By Jason KUROSU The Glendale City Council approved a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Crescenta Valley Water District, which would allow the district to access water from the groundwater well on the property of the Rockhaven Sanitarium in Montrose. CVWD will lease part of the property where the well is located for a period […]
Help can come from the most unlikely of sources as this year’s La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses entry, “To The Rescue,” demonstrates. By Mary O’KEEFE Volunteers for the La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses float will see the result of their hours and hours of hard work when the city’s entry rolls down […]
By Jason KUROSU For the first time in one hundred years, the City of Glendale will not have a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade. In July, Glendale City Council members voted not to allocate funds for the parade, a decision which officials say was due to fewer donations and sponsorships being received than […]
By Isiah REYES Local residents from Glendale and La Crescenta will be honored during today’s Rose Parade. Antonia Gonzalez, a La Crescenta resident, will be one of 15 float riders on Kaiser Permanente’s 10th Rose Parade float, titled “Together We Thrive.” It will be dedicated to the Special Olympics World Games. Gonzalez has been […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Since 1902, when the first Tournament of Roses football game was held at Tournament Park on Jan. 1, college football teams have squared off at the Rose Bowl. With such a long history it’s not surprising that the Rose Bowl game has achieved many milestones. “This collegiate classic has been the occasion […]
By Jason KUROSU With the public calling for increased accountability by law enforcement, the police, along with the federal government, have come closer to embracing the widespread use of body worn cameras as a means for greater accuracy in the reporting of crimes and evidence documentation. Police shootings involving unarmed civilians, such as the highly […]
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft. Dawn launched in 2007 and is scheduled to enter Ceres orbit in March 2015. Dawn recently emerged from solar conjunction, in which the spacecraft is on […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At about 10 p.m. on Tuesday night gusty winds in the foothills uprooted a huge mature tree in the 4900 block of Ramsdell Avenue. The massive trunk crashed into the living room and dining room of a home. “It sounded like a freight train coming down,” said neighbor Stephanie Rodriquez. Luckily […]
By Mary O’KEEFE L.A. County Fire Dept. responded to a fire around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning at the U.S. Bank building in the Ralphs Marketplace in the 2600 block of Foothill Boulevard. Reports had been received of smoke coming from the roof. When fire crews arrived they discovered a small fire in the heating and […]