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THURSDAY, december 25 - December 31, 2014
Volume 2, No. 51
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Leave Your Wildlife Waystation Animal Sanctuary Begins Family Struck Crowdfunding Campaign Drones at by Hit-and– Run Driver; Home Estimates differ depending on whom you are talking to but Pasadena Police Department says over a million people are expected to turn out for the 126th Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game on Jan.1, 2015. Pasadena Police Chief Phillip Sanchez and newly appointed Fire Chief Washington held a joint press conference about safety during the holidays and parade. Sanchez reminded everyone at a press briefing that the Federal Aviation Administration essentially declared a “No Fly Zone” for drones or remote controlled aircraft which will be enforced 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Jan. 1 along the parade route and at the stadium. Addressing security concerns, Sanchez emphasized that the Pasadena police are “well-prepared for spontaneous events or othPlease see page 5
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for by Colette, her staff, and her volunteers. The crowdfunding web campaign will
South Pasadena Police Monday were seeking the public’s help in finding a hit-and-run suspect that injured a San Gabriel Valley family as they were out for an evening walk and killed the family’s dog. The hit and run occured around 7:30 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Orange Grove Avenue and Columbia Street in South Pasadena, according to police reports. The driver of a newer model, dark-colored SUV hit “the 40-year-old husband, the 30-year-old mother, their 4-month-old daughter, who was being held in her mother’s arms, and the family dog,” while they were in the crosswalk. The driver stopped momentarily, then fled the scene, police said. The woman suffered
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Martine Colette, funder of the Wildlife Waystation hope that a CUP will soon be graqnted so she may continue her work with wild animals in the Angeles National Forest -Photo by Terry Miller
Los Angeles’ Wildlife WayStation is launching a 60 day Wayke Up crowdfunding web campaign. The WayStation founder-director,
Martine Colette, calls this ”the start of a new chapter” in the history of the nationally regarded, non-profit, sanctuary dedicated to the
rescue and rehab of wild and exotic wildlife situated in the Angeles National Forest. The WayStation is currently home to 450 animals, cared
Firefighters Help Single Mom Seventh LA Sheriff ’s Deputy Santa Brings Cheer to as She Battles Brain Cancer Guilty of Obstructing Justice Huntington Pediatric Patients By Terry Miller Arcadia Firefighter/ Paramedic Beth Fournier is no stranger to seemingly unsurmountable difficulties. In fact, the entire fire department in Arcadia has seen more than its fair share of tragedy in the past year and yet they battle on as firefighters do, caring for their fellow man – especially in time of need.
Firefighter/Paramedic Beth Fournier was recently collecting money for a friend in need in Rancho Cucamonga when this friend told her about the plight of an Arcadia single mom who has spent all her savings on brain surgery at UCLA, leaving little for her Please see page 3
The seventh and final deputy in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department convicted of obstruction of justice for interfering with a grand jury investigation into misconduct at the Men’s Central Jail was sentenced this morning to 18 months in federal prison. James Sexton, 30, was sentenced by United States District Judge Percy Anderson, who said the defendant “lost the courage to stand up when he knew things were wrong.” After his case was severed from the other six defendants in the case, Sexton was found guilty in September of attempting to quash an investigation by the FBI into civil rights abuses at jail facilities operated by
the Sheriff’s Department. The jury determined that Sexton was part of a broad conspiracy to obstruct justice—a plot in which conspirators, including two lieutenants, attempted to influence witnesses, threatened an FBI agent with arrest and concealed an FBI informant who should have been turned over to federal authorities. Sexton was found guilty of conspiring to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice. The conspiracy to obstruct justice began in the summer of 2011 after sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Men’s Central Jail learned that a jail inmate was an FBI informant and was acting as a cooperator in a federal Please see page 5
Santa brought holiday cheer to Huntington Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, December 16, arriving by armored vehicle. Santa and his helpers passed out presents and visited with children in the hospital’s pediatric unit. A special thank you to Foothill Air Support Team (FAST), Pasadena Police Department, Glendora Police Depart-
ment, Pomona Police Department, Covina Police Department, Monrovia Police Department, Arcadia Police Department, Sierra Madre Police Department, San Marino Police Department, Alhambra Police Department and South Pasadena Police Department – who all contributed to get Santa to Huntington Hospital from the North Pole.