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Hundreds Say NO to the Tunnel!
Upwards of 150+ people marched in South Pasadena’s 4th of July Parade. Photo by J. Cano with permission. Residents from numerous cities rallied together against the 710 completion including the odious tunnel project being studied by Metro. For more than 60 years people have been against this over-polluting, ill-conceived idea that few want. “We hope…
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NO 710, NO Tunnel!
** CLICK on POST TITLE ABOVE ** STOP THE 710 FREEWAY/TUNNEL PROJECT! The No 710 Action Committee needs YOU … to march for the cause! WHAT: South Pasadena’s annual “Festival of Balloons” parade Residents from 15 participating cities throughout the San Gabriel Valley will march in solidarity to voice our collective outrage over Metro’s proposed…
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EIR-NFL Lawsuit Update June 2013
The NFL in the RB lawsuit continues. The Petitioners and the City are still in the process of assembling the Administrative Record/Among other matter being assembled, relevant public hearings and meetings are in process of being transcribed. All parties recently reported the status of the case to the Judge. As a result of this Status…
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SRNA Supports San Rafael Elementary School
San Rafael Elementary School Presents Willy Wonka Jr Hurry!-Tickets go on sale TODAY at the school 4 performances ONLY WHEN: Friday, May 1o: 12:45 PM and 7 PM Saturday, May 11: 3:30 PM and 7 PM WHERE: San Rafael Elementary School 1090 Nithsdale Rd Pasadena 91105
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Crime Watch Update-Neighborhood Watch
By Alix Reeves (For a listing of recent crime incidents please scroll to the end of the article) Lowering neighborhood crime is an objective most of us can agree on. Keeping ourselves informed of recent crimes and knowing which types of crimes are most likely to occur where we live is vital information if we…
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A few people can change a lot in a community
The radical community organizer Saul Alinsky, whose insights are used today as much by those on the right as on the left, once wrote: “If people don’t think they have the power to solve their problems, they won’t even think about how to solve them.” At a time when apathy and defeatism seem so rampant,…
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Local Neighborhood Assns Sue the City of Pasadena over NFL use of Rose Bowl
On January 3rd, the Coalition for Preservation of the Arroyo, a newly–‐formed public interest group, joined by the East Arroyo Neighborhood Protection Committee, the Linda-‐Vista Annandale Association, and the San Rafael Neighborhoods Association, sued Pasadena in Los Angeles Superior Court on environmental grounds. The case number is BS141038. The lawsuit contends that Pasadena violated the…
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REALTORS® Join Fight Against 710 Tunnel
The Pasadena-Foothills Association of REALTORS® has joined the fight against the proposed 710 tunnel now under environmental review. Citing major concerns with impacts on residential neighborhoods from increased air and noise pollution as well as untenable cost estimates, the Board of Directors voted to add its voice to the hundreds of residents and community leaders…
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Neighbors Plan to fight the NFL
Neighbors plan to fight NFL approval Council voted to raise cap on large events at the Rose Bowl to temporarily host a pro football team. Pasadena residents who live near the Rose Bowl were on hand during Monday’s… (Photo by Mike Mullen ) November 24, 2012|By Joe Piasecki, joe.piasecki@latimes.com As city officials move ahead with…
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Ron Kaye: The MTA is child’s play
September 29, 2012| 3:08 p.m. In the climactic scene of director Ivan Reitman‘s 1993 political satire “Dave,” President Mitchell (Kevin Kline) tells a joint session of Congress he lost his way, forgot his job was to make people’s “lives a little better…care more about you than I do about me…care more about what’s right than I do…