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Monday, March 17, 2014 - march 23, 2014 - Volume 3, No. 11
Rep. Adam Schiff honors fallen LAPD Officer Nicholas Choung Lee
Survey on sales of tobacco & unhealthy products revealed Results of a new, statewide survey on nearly 7,400 businesses offering retail sales of tobacco were announced today by the California Department of Public Health in conjunction with city health department officials from Berkeley, Long Beach and Pasadena. The results were released during a March 5, 2014 press conference in Los Angeles to help kick-
off the Healthy Stores for a Healthy Community public awareness campaign. Full statewide and local survey results are on the website, www.HealthyStoresHealthyCommunity. com. The on-site survey of 7,393 retail establishments is the first of its kind in California to generate a snapshot of data on the Please see page 5
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On Thursday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) spoke on the House floor to honor fallen LAPD Officer Nicholas Choung Lee, who served in the Hollywood Division: “We depend upon the bravery and dedication of police officers every moment of every day, and we often forget the dangers and challenges they face on our behalf. I ask all members to join me in expressing our condolences to the Lee Family and LAPD.” “Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory
of Nicholas Choung Lee, a Los Angeles police officer who selflessly served his community. “Nicholas served for years in the LAPD, first in the Van Nuys Division, and later in the Hollywood Division, where he was assigned to a patrol car. He had worked as both a Field Training Officer and Vice Officer in Wilshire, before returning to patrol in the Hollywood Division in 2008. In his 16 years of service, he received more than 70 commendations. “But even as a police officer, family came first for
Nicholas, who had a wife, Cathy, and two young daughters, Jalen and Kendall. “Tragically, and much too soon, Nicholas passed away on April 6 when a truck hit his patrol car in Beverly Hills. “We depend upon the bravery and dedication of police officers every moment of every day, and we often forget the dangers and challenges they face on our behalf. I ask all members to join me in expressing our condolences to the Lee Family and LAPD.”
American photographers expose veil of secrecy surrounding the WWII Japanese American Internment THREE LENSES examines the role of three American Photographers in piercing the veil of secrecy surrounding the WWII Japanese American Internment and questions the possibility of a similar injustice happening in the future. The injustice of the internment of innocent Japanese American Citizens during WWII, the role fear, racism & greed played in bringing this about, and the Please see page 5
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The City of Glendale will be holding a Special Municipal Election to fill a vacant City Council seat on Tuesday, June 3. Potential candidates have until March 7 to pull papers and submit the requisite number of valid signatures to qualify for the June 3 bal-
lot. Forms are available in the City Clerk’s Office, 613 E. Broadway, Room 110, during regular business hours. For the latest updates on the upcoming Special Election, visit www. GlendaleVotes.org, follow @cogCityClerk on Twitter, or call 818-548-2090.
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Los Angeles County to implement online application process To provide county residents with a convenient method to access government applications and permits, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich to implement “Egovernment solutions” to County systems as recommended by the Citizen’s Economy and Efficiency Committee. “This action accelerates the County’s initiative to utilize technology to facilitate the application and permitting process -- saving taxpayer dollars, streamlining processes, and enhancing civic participation,” Please see page 3
Pancho Barnes: Pasadena’s Indomitable Aviatrix March 25 at Pasadena Museum of History One of the most important women in 20th century aviation, Florence Leontine Lowe “Pancho” Barnes (1901-1975) was born in Pasadena, raised in San Marino, married a South Pasadena minister – and then tossed social convention to the wind and flew off into history! For the first time, the owners of the Pancho Barnes Trust Estate Archives will display rare photos and ephemera from her estate in a special program at Pasadena Museum of History on Tuesday, March 25, at 6:30 pm, presented in conjunction with the Museum’s current exhibition, Kites, Wings, & Other Flying Things: A History of Aviation in Pasadena. . A wine and cheese reception is included with the lecture. Join Mike Salazar and
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Lou D’Elia as they discuss Pancho Barnes’ extraordinary feats. The granddaughter of early aviation pioneer Thaddeus Lowe,
Pancho broke Amelia Earhart’s air speed record and became Hollywood’s Please see page 3