By Mary O’KEEFE Though light rain was expected on Tuesday night, the community prepared for a heavy soaking later in the week. The bulk of the rain was not expected to move into Los Angeles County until late Wednesday with more expected today. “The key day is today [Thursday] for rain,” said Kathy Hoxsie, meteorologist […]
On March 14, the Glendale Police Dept. 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 learned […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Supervisor Kathryn Barger made a motion on Tuesday to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors asking for a reward of $20,000 for any information leading to the suspect or suspects who apparently threw a boulder off the Orange Grove Boulevard freeway crossover, striking and killing a 23-year-old man. The incident occurred […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Senator Anthony Portantino’s SB 972 passed the State Senate Education Committee on March 14 with bipartisan support. It will now go onto the Assembly and Senate for a vote. “I don’t anticipate any opposition,” he said. The bill requires public, charter and private schools to print a suicide prevention hotline number and/or […]
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 […]