By Mary O’KEEFE The panel that was to be convened on Aug. 10 to discuss the decisions that were made in early hours of the Station Fire has been postponed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the House back into session. “I will be calling the House back into session early next week to save teacher’s […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Station Fire aftermath is not just about the mudslides and coyotes and bears roaming the streets looking for food. Another part of the aftermath is analyzing what worked and perhaps more importantly what did not work while fighting the fire. Of particular interest to both officials and community members are those […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Representative Adam Schiff recently testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies to call for a reconsideration and possible repeal of U.S. Forest Service policies prohibiting nighttime flights. This action was spurred by the Station Fire. “Fire officials agree that the most important part of fighting fires is […]
During the rains on Feb.6 trapped public works employees kept a constant radio voice relaying the mud and flood danger that was heading down the hill. By Mary O’Keefe Residents in Crescenta Valley and La Cañada are used to seeing the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works trucks roll up and down the avenues. […]
By Geghard ARAKELIAN According to the U.S. Geological Survey website a 4.4 earthquake hit the greater Los Angeles area at about 4 a.m. on Tuesday; Glendale Parks & Recreation reported that no rocks were dislodged in Deukmejian Park. According to officials, large rocks exposed by rainfall erosion have little chance of dislodging in an earthquake […]
By Mike Lawler Our history is punctuated by disaster – fire and flood, followed by bigger fires and bigger floods. The cobbles and boulders we dig up in our gardens were deposited there by debris flows that have crossed the Crescenta Valley in the past, and the undulations in our roads are channels and levees […]
By Mary O’Keefe Crescenta Valley is being hit with a second rainstorm today, Saturday that is expected to last through this evening. A flash flood warning for the Station Fire area is in affect until 5:15 a.m. Saturday, said Curt Kaplan, meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “In some areas near the Station Fire the […]
The County of Los Angeles announced on Tuesday evening that 223 La Crescenta addresses will be under mandatory evacuation as of 9 a.m. tomorrow morning, Wednesday, Jan. 20 in preparation for the worst wave of storms yet expected to hit the foothills area. Below is a list of La Crescenta addresses; for a complete list […]
By Mary O’Keefe In our normally quiet little community, 2009 has been an unprecedented year that saw the area’s worst fears come true. From the runaway big rig that tragically took two lives to the fire everyone knew was coming and now the sleepless rainy nights dealing with the aftermath. Angeles Crest Highway tragedy On […]
Deukmejian Wilderness Park remains closed due to the Station Fire. Saturday’s scheduled campfire program “Eight Legged Freaks” has been relocated to Dunsmore Park at 4700 Dunsmore Avenue. The program will begin at 6:30p.m.