Sierra Madre Weekly – August 27th, 2009
800 Acres Burn in National Forest Above Azusa – Smoke Fills San Gabriel Valley as Second Fire Breaks Out
At least 600 firefighters are battling a brush fire in the foothills above the San Gabriel Valley. The Forest Service says the fire started at about 4:27 p.m. Tuesday, quickly consumed at least 250 acres Tuesday evening and put up a huge plume of smoke that was visible for miles Tuesday evening. Highway 39 in [...]
Sierra Madre Police Blotters
During the week of Sunday, August 2nd, to Saturday August 8th, the Sierra Madre Police Department responded to approximately 338 calls for service. Tuesday, August 4th: 12:19 PM – Grand Theft, 300 block North Sunnyside Ave. A 21” gray Honda rotary lawnmower was stolen. The suspect vehicle was a green or blue green Ford or [...]
Fraud Alert
If you get a call from someone claiming to be a representative from Pasadena Water and Power and asking for a credit card number for a past-due payment, or offering to come by and pick up cash for the payment, don’t do it! Anyone who receives such a call should contact Pasadena Police Department at [...]
TWO YEAR OLD BABY BOY DIES
At 6:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, August 18, 2009, Pasadena Police officers responded to a call of a baby not breathing in the 500 block of Summit Avenue. First responders arrived and were unable to revive the two-year-old boy. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives responded and the incident is under investigation. “The death [...]
Parolee Arrested For Suspected Burglary
On Friday, August 14, 2009, the Pasadena Police Department arrested a suspect responsible for a residential burglary in the 1000 block of South El Molino Avenue that occurred on August 8, 2009. Three handguns were stolen in that burglary along with jewelry and electronic items, none of which have been recovered. Pasadena Police Forensic personnel [...]
State Schools Chief Releases 2009 STAR Program Results
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell today released the results of the 2009 Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program that show California students overall continue to make steady academic progress in English-language arts, math, science, and history-social science. “I am pleased and encouraged to see that for the seventh year in a row, California [...]
A Summer Night at a Los Angeles Dodger Game
There is something special about sharing a summer night with 50,000 enthusiastic people at a Los Angeles Dodger game. Not only is the experience exciting and fun, but it also bubbles with a sense of community that can only be found in a national pastime such as baseball. And if you can share the game [...]
JPL Successfully Restores Mars Orbiter
Scientists at Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have successfully restored the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a $72 million NASA spacecraft, back to its original computer settings, after an odd glitch had the craft on a back-up “safe” mode. Launched in 2005, the MRO is a multipurpose spacecraft designed to carry out reconnaissance and exploration of the red [...]
Staycations III – Why Go Far From Home?
“A Rainbow in the Sky,” an installation consisting of over 2,000 colorful flags by Daniel Buren currently adorns One Colorado. -Photo By Terry MIller
