“Thorns may hurt you … the sunlight turn to fog; but you’re never friendless ever, if you have a dog.” ~ Douglas Mallock 1877-1936- poet, short story writer & editor of trade paper “American Lumberman” In a few days, on Sunday, June 21, the summer solstice arrives – the first day of […]
This year’s virtual Pasadena Chalk Festival takes place from today, Thursday, June 18 through Sunday, June 21. Traditionally held on the same weekend as Father’s Day, the popular event has attracted hundreds of thousands of spectators to Pasadena’s civic center each year. Named by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest public art […]
The Glendale Police Dept. will step up Bike & Pedestrian Safety Enforcement Operations on Thursday, June 18 with focused enforcement on collision causing factors involving motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists. The department has mapped out locations over the past three years where pedestrian and bike collisions have occurred along with the violations that led to those […]
On June 10, 2020, just before 2:00 pm, a Glendale Police Motor Officer on a marked police motorcycle was hailed down by a pedestrian on the 2900-block of Colorado Blvd regarding a male who was waving a knife around while yelling at people and had just walked into a restaurant. A motor sergeant and two […]
On June 9, the Glendale City Council modified the Commercial Eviction Moratorium by providing that the moratorium does not apply to any commercial tenant that has eleven or more locations worldwide. On June 2, the City Council amended the commercial eviction moratorium by: extending it to June 30, 2020; increasing the time period for commercial […]
On June 16 just after 3 a.m., a patrol officer was driving in the area of Colorado Street and Pacific Avenue when the officer observed an occupied vehicle illegally parked in a handicap stall in the front of an open business without a handicap placard displayed. The officer approached the vehicle, which was […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The plan was to reopen businesses slowly, to take a step-by-step approach, but even with those precautions in place warnings were issued by the Los Angeles County Public Health Dept. that numbers of COVID-19 cases were expected to rise. One of the last things on the list to reopen was, and is, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is just over a month from its July 20 targeted launch date. The rover’s astrobiology mission will seek signs of past microscopic life on Mars, explore the geology of the Jezero Crater landing site, and demonstrate key technologies to help prepare for future robotic and human exploration. And […]
CVTC General Virtual Meeting The Crescenta Valley Town Council is having a virtual general meeting tonight, Thursday, June 18, at 7 p.m. A presentation will be made from Los Angeles County Public Works on the proposed sound walls. Ricardo Gordillo will update the CVTC about the sound wall project on 210 Freeway. To join the […]
Update June 18 LA County On June 18 the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health confirmed 36 deaths due to COVID 19. This brings the total of deaths due to COVID-19 in LA County to 3,027. Ninety-four percent of people who died had underlying health conditions. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity […]