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VIRTUAL BENEFIT CONCERT On Friday, March 26, local cover band FM Radio, in conjunction with Montrose’s Avignone’s, will be hosting a virtual concert to benefit USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. The concert is free, but donations are being accepted and will be used towards the construction of a new Interventional Radiology/Cardiac Catheterization (IR/Cath) Lab at USC […]

Letter to the Editor

New Housing Units Coming In? Los Angeles County and the City of Glendale are currently working on their housing element update, which must be done every eight years. The state decides how many housing units for each of the various income levels must be added to an area and it’s up to the city, or […]

Cooking with Chef Andrew

Cooking with Chef Andrew

Pasta Stain Recipe Yield: About 4 cups Ingredients 2 tbsp.       Bacon fat ½               Yellow onion, small dice ½               Yellow pepper, small dice 3                  Garlic cloves, minced 12 oz.          Ground beef 1                  Whole tomato, diced 1 tsp.          Cayenne pepper 1 tsp.          Paprika 2 tsp.          Garlic powder […]

Schiff Issues Statement on Governor’s Choice

“I want to congratulate Rob Bonta on his appointment as California’s Attorney General, and Governor Newsom on another good choice. I look forward to working with both of them in the days ahead on defeating the pandemic, criminal justice reform, gun safety, consumer protection, the environment and other key issues. We need to keep moving […]

Portantino, Barger Co-Host COVID-19 Town Hall

Senator Anthony Portantino will co-host a town hall with Supervisor Kathryn Barger on March 24 at 4 p.m. via Zoom and Facebook livestream. The event will focus on the following issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic: vaccines, pediatric health and tenant relief. Health Panel: Pia S. Pannaraj, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of […]

Over 3 Million Doses of the COVID-19 Vaccine Administered in Los Angeles County

Nearly 3,235,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to people across Los Angeles County. Of those vaccinated, 1,057,794 people received second doses and 25,170 people received the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Next week, the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) is expecting to receive 280,000 vaccine doses. This allocation […]

A New Cath Lab at USC-VHH – ‘A Big Deal’

A New Cath Lab at USC-VHH – ‘A Big Deal’

New lab will offer immediate help for cardiac patients. By Mary O’KEEFE USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (VHH) has started construction on an Interventional Radiology Catheterization Lab (IR Cath Lab). To commemorate the occasion, last week hospital staff held a “wall-breaking” ceremony. In a year that has been very stressful for the medical professionals at USC-VHH […]

Deadly Consequences Possible When Hiking Unprepared

Deadly Consequences Possible When Hiking Unprepared

By Mary O’KEEFE On March 13, Los Angeles County Sheriff Dept. search and rescue teams and teams from throughout the state, including Montrose Search and Rescue, discovered the body of 37-year-old Narineh Avakian near the Mt. Waterman Trail in the Angeles National Forest (ANF). According to Los Angeles Country Coroner’s Office, Narineh died of hypothermia […]