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CAR AUCTION
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SUMMERTIME
IN EL SERENO
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DINO’s
CAR SHOW
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THE
VOICE
CELEBRATES
OUR 1ST YEAR
ANNIVERSARY
THANK YOU
EL SERENO
LINCOLN HEIGHTS
AND
BOYLE HEIGHTS
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, LAPD Chief Bratton, Councilman Huizar, and LAPD Hollenbeck
Captain Blake Chow hold a press conference to alert community of sexual predator in area.
On Sunday, June 3rd, 2007, between the
hours of 4 to 6 PM, a 7 year old boy, was
walking home from a local convenient store
at the intersection of Huntington Drive and
Portola Street in El Sereno a couple of
blocks from his home.
A suspect walked up behind the boy,
grabbed him and covered his mouth and told
him to be quiet or he would kill him. The
suspect then walked the victim approximately 60 feet to a building entry way, where he
brutally sexually molested him.
After the attack the suspect again threatened
to kill the victim if he told anyone. The suspect ran to a red vehicle and drove away.
The victim's father saw his son bleeding
when his boy got home and called the police
right away.
"This is a trauma that will haunt this innocent boy for his entire life, we need the community to come together to make sure this
suspect does not hurt another child" stated
LAPD Chief William Bratton. There have
been several leads that police have followed
up on but have not produced an arrest. We
are asking teachers, child care givers, parents to remain vigilant and keep your eyes
on your children at all times.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stated that
Sexual assault of an innocent child is the
purest form of evil and we need your help to
prevent this predator from striking again
Chief Bratton gave the suspects description
as a Male Hispanic, 20 to30 years of age,
bald, with brown eyes. The suspect is 5' 7"
to 5' 9" and approximately 200 lbs. He has
tattoos of firearms on his left arm and a
naked lady on his upper right arm. The suspect was seen leaving the area in a red, 4door compact vehicle.
Detectives and Hollenbeck personnel
have canvassed the area for witnesses. They
have reviewed sex registrant files and
parolees, including Parole's high-risk sex
offender global position system (GPS). The
Cal Gangs computer database is being used
in an attempt to identify the suspect. A
Crime Analysis run has been conducted and
no similar crimes have been reported in the
area.
A composite sketch of the suspect as
shown of the front page of THE VOICE has
been prepared and Hollenbeck Area Police
Department has conducted community noti-
fications and outreach, including notifying
the local schools and distributing the
Community Alert. An alert was also sent out
through the Department's e-policing Internet
tool.
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EDITORS MESSAGE
WE CELEBRATE OUR 1ST YEAR
ANNIVERSARY
Man Killed;
Hit By Stolen Car Driven By Juvenile
An innocent 54-year old man was killed
Friday, July 6th in front of his 21 year old
son, by a speeding stolen car driven by a 13
year-old boy that crashed into their van in
the City Terrace, just east of Boyle Heights
authorities said.
Paramedics arrived at the 1000 block of
North Gage Avenue shortly before 11 a.m.
and pronounced the man dead at the scene,
according to California Highway Patrol.
Perfecto Cortez Aguilar of Los Angeles
died when a speeding Toyota Camry
smashed into the rear of the van and was
thrown from his right front passenger seat
onto the street stated authorities.
Aguilar's 21 year old son was driving the
PUBLISHER /EDITOR
van when the accident occurred. The susCarlos Morales
pect driver who is only 13 years old was
SALES
possibly scared when he spotted a
George Cabrera Jr.
patrolling sheriff's deputy at the bottom of
GENERAL MANAGER
the hill and sped up into the City Terrace
Joe Rivera
neighborhood. The police were not in purCarlos
suit at the time of the incident and actually
MARKETING DIRECTOR
Carlos Morales
came across the accident while looking for
the suspect. He lost control of the blue
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Toyota Camry and crashed into the back of
Richard Canales
a commercial van. Officers say the impact
Carlos Morales
Michael Miller, 25, of Bell Gardens, was pulled over on was so great, it catapulted the passenger out
CFO
Sal Garcia
the northbound shoulder the 710 freeway near the 3rd
Street offramp changing a tire on his girlfriend's gray
COMMUNITY
Mercedes-Benz, when someone pulled over and offered to
CONTRIBUTORS
help about 10:15 p.m on Tuesday June 12, 2007
Absolute Tow Auction
Erica Cornejo
"Miller
said
no.
...And
for
some
unknown
reason,
the
susThere is an automobile auction open to the
Gene Baca
pect
brought
out
a
gun
and
started
shooting
the
victim.
He
public with vehicles starting out as low as
Jaime Urbina
then
fled
said
Jerry
Espinoza
of
the
CHP.
$25 when we visited it last month. There
Janet Puentes
The
shooter,
whom
police
believe
is
in
his
twenties,
drove
were around 100 persons which came out
Jose Figueroa
light-blue
or
gray
Nissan
Altima,
described
as
Latino,
had
to see if they could buy a car for a bargain
Jose Aguilar
a
thin
mustache
and
wore
eyeglasses
and
a
baseball-style
price. The vehicles that are being aucKristina Hooper
cap.
tioned off are cars that have been picked up
Mark Overstreet
from auto accidents, been pick up by havMick Mcquire
ing delinquent tickets, not registered, unliContinued on Page 7
Santos Rodriguez
censed drivers or abandoned vehicles.
Val Marquez
See Freeway Shootings
Besides vehicles we saw motorcycles,
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interesting year for us from
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TWO FATAL SHOOTINGS
ON 710 FWY
of the right side of the van and onto the
street. The man died in the hands of concerned neighbors arms who rushed to help.
"There was a man on the street laying there
and they used CPR.
Our neighbor is a nurse and was trying
to help him out and then he died," says
Jacqueline Zandejas, a resident who came
out of her home to help. The 13 year old
suspect was not injured in the collision, so
he got out of the car and ran, but an alert
resident chased him down, said authorities.
One individual was at his residence,
heard the sound of a collision. He came out
and observed the juvenile exit the suspect
vehicle and flee the scene. He followed the
suspect along with a couple other concerned citizens and detained the suspect
until sheriff's deputies arrived and our officers arrived and took custody of the suspect." The Camry was stolen from the
same City Terrace neighborhood that same
morning.
The boy was not hurt in the accident and
is being held on suspicion of felony hitand-run, and driving a stolen vehicle. The
suspect was taken to the CHP's East Los
Angeles station.
AUTO AUCTION IN OUR BACKYARD!
Toyotas, and everything in between. The
auctions proceeds at a pretty good pace it
actually travels on a rolling platform
throughout the yard. If you are in the market to buy a car, at a bargain price, give this
auction a try it is worth checking this place
out!
Public auction is located at 101 N. Ave 18,
Los Angeles CA 90031. It takes place
every Tuesday mornings, vehicles are
available for inspection starting at 8am and
the auction starts promptly at 9:00am. All
transactions are paid in cash only.
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$50,000
REWARD
THE VOICE contacted Councilman
Huizar's office to see how we can
assist getting the word out, and they
printed 20,000 flyers for insertion of
the June Issue of THE VOICE.
Several community businesses and
Agency's stepped up to our call for
help and paid for the insertion of these
flyers in THE VOICE thanks goes
out to Barrio Action Youth and Family
Services, The Greater El Sereno
Chamber of Commerce, Cal State LA
Federal Credit Union, Absolute
Towing and last but not least M and M
Construction for their support and
compassion for the stakeholders of
this community.
Last week Councilman Huizar presented a motion to The Los Angeles
City Council on offering a reward to
assist in the apprehension of this predator. On July 5th, The Los Angeles
City Council announced a $50,000
reward as an added inducement for
persons to come forward with information leading to the identification,
apprehension, and conviction of the
person or persons responsible for this
sexual attack of the 7 year old boy.
This reward shall be in effect for sixty
days.
Anyone with information is asked to
call Robbery Homicide Rape Section
at 213-485-2921. On weekends or
during off-hours, call the 24-hour toll
free number at 1-877-LAWFULL
(529-3855).
Convicted Sex
Offender Gets Life
For Rape, Murder
at Lincoln Park
Restroom
A convicted sex offender who pleaded guilty
to raping and murdering a woman found dead in
a Lincoln Heights Park restroom was sentenced
to life in prison without the possibility of parole
this past month. “You will spend the rest of your
life in prison,” Los Angeles Superior Court
Judge Steven R. Van Sicklen told John Anthony
Romero Jr.
The 43 year old defendant pleaded guilty to
first-degree murder and forcible rape for the
Nov. 25, 2005 attack on Lori Lynne Bucks, who
was in her 40’s. Romero also pleaded guilty to
carjacking and assault with a deadly weapon
charges stemming from the theft of a car from a
guard who was providing security on a movie
shoot on Nov. 24, 2005.
The car was found the next day in Lincoln
Park, where Romero held police at bay for hours
before surrendering. Police later found Bucks’
body in a park restroom.
Romero was convicted in September 1988 of
forcible oral copulation and forcible sodomy
and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Los Angeles: Officers fired their duty
weapons at a parolee who was armed
with a gun On June 19, 2007, during
the late afternoon hours, officers
assigned to the Parolee at Large Task
Force initiated a surveillance of
known gang members in the 800
block of West 50th Place. They had
received information that the suspects
were planning a "retaliation shooting"
as a result of a recent homicide. At
about 8:40 PM, detectives and officers
followed the suspects to the area of
Whiteside Street just outside of
Hollenbeck Division, in the County of
Los Angeles. They observed three
male suspects and a female suspect
exit their car. Celestino Carlos, 33, a
known parolee, whom they believed
to be armed, was one of them. The
officers elected to make contact with
the suspects and detain Carlos. As
Detective Wayne Caffey and Officer
Richard Jaramillo, along with other
officers approached the suspects,
Carlos looked in their direction and
ran westbound on Whiteside Street.
Carlos ran to the rear of 3621
Whiteside Street chased by Detective
Caffey. Carlos scaled a block wall and
fell to the other side into the backyard
of 3627 Whiteside Street. As
Detective Caffey climbed to the top of
the wall, he observed Carlos turned
toward him while holding a handgun
in his waistband. In fear for his life,
Detective Caffey fired at Carlos.
Carlos continued to run along the eastside of the residence. Officer
Jaramillo, who was on the next street,
saw Carlos turned toward him holding
a handgun in his hand. Officer
Jaramillo fired at Carlos and another
officer-involved shooting occurred.
Carlos continued to run to the front of
the residence where he discarded his
handgun and was taken into custody
without further incident. Carlos was
not struck by either of the rounds fired
and was not injured. His loaded and
cocked handgun was recovered at the
scene. He was arrested for Assault
with a Deadly Weapon on a Police
Officer and is being held on a $50,000
bail. None of the officers were
injured.
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PLANNING MEETING
Completed, Ongoing, and
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Wednesday, July 25 6 to 8 p.m.
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Lincoln Heights, CA 90031
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Boyle Heights, CA
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Boyle Heights, CA 90033
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CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES 2007
Congratulations
Erika Serrano-Overstreet
Erika Serrano-Overstreet graduated from Ramona
Convent High School and is heading to the University
of California Davis.
Erika was a member of the National Honor Society,
the Critics Club, Sakura Society, Anime Club, and
Drama. As a freshman she was on the basketball
team and the Varsity Track team. She was part of the
volunteer program at the Alhambra Episcopal
Seniors' Home and received recognition from the L.A.
City Council and State Assembly for her many community services. Before attending Ramona, Erika attended Belvedere Middle School where she was a Senior
Girl Scout and a member of the school's Jazz Band.
Erika studied art at East Los Angeles College and had
her artwork on display at the California State Gifted
Conference and the Pomona Fair. Erika received
scholarships from GEAR UP and the Gifted
Association. Erika plans are to become a Clinical
Psychologist and Artist.
¡FELICIDADES POR SU GRADUACION!
Aidé del Roció Pérez, MD
University of Illinois,
Chicago College of Medicine
and
Esmeralda Pérez, BA
Cal State University Northridge
Sociology & Chicana/o Studies
Queremos decirles cuanto las queremos y lo orgullosos que nos sentimos
de ver que han alcanzado sus metas.
¡Cuando uno querré todo se puede!
FAMILIA PEREZ NUNEZ
FULL HOUSE AT EL SERENO MIDDLE SCHOOL GRADUATION
DULCE RIOS
THE VOICE
Congratulates Dulce Rios
on her Graduation from
Wilson High School.
Thank you for your support
with our publication!
West Point Graduate
Yoon Gak Um, a 2003 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in El Sereno, was
one of two El Sereno locals who graduated from West Point Military Academy in
upstate New York. Although West Point is extremely difficult to get accepted to,
Wilson has had JROTC students graduate from the Academy in consecutive
years. In 2006, Tania Moreno, also a JROTC and Wilson High school graduated
received her Bacheloriate degree from West Point. In 2007, Yoon Um graduated
from the academy with a Bacheloriate degree and will be continuing into a masters program with a commission into the U.S. Army as a 2LT.
A message for all who are parents or
have teen relatives keep a close watch at
your family members in the way they
dress, talk and act because many family
members are at denial that their child is not
bad at all just dress like one but not bad at
all! The discovery is founded at time that
the COPS come knocking at the home or a
COP makes contact that your child is at the
Hospital or Coroners location etc. I have
seen many parents deny that they were part
of a crime and claim innocent etc! I see
parents dress their little children with oversize clothing, lots of jewelry, shave head
thinking it is fine and pretty not knowing
CE
A
F
E
TH
S!
T
C
FA
GAS
PRICES
they are setting up that
little nice innocent child to the path of
gangster ship role model! Why not dress
up the child nice and neat and nice combed
hair without the flashy jewelry etc. Give
them attention, kindness, love and proper
guidance correct their errors while they are
able to walk and get around otherwise you
will have that child grow into the wrong
path! WHAT A WASTE OF LIFE IF ONE
DOES NOT RAISE A CHILD THE
RIGHT WAY FROM THE START."
God bless you all and Peace be with you
all. Juan Jimenez
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High Density Mixed Used Commercial Housing
VS
1st Time Homebuyers Program
By Jose Aguilar
On January 2006, Steve
Valenzuela
CRA/LA
Regional Administrator for
the Eastside Regional Area
project mentioned on the
2007 CRA/LA Budget
Narratives that CRA needs
to bring in a first time
homebuyers program that
has 60,000 subsidy for a
first time home buyers to
buy in the Adelante Project
area. The reason for this is
that Boyle Heights has currently a 75% absentee landlord rate. We are left with
only 25% owner occupant
rate.
The Community Redev
elopment Agency (CRA)
has failed to implement
ANY of
their
own
Guidelines starting with
EA1010 which provides
direct loans to property
owners for home improvements, EA1080 Housing
Trust funds for first time
buyers for assistance in
down payments and related
costs, EA1990 House Trust
funds for new affordable
housing within Council
District 14. EA2140 provides funds for interest-subsidy programs loans to
property owners of commercial buildings and
EA2700 is a program for
retention and restoration of
businesses in priority areas.
Our community wants low
density housing that creates
home ownership and helps
make renters into home
owners without creating a
huge unsustainable population high density influx into
our overly burden city
Infrastructure system.
This infrastructure which
includes parking availability that will lead to, permitted parking in the surrounding residential area and
which will lead to traffic
gridlock and draconian traffic mitigation measures that
will make our main thoroughfares into one-way
Boulevards.
Police coverage is at the
lowest levels of population
coverage area compared to
any other city in the United
States. What will happen
when all this high density
development becomes reality without building the
infrastructure first.
Due to global warming,
the Sierra Snow Pack is at
50% of its snow pack capac-
ity. The reduced water supply (e.g. Drought) will
increase expeditiously the
water rates will increase in
order to subsidize water to
an ever-increasing unsustainable high-density population growth in our region.
Citizen Alert:
Boyle
Heights is currently having
their community plan
reviewed. Please help protect your current low level
density zoning laws, by
contacting Rogelio Flores
at 1-213-978-1478.
Note: Jose Aguilar, the Past
Chairman for the Housing
Sub-Committee Chair for
the Adelante Project Area,
20052006,
referred
EA1090
For more reference about
high density housing and its
affects look up the LA
Weekly June 1st 2007 on
the article "What Smart
About Smart Growth" Also
in the February 14th 2007
issue of the newspaper the
article named "Planning for
Disaster by Esquire Zuma
Dogg".
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CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES 2007
Dino's Burgers
Host 3rd Annual Car Show
On June 10. There were over 50 cars jam-packed in the
parking lot of this Lincoln Heights Icon establishment.
Good Music, Custom Cars and Great food was in abundance at this car show.
George Pantasis told THE VOICE "this event has outgrown our establishments space and perhaps next years
event can be hosted at Lincoln Park to accommodate more
participants and allow for larger crowds to access the
show"
This event was sponsored by:
Dino's Burgers, Licha's Flowers,
Tony's Barber Shop, Leblanc's Café and Don Amigos
Records.
Wilson High School Class of 1978
Alumni and now Coach Eddie Martinez
observes another Graduating
class from his Alma Mater
WILSON HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATION
THE VOICE
Congratulations
Maricela
Hernandez
Graduated from
El Sereno
Middle School
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OTHER NEWS
PEACE AND
UNITY
CONCERT AND
CAR SHOW
By Anthony Manzano
ROSE HILLS REVIEW
Many residents have come to recognize the event, as it has gained
popularity with the locals. This year
was like none other with a star list of
talent performing for the crowd. To
add a festival twist to the event,
Father's Day was one to remember
out at the El Sereno Recreation
Center.
Early on Sunday, June 17, 2007
with a slightly pre-arranged set-up,
classic cars rolled into the park to
display their pride and joy, low-riders. The Old Memories Car Club of
San Gabriel Valley was the featured
organization displaying automobiles. A number of auto manufactures from Alhambra Auto Row also
showed some of today's most popular vehicles.
With several years of experience
under his belt, Mike Romero the
event organizer received strong support from councilmember Jose
Huizar and they wanted to showcase
bands that have a legendary influence in the music industry. He start-
ed working on this line-up right after
last year's event, and the work
shows off. Together on one stage for
a super Father's Day Extravaganza,
six heavy hitters showed why they
are at the top of the talent list.
The show started out with the early
bands including: Rich Garcia & the
Midnight Cruzzers, Soto Band and
Rocky Padilla, at mid-day trophies
where handed out to the top vehicles
on display. Assembly Member
Kevin de Leon was on hand to present his best of choice, along with
Councilmember Jose Huizar. A representative of the office selected the
Mayors trophy, just as the office representative selected the Senator's
Trophy. That's when the music
kicked into high gear.
The main stage was filled with
musical talent from the Salas brothers who grew up locally in the community; Rudy and Steve Salas from
Tierra will be encapsulated in the
music industry for generations to
come.
As a treat for the audience, all the
way from New York, Mr. Joe Bataan
soothed the crowed with his Latin
flavor of expression, giving a little
bit of reality as he told a story of
how he sang with Ralphi Pagan and
was not here to only sing for the
crowd, but to give a message of
love. Nearly passing away eight
years ago by a diabetic attack, Joe's
message was clear, "kiss all the
things that you love."
With out much delay the next
group took for the stage after arriving in a limo, and the crowd knew
exactly who this band was. They
cheered and yelled for the group to
reach the stage.
W A R ~~ W A R ~~ W A R rang
through the voices of screaming
fans. The members stood up on the
main stage and announced that this
was a 'Reunion of the Original Low
Rider Band' and also claimed one of
the songs was "My favorite song
that a band called 'WAR' recorded
okay, this is their song, we're just
going to play it for you" and
bounced into a jumpin' original version of 'Cisco Kidd'.
The night drew near and the final
band to appear was Sly, Slick, and
Wicked who dressed in amazing
white three piece suites and still
pumped out a routine for the ages.
This group has not lost the ability to
show why they are sure 'fit-ins' in
the music hall of fame. Music is a
part of the soul; it makes us smile,
laugh, cry, and sing along at all
hours. That's why this Father's Day
was honored by the sounds of what
music is made of, legendary artist
that love to share their God given
talents for others to enjoy peace and
unity, see you next year.
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The Hollenbeck Area is having a rash of " Distraction
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unsuspecting resident and asking to fix unreported problem. The suspects work in pairs and as one suspect is
looking for the problem the other taking property from
the resident's home. Please contact the Hollenbeck
Community Police Station at (323) 266-5964 or 266-5965.
If you come in contact with these suspects.
CRIME TIP
Beware of the "Latin Lotto Scam."
Senior citizen’s are targeted by spanish speaking couples
who have "won" and request "good faith" money. They
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A motorist that was being chased by LAPD on the wrong way of the Santa
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southbound Interstate 5 Fwy.
The vehicle crashed head-on into a semi tractor-trailer rig shortly after
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(60) Freeway. The female passenger of the suspect's vehicle died at the
scene. The driver of the vehicle was arrested.
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Continued from page 3
south of Valley Blvd in El Sereno. They Are Related.
Police believe his rental car may
have been pursued by a driver in a
black SUV with tinted windows.
The SUV was seen swerving into
the vict i m ' s
And another shooting happened v e h i c l e
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Assemblymember
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Local Parent Volunteers
On
Saturday,
June
16th,
Assemblymember Kevin de León, hosted
an Annual Parent Volunteer award ceremony and luncheon at the Audubon Center
in Debs Park. The Assistant Majority
Leader recognized 25 outstanding parent
volunteers from El Sereno, Highland Park,
and Lincoln Heights for their dedication
and support to improve our community
and our children's educational future.
The parents and their children enjoyed a
lunch provided by El Arco Iris Restaurant,
a showcase of wild animals from Nature
of Wildworks, and each parent walked
away with a green goodie bag filled with
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