Shipping Corporations Go “On Strike” Against Workers P. 10
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Thursday, February 12, 2015 - February 18, 2015
LOCAL NEWS
Methodist Hospital Needs Adult Volunteers! P. 17
Man Charged with Fondling Boys Found Unfit for Trial P. 17
SPORTS
St. Monica Basketball Snaps La Salle’s Four-Game Winning Streak P. 25
PCC Seeks Teams for Inaugural “Hoops for Awareness” P. 25
ENTERTAINMENT Powerhouse Performances in Playhouse’s “The Whipping Man” P. 13 FIDM’s “Art of Motion Picture Costume Design” P. 15
BUSINESS
Business Profile: Pacific Plate Brewing Company P. 18
VOLUME 19, NO. 7
Community News, Arts & Opinions Since 1996
Train Testing Underway Throughout Summer Along the Foothill Gold Line BY TERRY MILLER
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rain testing for the 11.5-mile Foothill Gold Line light rail project from Pasadena to Azusa has started in earnest this month and will continue through summer 2015. Testing is currently taking place in the city of Duarte and portions of Irwindale, and will expand to the cities of Pasadena, Arcadia, Monrovia and Azusa over the next several months. As a result of the train testing, some construction activities will need to be done during a second shift when trains are not occupying the tracks. Second shifts will be necessary periodically and will take place throughout the corridor. Second shifts will start at 3:30 p.m. and conclude by 11:00 p.m. All sound walls are now installed and the activities that will be performed during the second shift will generally be of low impact to the surrounding comSEE PG. 8
- Photo by Terry Miller
The now familiar Gold Line trains will be tested along the newly complete line to Azusa
Property Crime in Arcadia Drops in 2014; Assault Totals Remain Constant, Murders, Rapes Slightly Increase BY JOE TAGLIERI
Caltech Students Create Glow-in-the-Dark Toilet Seat Sign P. 18
EDUCATION
The Monrovia Unified School District P. 23
School Gardens A-V on Saturday, Feb. 21 P. 23
In early 2014 the APD “had the greatest run of apprehensions of people breaking into homes” that based largely on calls from suspicious neighbors resulted in the arrest of 14 burglars - Photo by Terry Miller
The Great Haircut Sale! A price so low, everyone will go.
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Major crimes dropped significantly in 2014 compared with 2013, according to statistics presented recently in the city manager’s annual speech on key issues and events in Arcadia. In his “State of the City” presentation recapping major goings on last year as well as what’s on the horizon for 2015, City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto reported preliminary totals of major crime incidents through 2014. The most significant drop was in robberies, falling 37 per-
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