Monrovian - No Contest in Fake Bomb Reports

Monrovian pleads no contest to charge of making false bomb report. http://goo.gl/rUAMG

- Brad Haugaard

Study Session on Finding a New Monrovia Superintendent

The Monrovia School Board will hold an open study session at 6 p.m. April 15 on the superintendent search process at the district office.

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia's Mayan Bar and Grill Gets Sign

The new restaurant at the Aztec Hotel should be opening soon. The sign has been posted and according to Facebook posts, the restaurant is inviting friends to test its foods.

Monrovia's AeroVironment Gets $13.8 Million from Army

Monrovia's AeroVironment gets $13.8 million from the Army for Raven drone work. http://goo.gl/I0Qja

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Vintage and Collectible Sale and Auction

Vintage and Collectible Yard Sale and Silent Auction for Monrovia Historical Museum, this Saturday, April 13, 8 a.m.-noon, 742 E. Lemon Ave. Pre-1969 items such as crystal, lamps, porcelain dinnerware, sterling silver, nambe, silver plate items, vintage clothing, etc. Free admission and parking. For info call Pam Barkas 599-8187.

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Election: Blackburn and Spicer Win

With the results of today's election in, the two new Monrovia City Council members are ...

- Alexander Blackburn.

- Larry Spicer (who served as Clarence Shaw's fill-in while Shaw was on active military service).

Write-in candidate Robert Parry fell short but pretty strong considering he was write-in.

Final vote, Blackburn 1691, Parry 983, Spicer 1504.

- Brad Haugaard

Counting Ballots for the Monrovia City Council

The Vote by Mail ballots have Larry Spicer and Alexander Blackburn in the lead, but no regular ballots yet.

Power Outage Affects 22 Monrovia Customers

An unexpected power outage is affecting 22 Southern California Edison power customers in Monrovia. SCE says the problem, "Lines Down," caused by "Foreign Object in Equipment," should be fixed by 10 p.m. tomorrow, April 10. http://goo.gl/mJSZr

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Assemblymember Legislation to Help Start-ups In State

Assemblymember Chris Holden (who represents Monrovia) hopes to expand on the state's iHub innovation network with a new plan to create economic opportunities for start-up companies. It's part of his legislation (AB 250) that was overwhelmingly approved with bi-partisan support today in the Assembly Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Committee.

AB 250 would allow emerging technology companies an opportunity to partner with the state to demonstrate new innovative technologies on underutilized state properties.

"We want to put the state in a position to cultivate and incubate young companies that are developing new technologies," explained Assemblymember Holden. "Our goal is to foster greater collaboration between innovators and investment opportunities within the state."

There are three parts to AB 250:

- Establishes the California Innovation Hub (iHub) Program into law.

- Authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to authorize the use of vacant or underused state property for full-scale demonstration programs to benefit start-up technology companies,

- And creates the iHub Accelerator Fund in the state treasury to accept private sector funding to operate the program.

AB 250 will expand the development of iHubs across California and develop more economic opportunities for start-up companies throughout the state. They are anchored by at least one major university or research center which provides access to new inventions and cutting edge thinking.

Source: Holden press release

- Brad Haugaard

New Video of 210 Gold Line Bridge

"Teaser" video of new 210 Gold Line freeway bridge. http://goo.gl/p6ql5

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Election Today

Election day is today, Tuesday, in Monrovia. If you have any clue what is going on, get out and vote! Your polling place is on your sample ballot. If you forgot, it is here: http://lavote.net/LOCATOR/

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia's STAAR Surgical Expects Q1 Growth of 16% Over Q1 2012

Monrovia's STAAR Surgical Company, which makes replacement eye lenses, today announced that first quarter revenue is expected to be approximately $18 million, which would represent approximately 16% growth over the first quarter of last year. http://goo.gl/C5zjQ

- Brad Haugaard

Congresswoman Napolitano Visits Monrovia

According the a Facebook posting by the City of Monrovia, Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, who represents Monrovia, "toured Monrovia neighborhoods and key projects on Thursday, including the construction of the Gold Line, Sherman Avenue, the High Tech Corridor and Old Town Monrovia."

She also stopped in at Monrovia Bakery to congratulate the owners, who are retiring, on their 42 years running the store.

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia High Video Team Wins First Place in State

The Monrovia High Video Team has taken first place in California. http://goo.gl/mhJCm

- Brad Haugaard

Monrovia Police: Accident on Huntington

[Monrovia Police activities from the Police Department's Neighborhood Watch Report for April 4-7. - Brad Haugaard]

 

Following are the weekend's highlighted issues and events.

 

Traffic Collision

April 4 at 2:17 p.m., a traffic collision was reported in the 700 block of East Huntington.  A vehicle was exiting a business parking lot and the driver failed to yield to a vehicle traveling west on Huntington, striking the rear of that vehicle.  That vehicle was then pushed into the raised center divider and it struck a concrete light pole, knocking the pole over.  No one was injured and the driver who failed to yield was issued a citation for the traffic violation.