The California Employment Development Department (EDD) this week warned Californians to be on alert for scammers who pretend to be from the EDD or Bank of America in an attempt to trick people into giving up personal information by text message or telephone. Californians continue to report scam cellphone text messages and telephone calls designed […]
Museums like the La Brea Tar Pits Museum highlight the role climate change has made to the ecology of our planet in the past. By Mary O’KEEFE Most adults and children living in Southern California have been to a local museum at least once. Public schools often have field trips to the Natural History Museum […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This week Jet Propulsion Laboratory director Michael Watkins announced he was leaving the head position at the lab to move to the Caltech campus as professor of aerospace and geophysics. Watkins served for five years as JPL director. He had worked at JPL for 22 years and, just prior to taking the […]
By Julie BUTCHER On Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council voted to approve a compromise to continue into October the city’s al fresco dining program along Honolulu Avenue in Montrose, reversing the council’s previous decision to end the outdoor dining program on Labor Day. According to assistant director of Community Development Bradley Calvert, “City staff and […]
Trust No One I have a friend who emphatically states that she “trusts no one.” I don’t know if that is true; she puts herself out there pretty often which, to me, doesn’t indicate that she doesn’t trust. I mean, if you didn’t trust that your efforts were going to be heeded or helpful, why […]
“There’s nothing quite like surfing by yourself in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, but unpredictable weather patterns, below deck accommodation, sea snakes, coral cuts and packs of reef sharks make it a trip for the committed seadog.” ~ Mark Thornley, Australian surfer and author The weather in Santa Clarita was hot, nearly 100 degrees, […]
Preparing for Back to School Students will be returning to local public schools beginning Wednesday, Aug. 18. Traffic will noticeably increase and drivers are urged to exercise caution and give themselves additional time if traveling when students are on their way to school. Off-ramp Cleanup The monthly cleanup of the La Crescenta Avenue 210 freeway […]
By Justin HAGER Five years ago, the CV Weekly introduced readers to Drake Barron and Eric Greco Jr., teenage cousins who were gaining notoriety as athletes in thrill sports. At the time, Barron was a student at CVHS and his younger cousin, Eric, attended Rosemont Middle School. The article described how the two teens were […]
Aug. 8 3900 block of Park Place in Montrose, a resident heard a loud grinding noise. He went outside and saw a black sedan stopped in the street and a person [Suspect No. 1] under a vehicle. The man yelled at the person then heard a man’s voice [Suspect No. 2] yelling at Suspect No. […]
Throughout the pandemic, medically fragile residents at skilled nursing facilities have been at great risk for serious illness and death from COVID-19. With the high level of COVID-19 spread across LA County communities and the nation, cases among staff and residents at skilled nursing facilities have slightly increased. This is in part due to the […]