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Monday, june 8, 2015 - june 14, 2015 - Volume 4, No. 23
AQMD Board Member Explains Clean-Air Programs by joe taglieri
Cleaner air quality is on everyone’s mind. - Photo by Terry Miller
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 & Decker mowers for $100$250 with a gas-powered trade-in. The lawnmowers retail for about $500-$600,
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Irwindale Fire Victim Transported to Methodist Hospital by terry miller
At least one man was transported to the hospital after an industrial fire broke out at 1:50 p.m. on Tuesday in the 700 block of Alpha Street in Irwindale, the site of an auto wrecking yard. Smoke could be seen for miles as Los Angeles County Firefighters attempted to extinguish the multi-alarm fire which was reported to the fire department as a commercial structure fire. Smoke and fire were showing from several vehicles on the lot. Heavy smoke from the fire hampered firefighters at first and then after the
ladder truck extended the full height, a firefighter was able to get water where it was needed the most. At one point an exhausted firefighter was assisted by an Irwindale police officer who helped attach a hose to a water tender fire truck. Over 55 firefighters and Irwindale police officers responded to the second alarm blaze. The loss is estimated to be about $90,000. The cause of the fire was accidental. 30 cars were burned and firefighters were on scene all day for mop up in-
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Legislation to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age Passes Through the Senate Senate Bill 151 cleared another major hurdle earlier this week as it passed out of the Senate by a vote of 26-8. Senator Dr. Ed Hernandez, O.D. (D–West Covina), Chair of the Senate Health Committee, introduced the bill in January that would increase the minimum legal sale age for tobacco products from 18 to 21. The bill now moves to the Assembly. “We will not sit on the sidelines while big tobacco markets to our kids and gets another generation of young people hooked on a product that will ultimately kill them,” said Hernandez. “Tobacco companies know that people are more likely to become addicted to smoking if they start at a young age.” In March, the Institute of Medicine released a study examining how increasing the minimum legal sale age for tobacco products would impact tobacco use trends. They concluded increasing the age to 21 would result in 200,000 fewer premature deaths for those born between the years 2000 and 2019 and cause a more rapid decline in tobacco prevalence. Tobacco remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States with 480,000 people dying annually – 40,000 from effects of secondhand smoke. According to the CDC, tobacco use kills more people per year than alcohol, murders, illegal drugs, AIDS, and mo-
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