PASADENA AUTHOR FAIR RETURNS
Pasadena Press
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015 - FEBRUARY 15, 2015
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A Minivan Full of People vs. a Legion of Archers by nick kipley
– Photo by Nick Kipley
The City Council meeting on Monday night, Feb. 2nd, went on for a full eight hours and well over a hundred taxpayers and citizens from all over Southern California turned up. Early in the night, Chief of Police Phillip L. Sanchez gave a report on the recent spike in violence in Northwest Pasa-
dena, spurring residents to rally together in the public comment portion of his remarks. Citizens North of the 210 and West of Lake Avenue claimed that they only needed a little help and funding from the city to create more afterschool sports, park-based programs, and ways to fill vacant public space with positive influ-
ence. At the end of the session, several members of the community concluded that in order to favorably impact the youth of Pasadena more inexpensive, family-based outdoor activities were needed in order to create a positive change in not just Please see page 4
Pasadena Author Fair Returns Pasadena Public Library will host their second annual author fair on Saturday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Central Library, 285 E. Walnut Street. The expanded event features over 50 San Gabriel Valley authors whose work covers a myriad of topics; history, mystery, poetry, fiction,
non-fiction, children’s and more. Featured authors include: Marcella Adams, Maria Alexander, Cindy Arora, Ontresicia Averette, Anne Louise Bannon, Julie Berry, Boualem Bousseloub, Mary Brodsky, Petrea Burchard, Stuart Douglass Byles, Christina Cha, Jus-
tin Chapman, Regina Conroy, Joey L. Dowdy, Quoleshna Elbert, Carol Elek, Jamie Eubanks, Jess Faraday, Kenneth Grant, Anjeza Angie Gega, Steven Gibson, Ken Goldstein, Michael Paul Gonzalez, Reg Green, Claudia Heller, RuPlease see page 3
HAVE A HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! VOLUME 2, NO. 6
Public Invited to 33rd Annual Black History Parade and Festival Celebrate black history, culture and achievements at Pasadena’s 33rd annual Black History Parade and Festival from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21. The festive celebration includes one of the biggest and longest-running Black History parades in California. Bring family and friends to enjoy upbeat parade performances and plenty of free post-parade fun and entertainment. This year’s theme is “Our Heritage: The Bridge to the Future.” The parade begins at 10 a.m. at Charles White Park, Fair Oaks Avenue and Ventura Street in Altadena; then heads south on Fair Oaks Avenue before ending at Pasadena’s Robinson Park, 1081 N. Fair Oaks Ave., where the festival takes place from 12-4:30 p.m. on the north side of the park on Hammond Street. More than 70 entries will be featured in the parade, including the Wilson Middle School Marching Band, New Buffalo Soldiers, local dance and drill teams, car and motorcycle clubs, musicians, community dignitaries and City officials. Celebrity Grand Marshals are award-winning NBC4 Southern California General Assignment Reporter Beverly White and actor-comedian Jason Echols. Community Please see page 2