City to pay 440000 in Bryant death suit
San Marino and another city agreed to settle a wrongful death suit filed after the 1993 death of Michael James Bryant, who died after a 30 minute chase that began in San Marino following a taser stun gun incident during a police pursuit through San Marino and Pasadena. The official cause cited cocaine intoxication and asphyxiation from restraint. Bryant, 37, weighed 320 pounds, and was placed on his stomach in a San Marino patrol car after being shot with a Taser by an LAPD officer.
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Pasadena
Los Angeles
Michael James Bryant
Bryant
Highland Park
LAPD
Chamber Head Rides to Sturgis for Charity Trip
San Marino Chamber of Commerce president Jim Tanner plans an August 3,000 mile charity motorcycle ride to Sturgis South Dakota. The funds will support the San Marino Rotary Club Mini-Grant Program the San Marino Public Library and the San Marino Internet Connection efforts. Tanner aims for pledges between two and four thousand dollars and frequently participates in rides for community needs.
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Jim Tanner
San Marino
Council Adopts '96 Budget With $8.9 Million Total
San Marino approves a 1995 96 budget of 8.9 million dollars a 500000 increase from last year. Till cites a strong property tax base and improved finances supporting the Police Criminal Intelligence Unit Traffic Safety Officer and new emergency equipment. The utility tax stays lowered to address city finances while capital projects include park truck replacement gym renovations traffic calming and city computerization.
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Basen Marino
San Marino
Debbie Bell
General Fund
Park Division
Recreation Department
Children’s Gymnastics
San Marino High School
Vintage July 4 Parade Tops Annual Event
San Marino hosts a lively Fourth of July parade with 50 plus vintage and modern vehicles, red white and blue decor, and thousands of spectators. Grand Marshals include Frank and Dorothy Rice, with guests State Sen Newt Russell and County Supervisor Mike Antonovich. Ken Stevens displays a 1915 Dodge Brothers carriage.
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Tribune
Dorothy
Frank Rice
San Marino
Alice Stevens
David
Dorothy Rice
Joe Messinger
Monterey Road
Lacy Park
Huntington Drive
San Marino Avenue
Chevron
Mike Antonovich
Russell Win Assembly Committee Votes To Kill Clean Air Mandates
The committee favors a National change via SJR 2 to end employer trip reduction requirements under the Clean Air Act in the Los Angeles Basin. It argues states could pursue cheaper clean air options, though costs to employers could reach about $197 million annually. TRW Space and Electronics notes past five years of $2.5 million in trips cuts with modest payoff, while Xerox cites large employer incentives at over $1.2 million yearly.
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Congress
Los Angeles Basin
TRW Space and Electronics
Xerox Ridesharing
Corporation
Fire ruins home as five murder charges loom for chief suspect
Leonardo Morita, main suspect from the start, lies comatose amid pneumonia after a fire on Sherwood Road. Prosecutors say if he survives he will face five counts of murder. Victims include 10-year-old Clint and 45-year-old Lucy, with Krishna and Rama also killed. Evidence shows gasoline and paint containers used to spread flames.
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Leonardo Morita
Morita
L.A
Cheryl Lyons
County Usc Medical Center
Frank Wills
Police and Fire
Clint
Lucy
Krishna
Rama
Subdivision Third House Gets OK From Planning Commission
San Marino Planning Commission approved a new single story four bedroom house at 578 Bonita Avenue in parcel 1 of the subdivision on California Boulevard. The 3,793 square foot lot nearly reaches the 3,800 maximum with 3,342 living area. Main objections were roof height and landscaping with too many young trees. Neighbors John Krueger Wayne McMillan opposed the plan while commissioner Harvey Niskala supported the design.
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Michael Lifton
San Marino
Bill Lau
Frank Wen
Bonita
John Krueger
Harvey Niskala
Krueger
Wayne McMillan
Lacy Descendants Hold First San Marino Park Reunion
Seventy five descendants of San Marino pioneer and long time mayor Richard Lacy gathered at the park named for him on Sunday July 2 for their first reunion. Coordinator Richard Dickie Sullivan said the gathering revived memories and featured a catered Mexican lunch and outdoor games. Ages ranged from 11/2 to 75, with many relatives living in California and some meeting cousins after as long as 20 years.
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San Marino
Richard Lacy
Dickie Sullivan
Henk Friezer
The
Tribune
Richard “Dickie” Sullivan
Lacy
California
Pwr Agere
Lacy Park
the Tribune
Sullivan
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