Foothill Municipal Water District (FMWD) will continue to provide rebates for high efficiency toilets, turf removal and rain barrels beginning with the new fiscal year, July 1 announced Nina Jazmadarian, General Manager of FMWD. During the previous fiscal year that ended June 30, $30,041 in rebates were provided to local residents to support the effort […]
The Glendale Unified School District is pleased to announce that Lynn Marso has been appointed Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. She will begin her new position on July 1, 2013. Marso has been part of the GUSD family for the past 28 years. She was a teacher and Teacher Specialist in the District for 17 years […]
Above normal temperatures coupled with unusually dry vegetation have prompted the Angeles National Forest to raise its Fire Danger Level from “High” to “Very High” effective Tuesday, July 2. The Forest has taken this step to enhance public awareness that fire-risk conditions are increasing as temperatures rise, forest grasses and brush dry out. The […]
The Fourth of July, once coined as the busiest day for the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC), has been replaced by July 5th. “We see an increase in strays running on our local freeways, pets found far from home and injured animals,” said Marcia Mayeda, DACC Director. […]
UPDATE 1:50 p.m. A weapon was found at the scene where the body of missing FBI special agent Stephen Ivens was discovered. “The Burbank police have released information that the body has been identified as [Stephen Ivens],” said Laura Eimiller, FBI spokeswoman. “We are very thankful to all [who assisted in the search] from the […]
President Barack Obama has named six NASA individuals, including one from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., as recipients of the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The NASA recipients and 90 other federal researchers will receive their awards in a ceremony later this month in Washington. The awards represent the highest honor bestowed […]
On Thursday, July 26, at 6:46 p.m., Burbank Police Officers were at Saint Joseph’s Medical Center on an unrelated incident when they were alerted to a 16 year-old male brought in by Burbank Fire Department. The male juvenile had been brought in from Pullman’s gym at 4320 West Magnolia Boulevard, after complaining of pain from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The body of a man thought to be that of a missing hiker was found yesterday in the Old Army Pass area in the John Muir Wilderness, Inyo County. “The body of the man found has not been positively identified as of yet,” said Jeff Mullenhour, Deputy Coroner Investigator for the Southern […]
Loss that Sparks Somber Reflections Friday night’s mass killing at a theater in Colorado during a screening of the recently released “The Dark Knight Rises,” the latest in the Batman series, was shocking. Not unexpectedly, it has sparked debate over many a kitchen table, I’m sure, of the need for gun control, less violence in […]
“He listened to that most ethereal of all sounds, the song of crickets, coming in full choir upon the wind, and fancied that, if moonlight could be heard, it would sound just like that.” – ‘The Canterbury Pilgrims’ by Nathaniel Hawthorne The sound of crickets, for most people, is a soothing and welcoming reminder of […]