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Violent, property and overall crime decreases As of the end of August 2014, preliminary reported crime data shows that overall incidents of violent crimes have decreased 5.35% and property crimes have decreased by 9.58% in Sheriff’s patrol areas countywide, compared to last year at this time. These numbers combine to show an 8.85% decrease in overall Part I crimes. In comparison, the preliminary YTD crime data for August shows that overall incidents of violent crimes have decreased by 21.12% and property crimes have decreased by 8.46% in Sheriff’s patrol areas countywide, compared to five years ago (2014/2009). These numbers combined to show an 11.04% decrease in overall Part 1 crimes. As of the end of August 2014, preliminary reported crime data shows that criminal homicides decreased 12.82% in Please see page 3
Monrovia WEEKLY Temple MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014 - OCTOBER 26, 2014 VOLUME 19, NO. 42
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NVISION Youth Basketball Tournament at Rosemead Park
preparation for the agency wide tournament that will be held on October 25th in Los Angeles at John Liecthy Middle School that will
With concern escalating across the U.S. about the threat of a wider Ebola outbreak, National Nurses United today called on President Barack Obama to “invoke his executive authority” to order all U.S. hospitals to meet the highest “uniform, national standards and protocols” in order to “safely protect patients, all healthcare workers and the public.” The request, send in a letter to the President, came on a day in which NNU, the largest U.S. organization of nurses, hosted a national call-in conference in which 11,500 RNs from across the U.S. joined to discuss what steps should be taken to confront a virulent disease that the World Health Organization has termed the most significant health crisis in modern history. On the call, RNs from
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On Saturday morning October 11, over 150 NVISION youth descended upon Rosemead Park in the city of Rosemead from the Garvey School District and the East Whittier District for
a regional basketball tournament. It became a day of competition for every child participating in the Woodcraft Rangers NVISION programs. There was a vast presence of parents, school
Chris Grace is a relaxed and friendly fellow who lives in Temple City, and, with his wife Wendy, is the 42-year-old co-owner of Mission Fitness Center, a boutique gym in San Marino. There he trains a wide diversity of clients, ranging from teen football players to senior matrons. But last weekend, he was also awarded as the strongest 40– to-44 year old man in California in his weight class, breaking four state records. And he did it in pink knee socks, at the insistence of his 12-year-old daughter, a Temple City middle school student. The socks did not clash with the 6” gold medal he was awarded at the end of a grueling day.
administrators and people from the community taking in the event. Boys and girls from elementary and middle schools took part in a regional basketball competition held by Woodcraft in
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President Obama declares National Monument in San Gabriel Mountains Not everyone is pleased BY BEACON STAFF In view of the San Gabriel Mountains, Rep. Judy Chu (CA-27) was praised by President Barack Obama as he declared more than 346,000 acres of national forest land there the nation’s newest national monument last Friday. Rep. Chu, whose district includes much of the new monument and who has led the Congressional effort for more protections, attended the announcement and released the following
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