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‘The Idiot Box’: Ambitious, but Uneven Dark Comedy
Gruppie Leads to Arcadia American Little League Season Wins
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AQMD Board Member Explains Clean-Air Programs
BY JOE TAGLIERI The Azusa City Council on Monday learned about state-funded programs designed to improve air quality driven by efforts at the municipal level of government. In a public presentation Michael Cacciotti, a board member of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, detailed several initiatives including lawnmower exchange events, grants for installing infrastructure for electric and alternative-fuel vehicles, an exchange program for commissioning medium- and heavy-duty vehicles that run on alternative fuels and programs that encourage pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. The lawnmower exchange, scheduled for June 13 in Ontario and June 20 in Arcadia, features electric Greenstation and Black & SEE PG. 12
Cleaner air quality is on everyone’s mind.
LA Partyworks Takes Over Monrovia Friday Night Family Festival, Brings Enhancements
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Veterans Advocacy Services, Inc. Exposes Patient Abuse of Veterans at VA West Los Angeles Campus
BY JOYCE PENG The management of Monrovia’s Friday Night Family Street Fair has changed from Family Festival Productions, Inc. (FFPI) to LA Partyworks, Inc. The fair will still be run by FFPI until June 30, when its contract with the city ends. July 3 is the first fair run by the new management, LA SEE PG. 14
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Lead by founder John Keaveney, Veterans Advocacy Services, Inc. has investigated and documented multiple cases of elderly patient abuse on the West LA VA campus, including the facilities at the VA Hospital, Salvation Army’s The Haven, Exodus and New Directions. "We have documented many cases where Veterans
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