With Pasadena City officials starting to hash out a proposed $897.8 million budget blueprint for fiscal year 2022, City Manager Steven Mermell has issued a grim outlook for the city’s landmark Rose Bowl stadium, which will mark its centennial season next year. The financial picture for the beloved 99-year-old stadium’s has been a tenuous, ongoing
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Los Angeles County public health officials reported 139 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,238,919 as of Monday, May 24. Officials reported 19 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 24,175 deaths since tracking began. There were 20 fewer hospitalizations reported since Sunday, decreasing the official count
A view in Canoga Park: VFW Post 2805 Quartermaster, Martin Yingling, thanks the Home Depot team for their continued support for veterans. On Friday, April 30, the Home Depot Foundation partnered with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2805 in Canoga Park, to enhance its outdoor dining area for local veterans. Team Depot, the Home
A team of North Hollywood High School science students emerged victorious Saturday over scholars from 63 other schools nationwide in this year’s U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science National Science Bowl Championship. The win marks North Hollywood High’s second National Science Bowl championship, following the title captured in 2001. The school has placed among
What kind of message does it send when too often children in the foster care system are given a trash bag to put their possessions in when it’s time to move because there are no luggage or duffle bags available? The wrong kind of message. “It’s so sad because not only are they being traumatized
A 6-year-old Costa Mesa boy was killed in a road rage shooting on the 55 Freeway in the city of Orange Friday morning. The gunman is still at large.
Plans at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to charge a $10 truck fee to go into a fund that would pay for a zero-emissions transition is steaming toward implementation. But one question still lingers when it comes to possible unintended consequences: Will it backfire on port truckers. Los Angeles port Commissioner Edward
Central Lutheran Church on Tyrone Avenue at Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of indoor, outdoor and online religious services in the San Fernando Valley area. Garden Work Day at Central Lutheran Church: Volunteer to help renovate the Central Community Garden in order to create vegetable garden plots to
Los Angeles Unified students in the class of 2021 got some welcome news recently: They may be able to cap off the end of their high school careers with an in-person graduation ceremony — something last year’s graduates missed out on due to the coronavirus pandemic. While celebrations will still be modified from years’ past
Many of the citrus groves along the 126 freeway near the Ventura/Los Angeles county line have taken on the look of a giant Christo-wrapped art installation. Unlike the Christo art projects, the wrapping of the trees goes beyond art and is all about nature. Citrus groves wrapped up to protect them from being cross-pollinated by
Members of SAE, a fraternity at UCLA, are helping to make the hospital stay for a 12-year-old girl battling cancer a little brighter. Kristine Lazar reports.
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 245 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,238,121 as of Thursday, May 20. Officials reported 19 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 24,140 deaths since tracking began. There were four more hospitalizations reported since Wednesday, increasing the official count
LOS ANGELES — Councilman Bob Blumenfield has proposed exploring the creation of a citywide program to finance construction of accessory dwelling units, also known as granny flats, to house formerly homeless Angelenos. “As the city continues to expand its inventory of homeless interventions, and with (Proposition) HHH projects averaging $531,000 per unit, ADUs can provide
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 255 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,237,899 as of Wednesday, May 19. Officials reported 16 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 24,117 deaths since tracking began. There were 14 more hospitalizations reported since Tuesday, increasing the official count
The travel industry was one of the business sectors impacted the most by the global pandemic. Today, we look at how business and pleasure travel is shaping up for the summer months. How bad was 2020? Prior to the pandemic, U.S. travel accounted for $1.1 trillion in economic impact and 6% of the workforce. According
While California has added electrical capacity since last August’s blackouts, state legislators were warned Tuesday, May 18, that another round of record-breaking heat could leave the state vulnerable again this summer – particularly if extreme weather extends to most of the western U.S., as it did last year. Changes to operations since those two days
California’s COVID-19 vaccination progress portal has maps that show the share of the population that has received COVID-19 vaccine by ZIP code. The maps can be toggled to show each county and the percentage of those who have received a partial or full series of COVID-19 vaccine out of the total eligible population. Darker shades
In California, 596 new cases of the coronavirus were reported, according to Sunday, May 16, end-of-day totals on public health websites, bringing the total number of cases so far to 3,741,628. There were 13 new deaths reported statewide Sunday for a total of 62,329 people who have died from COVID-19. The state reported five more
“Glee” actor Mark Salling – who pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges last month — has died at age 35 of an apparent suicide, according to multiple reports.
NORTH HOLLYWOOD — Motorists on the 170 Freeway Friday afternoon couldn’t help but notice the pickup truck fully involved in fire on the southbound side of the freeway at Burbank Boulevard in North Hollywood. Traffic was stopped back to Victory Boulevard, according to reports. The driver was able to pull the truck over to the