The Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 55 new deaths and 733 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Thirty-five people who died were over the age of 65 years old, eight people who died were between the ages of 41 and 65 years old, and three people who died […]
This week, Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent letters asking Sundar Pichai, Susan Wojcicki and Jack Dorsey, the chief executive officers of Alphabet, YouTube and Twitter, respectively, to proactively inform users who engage with harmful coronavirus-related misinformation before it can be removed and to direct them to authoritative, medically accurate resources. […]
On Saturday, May 2 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Assemblymember Laura Friedman will host a virtual hall when she will speak with board member Jackie Goldberg and administrators from Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) about the issues Los Angeles students and families are facing due to school closures, stay-at-home orders and the other challenges of the COVID-19 […]
The USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, announced that most developed recreation sites will remain closed through May 15. In conjunction the Angeles National Forest has extended its closure of high-use areas. While Regional Order 20-03 does not close trails, trailheads, and general forest areas, Angeles Forest Order 05-01-20-04 does extend its closure of four […]
I can tell I’m getting a little testy. When I’m out and about (not very often) and I see someone I know, I instinctively reach out my hand to shake before I remember that we don’t do that right now. It’s particularly hard to not hug my granddaughter who, thankfully, seems to understand that we […]
Gonna put the world away for a minute, pretend I don’t live in it. Sunshine gonna wash my blues away.” ~ Jimmy Buffet Sunshine, water and chlorine combined keep COVID-19 at bay. The CDC reported on March 10, “There is no evidence that COVID-19 can be spread to humans through the use of pools. Proper […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Having a baby has always been a time when reality hits full force. It can be a time of great joy mixed with concern and worry never felt before. In this pandemic world reality has added a whole new level of “what ifs” that expectant moms and their birth partners have to […]
By Charly SHELTON COVID-19 has been killing people around the world by the thousands, with a much larger number infected but not dying. But one thing that was seen in China and Italy, and now reflected here in America, is that the virus is not affecting children nearly as much as it affects adults. According […]
Vons on Foothill Boulevard at Pennsylvania Avenue in far north Glendale/La Crescenta has confirmed that one of their workers tested positive for COVID-19. “The health and safety of everyone who walks through our doors is a top priority. We learned April 13 that an associate at our Vons store on Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Wearing a mask is not a suggestion but a mandatory order in the City of Glendale anytime anyone is in public. “Our goal to educate and gain compliance voluntarily, and we have generally been successful with counseling by GPD and Neighborhood Services-Code Enforcement. That said, if the violation is egregious, we have […]