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Pasadena Press
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 - SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
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Ten day waiting period for guns ruled unconstitutional BY JENNIFER SCHLUETER
The case was introduced in 2011 by two individual gun owners and two gun owner rights groups, the Calguns Foundation and the Second Amendment Foundation, who disagreed with the waiting period. According to the San Francisco Gate (SF Gate), “the two individual plaintiffs in the case, had decided not to make the
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BY SHEL SEGAL ed at 1530 Elizabeth Street, the Celerity Exa Charter School got word on Tuesday that all students and staff members need to stay out of the site as long as several life-safety violations are still there, officials said. There is no permit by the charter school to have an educational facility at the site,
Dust, Drought and Dreams Gone Dry: A commemoration of the 1930s American Dust Bowl
according to a determination made by Pasadena Fire Marshall and Fire Chief Calvin Wells, said department spokesperson Lisa Derderian. Derderian added the site also does not have an automatic sprinkler system, does not have a fire alarm system and it
purchase because of the time and expense needed for a second trip to a gun shop.” Last Monday, Ishii declared the waiting period unreasonable because people who rightfully purchased a gun had already passed criminal and mental health state background
Charter School shut down by Fire Marshal A charter school in Pasadena was closed on Tuesday as the fire marshal for the Pasadena Fire Department said “the school’s building unsafe and several fire code violations created an imminent danger to the school’s 300 students,” according to a published report. Operating at the site of William Carey University locat-
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The Pasadena Public Library will host “Dust, Drought, and Dreams Gone Dry,” a national traveling exhibition about the Dust Bowl, the disastrous drought and dust storms that wreaked havoc on the American Great Plains in the 1930s. The exhibit will be on display in Central Library’s Great Hall, 285 E. Walnut St. from September 2 to October 9. The library is open Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The exhibition recalls a tragic period in our history – the drought and dust storms that wreaked havoc on the Great Plains in the 1930s – and explores their environmental and cultural consequences. It raises several thought-provoking questions: What caused fertile farms to turn to dust? How did people survive? What lessons can we learn? “The Dust Bowl was one of the worst man-made ecological disasters in American history. We are proud that Pasadena Public Library was selected to help make the public more aware of this important event,“ said Jan Sanders, Director of Libraries and Information Services.“ This exhibition delves into the history and geography behind the Dust Bowl, and also
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First-time gun purchasers in California not only have to go through a detailed background check, but also wait ten days to hold their new gun in their hands. In Silvester v. Harris, such a ten day waiting period for already-judged competent gun owners was ruled unconstitutional by U.S. District Judge Anthony Ishii of Fresno.
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