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Lucky 20 Years after Northridge Earthquake be ready Chinese with Glendale’s Back to Business Program 20 year anniverdragon on sary Asof thetheNorthridge earthquake approaches, the City display in of Glendale encourages the businesses to prepare themselves for an Monterey community’s easy recovery following future natural disasters. In July Park 2013, the City of Glendale the adoption of City Hall announced the Back to Business ProLocal non-profit organization Project NEO is providing a 70 foot handcrafted Chinese Dragon to be on display in Monterey Park City Hall (320 W. Newmark Avenue), beginning January 15, 2014. The official unveiling will take place at 4:00 p.m. in the lobby and will feature opening remarks by Project NEO CEO Mary Wong, and Mayor Teresa Real Sebastian. Another highlight of the ceremony will be a demonstration by Jeff Chan, of the Immortals, who is providing the Dragon and other artifacts that will be on display. This is a part of the celebration of the upcoming Lunar New Year; the display is scheduled to be up through the end of January.
gram (B2B Program), focusing on getting the city back up and running following an event such as an earthquake or other natural disaster. Glendale’s B2B Program is the first of its kind in Southern California, joining the City with DreamWorks Animation whose campus is in the heart of Glendale. The innovative public-private partnership focuses on the importance of rapid recovery and reinforces the City’s dedication to getting private industry “back to business” as quickly as possible. The B2B Program basis is to work with businesses to pre-certify their buildings or campuses prior to a disaster to expedite the inspection process and provide business owners information about the safety of their buildings days, if not weeks, sooner
LASD confiscates WWII machine gun, pistols, rifles, ammo Arrests white supremacist and paraphernalia Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau (SEB), Palmdale Station Detectives and Partners Against Crime (PAC), served a high risk search warrant at a residence on the 10000 block of East Avenue S-4, in the Littlerock area, resulting in three arrests last week. This case actually opened up for detectives approximately three weeks ago when a storage unit in the city of Palmdale was burglarized, resulting in the theft of four guns. Using departmental resources and training, Palmdale Detectives developed information which resulted in today’s search warrant. Deputies recovered several reported stolen guns
and discovered an underground bunker which included a 25 yard shooting range in an “out building” behind the primary location. Furthermore, deputies recovered a large cache of weapons and ammunition which included: • 6 pistols • 11 rifles • WWII Machine gun • over a 1,000 rounds of ammunition • Approximately 150 magazines • Approximately 50 high capacity magazines • several items of White Supremacist paraphernalia The three suspects arrested at the location were 54 year-old Littlerock resident Todd Hunt, 33 yearold Littlerock resident
earthquake. Stuart Tom, the Fire Marshall for the City of Glen-
The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority (Construction Authority) has issued Request for Proposals (RFP) C1160 Azusa to Montclair Engineering and NEPA Support Services, which calls for qualified teams to provide engineering and environmental consulting. Over the next few years, this contract will advance the design and engineering for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension light rail project from Azusa to Montclair to a point where it will be ready for a designbuild procurement. “The construction now underway is on budget and on schedule, and the time is right to ready the next phase of the Foothill Gold Line for future construction,” stated Construction Author-
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than would be possible without B2B. David Cocke, President of Structural Focus and Co-Founder of the SAFE Institute, brought Dream-
Royce Gresham and 62 year-old Littlerock resident Larry Finnell. All three suspects were transported and booked at the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station. Hunt was booked on charges of Possession of an Assault weapon with a bail amount of $35,000. Gresham was booked on charges of a Felon in Possession of a Firearm with a bail amount of $35,000. Finnell was booked on charges of a Felon in Possession of a Firearm with a bail amount of $35,000. All three suspects are scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday, January 9th at the Antelope Valley Court House. The ongoing investigation is being handled by Palmdale Detective Bureau.
Works Animation and the City of Glendale together after having worked with San Francisco City Officials in the aftermath of a major
Construction authority issues RFP for Azusa to Montclair project
DNA leads to arrest for 2012 brutal rape of Rowland Heights woman A suspect is in custody for the sexual assault of a 29-year old woman in her home on October 27, 2012. The violent crime occurred on a Saturday at 6:00AM when the victim was awakened in her apartment on the 1500 block of Jellick Avenue in Rowland Heights by an unknown Hispanic man who brutally beat and raped her. Walnut/Diamond Bar Sheriff's Station deputies were notified and Special Victims Bureau investigators of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department immediately began an investigation. It included DNA analysis by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Crime Lab (Scientific Services Bureau). Sheriff's Special Victims Bureau investigators
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received a break in the case due to recently entered suspect DNA resulting in a hit from the FBI Combined DNA Index (CODIS) System.
That information led Sheriff's detectives to Suspect Pablo Reyes Bautista as a suspect in the case. AfPlease see page 3