject called police to report that her brother was threatening their mother. Officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of East Olive, where the suspect lives with his mother. Through investigation, the officer determined the son had made a criminal threat against his mother. He was arrested for the crime and taken into custody.

Assault with a Deadly Weapon – Suspect Arrested

September 14 at 11:16 p.m., police received a call reporting a woman screaming and a possible fight at a residence in the 200 block of South Magnolia. The first officer on scene reported a stabbing victim and the suspect possibly still in the area. Additional officers responded to assist. The Arcadia Police Department provided several officers to help with containment of the area and the Foothill Air Support Team helicopter also responded.

After the description of the suspect was broadcast, officers in the field located and detained the suspect in the 200 block of West Palm. Monrovia Fire Department paramedics responded to treat the victims. Three victims were located at the scene. The primary victim sustained a laceration to the abdomen and a surface laceration to the neck. The wife of the primary victim sustained a surface laceration on her left upper arm. The third victim, a male relative, sustained two surface lacerations, one in the arm and one behind the neck. The primary victim was taken to a hospital for treatment. The suspect was also taken to a hospital for injuries he sustained during the fight with the victim. None of the injuries were life threatening. After the suspect was cleared by the hospital, he was taken into custody and charged for assault with a deadly weapon.

Grand Theft

September 15 at 9:46 a.m., a grand theft was reported at a business in the 1300 block of South Myrtle. The victim took his car to the business for repairs. Just after midnight, the suspect entered the business parking lot in a white Suburban. The suspect exited his vehicle and approached the victim's vehicle on the lot. He removed and took all of the tires and wheels. The investigation is continuing.

Gang Injunctions vs Gangs in Monrovia | City Manager on Homelessness

~ A look at the effectiveness of Monrovia's gang injunction against the Nuevo Varrio Gang and the Duroc Crips gangs. http://goo.gl/Ad7yoy

~ Monrovia City Manager Laurie Lile responds to Robert Parry's article about homeless people in Library Park. http://goo.gl/26FbFP

- Brad Haugaard

Old Cars in Old Monrovia

The old car show is still going on in old town. Some beautiful cars.

-Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Football Victory Over Arcadia

Monrovia over Arcadia in football - 49 to 7. Full story: http://goo.gl/J963Vy

- Brad Haugaard

Lunch at Meridian Grill

Lunch at Meridian Grill. Mediterranean cuisine. Got the chicken shawarma ($12) and a beer ($6). This is the former Planet Cookies at Myrtle and Lime.  The inside has been totally redone. Very elegant - white tablecloths. Nice. 

- Brad Haugaard