On June 25, at approximately 6:36 p.m. hours, members of the Altadena Search and Rescue Team were called out to an area of Eaton Canyon, where two hikers were stuck on a ridge on the side of a cliff. The hikers, who were trying to find a waterfall, had wondered off trail at Acrophobia Ridge […]
Ryan J. Bache, a 6th Grade teacher at Crestview Preparatory School, has been awarded a fellowship by the Earthwatch Institute. Mr. Bache will travel internationally on scholarship in July 2013 to study Climate Change and Caterpillars in Ecuador, and his fellowship will require that he join Earthwatch in a time-critical mission to assist with conservation and research. Earthwatch […]
More than 80 locations across Los Angeles County will be participating in the Hands Only CPR Sidewalk CPR Day today, Tuesday June 4. The one-day event is coordinated by the L.A. County Emergency Medical Services Agency, The L.A. County Fire Department and the American Heart Association to help improve cardiac arrest survival. The Hands Only […]
Assemblymember Mike Gatto’s bill to protect communities from contaminated property passes assembly. The bill has already received enthusiastic support from business organizations, environmental advocates, and local governments like the California League of Cities and the City of Burbank. Sacramento, CA – Communities struggling with decaying and contaminated properties will have new tools available to revitalize […]
The lack of significant winter rain and the robust amount of tall dry grass has prompted the Angeles National Forest to raise its Fire Danger Level from “Moderate” to “High” effective Friday, April 26. The new designation is to enhance public awareness that fire-risk conditions are intensifying. The Live Fuel Moisture readings have started […]
At a luncheon on Monday in Los Feliz, Rep. Adam Schiff honored inspiring women from communities in the 28th Congressional District – Hollywood, West Hollywood, Burbank, Pasadena, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Elysian Valley, Los Feliz, Sunland–Tujunga, Glendale, Atwater Village, La Cañada Flintridge and La Crescenta. This recognition is made each year during Women’s History […]
In Letter Joined by Senator Boxer and Rep. Culberson, Ask NASA Administrator to Keep Funding Levels for Programs Consistent with Structure Directed by Congress Today, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) sent a letter to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Charles Bolden calling on him to keep […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Science fans that have been waiting for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory annual Open House scheduled for this June will have to wait a little longer. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Annual Open House has become the next victim of the federal budget. “Due to budget restrictions, plans for a JPL Open House […]
On a new list of the 100 most influential people on Earth, three work at the same California address, where they’ve led projects to study things that are not on Earth. The list announced today by TIME Magazine includes Don Yeomans, Pete Theisinger and Richard Cook, all at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Yeomans manages […]
Caltrans workers and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force today on highways throughout the state, installing “Move Over” signs intended to help save lives and increase safety for motorists, highway workers, CHP officers, and other law enforcement and first responders. Highway construction and maintenance work is one of the […]