By Julie BUTCHER Early in this week’s meeting of the Glendale City Council, Councilmember Dan Brotman pulled a routine item from the consent calendar to offer further comment on plans to upgrade the Montrose Community Park parking lot. “Replacing asphalt in the parking lot is problematic for a number of reasons; there’s potential for releasing […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The City of Hope is now in phase 1 clinical trials with a SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] vaccine. “We started in February of this year, like many of the other [companies],” said Don Diamond, Ph.D., who is a professor with City of Hope’s Dept. of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation. Diamond added the hospital’s […]
Holidays Come With More Lockdowns According to recent intensive care unit data, Southern California ICU bed availability is less than 15%, thereby triggering the additional Regional Stay-at-Home Order. Among those sectors shut down are bars, breweries, distilleries, and wineries (except for production, manufacturing and retail), hair salons and barbershops, and personal care services. The LA […]
“Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never seen them dancing on a windy day.” ~ Shira Tamir Earlier in the week winds came howling out of the local mountain canyons. Temperatures jumped 20 degrees warmer within a day. We sat in our neighbor’s front yard (masked and six feet apart). While colorful leaves […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Though the pandemic has altered the way many traditions are being celebrated, the fact that they are being celebrated is a testament to the importance placed on them. In addition, many community members are finding comfort in those things that have not been canceled due to COVID-19. Among them are the Christmas […]
LCFCC Hosts Ceramics Sale The 2020 CCLCF Holiday Ceramic Sale takes place on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside in the parking lot of the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge. Support local artists while finding a variety of beautiful, one-of-a-kind handmade ceramic pieces. The Community Center follows all physical distancing […]
By Mary O’KEEFE During the recent campaigns for the Nov. 3 election there seemed to be some confusion between AB 5 and HR 2474. These are two legislative bills that deal with labor but do not deal with the same issues. AB 5 refers to California State Assembly Bill 5 that went into effect on […]
Comments from Congressman Adam Schiff (D-Burbank): “We have repeatedly passed economic relief legislation in the House that would provide families, workers and small businesses the help they need, only to see it languish in the Senate. I’m glad that there was a bipartisan group of Senators willing to compromise to kickstart this latest round of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The film industry, like all other businesses, has been negatively affected by COVID-19. There was a complete shutdown initially; however, filming has returned to the state with several restrictions and guidelines in place. FilmLA is a non-profit organization and the official film office of the City and County of Los Angeles. Normally […]
The Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors unveiled the official photo featuring an all-women board of supervisors for the first time since the board’s inception in 1852. The official board photo features newly elected Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell who will represent the Second District, a position held for 12 years by Mark Ridley-Thomas. It […]