Curiosity Coverage
Touchdown on Mars in the newsroom Mars on XBOX 360
UPDATE: Curiosity Lands Safely on Mars
UPDATE: New Pics added below from Curiosity on Mars. Mars Science Laboratory has landed safely on the surface of Mars inside Gale Crater. Despite the high risk landing expected earlier today, it landed exactly as expected with no malfunctions encountered. This landing was met with much celebration and well wishing by everyone here at […]
Video Game Lets You Live the Mars Landing
The landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars has spectators turning to NASA and JPL for their information. But what if you want to live the exciting decent into the martian atmosphere yourself? Well now you can. On XBOX 360, you can download a game that allows you to become the lander craft as you […]
UPDATE: A Fine Day for a Landing
By Mary O’KEEFE UPDATE: TO FOLLOW THE ROVER LANDING, CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LIVE BROADCAST OR CLICK HERE TO SEE THE COMPUTER MODEL. “It is a fine Martian day, warm and sunny,” said Doug McCuistion, Mars Exploration Program director from NASA headquarters. He was describing the day on Mars and the last […]
UPDATE: Mars Curiosity Rover Set to Land Sunday
UPDATE: TO FOLLOW THE ROVER LANDING, CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LIVE BROADCAST OR CLICK HERE TO SEE THE COMPUTER MODEL. The stage is set for Sunday’s landing of Mars Science Laboratory. The landing MSL with its rover Curiosity is scheduled for Sunday at 10:30 p.m. The world will be watching via social […]
Returning to the Scene
By Mary O’KEEFE Although she is still recovering from injuries received after her vehicle plunged down a cliff off Angeles National Forest highway about four months ago, on Thursday Tracy Granger came back to the scene of the accident. She met with members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Montrose Search and Rescue Team […]
Schiff Introduces Bill to Transfer Aircraft to U.S. Forest Service
Rep. Schiff Joins in Introducing Calvert Bill to Transfer 14 C-27J Aircraft to U.S. Forest Service Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) joined other colleagues led by Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) in introducing the Wildfire Suppression Aircraft Act of 2012, which would transfer 14 C-27J Spartan Aircraft from the Department of Defense (DOD) to the […]
from the desk of the publisher
A Mob of Help I love to dance. Until this darned ankle slowed me down (which is still giving me grief since I fell about five weeks ago now), I’d prance around like a fairy looking I’m sure ridiculous, but having fun. In fact, before the end of the 2011, I had signed up to […]
Weather in the Foothills
“The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.” ~Pierre de Coubentin, founder, International Olympic Committee, Organizer of 1896 Olympics in Athens Let the Games begin! And they did, under the dark ominous skies of London. But first, Queen Elizabeth needed to catch a ride to the games. She sat at her […]
Big Day Planned for Minibikes
By Brandon HENSLEY Joe Sebergandio describes himself as an automotive enthusiast, which may be the understatement of the summer. To back his claim, he’s holding his own bike show this Saturday at Crescenta Valley Park. From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the corner of Honolulu and New York avenues, Joe’s Minibike Reunion Tour will […]