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Monrovia WEEKLY Temple MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2014 - JANUARY 26, 2014 VOLUME 19, NO. 3
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Colby Fire chars 1,709 acres, 5 homes destroyed – 3 men arrested
Clifford Eugene Henry Jr.
Jonathan Carl Jarrell
More photos of the fire on page 10. -Photo by Terry Miller
Steven Robert Aguirre -Photos Courtesy Glendora PD
Long Beach Police Chief throws hat in ring for top cop position
Firefighters from the L.A. County Fire Department along with officers from the Glendora Police Department responded to
At 6:34 am., a Glendora Police Officer detained two subjects running in a flood control wash channel in the 800 block of E. Palm Ave.
Temple City Long-term closure of City Council Myrtle Ave. at fires top railroad crossing in executive Monrovia starts today Pulido Santa Anita crossing in Arcadia
Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell is the latest to announce he will be running for the seat of Los Angeles County sheriff. The seat is being vacated by Lee Baca, who announced his retirement earlier this month after serving four terms as sheriff. McDonnell has been in Long Beach since 2010 after serving as high as second in command with the
At a Special Meeting held Monday evening, the Temple City City Council voted unanimously to terminate the employment agreement of City Manager Jose Pulido effective February 12, 2014. In accordance with Pulido’s contract, he will be on paid administrative leave for 30 days and then receive a severance payment equal to six months of his base salary ($17,244.93/ mo.). Mayor Cynthia Sternquist stated, “The Council and Mr. Pulido enjoyed a productive working relationship and moved the
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BY SHEL SEGAL
an early morning wildfire Thursday that grew quickly to a massive inferno in the Angeles National Forest above Azusa and Glendora.
U.S. Forestry contacted a third subject in the area of Glendora Mountain Road and Colby Trail around 8:37 am. All three subjects were
arrested and booked at the Glendora Police Department with the charges of 452(c) PC Please see page 5
KGEM-TV's Ralph Walker introduces Monrovia's connection to Nelson Mandela
marks half way point for project
-Courtesy Photo The Gold Line construction is moving along swiftly. The Santa Anita crossing has completed a large phase bringing a whole new look to Santa Anita Avenue as seen in this photo taken Monday evening. -Photo by Terry Miller
The changing face of Arcadia, Monrovia and Duarte due to Gold Line construction is dramatic in area cities. Perhaps none moreso
than in Arcadia. First with the completion of the basket bridge over the 210 last year, Please see page 8
The effervescent MC of a local cable TV show, Ralph Walker has, once again, opened some eyes in Monrovia regarding a historic Nelson Mandela connection. Walker, host of the
show "Conversations with Ralph Walker" on KGEMTV, spoke to the Monrovia City Council recently about that connection. In 1993, Walker was inPlease see page 3