Recently elected Assemblymember John Harabedian introduced a package of bills to provide essential financial relief to victims of the Los Angeles County wildfires and expedite impacted-communities’ rebuilding efforts. “My neighbors are still paying mortgages on houses that have been burned to the ground, all while trying to rebuild their lives and find a place to […]
By Mary O’Keefe For many Southern California Edison (SCE) customers, power outages have been common lately. The power outages are due, according to SCE, to high wildfire risk in the area. During the recent extraordinary wind event power was out for most customers for about three days; for some people in the mountain areas like […]
A Community Lost This has been a tough week. Most of us know someone who lost their home. Stories abound that no water was available to fight the Eaton Fire hence the huge property loss. My husband has been either on the ground with members of Montrose Search & Rescue or working the command post. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A disaster like the fires in Southern California can bring out the best – and worst – in humanity. The best, which is something I think we should be focusing on, includes all of those who have donated time, effort and supplies to help the victims. There are centers that have been […]
By Mikaela STONE On Wednesday, Jan. 8, a line of hundreds of exhausted people stood outside the Pasadena Humane Society with pet carriers, surrendering cats and dogs not welcome in their evacuation centers or hotels. When staff member Kevin McManus arrived on Thursday to the sight of an even longer line, he feared the Eaton […]
CVTC Agenda The general meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council will be tonight, Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. at the community room of the La Crescenta Library, 2809 Foothill Blvd. On the agenda is the swearing in of council members by Supervisor Kathryn Barger. Power Problems Persist Power is sporadic in parts of […]
By Eliza PARTIKA The Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) board of education held a special meeting on Jan. 13 to approve an emergency order. The order, which was unanimously approved by the board, will allow GUSD to move ahead with attending to emergency needs that would normally be slowed by a competitive bidding process. Companies […]
Authorities said nearly 100 fire-related arrests have been made – including two additional arson arrests – since the start of the wildfires in the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7. According to Fox 11 News, two more people were behind bars Wednesday for allegedly setting small fires in Los Angeles amid high fire-danger conditions. Since […]
Jan. 10 2200 block of Montrose Avenue in Montrose, the resident reported that he witnessed via the his surveillance camera an unknown suspect attempting to open his garage door. When he saw this he called 9-1-1 and made his way back to his home where he found his master bedroom had been ransacked and a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There is a Wind Advisory and a Red Flag Warning until Wednesday at noon. The winds are anticipated to have gusts, which may last for an hour or two, of 30 mph to 50 mph, according to NOAA. NOAA expects the winds to decrease on Thursday through Saturday with another possible wind […]