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PASADENA - Whenever a water polo match is contested at Pasadena High, the pool itself - narrow and diminutive - is likely to become a factor. On Tuesday afternoon, it became an advantage for the visiting team on offense and defense. Crescenta Valley High goalie Manny Martinez scored a go-ahead tally in the second quarter that put the Falcons up for good, as they used their narrow surroundings to aid in crashing down on Pasadena scorer Will Klein en route to a 12-9 Pacific League victory over the host Bulldogs on Tuesday afternoon.

J.R. Martinez - a former soldier, actor and current contestant on “Dancing With the Stars” - was named the grand marshal today for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade on Jan. 2. Martinez, the current cover story for “People” magazine, underwent 33 surgeries after his Humvee triggered a land mine in Iraq in 2003 and he suffered burns over much of his body. Tournament of Roses Assn. President Rick Jackson announced Martinez on the front lawn of the Tournament House today, setting off a pop of red, white and blue confetti stars.

While it may have been his first appearance in the CIF Southern Section Eastern Division Individual Championships, Arthur Ghukasyan proved he belonged at the elite tournament Friday and Saturday. Hoover High's 145-pound wrestler fell two points shy of the fifth-place match and a potential trip to the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet when he was edged by Victor Valley's Logan Howell, 4-3, Saturday. The junior needed three wins in the second day of the elite tournament at Oak Hills High to secure a top-five spot and trip to Masters, but fell just short.

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As the graduating class of Glendale High School walked off Moyse Field, a group of about 10 students spontaneously ran a lap around the track. It was a reminder of the school's spirit that graduation speakers said will lead them to success in life. "We have a free spirit, rebelliousness," said 18-year-old Ani Antanesyan, who was panting from her short run. "We just did it. It's over. Yeah!" A crowd of adoring parents and friends packed the bleachers looking over about 650 students garbed in their school colors — the boys in black gowns and the girls in red gowns.

J.R. Martinez, the Iraq war veteran who was badly disfigured in a land mine explosion, danced away with the championship trophy on "Dancing With the Stars" on Tuesday. Martinez will be the grand marshal for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade on Jan. 2. The name "J.R. Martinez" was unknown to most Americans and stuck out when ABC announced the roster of celebrities competing in this season of the hit show. But that didn't last long. Continue reading > > ALSO : Iraq war vet and 'Dancing with the Stars' contestant named Roses grand marshal Glendale takes over Rose Parade float process -- Rene Lynch, Los Angeles Times Photo: Dancing With the Stars winner and Iraq war veteran, J.R. Martinez, was named the grand marshal for Pasadena Tournament of Roses on Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

PASADENA — The prosecutor in the trial of two Echo Park men charged in the 2004 shooting death of a 16-year-old Glendale boy told jurors the evidence against them was overwhelming during closing statements on Monday. "It's undisputed that these defendants are responsible," Deputy District Atty. Martin Bean said. Julian Martinez, 21, and Carlos Palma, 20, sat stoicly in Pasadena Superior Court as Bean began sewing the two-week trial to a close with pointed accusations on their intentions the night of the shooting on Dec. 31, 2004.

The man accused of fleeing authorities, causing a three-hour lockdown of a Montrose neighborhood, was arrested this week after allegedly trying to escape with stolen merchandise from a Target in Burbank. Lang Patrick Martinez, 37, of Simi Valley, was arrested Tuesday after a brief vehicle and foot chase after he allegedly tried to steal electronics from the store in the Empire Center, according to Burbank police. The California Highway Patrol had identified Martinez as a “person of interest” in a similar incident Jan. 24 that started with an alleged burglary at an Orchard Supply Hardware and ended in a Montrose neighborhood, prompting authorities to put 34 homes under lockdown while they searched the area for about three hours.