By Ted AYALA Glenn Steiger, general manager of Glendale Water and Power (GWP), appeared before the city council on Tuesday to request that the city move to declare its property on 3445 Altura Ave. to be surplus property. Until 2002, the 29,000 square feet property, which sits approximately three-quarters of a mile north of Crescenta […]
Being in Fine Company When the phone call came in, all I could say was, “What? Are you sure? Me?” And Mary O’Keefe sat across the room, laughing at me. The phone call was from Assemblyman Mike Gatto’s office telling me that I was chosen as a recipient of the Women In Business Empowerment Award. […]
By Sue KILPATRICK “Can such things be And overcome us like a summer’s cloud, Without our special wonder?” – William Shakespeare, “Macbeth” Persons reading this quotation in India and southern Asia would not understand the significance and “wonder” of a cloud on a summer’s day. Living in a Mediterranean climate as we do in Southern […]
Foothill Well Adds to Local Water Supplies A long forgotten closed water well that was absorbed years ago by Glendale Water & Power has been rediscovered by the utility company. The well, which was drilled near Foothill Boulevard, had become overgrown with trees and shrubs. Glendale Water & Power reopened and tested the well to […]
LOOK members are reaching out to give homeless a chance at employment through bicycle donations. By Agnes CONSTANTE With a goal to improve the downtown Los Angeles community, a group of high school students has pioneered a fundraising event to obtain 100 bicycles as a means of transportation for homeless people on Skid Row. Students […]
By Jason KUROSU Los Angeles City Councilmember Paul Krekorian visited with the citizens of Sunland and Tujunga on Monday, informing them of the latest developments in the retention of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course. The course is currently threatened by a proposed development of 229 condominium units. Krekorian believes he can retain the course using […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has canceled a three-year contract with a company that provides firefighting water dropping planes. “It was a surprise. We knew there were budget negotiations going on but we thought we had survived the cuts,” said Rick Hatton, president and CEO of 10 Tanker […]
Carmaggeddon – schmarmageddon. The real action was found on Saturday at Deukmejian’s Weedageddon. By Brandon HENSLEY While people across the Southland were stressing about “Carmageddon” last weekend, officials at Deukmejian Wilderness Park held an open invitation for anyone to join in on “Weedageddon” on Saturday morning. The phrase might conjure up boring images of pulling […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Angelenos survived Carmageddon! It appears that the general public heeded the constant warning to stay off the freeways last weekend. To get Southern Californians off what is arguably one of the busiest freeways in the world, the 405, was not an easy task. Some may think the constant warnings from the California […]
Today at 11 a.m., the County of L.A. Department of Public Works will celebrate the completion of a massive, $100 million seismic retrofit of the Big Tujunga Dam with a special ceremony at the dam, which is located north of Sunland in the Angeles National Forest. The event will be attended by state, county and […]