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Male, 49 Nation’s top jockeys and trainers set for arrested on Santa Anita Autumn Meet opener on Sept. 26 suspicion of murdering girlfriend in Monrovia Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Detectives are continuing to assist Monrovia Police Department personnel who are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a female adult on Sunday afternoon. Industry Sheriff's Station deputies received a call from family members in Valinda, who were concerned about the welfare of their son and his girlfriend. It was discovered that the son was at a residence in the 200 block of Mauna Loa Drive, Monrovia. The Monrovia Police were also contacted to check Please see page 3
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America’s top jockeys and trainers are set to compete beginning Friday, Sept. 26, as Santa Anita’s 23-day Autumn Meet, which will be highlighted by the twoday Breeders’ Cup World Championships on Oct. 31
& Nov. 1. “We’ve got an incredible overall jockey colony and our horse inventory looks good as well,” said Rick Hammerle, Santa Anita Vice President of Racing. “Our trainer roster is second
to none and we’re optimistic we’re going to be able to provide our fans top-class racing and good betting opportunities.” Rafael Bejarano, who will be seeking his 20th leading rider title in Southern
oughbred Walk of Champions in Arcadia. The walk, with bronze markers ala the Hollywood Walk of Fame, celebrates the many horses, owners, trainers and jockeys who have made thoroughbred racing history. Instead of stars, these honorees will have horseshoes in the walk. The markers can already be found in the sidewalks along Huntington Drive from Santa Anita to just beyond Second Avenue on both sides of the street and on First Avenue from Huntington up to the Gold Line Station site. Fittingly “Lucky” Baldwin’s marker is at the corner of Santa Anita
Santa Anita Race Track is the Founding Sponsor of the Walk. The horseshoes give more information than just the name of the individual. There is enough information to form a picture of why the honoree was selected. “We wanted to honor those who were better than the best,” said Beth Costanza. “We wanted to create a story of why they were important in the markers.” This is a project that has been in the minds of many people for quite a while. Costanza, one of the trium-
has helped the low-income and homeless population of the city. Started by pastors who recognized the needs of the less fortunate, Friends In Deed has made it its mission to work together on what they can’t do alone, and to keep as many people as possible off the streets, as Director Donna Byrns explained. Friends In Deed offers a food pantry, a bad-weather shelter during cold winter months, and a women’s room, where all women can come and find a homelike atmosphere. Additionally, the organization provides a laundry facility, showers, and homeless prevention.
California, heads one of the nation’s deepest jockey colonies that also includes the likes of Hall of Famer Mike Smith, who is the all-time winningest jockey in Breed-
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El Monte rapist gets 100 year prison sentence A 19-year-old man convicted of repeatedly raping a clerk at an El Monte convenience store was sentenced September 22 to 100 years to life in state prison, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. On Aug. 22, a jury deliberated for less than two hours before finding Joseph Leo Amaya guilty of two counts of forcible rape, two counts of sexual penetration by foreign object and one count of assault with intent to commit a felony in case KA103513. Jurors also found true a special allegation of aggravated kidnapping. Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Valenzuela said on Oct. 19, 2013, the female victim was working at a minimart when Amaya approached her and tried to obtain
Six current and former Please see page 12 Please see page 29 Los Angeles Sheriff ’s Walk of Champions coming Friends In Deed: Deputies Saturday in Arcadia Hope for Pasadena's homeless since 1894 BY SUSAN MOTANDER BY JENNIFER SCHLUETER sentenced This Saturday First Av- and Huntington looking toIn preparation for their to federal enue from Huntington Drive ward “The Track.” This is upcoming anniversary, I to Santa Clara will be closed fitting in that it was Baldwin was invited to visit Friends for a block party to mark the who first brought horse rac- In Deed in Pasadena. For prison official opening of the Thor- ing to Santa Anita. Indeed 120 years, this organization Six sworn deputies who were working in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department each were sentenced today to federal prison terms for interfering with a federal civil rights investigation into misconduct at the Men’s Central Jail. The six defendants received prison terms of up to 41 months from a federal judge who said they all lacked “courage to do what is right” and then failed to show “even the slightest remorse.” United States District Judge Percy Anderson issued Please see page 29
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“When you’re homeless, you’re invisible,” explains Juliana, a regular guest at The Women’s Room, “but not here. Here you become visible.” She became homeless in 2011, because everyone in her housing situation was evicted, she told me. Juliana feels at home at The
Women’s Room; it keeps her sane, and the camaraderie she experiences here makes her not give up her life. On the streets, she started to write poems, which help her to “keep in touch with humanity.” Please see page 7