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Nov 17, 2010
Inglewood overturns denial of permit to Scientologists — Los Angeles Wave
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Olu Alemoru Source:
Los Angeles Wave INGLEWOOD — Members and supporters of the Church of Scientology celebrated Tuesday night after the city council voted 4-0 to overturn a planning commission decision to deny them a permit to use a two-story property they own on Market Street as a church. The 11-month battle over the special use permit (SUP), which has been the subject of several public hearings, came to a close when the council adopted a resolution overturning the Planning Commission denial and made appropriate findings for ...
Jul 19, 2010
Scientologists open new church in historic Pasadena building — Pasadena Star-News
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Janette Williams Source:
Pasadena Star-News The imposing four-story, 50,800-square-foot building at 35 S. Raymond Ave. will serve around 10,000 Scientologists from the San Gabriel Valley to the Inland Empire, said Eden Stein, president of the Pasadena Church. "We're very pleased," Stein said Monday, a day after about 4,200 Scientologists celebrated at a street party on Raymond attended by church leader David Miscavige. "We'll be shopping here, eating in restaurants," she said. "We're looking forward to doing our share in contributing to the economic vitality of Old ...
Mar 19, 2009
Letters / Who knew? — Pasadena Weekly
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Pasadena Weekly Who knew?
I find these Anonymous letters brutal, unthinking, indecent and disrespectful to the religious beliefs of others.
It is easy to say whatever you want to say, even if it’s untrue, if you don’t sign your name to it. Is it really possible to hold on to so much hatred and evil?
Doesn’t Anonymous know that Scientology is expanding at a much faster rate than ever before? Yes, it’s true. In the last 20 years, churches, missions and groups in ...
Jun 8, 2008
Beleaguered building - Church-owned Old Pas site vacant and in need of repairs — Pasadena Star-NewsMore: pasadenastarnews.com
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Janette Williams Source:
Pasadena Star-News PASADENA - Exactly two years after the Church of Scientology bought the historic Braley Building in Old Pasadena - and went into high gear to get all 22 small-business tenants out - not a single plan for the promised fast-track conversion has been submitted to the city. The deterioration in the historic 1906 building's appearance - and the inability of city staff to contact the owners about it - has been a source of "frustration," said Eric Duyshart, Pasadena's director of ...
May 31, 2007
Church, city sparring over spaces — Pasadena Star-News
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Janette Williams Source:
Pasadena Star-News Pasadena – Before work has even started on the Church of Scientology's new complex in Old Pasadena, members have clashed with the city over sidewalk tables used to distribute church literature and sign up passers-by for "stress tests." Eden Stein, president of the Scientologists' Pasadena branch, said Tuesday that a church lawyer has written to City Attorney Michele Beale Bagneris and the Police Department to complain that code-enforcement officials were "out of line" in citing them for using the sidewalk for ...
Dec 8, 2006
New neighbors to move in // Scientologists buy historic Raymond Avenue building — Pasadena Star-NewsMore: groups.yahoo.com , highbeam.com
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Pasadena Star-News PASADENA — The last holdout tenant in the Braley Building has come to an agreement with the Church of Scientology, which is now geared up for a speedy takeover of the Old Pasadena landmark. La Fornaretta restaurant owner Cesare DiLorenzo said he closed after coming to a "satisfactory agreement" with church officials negotiating to buy out his 19-year lease. The financial details are "really personal," he said, declining to disclose the amount. "We met halfway," said Di Lorenzo, whose restaurant operated ...
Jul 6, 2006
Scientology moving into downtown — Pasadena Star-News
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Elise Kleeman Source:
Pasadena Star-News Neighbors' reaction on group's relocation mixed Pasadena — Scientologists will soon have a sizable presence in Old Pasadena. Last week, local members of the Church of Scientology purchased the historic Braley Building, at 35 S. Raymond Ave., and immediately donated it to their church. "We have been looking for a building for quite some time now," said Eden Stein, president of the church's Pasadena branch. "People love beautiful things; this will be a beautiful space for our parishioners to go to." ...
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