Covina: June 2008 Archives

The controversial Charter Oak High School yearbook, that substituted racially charged monikers for kids in the Black Student Union, may be reprinted, according to reporter Amanda Baumfeld. She's filed a brief story this afternoon:

COVINA - Charter Oak High School is considering reprinting and replacing pages of its yearbook that have offensive and incorrect names, officials said Friday.

School Principal Kathleen Wiard said she is working with the book's publisher to replace index pages of the school's 2008 Chronicle.

"Students put incorrect names throughout the index and did not go back and correct them," Wiard said Friday. "Most are not as offensive as the Black Student Union names but none the less they are incorrect."

The possible reprint comes after a yearbook staff student replaced nine BSU student names with fake names - such as "Tay Tay Shaniqua," "Crisphy Nanos" and "Laquan White" - next to their club photo in the yearbook.

*Drudge has linked to the story giving it national attention. It will be interesting to see if school administrators are going to take the incident seriously now. How long until we see this on O'Reilly or Hannity? 

*It never ceases to amaze me how a story like this yearbook snafu gets national coverage and the senseless murder of an innocent 12-year-old by urban terrorists gets ignored... 

Avenues gang members rounded up.

Man shot twice confronting Hollywood taggers.

Black Student Union at Charter Oak High School targeted by yearbook vandal.

Suspicious packages create stir at ELA College.

City begins overhaul of former strip club site at Corky's Corner.

An attorney has filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of a West Covina man who claims police used excessive force while arresting him in March of last year. The lawsuit names the City of Covina, several Covina police officers, and the police chief as defendants.

The attorney, Nick Pacheco, alleges an officer kicked and punched his client, 24-year-old Eduardo Jaime, without provocation when they took him into custody in March of 2007 at the Covina Well bar in Covina.

Nine months after his arrest, Jaime was acquitted of the two counts he was charged with: resisting, delaying or obstructing a peace officer and assault on a peace officer.

The attorney is seeking unspecified damages.

Police and City officials have not commented on the suit.