By Mary O’KEEFE Four Loyola Marymount University [LMU] students will be going to Buenos Aires, Argentina next month due to their competitive spirit, business skills, foresight and innovation. One of the four students is Connor Grayson Sobczak, who is well-known in the Crescenta Valley area as he attended CV High School and has a name […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In 1957, actors Spencer Tracy and Kathryn Hepburn starred in “Desk Set,” a film about computer expert and inventor, Tracy, bringing his masterpiece – EMERAC [Electromagnetic Memory and Research Arithmetical Calculator] into the reference library in a large company that is managed by Hepburn. Although there was a love story mixed in, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops in some people who have experienced a shocking, frightening or dangerous event, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. “It is natural to feel afraid during and after a traumatic situation. Fear triggers many split-second changes in the body to help defend against danger or to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The NASA groundwater cleanup near and adjacent to Jet Propulsion Laboratory has received final approval, referred to as the Record of Decision (ROD), from NASA and the regulatory agencies overseeing the project. Steve Slaten, Facilities and Environmental manager at the NASA Management Office, has been working on the groundwater cleanup since he […]
By Mary O’KEEFE According to the U.S. Pharmacies and Drug Store Industry, an estimated 4.25 billion retail prescriptions will be filled throughout the U.S. in 2019 with about 300 million in California alone. Over time, many of these will become outdated. So what should a person do with these outdated meds? It is not advised […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last week the Glendale Police Dept. held an informative meeting for Neighborhood Watch leaders and those interested in the program. Presenting the program was Officer Matt Zakarian. Zakarian is well known in the Crescenta Valley area for his work within the community, including as a founding member of the CV Drug and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In the saga of the future of Rockhaven Sanitarium there comes another twist: Gangi Design LED Build is now out of the project. Glendale City Council made the decision during closed session. The story of Rockhaven began in the early 1920s when a psychiatric nurse – Agnes Richards – wanted to help […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the victim of a fatal accident on Angeles National Forest Highway on Saturday. Carl Raggio IV, 40, from Santa Clarita died due to blunt trauma, according to the LA Coroner spokeswoman. California Highway Patrol received the call at 1:15 p.m. reporting […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The territory transfer between Glendale and La Cañada unified school districts has been debated and discussed for decades. In 2016 a group called UniteLCF, composed of La Cañada residents, submitted 724 verified signatures to the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization in favor of a territory transfer. The School District […]
By Mary O’KEEFE USC Verdugo Hills Hospital employees, including certified nursing assistants, licensed vocational nurses, patient services representatives, unit secretaries, monitor and obstetric technicians, central processing, buyers and distribution technicians and phlebotomists, voted to decertify their union – Service Employees International Union. The final vote was on Jan. 31. SEIU has filed an appeal and […]