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There are two important meetings taking place in Eagle Rock during the
coming week of which all residents and businesses should be aware.
A "Community Action Meeting" is being held on Tuesday, April 11 at 7:00
p.m. at the Women's 20th Century Club to discuss the ramifications of a
proposed "drug rehab house" in Eagle Rock. I've seen the flyer going
around Eagle Rock that says, "Call or E-Mail the list (of elected
representatives) and ask how is this possible? Why are you allowing this?"
The list is composed of State Senator Jack Scott, State Assembly member
Carol Liu, County Supervisor Gloria Molina, Los Angeles City Councilmember
Jose Huizar, Congressman Xavier Becerra, City of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa, and School Board Member David Tokofsky.
I suppose it's convenient to put the weight of blame for this on our
elected representatives, although I suspect we will learn that none of
them had anything directly to do with allowing a drug rehabilitation
facility at this location. I think the question that is missing is, "How
could the resident of Eagle Rock who owns this apartment building take
such an action without going to the community to explain what was going to
be done and how it might affect the community?" How can a person who lives
in Eagle Rock in good conscience put such a use in a residential
neighborhood in complete disregard for the impact it will have on
surrounding residents and businesses? State and municipal codes might
allow such a use but it is one of our community members that is actually
taking advantage of those regulations to actually convert his property
into a drug rehabilitation facility.
I hope you will all attend this meeting to learn more of the facts and
what options are available to the community. It's a serious issue and
deserves a serious, factual approach.
The other important meeting that is taking place next week is the Los
Angeles City Planning Commission's consideration of an amendment to the
Colorado Boulevard Specific Plan to create a "Community Parking Pilot
Project" that will provide an alternative means for commercial uses to
comply with the Specific Plan's parking requirements within a portion of
Colorado and Eagle Rock Boulevards. The City Planning Commission is
meeting at 8:30 a.m. in Room 1010 at Los Angeles City Hall, located at 200
North Spring Street in downtown. If you plan to go, the most convenient
parking is usually under the City Hall Mall, with access from the north
side of Los Angeles Street north of Temple Street. If you plan to go, give
yourself time to get through City Hall security screening, which is about
the same as airport security screening. And make sure you bring a photo id
or they won't let you in the building. The stated purpose of the parking
credit program is to allow small businesses to open up within the existing
pedestrian-oriented buildings that neighbors want to preserve and which
provide the character that the Eagle Rock community seeks to enhance. It
will also allow neighborhood scaled, pedestrian-oriented new development
on small lots. Maintaining the cost of purchasing parking credits at a
lower rate than a demolition and rebuild option, will also assure that new
buildings can be built that fit within the fabric of the neighborhood.
It is hoped that this parking credit system will serve as a catalyst
for increased pedestrian activity giving businesses further incentives to
cater to passers-by and not simply to the automobile. This will create
more defined and developed destination nodes that a future transit system
could support, enhancing the continued redevelopment of Eagle Rock's two
boulevards.
John Acevedo assisted in putting this e-letter together.
Michael Tharp,
President
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Kent Nagano To
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Los Angeles Opera music director Kent Nagano will share his
professional experiences and thoughts on last year’s “Manzanar: An
American Story,” in a discussion scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April
13 at Occidental College. The event, which is free and open to the public,
will be held in Mosher Lecture Hall 1. Nagano will be interviewed by Janet
McIntyre ’06 of KUSC-FM.
Occidental is located at 1600 Campus Road in Eagle Rock. For directions
and a campus map, please go to http:/
/www.oxy.edu/MapsDirections.xml.
Nagano was artistic director for “Manzanar: An American Story,” a
program that illustrated the evolution of civil liberty in the United
States through the Japanese-American internment camp experience. Featuring
a full orchestra and children’s chorus, the work was staged in Los Angeles
and highlighted the compositions of award-winning Naomi Sekiya, long-time
Nagano collaborator Jean- Pascal Beintus, and jazz musician David Benoit.
Nagano has established a reputation as a gifted interpreter of both the
operatic and symphonic repertoire. A popular guest conductor with many of
the world’s leading orchestras, Nagano, in addition to his Los Angeles
post, is artistic director and principal conductor of the Deutsches
Sinfonie- Orchester Berlin. This year he takes over for Zubin Mehta as
music director of the Bavarian State Opera, and he also becomes music
director of the Orchestra Symphonique de Montreal.
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Huell Howser
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Watch Huell Howser talk about the Audubon Center at Debs Park! Tune in
onMonday, April 24th at 6 pm to KCET public television. The program is
called California’s Golden Parks.
Celebrate Earth Day at the Audubon Center! Learn how you can become a
“world custodian” and help take care of the earth we all share. Bring the
family and join us at the Audubon Center at Debs Park on Saturday, April
22 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. Admission is free and if you ride the Metro
(Gold Line, Southwest Museum Exit), you will be eligible to win prizes.
It is only through the support of individuals like you that Audubon can
offer quality family programs such as Earth Day and other activities
during the month of April detailed on the attached calendar. We rely on
our Amigos and Vecinos Amables (or, “Friendly Neighbors” in our six
neighboring zip codes) to help us connect people with nature
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Intimate
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The Acorn Gallery, a project of the Arroyo Arts Collective, will
sponsor a group show called "Intimate Geography -- getting to know a
place" to open on April 8 in conjunction with the NELA Second Saturday
gallery walk. "Intimate Geography," curated by Deborah Thomas and Linda
Anne Hoag, features mixed media and installation work by artists Edith
Abeyta, Daniel Marlos, Jennifer Murphy, Thomas and Hoag. The work offers a
collection of imaginative and personal perspectives on how one relates to
a particular locale. Themes of mapping, memory, and personal encounter
with the natural and social environments thread through artwork including
a scavenger hunt staged in Highland Park and a shower curtain covered with
tiny photographs of the Arroyo Seco water table. Opens April 8, 5 - 10
p.m. at the Acorn Gallery, 135 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park. Runs through
May 6. For information call 626 794-3627
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Local Museums
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Event Will Feature Exhibits, Special Events, Crafts and Family Fun;
Free Shuttle, Free Admission to Five Area Museums
Free day offers one of the last chances to tour all galleries at the
Southwest Museum before it closes in July for renovation.
PASADENA and LOS ANGELES, Calif. - April 3, 2006 - Here's a recipe for
a memorable Sunday: great art, architecture, music and family fun with
some historical discoveries thrown in for good measure. The best part?
It's all free.
On May 7, 2006 the 17th annual Museums of the Arroyo (MOTA) Day invites
the public to tour five museums located along the celebrated Arroyo Seco
in Los Angeles and Pasadena for a free day of music, storytelling, art,
crafts and entertainment. MOTA Day museums are open for free tours from 11
a.m. - 5 p.m and festivities are scheduled at each museum throughout the
day. Special events at this year's MOTA Day include:
The Gamble House. Visitors can enjoy a performance by Grammy-award
winning musicologist Ian Whitcomb and his Bungalow Boys; children can do
crafts in the backyard.
Heritage Square Museum. Guests can observe a Spanish American War
encampment, watch traditional woodcarving demonstrations and listen to
historical storytellers as well as enjoy music and traditional dancing.
Children can play with Victorian toys and do crafts while adults can check
out vintage vehicles.
The Lummis Home and Garden. Folk singers Gigi and Mike will lead family
sing-alongs with tunes from the turn-of-the century. Daniel Lewis will
present a historical characterization of Charles F. Lummis and kids will
make and take home miniature versions of the Lummis home.
The Pasadena Museum of History. Guests can tour the museum's current
exhibition "Tiny Perspectives: A History of Miniatures" as well as watch a
puppet show from the Conservatory of Puppetry Arts. Later kids can make
their own puppets; miniatures will also be available. The Fenyes Mansion
and Finnish Folk Art Museum will be opened for tours.
The Southwest Museum. Visitors can hear tales from Native American
storyteller Robert Greygrass and listen to children's book readings.
This will be one of the last chances for the public to tour The
Southwest Museum in its entirety -- the museum is scheduled to close in
July for a 3-1/2 year renovation project.
Getting to MOTA Day is easy --- take the Gold Line to MOTA Day and jump
off at either the Southwest Museum or Heritage Square station, where free
shuttles will escort you to MOTA Day. Or park your car once and shuttle to
the museums of your choice.
For more information call the MOTA hotline (213) 740-TOUR (8687) or go
to http://
www.museumsofthearroyo.com.
SHUTTLES AND PARKING
The MOTA Day shuttles will operate two free routes that allow visitors
to easy get from museum to museum. One will run between Pasadena and
Highland Park with stops at the Pasadena Museum of History (across the
street from The Gamble House) and the Lummis Home and Garden. The other
will shuttle guests back and forth between Lummis Home and Garden,
Southwest Museum and Heritage Square.
Parking will be available in Pasadena at Avery Dennison on Walnut (near
Pasadena Museum of History) and surrounding streets. In Highland Park,
parking will be on Carlota Street (near Lummis Home and Garden), at
Heritage Square and Southwest Museum's parking lots and surrounding
streets.
Shuttle service for MOTA Day is provided by the City of Pasadena and
the City of Los Angeles, Council District One.
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The Settlement
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What do Eagle Rock and the San Gabriel valley have in common? When and
why did their identities diverge? These and more questions will be
answered at 7:00 on April 18, at the Center for the Arts. Eagle Rock, 2225
Colorado Blvd.
The Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society will host Mic Hansen, local
historian and representative of Pasadena Heritage. She will present ³The
Settlement of the San Gabriel Valley², a slide show followed by a question
period. This early history of the area will apply to Eagle Rock as well as
Pasadena.
Ms. Hansen is a former board member and long time supporter of Pasadena
Heritage. She is extremely well versed in local history and is a key
contributor to all of their educational programs, as well as advocacy
issues throughout the city of Pasadena. She also currently serves on the
Historic Preservation Commission in the city of Pasadena.
Pasadena Heritage has raised public awareness about the unique historic
resources in our community and played a major role in such success stories
as the revitalization of Old Pasadena and the restoration of City Hall,
the Main Library, and the Colorado Street Bridge. The organization's
mission statement is to identify, preserve and protect the historic,
architectural, and cultural resources of the City of Pasadena through
advocacy, education, and oral histories.
Pasadena Heritage provides a strong and consistent voice at Pasadena
City Council, city commissions, and by meeting with developers and
participating in city planning where historic buildings need to be
recognized and preserved.
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Rockdale
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Bravo, Rockdale Elementary!
Eagle Rock's own Rockdale Elementary earned a well deserved ovation at
the Millenium Biltmore in late February, when the school was awarded this
year's Bravo Award for excellence in arts education. A program of the
Music Center of Los Angeles County, the Bravo Award was established in
1982 to honor educators who incorporate the arts into their programs in
meaningful and innovative ways. In a field that included more than 50
nominees, Rockdale tied with Pasadena's McKinley School for the top honor,
which includes a cash grant of $10,000, a sum that Rockdale will split
with McKinley.
Rockdale Principal Desiree De Bond Vargas was predictably elated. "It's
so nice to have art in the schools back on the public radar," she told
Daily News reporter Lisa M. Sodders shortly after the award was announced.
"So often, schools get reduced to just a number when (our) test scores are
put out there. It doesn't show the breadth, the depth, the exciting parts
of what goes on every single day here in school. Without students learning
the arts," De Bond Vargas continued, "the learning is not complete. The
arts help us reach every single learner."
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Center for the
Arts Opera |
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The Center for the
Arts, Eagle Rock and The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural
Affairs in association with The Mesopotamian Opera present: THE TREE, a
new opera written and directed by PETER WING HEALEY; music by LINDA
DOWDELL; costumes by KAROLYN KIISEL conductor/pianist DAVID O
a tree spirit falls in love with an architect
a developer expands his empire of sprawl
a new city rises from the agony of death
at LATC The Los Angeles Theater Center with generous support of the
Latino Theater Company and the Latino Museum of History, Art, &
Culture.
514 S. Spring St. in downtown Los Angeles (btw. 5th and 6th)
Parking in adjacent lots (lots open until 11 pm)
THURSDAY
March 30, 8 pm
April 6, 8 pm
April 13, 8 pm
FRIDAY
March 31, 7:30 pm
April 7, 7:30 pm
April 14, 7:30 pm
SATURDAY
April 1, 7:30 pm
April 8, 7:30 pm
April 15, 7:30 pm
SUNDAY
April 2, 5 pm
April 9, 5 pm
April 16, 5 pm
Tickets: $30, ($25 preview price for first 4 performances). To purchase
tickets call 323 226-1230 or buy them online.
The Tree is supported in part by grants from The James Irvine
Foundation and The Noah Wyle Foundation
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Community
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EAGLEROCKDALE COMMUNITY GARDEN
Celebrate Earth Day 2006 by making your community a greener place to
live.
On Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., The Eagle Rock Association
invites all environmentalists for a morning of sweat equity in LA’s newest
organic garden. Bring your energy and tools (label your items with your
name) as we plant the landscape, build compost bins and clear the site of
winter weeds.
Meet the Garden’s organic farmers, members of the Theodore Payne
Foundation, the LA Conservation Corps, artist-in-resident Kacy Treadway
and more. Refreshments provided.
The Eagle Rockdale Community Garden & Art Park is located at 1045
Rockdale Avenue, 1 block east of Figueroa at La Loma St; then 2 blocks
south of La Loma at Lanark St.
For more information, contact Mary Tokita at com
munitygarden@TERA90041.org or 323/259-TERA.
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Letters |
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I am concerned about the following wireless antennas going in along
Eagle Rock Blvd:
T-Mobile plans to install an "unmanned wireless telecommunications
facility consisting of 3 equipment cabinets at grade level and 12 panel
antennas on the rooftop of an existing building" to be installed at 4448
Eagle Rock Blvd. This is the mini-mall next to Jack-In-The-Box between
Ave. 45 and York Blvd. I live in a lot directly behind the proposed
installation site and am concerned about how high these antennas will be
and any effects from the radio frequency emissions. Are my worries
justified?
I remember reading about a similar situation in the TERA e-letter
several months back. What ever happened to the proposed antennas over by
Colorado and Figueroa? Is it possible to fight this installation? I would
have to take time off work to attend the public hearing on Thursday, April
27 @ 1:30 and am not sure if it would even matter. My pockets are not as
deep as T-Mobile's.
Thanks for any advice you can give, Charlene Fenton Eagle Rock resident
since 1965
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There is no easy answer to cell installations. As a matter of policy,
the City will not allow and does not accept testimony regarding possible
health issues related to cell antennae installations. And, without getting
into all of the legal nuances of the case, the 9th Circuit Court of
Appeals recently ruled that a municipality could not use aesthetics along
as a reason for denying a cell phone company the right to install a cell
phone antenna. So, it appears that the ability to challenge the placement
of cell phone equipment is at the present time being made even more
narrow. That being said, the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council has had some
success in getting the various cell phone companies to make their
installations more attractive than they might otherwise be. I think the
most effective way to make your voice heard is to attend the public
hearing. If you can't do that, I suggest you write to the Office of Zoning
Administration, making sure to include the case number on your
correspondence, and state your feelings about the matter, remembering that
all testimony regarding health issues will be disregarded. TERA has taken
the position that the location of all cell phone antennae should be mapped
and that the various companies should be made to show that they have
attempted to co-share those antennae and that it was not feasible or did
not provide the necessary coverage prior to granting any additonal permits
for new cell phone antennae. This allows the cell phone companies to apply
for new antennae where needed and reduces the proliferation of such
antennae where sharing of facilities is possible. Finally, on behalf of
cell phone users everywhere, I acknowledge that we all want our cell
phones to work everywhere we go, and I hate the dead zones in my coverage
as much as the next person.
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The Collaborative Eagle Rock Beautiful Garden Tour Of Sunday, March 26,
was astonishingly beautiful. The docents and other assistants were warm,
friendly and informative. In addition, I had the very good fortune to meet
a nice Eagle Rock resident Eileen who drove another passenger and myself
around to all the gorgeous gardens. What a tonic to see all those
magnificent creations!
I thank all who make this experience possible.
Nancy Shannon, Eagle
Rock
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It was indeed a wonderful event which will hopefully become an annual
occurence. What fun to get to view those spaces normally hidden away
behind gates and fences!
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The members of the TERA Board, and Presidents Emeriti Kathleen Aberman,
Tim Sanders, and Joanne Turner send our best wishes to Vice President
Kathleen Long, who is on leave in her home state of New Jersey caring for
her 85-year- old ailing father, John "Ray" Long. Our thoughts and prayers
are with you.
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