By Charly SHELTON The treasures of the boy king are on tour for the last time. As they await their new resting place in the currently-under-construction Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, the burial goods of King Tutankhamun are embarking on a farewell tour to the California Science Center in Los Angeles and then nine […]
The Community Emergency Response Team – CERT – wound up a week of training with a realistic drill held at St. Luke’s of the Mountains and The Fire House youth center. Volunteers from Rosemont Middle School and Lincoln Elementary School, kids and parents, were made-up for two scenarios, one as victims of a gas explosion […]
“One can’t predict the weather more than a few days in advance.” ~ Stephen Hawking Living on the surface of the Earth, our awareness of events happening is, at this level, the troposphere, where all weather occurs. Perhaps not included in “our” weather was Stephen Hawking’s statement. His mind was on events happening in […]
Having a Positive Effect Driving to work this week, I stopped at the traffic light by Jeremy’s Coffee Shop at Honolulu and Ramsdell avenues (great breakfasts there, by the way). As I waited for the light to change, I saw a car pull into Jeremy’s lot and two gals got out. They were sisters […]
CVCA Plans Meeting The Crescenta Valley Community Association will meet tonight, Thursday, March 22 starting at 7 p.m. in the community room at the La Crescenta Library. The agenda includes discussion of the Scholl Canyon landfill gas power generation project Mitigated Negative Declaration. Contact Sharon Weisman, sharon@jetcafe.org or (818) 248-4967 for more information. La Crescenta […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Yes, it rained during the Wine Walk on the evening of March 10. But the event, hosted by the Montrose Shopping Park Assn., will be remembered by most of the attendees as an opportunity to get out, meet friends, do some shopping and taste some wine. The wine was poured by shop […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting was held March 15 in the community room at La Crescenta Library. During the meeting there was an update from Caltrans on the work being done on the Foothill (210) Freeway. The project involves a major roadway rework that rehabilitates 90 lane miles of pavement, replaces […]
Individuals who reside in the areas affected by the La Tuna Canyon, Creek and Skirball fires should prepare for evacuations and street closures. Evacuation shelters have been identified at the following as of Wednesday, March 21: Sylmar High School, 13050 Borden Ave. Sylmar. The Westwood Recreation Center is also prepared to take residents from the […]
The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Works has issued a debris flow alerts from 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21 through noon on Thursday, March 22. The Phase 2 alert is for the following fire areas: Creek (Lakeview Terrace, Little Tujunga Cyn, Shadow Hills, Sylmar), Skirball (Bel-Air Estates), La Tuna (Burbank, La Tuna Cyn, […]
On March 14, the Glendale Police Department AB 109 Task Force conducted a probation compliance check in the 6700 block of Saint Esteban Street in the City of Tujunga. Glendale officers were conducting a compliance check involving 55-year-old Levon Vardanyan, a convicted felon on probation for fraud, with search conditions. The AB 109 Team […]