Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been appointed director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and vice president of Caltech. Leshin will formally assume her position on May 16, succeeding Michael Watkins, who retired in August 2021, and Lt. Gen. Larry D. James USAF (Ret.), who currently serves as JPL interim director. […]
“It’s enough to drive you crazy, trying to depict the weather, the atmosphere, the ambience.” ~ Claude Monet Weather – boring? Never. But during this long and seemingly never-ending stretch of beautiful mild weather, I had to pull a few rabbits out of the hat. Reaching within, I found the perfect weather incident far from […]
An Especially Trying Week As most of our readers have probably figured out by now, I typically write my column on Tuesday (sometimes early Wednesday) for that week’s paper. Such was the case last week; my column was written before disaster befell us here at the CV Weekly. Last Wednesday, in mid-afternoon, I received a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue team members never know what they may be facing or who they may be saving when they get a call for help, but it doesn’t matter; a rescue is a rescue – even if the lost victim is a four-legged member of the family. On Tuesday about 4 […]
Jan. 30 Angeles Crest Highway in Angeles National Forest, the rear driver’s side window was shattered and items were stolen from a vehicle between 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Mount Disappointment Road in Angeles National Forest, a vehicle owner parked his car and went on a hike. When he returned he discovered the locking mechanism […]
Glendale PD and Glendale fire department, with assistance from LA County fire, responded to a fire at the Just Tires location at Foothill Boulevard and Boston Avenue this evening around 9 PM. According to Glendale fire chief Stavros, it was an outside fire that spread to the walls. No injuries were reported and traffic between […]
Nearly 1,960,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across Los Angeles County. Of those vaccinated, 600,497 people have received second doses. The County’s network of vaccination sites had the capacity to administer 500,000 doses this week, although the County only received 211,000 doses of vaccine last week. Next week, on Monday, March 1, three […]
The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 132 new deaths and 2,072 new cases of COVID-19. To date, Public Health identified 1,187,474 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County and a total of 21,102 deaths. There are 1,988 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 30% of these […]
Taline Arsenian, president of the Glendale Teachers Assn., responded to the protest that took place outside the offices of the GTA on Wednesday morning. “I believe these parents and our teachers want the same thing, we both want to be in our classrooms with our students, but only when it is safe to do so. […]
A large delivery truck that was apparently traveling southbound on Angeles Crest in the late morning/early afternoon on Wednesday hit something unconfirmed in the 1000 block of Foothill Boulevard. Emergency personnel are on scene. Eastbound traffic on Foothill is down to one lane just west of Chevy Chase; traffic is then being diverted onto Chevy […]