Flip Out for National Pancake Day

For the seventh consecutive year, IHOP restaurants nationwide will offer each guest a free short stack of its famous buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day, Feb. 28 from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. For every short stack of buttermilk pancakes served on […]

Portantino to California Legislators: Eight is Enough

Assemblyman Reintroduces salary freeze measure (AB 1787). For the eighth time, Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) has introduced a measure to freeze the pay of California’s highest paid employees. AB 1787 calls for a two-year freeze on state employees who earn over $100,000 – thousands of state employees could be subject to the salary […]

Mountain Bikers Rescued

By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue team responded to a call concerning two missing mountain bikers on Monday evening about 9 p.m. The two bikers, both from Orange County, were biking a trail in the Arroyo Seco area near the old Idlewild campground in the Angeles National Forest. “We got stuck in the middle […]

SR-710 Still on the Map

By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The thorny subject of extending the SR-710 was presented at Thursday night’s CV Town Council meeting. Sam Geneway of MBI Media, the agency hired to collect community data regarding an environmental study for the proposed 710 extension, told the town council and audience members of two information meetings on March 1 and […]

Fatal Accident on ANF

By Mary O’KEEFE The L.A. County Coroner’s Office released the identity of a man who was found inside his car that plunged over the side of the Angeles National Forest Highway near Mt. Gleason Road early Monday. Andrew Searcy, 25, of La Mirada was pronounced dead at the scene. “The vehicle went [over the side] […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Feb. 21 3100 block of Abella Street in La Crescenta, a 2002 Suzuki motorcycle was stolen from the location overnight. 600 block of Pomander Place in La Cañada, a worker at a residence apparently interrupted a burglary in progress at a home. According to the LASD CV Station report, the worker noticed an older model […]

NASA Budget Could Cut Mars Exploration

By Charly SHELTON On Monday, President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for 2013, and the red planet seemed to have taken the hardest hit. For the most part the NASA budget was kept at an even keel, however when it came to Mars exploration the cuts ran deep. The purposed NASA budget for 2013 […]

Two Arrested for Sleeping in Church

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police officers arrested two men who were apparently sleeping in a church for several weeks without the permission of the pastor, according to a police report. Thomas Smith, 54, and Leslie Jenei, 60, were arrested on Monday after police attempted to stop Smith for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk in […]

Allegations Levied Against Mt. Gleason Teacher

By Mary O’KEEFE A teacher has been removed from a Tujunga classroom amid allegations of misconduct. “The teacher remains out of the classroom and assigned to an administrative site,” stated Gayle Pollard-Terry, LAUSD spokeswoman, in an email. The teacher was removed from Mt. Gleason Middle School on Feb. 17. The Los Angeles Unified School District […]

NASA Budget

Click the link below to download the NASA budget in .PDF form   622654main_a FY13_NASA_Budget_Summary_and_Tables