By Charly SHELTON The winter holidays mean family gatherings, big dinners, hauling out the decorations and lighting up a decorative object, be it a Christmas tree, a menorah, a kinara, diyas or Yule log. And with these events come specific, holiday-themed poison dangers, especially for young children. “We have lots of people coming over, we […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Officers’ Assn. “Cops for Kids” program will be conducting its annual holiday toy distribution today, Thursday, Dec. 15. Mayor Paula Devine, Chief Robert Castro and members of the Glendale Police Dept. will be delivering carloads of donated gifts to 23 families in the City of Glendale. The Cops for […]
Free Flu Shots at County Library The LA County Dept. of Public Health is partnering with the County of L.A. Public Library to provide flu vaccines at no charge to people six months of age and older who don’t have health insurance or whose healthcare provider doesn’t offer flu vaccines. Clinic dates and times are […]
Really, Truly When I started the paper over seven years ago, I was asked about the relevancy of newspapers in a time when the internet provided immediate access to information. I responded then – as I do now – that while the web offers information at a person’s fingertips on global and national levels, local […]
The holidays present distinctive erosion related challenges for the Arroyos and Foothills communities of Los Angeles. In 2003, the area experienced property-damaging mudslides on Christmas Day, and 2009 also saw significant rainy season slides. “This is a beautiful area. I couldn’t imagine living anywhere else,” said Paul Rabinov, co-chair of the Friends of the Rosemont […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley area will be hearing about two different cellphone towers, one at Dunsmore Park and the other located in the parking lot of the Gethsemane Lutheran Church in the 2700 block of Orange Ave. On Jan. 17 a hearing will be conducted at 320 W. Temple St., Hall of Records, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Town Council December meeting will see the swearing in of the newly elected members. These include Brandon Lee and incumbents Harry Leon and Aram Ordubegian, as well as alternates Kyle Studebaker and incumbents JoAnn Stupakis and Charles Beatty. Newly elected Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger will perform the […]
This week Sen. Anthony J. Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) joined other newly elected senators in the 40-member upper house of the state legislature. With his daughter Sofia by his side, Portantino was sworn in as the state senator for the 25th District. “I’m honored to join the California State Senate and appreciate the many friends […]
On Nov. 30, state officials released a public review draft report on implementation of long-term water conservation requirements in California. The proposed regulatory framework outlined in the report intends to meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s May 9 Executive Order B-37-16, which tasked state agencies to establish future water conservation measures. Among the many actions described in […]
Glendale Water & Power has issued a warning regarding impersonators calling their customers and using fear and intimidation tactics to force customers to immediately make a payment using a credit card or a prepaid money card. They threaten that water and power services will be disconnected otherwise. They may use “spoofing software” that displays the […]