By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 5, 2021 approved changes to the LA County COVID-19 Rent Relief program to allow more flexibility in assisting renters through Dec. 31, 2021 who already applied for and qualified for the LA County COVID-19 Rent Relief Program. Income eligible households who need financial […]
Glendale Unified School District has reached a tentative agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Glendale Teachers Association (GTA) for return to in-person instruction in a hybrid model for elementary and secondary students for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year. Glendale Unified elementary students returned to campuses for in-person learning beginning March 29. […]
Governor Newsom released the following statement regarding reopening the state: As California surpasses a major milestone in the fight against COVID — administering more than 20 million vaccine doses, including 4 million in the state’s hardest-hit communities, and with hospitalizations continuing to steadily decline — Governor Gavin Newsom today, Tuesday, outlined the state’s next step […]
Los Angeles County has met the threshold for the less restrictive orange tier in the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. On March 30 the State released updated numbers; LA County’s adjusted case rate dropped from 3.7 new cases per 100,000 people to 3.1 new cases per 100,000 people. The test positivity rate dropped from […]
The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 74 new deaths and 692 new cases of COVID-19. To date, Public Health identified 1,220,849 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County and a total of 23,235 deaths. There are 634 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 26% of these […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva will be hosting a community conversation for residents in the areas of the unincorporated areas of LA County – La Crescenta and Montrose, Kagel Canyon and La Cañada Flintridge. He will be joined by Crescenta Valley Sheriff Station Captain Todd Deeds. The event will be held […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After a year of virtual studies, this week students began the slow and staggered return back to school. On March 23 elementary teachers and support staff returned to campus. Teachers prepared their classrooms for the return of some of their students though others will continue to learn virtually. This dual teaching method […]
April Fools’ Day Guffaws Can you imagine, as a kid, waking up last year to find the TV delivering the above message – you’d have to repeat the grade you were in due to COVID-19. That was the elaborate hoax played on the children of a local family by their parents on April 1, […]
“Easter is… Joining in a birdsong, Eying an early sunrise, Smelling yellow daffodils, Unbolting windows and doors, Skipping through meadows, Cuddling newborns, Hoping, believing, Reviving spent life, Inhaling fresh air, Sprinkling seeds along furrows, Tracking in the mud. Easter is the soul’s first taste of spring.” ~ Richelle E. Goodrich Passover is… A time of […]
By Justin HAGER The City of Glendale joined Los Angeles, Long Beach and more than 20 other California cities that require grocery and drug retailers to pay hourly employees an additional $5 per hour in “hero pay” for their essential service during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. To help create compliance, the ordinance also creates significant […]