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Jon Jon Crummie pleads ‘not guilty’ in murder case The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office formally charged JonJon Crummie with two felony criminal counts last Wednesday resulting from the February 16, 2014 fatal shooting of Crummie’s girlfriend, Irais Acosta, Please see page 8
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Temple City's 70th Camellia Festival Parade celebrated
Volume 19, No. 9
Temple City school Superintendent Kang-Smith may be ousted with big payoff BY SHEL SEGAL
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which took place Saturday morning along Las Tunas Drive, was lined with en-
The Temple City Unified School District Board of Education is meeting this week to discuss the fate of Superintendent Chelsea Kang-Smith, according to a published
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Austin Bateman and Ella Clinton ride proudly down Las Tumas Saturday morning as King and Queen of the Camellia Festival. -Photo by Terry Miller
The theme for the 70th Annual Camellia Festival was “Oh the Books I Can Read,” and took place the weekend of February 21-
23, 2014. The weather was perfect and the expansion of the Festival onto Las Tunas Drive for the weekend provided a grand display
PUSD Supe in hot water over performance evaluations
Regional Connector funding benefits Foothill Gold Line
officials “cited exemptions” in the law and squashed the request. Evaluations have been completed on Superintendent Jon R. Gundry since he was hired in July 2011. The newspaper also said Gundry did not comply with a request to make public the evaluations himself. Gundry has found
The following statement was issued Monday by Habib F. Balian, CEO at the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority: “Last week, federal and local officials announced award of a nearly $700 million federal grant for construction of the Regional Connector project in downtown Los Angeles. This was a critical achievement for the county, which was relying on such a grant in their financial planning for the project. The federal grant is
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BY SHEL SEGAL Evaluation of the superintendent of the Pasadena Unified School District will not – as of now – going to be released, despite the efforts of a local newspaper, according to a published report. According to the report, the Pasadena StarNews has requested the evaluation by making a request via the Public Records Act. However, district
for the large carnival rides, and left the more intimate park setting for the younger crowd to enjoy. The Camellia Festival Parade,
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Once completed, the Regional Connector will link the Gold Line with the Blue Line systems, and provide seamless trips between Azusa and Long Beach. Meanwhile construction continues at a steady clip in Duarte and Monrovia. -Photo by Terry Miller
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