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Rosemead Summer Survival camp prepares families for ‘the big one’ By SHEL SEGAL Rosemead residents came out Friday night and Saturday morning at Rosemead Park for a “Summer Survival Family Campout” that gave them an opportunity to review their emergency plan, evaluate disaster readiness and practice emergency sheltering in a mock “tent city” evacuation setting. Mandy Wong, public safety coordinator for the city of Rosemead, said preparing for the “Big One” was the inspiration behind this event. “The purpose of this campout is to get people thinking in terms of the big earthquake,” Wong said. “If we need to shelter in place Please see page 7
18 El Monte Flores Gang members arrested
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Taiwan’s economic partnership with California strong and vital, says Ambassador Bruce J.D. Linghu By Terry Miller During a special event Tuesday evening, organized by the Task Force of the City Club International and Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles, hundreds of guests enjoyed an evening of global communication, camaraderie and commerce based on Taiwan’s ROC strong business ties to the United States. Ambassador Bruce J.D. Linghu, Director General of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office gave a dazzling keynote address punctuated by a well-produced power-point presentation indicating Taiwan’s goals and accomplishments, with particular regard to commerce with not only California and the entire United States but with Mainland China. In political fairness, the Ambassador spoke highly of President Clinton and Obama ( noting that, like our current President, Taiwan’s President Ma Yingjeou also graduated from Harvard Law School in 1981 .) He also shared images of him with the popular Republication President Ronald Reagan during the keynote address. After the Ambassador spoke, guests were
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treated to a buffet dinner from Monja which has two locations, one in Rosemead and the other in the City of Industry. Following dinner there was a “roundtable discussion” with Jaime MingShy Chen, Economic Director for the Taipei Economic
Foothill Unity Center’s 16th annual back to school distribution
and Cultural Office based in Los Angeles; Ferdinando Guerrra, International Economist for LAEDC and Deborah Lee, CPA with Price Waterhouse. Meanwhile, Larry B. Ahlquist, General Manager of City Club Los Angeles welcomed guests
By SHEL SEGAL Eighteen members and associates of the gang El Monte Flores who worked out of the former offices of the Boys & Girls Club on Mountain View Road were arrested by federal authorities on July 30, according to a published report. Those arrested were among 41 individuals who were recently indicted by a federal grand jury last week on charges that include conspiracy, murder, drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons
Santa Anita Park in Arcadia to pick up new backpacks, grade-appropriate school
When my friend invited me to an event at the Sonos Studios in LA to experience a sound movie, I didn’t know what to expect. After some welcoming drinks and snacks, we, approximately 40(?) guests, chose our seats in a semi-circle around Audiojack creator and founder David Tobin. Each chair was equipped with a blindfold, a pen, and a notepad. David then gave us a short introduction of what was about to happen, asked us to turn our phones off, re-
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On Tuesday, August 5, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., more than 1,000 registered children of Foothill Unity Center client families went to
to the outstanding facility on the 51st floor on in downtown Los Angeles. Among the many things discussed Tuesday evening wwere California’s exports to Taiwan which reached $7.5 Billion in 2013, an 18.27% increase from 2012. Taiwan is Califor-
nia’s 4th largest export market in Asia, and 7th largest export market in the world. California has a long term and strong business relationship with Taiwan. There are more than 800 Taiwanese Please see page 5
Audiojack: A breakthrough in education which takes our imagination to another level By Jennifer Schlueter
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