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SWAT Officer dies after being shot serving warrant in San Gabriel by Terry Miller A Pomona police SWAT officer shot in the back of the head while serving a search warrant in San Gabriel has died, Pomona Police Chief Paul J. Capraro said Tuesday eveing. “It is with a heavy heart that we must deliver the news that early this morning Pomona police SWAT Officer Shaun Diamond had succumbed to his injuries,” the Pomona Police Department said in a statement Wednesday. Diamond, 45, was hospitalized early Tuesday morning and listed in very critical condition at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena after authorities said he was shot by 36-year-old David Martinez during a predawn search warrant operation that was part of a investigation into a motorcycle gang. Martinez, who remains in custody, is due in court Thursday. Diamond was a 16-year law enforcement veteran, having also served with the LAPD and Montebello police. He joined the Pomona police in 2006 and was a member of the
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also activate its emergency operations center at a moment’s notice to coordinate emergency response efforts. We are fortunate to have a strong partnership with the Pasadena Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department and the Sierra Madre Police Department to provide immediate assistance should any
The Great Recession is long over with the California economy doing much better than the national economy, local economists said at a conference on Oct. 23. In addition, economists are predicting stronger job growth and a continued housing recovery. Kimberly Ritter-Martinez, an economist with the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corps said at the Pasadena Economic and Business Summit at Brookside Golf Club that strong growth will be a mainstay of the next five years. Ritter-Martinez added the county’s GPD will outpace the national average through 2019, with job growth in the county through 2015 recovering all the jobs it lost during the recession. But she did say that many recently hired workers are part-time as many employees are still nervous about California’s economy, meaning they don’t want to take a chance with full-time hires. She also said she believes the Fed won’t raise short-term interest rates until next summer because of three reasons, one of which is a declining labor force participation rate. “That refers to the percentage of people who are either working or actively seeking work. In September
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SWAT team since 2008. The shooting happened around 4 a.m. at a home in the 100 block of San Marino Drive in San Gabriel, the Pomona
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Pasadena Unified issues statement on school shooting in Washington State Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) Interim Superintendent Dr. Brian McDonald issued the following statement regarding the shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Washington State: “The entire Pasadena Unified family is deeply disturbed by the tragedy that occurred in Marysville, Washington today. Our thoughts and prayers are
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with the families of MarysvillePilchuck High School.” “The safety of our students is the top priority at PUSD. We take many precautions to ensure that students remain safe while at school. All schools have school safety plans that detail the proper response to a variety of emergency scenarios. The district has a zero tolerance policy regarding weapons on campus. PUSD can