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VOLUME 3, NO. 4
Shakeup at Pasadena Hall – Two Key Directors “Separated” From City Fallout From Embezzlement Scandal Asks More Questions About Michael Beck's Management
BY TERRY MILLER AND JENNIFER SCHLUETER
and attracts new financial supporters, program partners and volunteers. Members will provide up to date insight and data to the organization to keep it relevant and meeting the needs of the community. The League will hold a special Kickoff RecepPlease see page 3
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City Manager Michael Beck and Siobhan Foster. Left, Finance Director Andy Green. Both Mr. Green and Ms. Foster have been fired -Photo by Terry Miller
Parkinson’s Support Group The City of Arcadia Recreation & Community Services Department – Senior Services Division in partnership with Neurosearch, Inc. of Pasadena provides the Parkinson’s Support Group for individuals with movement disorders, their family and friends willing to learning about this disease. The meeting dates are the third Friday of each month at 1:30pm, at the Arcadia Community Center, 365 Campus Drive, Arcadia CA 91007. Come out to receive important information from guest speakers and enjoy light refreshments served. Arcadia Senior Services and its Parkinson Support Group are providing a special presentation. The lecture will focus on, “ROCK STEADY BOXING” Fight Back Against Parkinson’s, featuring Lauren Von Bernuth (Coach): Lauren
is excited and proud to be certified in the Rock Steady Training Method. She is a life –long athlete but boxing become her passion. Regardless of fitness or athletic ability, boxing challenges at your own level can become incredibly empowering. This educational presentation is for all individuals affected by Parkinson’s disease. If you have a movement disorder, have family members or friends with Parkinson Disease this program provides information on how Parkinson Disease can be influenced by exercise. Reservations are preferred, walk-ins are welcome. If interested in attending please call Arcadia Senior Services at 626.574.5130. Meeting dates are Fridays: January 23, February 20, March 20. For more information or to register, call Arcadia Senior Services at 626.574.5130.
Police Pursuit Leads to Collision, Injuries A man and a woman in a stolen vehicle from El Monte led Pasadena police Monday night on a ‘four minute, little over two mile vehicle chase’ on surface streets and on the freeway in Pasadena , which ended when the thieves – going in the wrong direction – crashed into another vehicle on a surface street. The driver of the stolen vehicle is still at Huntington Memorial Hospital,
where his condition was not immediately known. His passenger, an unidentified woman, was treated and released from the hospital, according to Pasadena Police. She was eventually arrested for grand theft auto and some stolen property that was inside the stolen Honda Accord, Alaniz said. The person in other vehicle struck by the sus-
pects’ vehicle was also injured. That person’s condition was not immediately known. About 8:30 p.m. Monday, an older model Honda Accord sped through a red light at Hudson Avenue and Colorado Boulevard which initiated the pursuit. At some point during the chase, the suspects Please see page 3
Women at Work Announces Leadeship League Women at Work, the only non-government bilingual (English/Spanish) career and job resource charity serving Los Angeles County, announces the creation of the Women at Work Leadership League comprised of exciting community and business leaders in the Foothills area. The Women At Work
Leadership League provides an opportunity to develop relationships with exceptional women in the local community by supporting and promoting Women At Work. Through fun “friend raising” events, this group introduces the public to the mission and accomplishments of Women at Work
Settlement Ends Kaiser-RN Dispute With a settlement that is likely to elevate RN standards across the nation, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced a major tentative contract agreement for 18,000 California RNs who work at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics that will give the RNs a stronger voice on patient care, and breakthrough improvements in workplace protections. The agreement also provides significant economic gains and additional retirement security. While the pact must still be ratified by the RNs, who will hold membership meetings beginning next Wednesday, CNA said it is cancelling a strike that had been scheduled for January 21 and 22. The agreement affects registered nurses and nurse practitioners who work in 86 Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in Northern and Central California, from Santa Rosa to Fresno. CNA/NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro paid tribute to the “unity of the Kaiser RNs and their devotion to assuring the highest level of quality care for patients as well as protections for the nurses who deliver that care.” “We look forward to a new chapter in our interactions with Kaiser,” DeMoro added. “We especially appreciate the commitment of Kaiser’s leadership to addressing our concerns, including working through the complicated problems associated with the changes in health care delivery, some of them related to the Affordable Care Act, and the attention it has paid in this contract to the health and safety of its registered nurses as well as patients.” A key to the settlement was the agreement by Kai-
Less than a week after Mayor Bogaard’s final State of the City address, Pasadena City Manager Michael Beck Tuesday told employees that two department heads, who failed to notice a whop-
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