By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Like most industries, the real estate business and its agents have had to adapt quickly to changes resulting from COVID-19. Changes include limiting the number of people at a showing of a house for sale and the elimination of most “looky loos” – those whose only reason to get inside a house […]
By Charly SHELTON Over one million residents are served by the Verdugo Fire Communications System. This fire department communications hub takes in 911 calls and assigns fire engines and firefighters to respond to the call. Anytime a call comes in from Alhambra, Arcadia, Burbank, the Hollywood Burbank Airport, Glendale, Montebello, Monrovia, Monterey Park, Pasadena, San […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Hospitals across Southern California are reporting that their Emergency Departments have seen a reduced number of patients since the onset of COVID-19, which makes doctors wonder who is not coming for needed treatment. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles [CHLA] recently shared a story of a couple that was concerned about bringing in their […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “Don’t underestimate this virus,” warned New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week during a briefing. Those words could not be more true as medical personnel continue to study COVID-19, how it is spread, what having antibodies to the virus may mean and who can be infected. At the beginning of the pandemic […]
This Week at LCIF Lutheran Church in the Foothills continues to offer “Couch Church” for the foreseeable future. This Sunday, May 24, Pastor Scott Peterson will preach on the topic of “The ‘ONE’ Thing” from his Being and Becoming series. It will live stream Sundays at 10 a.m. on its Facebook page –facebook.com/Lcifoothills/videos. After the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Teachers were on the defensive during the public comment section of Tuesday night’s Glendale Unified School District board of education meeting. Many teachers shared stories of how difficult it has been to adjust to remote teaching. One teacher shared that he worked from the closet of his small apartment, trying to find […]
As of May 20 the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health has confirmed 57 new deaths due to COVID-19; of that number 30 people who died were over the age of 65, 12 who died were between the ages of 41 and 65 and two people who died were between the ages of 18 […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Think the staying-at-home order has got local amateur radio operators down? That’s a negatory, good buddy. Some are doing it out of their bedroom. Some are doing it out of their living room. Others have a garage, which makes it more comfortable to do it there. Wherever it’s happening, ham radio is […]
Memorial Day Virtual Commemoration Normally on the last Monday of May each year at 8 a.m. at Two Strike Park in La Crescenta the American Legion Post 288 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1614 of La Crescenta would conduct a Memorial Day commemoration. It was for the Crescenta Valley community to honor […]
As of May 20 the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health has confirmed 57 new deaths due to COVID-19; of that number 30 people who died were over the age of 65, 12 who died were between the ages of 41 and 65 and two people who died were between the ages of 18 […]