Wednesday, July 3, was the sole day Robotics Summer Camp met during its fifth week. Much of what students did that day was either a continuation of projects from the fourth week of summer camp or a preparation for the next day, July 4.
Mechanical engineering and CAD (Computer Aided Design) were some of the fields that resumed work from the previous week. Both fields worked on prototyping and designing models to create a new mechanism. This is to fuse two separate mechanisms that were on last year’s robot, Galacc, in order to have a dual-purpose structure.
Programming and Electrical engineering, on the other hand, performed jobs preparing for the Fourth of July Parade that was to take place the next...
More than 100 friends, family members and former students assembled at the intersection of Huntington Drive and Kenilworth Avenue in the evening of Saturday, July 6th for a candlelight vigil to remember Gabriel Crispo, the 49-year-old San Gabriel man who was killed last Thursday morning while jogging on the median of Huntington Drive. Crispo and his dog, Niño, lost their lives when they were struck by a white Mercedes that may have been involved in a street race with another vehicle, according to authorities. Both cars were driven by minors who on Tuesday were charged with vehicular manslaughter, among other offenses. (see related story).
As the investigation continued, the portrait has emerged of a caring, fun-loving educator and his trusty dog, both of whom were much-loved. A native of Argentina, Crispo was a Spanish and ESL teacher previopusly at John Bosco and St. Francis High Schools and later Pasadena City College, where he was employed at the time of his tragic death.
“Everyone was always so happy around Gabriel,” said Kyrsten Johnson, a friend of Crispo, who forwarded to The Tribune a photo of Crispo surrounded by smiling faces at Johnson’s birthday party just just a month ago. “Gabriel looks like the star and that’s the way he always was. Everyone was always happy around him.”
“Gabriel was always the life of the party,” said Vanessa Forrest-Bastian, another friend of the deceased man whose birthday was just a day away from Crispo’s. “He always made me laugh. I will miss him.”
Christy Snyder, another friend who has been helping with memorial arrangements while family and friends arrive from Crispo’s homeland, agreed.
“The guy was happy all the time,” she said. “I made sure to sit by him, wherever we were. He would always make you laugh.”
Martha Franco, Crispo’s longtime companion, has organized a memorial service for 3–5:00 p.m. Monday, July 15 at St. Andrew Catholic Church, 311 N. Raymond Avenue in Pasadena.
A gofundme page to assist with funeral expenses has been established at celebration-of-life-for-gabriel-crispo.
“Gabriel was a really good guy,” said a former colleague at...
More than 100 friends, family members and former students held a candlelight vigil on Saturday evening at the San Marino intersection of Huntington Drive...
The Los Angeles
County Coroner’s office has identified the victim of Thursday’s tragic death
that took place on Huntington Drive.
Gabriel Crispo, a
former Spanish teacher at Daniel...
Four days after returning from California State University, Sacramento, Andrew Cronk’s feet had still not returned to the ground, so it comes as no surprise when the San Marino High School senior mentions that he would like to attend the United States Air Force Academy and pursue a career in aviation.
Cronk attended California Boys State, a program sponsored by the American Legion that provides young people with an introduction to government through the implementation of a mock system of public administration. The son of Mindy Cronk was one of 1,100 students from across the state of California who were selected to attend the prestigious week-long event that was held from Friday, June 21 through Saturday, June 29. Attendees are split up into different “cities,” where they live (Andrew’s was called “Marshall”) while forming governments and either running or volunteering for public offices.
Andrew took and passed the bar exam which consisted of 100 questions that had to be completed in 20 minutes, qualifying himself to serve as a Superior Court judge.
“I was very interested in the judicial branch,” Andrew told The Tribune.
He also commented that his city’s courtroom “was one of the least busy in the state. We were always suing other cities for arrest under false charges.”
That’s how real it gets.
Andrew and some of his fellow justices even took a tour of the state’s Supreme Court chambers, where he met Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye, the 28th Chief Justice of the State of California.
“It was all amazing, but going to meet the justices at the State Capitol was the most memorable part of the trip,” Andrew said. Governor Gavin Newsom also addressed the Boys Staters at an assembly during the week. “I learned a whole lot about how the judicial and legislative branches work to together to keep the executive branch in check.”
But the recent national wave of argumentative political discourse apparently made its way into the hallowed halls of Boys State.
“The Boys State governor was impeached and the lieutenant governor took over,” Andrew said. “The mayor of my city was recalled. But he survived by a single vote.”
At San Marino High School, Andrew is a member of the water polo and golf teams and enjoys political debate. He earned his Eagle award from the Boy Scouts of America in 2017 at the ripe age of 15 and is a Deacon at San Marino Community Church.
With a few weeks until his senior year begins, Andrew has a little time to cool his heels.
“It was amazing,” he said of Boy’s State. “I was a little reticent about going about going but it was a great experience.”
Titanium Robotics’ summer camp finished up its fourth week on Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday, June 27. During these two days, students from several departments began brainstorming and discussing new designs for the mechanism that was reviewed by mentors the week before.
During the competition, teams’ robots must carry out two tasks. The goal for our team is to make a single mechanism that can perform...
At its Friday, June 28, adjourned meeting at the Crowell Public Library, the San Marino City Council denied an appeal of a conditional use permit (CUP) for a property at 1885 Virginia Road, allowing construction to continue, after an extension of a public hearing. The CUP allows the property to keep previously existing nonconforming side yard setbacks at the more than 80-year-old property, which at 4 feet are less than the 5 feet required by the current city code for legal nonconforming setbacks.
With Council Member Steve Talt having recused himself due to living close to the property, the council remained deadlocked 2-2 on whether to support...
