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Police Report: Drunkenness, Theft, Assault on Husband & Vice Versa

[Monrovia Police activities from the Police Department's Neighborhood Watch Report for Feb. 16-23. - Brad Haugaard]
 
During the last seven day period, the Police Department handled 413 service events, resulting in 64 investigations.  Following are the last week's highlighted issues and events:
 
Domestic Violence - Suspect Arrested
February 25 at 12:40 a.m., officers responded to a family dispute in the 100 block of West Cherry between a husband and wife.  The wife was reportedly out of control and yelling, and she had been drinking.  When officers arrived, they witnessed the wife slap the husband in the face as she yelled at the officers to take her to jail.  The female was arrested, and later in jail, she began to repeat that she was going to kill herself.  She was taken to a hospital and held for a 72-hour mental evaluation.
 
Grand Theft Auto
February 25 at 2:45 p.m., an officer was dispatched to a business in the 1600 block of South Mountain regarding a stolen vehicle.  The victim parked, secured his vehicle and entered the store.  He returned a short time later and found his vehicle was missing.  The vehicle is a red, 1998 Nissan.  All keys are accounted for and there were no signs of forced entry, investigation continuing.
 
Fight / Drunk in Public - Suspects Arrested
February 26 at 1:49 a.m., a business in the 300 block of South Myrtle called reporting an intoxicated female hitting another female inside the location.  She then fled on foot in the rain to the back parking lot, where she drove off in a vehicle.  Officers searched the area for the suspect, but were unable to locate her; however, in the back parking lot, they located two gang members who were drunk in public, along with a female gang associate who was also drunk in public.  All three subjects were arrested without incident.
 
Hit & Run Collision / Grand Theft - Suspects Arrested
February 26 at 3:21 a.m., an intoxicated 21 year old male victim met a female at a bar in the 300 block of South Myrtle and allowed her to drive him home to Azusa.  Her male friend drove the victim's car, following them.  The female began to drive west on Huntington, but the victim told her to pull over and stop because he did not see the friend following them.  The female called her male friend and he eventually drove to their location.  The victim saw that his vehicle now had major collision damage and his stereo equipment and some property was missing from inside the vehicle.  The victim called police.  Officers located the missing property, which the male suspect had hidden nearby, and determined the collision occurred at Ivy and Huntington.  The suspects were arrested and the victim had his father drive him home.
 
Domestic Violence - Suspect Arrested
February 26 at 11:28 a.m., an officer responded to a residence in the 400 block of West Palm regarding a domestic violence call.  The male suspect had left the location prior to the officer's arrival.  The male suspect and female victim are husband and wife, but are separated.  The female was at her current boyfriend's house, when the husband entered the residence and assaulted her and broke up the furniture.  The suspect had fled the scene, but later turned himself in at the police station.

LeRoy's for Breakfast

LeRoy's on Huntington in Monrovia. Great traditional American breakfasts and lunches. They don't skimp on bacon! I had to take some home.




- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Baseball / Rich Fox

~ Monrovia High baseball, looking good. http://goo.gl/YXlU5
 
~ Actor and former LA Laker Rick Fox is coming to the Monrovia Living Spaces. http://goo.gl/6OUlH
 
- Brad Haugaard

Candidate Forum / Be in Parade / New Restaurant / Monvovia vs. State

~ Don't forget tomorrow is the Monrovia City Council Candidate Forum sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. It is from 7-8:30 p.m in the City Council chambers in the City Hall. http://goo.gl/G8F0K

~ If you are interested in being part of the Monrovia Day Parade, here's an application form: http://goo.gl/WdHGq

~ Out with Pioneer Point, in with Zen Buffet. http://goo.gl/UQ0KA

~ Monrovia makes move to prevent state from snagging more local money. http://goo.gl/tRnog

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia's STAAR Surgical Does Better

STAAR Surgical of Monrovia reported today that 2010 was a better year than 2009. For 2010 the company reported a loss from continuing operations of $4.1 million ($0.12 per share), 40 percent better than the $6.9 million loss ($0.21 per share) from continuing operations in 2009. More here: http://goo.gl/a2R4t
 
- Brad Haugaard

School Board Member in Crash; Then Her Children in Triathlon

Monrovia School Board member Clare Chesley and her children, Emory and Fiona, were in an automobile accident last Saturday on the 605 Freeway. The accident totaled the car, belonging to a friend, but nobody was hurt.
Clare said they were on their way to a triathlon, "Race on the Base" in Los Alamitos (a 5k run, 12-mile bike ride and 200-meter swim) when the accident occurred, but with the help of another friend, who picked them up, they arrived 20 minutes before the race.

Clare said Fiona came in first in her category with a time of 1:32:00, five minutes ahead of the second-place girl, and Emory came in in the middle of a "very competitive pack" with a race time of 1:26:52. And, she said, they had to borrow bikes (theirs were destroyed on the freeway) and Emory had to borrow running shoes as his were lost in the crash.
- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Roadwork Schedule


A big road-resurfacing project will begin along Huntington Drive and Duarte Road on Wednesday, March 16. After prep work, construction will start the week of March 21 and will last until the end of this June.
On West Huntington Drive, the project area will be from Fifth Avenue east to Magnolia Avenue.  On East Huntington Drive, it will go from Shamrock Avenue east to the City limit. On Duarte Road, it will be from Encino Avenue east to Magnolia Avenue. 
During construction periods, traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction in work areas.  Expect detours and delays.
For questions or concerns, write to this project email address (pwcomments@ci.monrovia.ca.us) or call the project hotline at 626 932-5574. Questions raised during normal business hours (Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) will be responded to on the same day. Issues/questions raised during non-work hours will be responded to on the next business day.
For more information and project updates, visit the City’s website at www.cityofmonrovia.org or the City’s Facebook page (search City of Monrovia).
- Brad Haugaard

Got a Monrovia Baby, Get a Book

If you are Monrovian with a new baby, you can get a bag with a free baby book and other baby stuff from the Monrovia Library. Details: http://goo.gl/TZuMs

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Older American of the Year

If you know a great Monrovian who is at least 60 years old and is an active volunteer in the community, Monrovia's Department of Community Services is accepting nominations for the 2011 "Older American of the Year Award." Write to parroyo@ci.monrovia.ca.us for an application form. For more information, call Community Services at (626) 256-8246. More here (scroll down): http://goo.gl/Rqgkc

PetSmart for Monrovia / Clamshell / Redevelopment

~ In his weekly report (http://goo.gl/Rqgkc), Monrovia City Manager Scott Ochoa said PetSmart is planning to lease the former Circuit City site. "This 25,000-square-foot location will be a flagship store featuring pet training, kennel and boarding, and a wide array of pet food and supplies. PetSmart is expecting to be open by December 2011."
 
~ Also, he defended the city closing Lower Clamshell road (off of Ridgeside), saying that a) if the city clears the mudslides, then the state won't pay for it, and b) it's a bit dangerous for inexperienced hikers. He said the state has accepted the project application and the city will get quotes for the dirt removal and report back to the City Council within two weeks. 
 
~ On the state budget, Ochoa thinks that instead of eliminating redevelopment agencies (as Governor Brown proposed), the state may be willing to have all the redevelopment agencies chip in to buy a $1.7 billion bond from the state, which, he said, enables "the State's current dysfunctionality" by allowing it to continue to borrow money. But he thinks that might be better than trying to eliminate redevelopment altogether.
 
- Brad Haugaard

Lunch at Jake's

Jake's Roadhouse on Myrtle. Great for ribs, but I had a burger - good. Also, I love the signs on the wall. See attached.



- Brad Haugaard

Old Town Bistro - Soon


Right next to the old Box Jewelry clock/sign on Myrtle. Not open yet.

- Brad Haugaard

Huff Proposes Allowing Layoffs Based on Performance

Monrovia's State Senator, Bob Huff, has introduced a bill that would allow California school districts to base layoffs on teacher performance rather than teacher seniority. Details: http://goo.gl/ll1bk

- Brad Haugaard

Library Birthday / Sushi, Etc.

~ For your little literary one, you can have a birthday party at the Monrovia Library. Details: http://goo.gl/JqFi8
 
~ Five good Asian restaurants in Monrovia. (I would add a sixth, little Hon Sushi, in the Pavilions parking lot [144. W. Foothill]. Nothing too fancy, just good meat-and-potatoes sushi ... so to speak.) http://goo.gl/hhXbk
 
- Brad Haugaard

More on Upton Sinclair House / Santa Anita Y Run / Give a Dollar

~ Santa Anita Y Run/Walk. http://goo.gl/aa0GV


~ More on the Upton Sinclair House, for sale in north Monrovia, along with a bit of history about Sinclair himself. http://goo.gl/oabFf


~ Another reminder: For each new Monrovia subscriber MonroviaNow gets this month, we'll donate a dollar to Foothill Unity Center. Sign up using the field in the right column.


- Brad Haugaard

UnSnow Above Monrovia


I thought this was snow just a little ways up from Camp Trask above Monrovia, but a friend said it was hail. ... Spoilsport.

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia's Mechanical Hummingbird

A neat video of AeroVironment's cool little hummingbird aircraft. http://goo.gl/YWzCz

- Brad Haugaard

Water Pumps & Shopping Carts

A couple items on Tuesday's Monrovia City Council agenda (http://goo.gl/F3G7h) for 7:30 p.m. March 1:
 
~ The council will consider whether to replace a temporary water pump at the May Booster Station, the pump station that supplies water to the Ridgeside, Oakglade, Norumbega, Emerson, and Canyon Park Reservoirs. The new pump will cost $74,496.19, but will save $3,000 a year in electricity costs.
 
~ Last June the city passed an ordinance requiring shopping cart owners to implement a containment and retrieval plan to prevent the carts from being scattered all over town. Twelve of 22 businesses have submitted plans and been approved; three said they'll be doing it, and city staff expects everybody will comply by the one-year deadline and that there will be a lot fewer abandoned carts around town.
 
- Brad Haugaard

Portantino to Congress? / Schamadan Column

Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, who represents part of Monrovia in the State Assembly, may be preparing to run for Congress. http://goo.gl/OcMhU
 
Schamadan: Monrovia Historical Museum, etc. http://goo.gl/6Vvvp
 
- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Fire / Wine & Cheese / Black History / Home Tour / Singers

~ Fire damages homes on West Olive today. http://goo.gl/gynTo


~ Complimentary wine and cheese at Armstrong Garden Center tomorrow, Feb. 25, from 4-7 p.m. Plus 20 percent off everything in the store.


~ Monrovia celebrates Black History Month. http://goo.gl/lj5vQ


~ There are several Victorian homes on the annual Mother's Day home tour this year. For details: http://goo.gl/Pq8qy


~ Monrovia's First Presbyterian Church is looking for singers for its Good Friday Concert. For details, contact Director of Music Peter Green at 358-3297 or at peter@fpcmonrovia.org.


- Brad Haugaard