By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The Rosemont Preserve came to life early Sunday morning – without a single animal being seen. A small group of local residents joined animal tracker Johanna Turner at the Preserve for a lesson in identifying animals by studying their tracks and scat. Turner is a self-taught tracker who introduced the group to […]
Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day The community is invited to the Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day on Saturday, Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. to help protect the natural habitat at Rosemont Preserve. Volunteers will be preparing to plant more trees and some new natives on the south slope and tending to native plants, removing […]
By Dana DOWSE Last week marked the seven-year anniversary of the Station Fire that started in the Angeles National Forest on Aug. 26, 2009. The fire burned over 160,000 acres and threatened over 12,000 structures. The Station Fire was Los Angeles County’s largest and California’s 10th largest wildfire in recorded history. While arson was determined […]
By Charly SHELTON The Foothill Municipal Water District held a special meeting on Aug. 22 to discuss and gather information on, among other things, a new project proposed by the L.A. County Flood Control District to help replenish the groundwater basin beneath Pasadena. A portion of the water used in homes and businesses comes from […]
By Brian CHERNICK With street lighting in La Crescenta still in limbo, a meeting scheduled for later this month hopes to make moves in one way or the other Despite reaching enough signatures from La Crescenta residents in a petition to install additional streetlights north of Foothill Boulevard on La Crescenta Avenue, the initiative continues […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Second Korean Cultural Festival will take place Saturday at La Cañada Memorial Park. The Korean American Federation of North Los Angeles is inviting the community to the event that is sponsored by the Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles, the Korean Cultural Center in Los Angeles and the Overseas Korean Foundation. […]
Bright Lights and Great Music Music is magic to me. Like many people, I can hear a song and immediately be transported to another time or place. I’m a disco girl – my mother taught me to jitterbug so when disco came around I was ready. In the ’70s there were clubs for teens specifically […]
“Seems it never rains in Southern California Seems I’ve often heard that kind of talk before …” ~ Albert Hammond, English pop/rock songwriter, musician and vocalist A hint of autumn was in the air over Labor Day Weekend. Mornings were a mere 60 degrees and daytime only reached the mid-80s. Come evening it was cool […]
By Nicole MOORE Jennifer McLain, representing the City of Glendale, addressed the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. at its monthly meeting on Thursday morning. She said that a final draft of the Montrose 20/20 plan, which outlines various improvements being considered for the Montrose Shopping Park, will be handed over to stakeholders in mid September. Such […]
The public has two planned opportunities to remember the events of 9/11. By Mary O’KEEFE For the fourth year Crescenta Valley will be recognizing Patriot Day with a motorcade traveling through the area passing by local schools, fire stations and law enforcement stations. This year, though, instead of the motorcade taking place on Sept. 11 […]