Shipping Corporations Go “On Strike” Against Workers P. 10
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LOCAL NEWS
El Monte Appoints New Chief of Police P. 16
El Monte Celebrates Groundbreaking of Garvey Square 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
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
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
The “El Monte Promise Foundation” Promises Big Returns for City BY NICK KIPLEY On Tuesday evening, the El Monte City Council was treated to a presentation by former school superintendent Jeff Seymour, representing the El Monte Promise Foundation. The EMPF is an organization that seeks to change the future of El Monte by investing money and resources into molding the way that K-8 students and their parents come view the importance of preparing for college. “We need more to make sure that our kids see the value and the merit and the beauty of where they live,” Seymour said, “Our mission at the El
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Monte Promise Foundation is to really change the culture— change is kind of a harsh word— evolve a culture to where kids see college as part of their life, part of their expectations, part of their future.” Seymour envisions an El Monte changed by a generation of kids going off to college and returning home in order to “bring true growth to the city, [growth] that will take [El Monte] where we all know it will go.” The program’s main question right now is how to get a generation of kids and their
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The familiar Santa Fe Trail marker welcomes visitors to the city - Photo by Terry Miller
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