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Community: SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to California Residents and Businesses Affected by the Los Angeles High Winds.
Sacramento, CA – Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California residents and business owners affected by the Los Angeles County High Winds from November 30 through December 4, 2011, announced U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen G. Mills. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster following a December 13 […]
Canopy into Power Lines
Power was out for a short while on Friday in the 3200 block of Parkvista and 3800 block of Pennsylvania avenues. A canopy blew into the power lines. The area was part of the Glendale Water and Power.
GAO Recommendations Released for Station Fire
GAO Recommendations Released for Station Fire By Mary O’KEEFE The Government Accountability Office has released its report on the Station Fire. What they found and subsequently recommended came down to organization, planning and documentation. “To improve the Forest Service’s response to wild land fires, the Secretary of Agriculture should direct the Chief of the Forest […]
FBI Warns of Telephone Scams
FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WARN AMERICANS OF RISE IN TELEPHONE SCAMS TARGETING U.S. CITIZENS FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. Law enforcement has seen an increase in the number of reports by victims of telephone scams where the caller impersonates a family member of the victim and concocts a phony scenario suggesting the […]
Another Blustery Day Coming
Another Blustery Day By Mary O’KEEFE The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning for the Crescenta Valley area from 3 a.m. on Friday morning through Saturday afternoon. Winds will be coming out of the northeast at 15 to 25 miles per hour, with gusts up to 70 miles per hour, according to […]
Winds May Be Gone, But Are Not Forgotten
By Mary O’KEEFE The recent wind event has left many residents with lights finally back on but a lot of questions as to why it took so long to get power back up and where the break down occurred in communications between Southern California Edison and their customers. “People were upset,” said Tony Bell, spokesman […]
Measure S Projects Reviewed
By Jason KUROSU The GUSD school board continued to mull over their options regarding Measure S funded projects during the latest school board meeting. The district’s legal counsel, Phil Henderson, presented two different options for selecting builders and contractors to the school board, lease-leaseback or the California Uniform Construction Cost Accounting Act (CUPCCAA). The board […]
La Crescenta Avenue ‘Road Diet’ Put On Hiatus
By Ted AYALA Advocates of bicycling in Glendale were dealt a blow by City Council on Tuesday. After reviewing a proposal by the city’s Traffic and Transportation Department to allow a road diet of La Crescenta Avenue between Verdugo Road and Montrose Avenue, the council voted against the proposal. The road diet, to have been […]
Weather in the Foothills
“… The winds will blow their freshness into you, and the storms, their energy. And cares will drop off like Autumn leaves…” ~ John Muir I’m aware the quotations of this week and last are both John Muir’s. After searching, I found nothing that came close to describing our weather. His basic understanding of nature, […]