Two long-term Altadena stories seem to be reaching the end of the line. We're still collecting information on these, but we think we can safely put this much information up:
Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School: One of our correspondents who's been following the case writes:
After 5 months of hearing delays and the case being sent from Superior Court to Federal Court and then back to Superior Court, on May 29th the County was finally successful in getting a preliminary
injunction granted against Sahag-Mesrob School to order them to cease
operation or face criminal charges.
Their cease operation date is June 16, 2009.
The injunction requires Sahag-Mesrob to cease operating pending trial. The school principal went further and submitted a declaration to the court indicating that they will not operate a school until and unless the CUP is issued.
County Counsel says Sahag-Mesrob will most likely appeal the issuance of the preliminary injunction and the County should receive a notice of appeal shortly. If they prevail, the case will certainly go to trial. (Please note - their appeal has no bearing on the cease operation ruling.)
Their cease operation date is June 16, 2009.
The injunction requires Sahag-Mesrob to cease operating pending trial. The school principal went further and submitted a declaration to the court indicating that they will not operate a school until and unless the CUP is issued.
County Counsel says Sahag-Mesrob will most likely appeal the issuance of the preliminary injunction and the County should receive a notice of appeal shortly. If they prevail, the case will certainly go to trial. (Please note - their appeal has no bearing on the cease operation ruling.)
It should be noted that the Palm St. school property has been on the market for several months. We're going to try to get some comment from the school.
St. Elizabeth cell tower: Bo Astrup, who's been following this story for a long time, Twitters us that it's over -- T Mobile wants to get out of the contract to put a cell tower on the property of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church. More details as we get them.
