Rains on the way in Los Angeles amid mudslide fears

7:15 pm, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Times Community News thoughts Add a Comment

From the Los Angeles Times:

Lower temperatures with a chance of drizzle are on tap this weekend for Southern California, with the first significant rains of the season predicted for next week.

The National Weather Service says low clouds and a chance of drizzle are forecast for today.

A rainstorm is expected to arrive Tuesday and remain through Wednesday. The rain is not expected to be strong, but officials were on edge because of the possibility of mudslides in areas burned in the recent fires.

The U.S. Geological Service this week issued a report saying mudslides and mudflows are highly likely in the foothill communities hit by the Station fire. The report said 12 hours of modest but sustained rains could cause mudflows that go as far south as Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge.

Officials are also concerned about areas burned in the Sheep fire near Wrightwood.

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Glendale P.D. K-9 Demonstration

2:30 pm, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Roger Wilson thoughts Add a Comment

Glendale Police officers and were out at Verdugo Park Saturday meeting with the community and putting on a show.

 

With a large crowd watching, Glendale Police Department office Jake Postajian acts as the agitator and "Marlin" the K9 shows how to take down a suspect during the Glendale K-9s in the Park event at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, October 10, 2009.  The all-day event sponsored by the Glendale Police Department included G.P.D. K-9 demonstrations, low-cost pet vaccinations, pet adoptions, seminars and many other activities for pets and their owners.  (Raul Roa/News-Press)

With a large crowd watching, Glendale Police Department office Jake Postajian acts as the agitator and "Marlin" the K9 shows how to take down a suspect during the Glendale K-9s in the Park event at Verdugo Park in Glendale on Saturday, October 10, 2009. The all-day event sponsored by the Glendale Police Department included G.P.D. K-9 demonstrations, low-cost pet vaccinations, pet adoptions, seminars and many other activities for pets and their owners. (Raul Roa/News-Press)

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Flu Vaccines at Stevenson Elementary School

1:03 pm, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Roger Wilson burbank Add a Comment

For a photo gallery, click the photo below.

 

Makena Kane, 9 of Burbank, is all smiles as she gets a flu shot from Platinum Healthcare's April Mueller outside Stevenson Elementary School in Burbank on Saturday, October 10, 2009.  Kane's mother, Denise Kane, holds her hand.  The flu vaccines, 70 injections and 10 nose sprays, were made available through the Stevenson Elementary School PTA in partnership with Flu Busters and Novartis Vaccines.  (Raul Roa/Leader)

Makena Kane, 9 of Burbank, is all smiles as she gets a flu shot from Platinum Healthcare's April Mueller outside Stevenson Elementary School in Burbank on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Kane's mother, Denise Kane, holds her hand. The flu vaccines, 70 injections and 10 nose sprays, were made available through the Stevenson Elementary School PTA in partnership with Flu Busters and Novartis Vaccines. (Raul Roa/Leader)

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RESIDENTS TOUR DEUKMEJIAN WILDERNESS PARK

12:33 pm, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Roger Wilson crescenta valley glendale Add a Comment

Area residents got a first-hand look at the devastation at Deukmejian Wilderness Park in Glendale and learned what the city is doing to curtail mud flows in the coming rainy season.  For a photo gallery, click on the photo.

 

Area residents take a tour of Deukmejian Wilderness Park, the first time since the recent Station Fire, in Glendale on Saturday October 10, 2009.  Residents learned what the city is doing to curtail mud flows in the coming rainy season.  (Raul Roa/News-Press)

Area residents take a tour of Deukmejian Wilderness Park, the first time since the recent Station Fire, in Glendale on Saturday October 10, 2009. Residents learned what the city is doing to curtail mud flows in the coming rainy season. (Raul Roa/News-Press)

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Burbank police, feds arrest resident with explosive device

11:45 am, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Zain Shauk thoughts Add a Comment

From the Burbank Leader:

Federal authorities joined police Friday to arrest a Burbank resident in posession of an explosive device, police said early Saturday.

Offiials arrested the man near the intersection of Scott Road and East Avenue at about 6 p.m, said Lt. Eric Rosoff of the Burbank Police Department.

No further details on the arrest were yet available, said Rosoff, who would not confirm an earlier police report that federal authorities were involved.

Earlier today, Burbank officers said that agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives assisted in the arrest.

Check back for updates on this developing story.

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Arroyo beats La Cañada

10:57 am, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Times Community News thoughts Add a Comment

From the Pasadena Star-News:

LA CAÑADA – It didn’t matter what the La Cañada High School football team did. In the end, Arroyo had an answer for everything.

Knights running back Mikey Vasquez was too much to handle, rushing for 187 yards on 24 carries and scoring three touchdowns to lead his team to a 31-27 victory Friday night in nonleague action.

Arroyo (3-2) had a big second quarter to jump ahead to stay.

Click here to read the full story.

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Homeowners having trouble finding mudslide insurance

10:56 am, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Times Community News thoughts Add a Comment

From the Los Angeles Times:

Charred slopes in the foothills towering above William Johnson’s La Cañada Flintridge home are now a mudslide in the making after being burned by recent wildfires.

But getting insurance has been impossible for him and many of his neighbors, he said, as winter rains loom.

Johnson, 54, said he called three providers, each of whom said they would not issue insurance for his area.

“While I’m trying to get protection, they don’t want to deal with their losses, and they’re trying to maximize their profits,” he said.

Southland homeowners at a high risk for mudslides say they are finding few options for complete coverage.

Stand-alone mudslide policies are rare, so some residents are buying flood policies on top of fire and earthquake plans, hoping that at least one will accept mudslide damage claims.

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Young chess players make their moves in Glendale

10:52 am, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Times Community News thoughts Add a Comment

From the Los Angeles Times:

Every Friday night, a group of noisy youngsters shuffles through a side door at First Baptist Church of Glendale. They laugh, shove and talk over one another as they enter a large, brightly lighted room with three long tables.

Inside, silver-haired Armen Ambartsoumian waits for them to settle down so the session can begin. Ambartsoumian, an international chess master who is determined to groom Glendale’s next generation of elite players, demands their focus. This can be a chore when dealing with more than two dozen kids ages 5 to 18.

Once the players unpack their black-and-white boards and chess pieces, Ambartsoumian instructs them to pair up and play. Then he paces the aisles between the tables, one hand on his hip, the other pointing out mistakes.

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Conservative Episcopalians prepare for their exodus

10:50 am, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Times Community News thoughts Add a Comment

From the Los Angeles Times:

St. Luke's
The Rev. Rob Holman will preach a final service Sunday before the congregation moves to Glendale. St. Luke’s left the national Episcopal Church over theological differences, including ordination of a gay bishop. (Spencer Weiner/Los Angeles Times / October 9, 2009)

The people of St. Luke’s Anglican Church have called their La Crescenta parish home for 85 years. Generations of families have grown up within its historic stone walls.

On Sunday, the Rev. Rob Holman will deliver his final sermon there, an epitaph to a bruising legal fight the congregation waged and lost to practice its conservative brand of Christian theology and hold on to the church.

On Monday, St. Luke’s leaders will hand over its keys to the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles.

The diocese sued to retain St. Luke’s property after the congregation voted overwhelmingly in 2006 to leave it and the national Episcopal Church over theological differences, including the consecration of a gay bishop in New Hampshire.

Click here to read the full story, and look in Monday’s Glendale News-Press for an update on the final sermon.

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The Early Edition: Glendale News-Press

8:00 am, Oct 10th, 2009 Written by Times Community News thoughts Add a Comment
Crescenta Valley quarterback Kyle Cota vaults over the Glendale High defense to push the ball forward on Friday.  (Roger Wilson/News-Press)

Crescenta Valley quarterback Kyle Cota vaults over the Glendale High defense to push the ball forward on Friday. (Roger Wilson/News-Press)

CV too much for Glendale
The game was over, the players had finished shaking hands, but the final, and possibly best, story line of Friday’s Pacific League game between the Crescenta Valley and Glendale football teams had yet to be written.

Cheers for local Oktoberfest
Saturday’s Oktoberfest drew a surge of shoppers to Honolulu Avenue, prompting more buying than store owners have seen from the annual event in years, area leaders said.

New performers for Unity Fest
A stretch of Brand Boulevard will be filled with food, art and dance from around the world Sunday as part of Glendale’s annual celebration of its ethnic and cultural diversity.

Murder charges dropped in crash
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Friday dismissed two murder charges filed against the driver of a big rig that barreled through the Foothill Boulevard intersection of Angeles Crest Highway on April 1, killing a 12-year-old and her father.

GCC win is par for course
A change in terrain is apparently no big deal for the Glendale Community College men’s and women’s cross-country teams.

SMALL WONDERS: Putting a chill on my distress
The only thing better than Vin Scully on a summer night when everyone is still playing is Vin Scully on an October night when only a few are left.

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PHOTOS: The Station fire burn areas from above

Written by Raul Roa on Mar 9th, 2010 at 1:14 pm

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The Glendale Police Department took a Glendale News-Press photographer on a helicopter ride for an aerial view of the the Station fire burn areas.

Police: Former Dodgers player and Burbank resident died Tuesday

Written by Max Zimbert on Mar 9th, 2010 at 11:56 am

Burbank resident and Former Dodgers outfielder Willie Davis, 69, died this morning, police said.
Authorities continue to investigate and are waiting for the coroner’s report detailing cause of death, Burbank Police Sgt. Robert Quesada said.
Davis, who made his debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1960, was a speedy outfielder during his baseball career, with 20 [...]

Police: BUSD teacher had sex with 14-year-old student

Written by Max Zimbert on Mar 9th, 2010 at 11:31 am

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From the Burbank Leader
A Burbank Unified School District teacher turned herself in Monday for having sex with a 14-year-old student from March to September last year, police said.
Amy Beck, 33, a sixth-grade teacher at Jordan Middle School, surrendered Monday afternoon to Burbank police with her lawyer, and was being held on $400,000 bail, Burbank Police [...]

Assembly District hopefuls debate budget, economy

Written by Zain Shauk on Mar 8th, 2010 at 9:36 am

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From the Glendale News-Press
Three candidates vying to fill a vacant seat in the 43rd Assembly District faced off in a bilingual forum Sunday that featured perspectives on the state budget, the economy and the Armenian Genocide.
The Assembly hopefuls were non-confrontational while expressing their often starkly different takes on solving state challenges, with one calling [...]

Glendale aiming to woo Google

Written by Melanie Hicken on Mar 8th, 2010 at 9:33 am

From the Glendale News-Press
CITY HALL — The mayor of Topeka, Kansas, signed a proclamation renaming the city “Google” for the month of March. The mayor of Duluth, Minn., jumped into icy Lake Superior to proclaim his love for the Internet giant in a video posted on YouTube.

Glendale officials this week joined the fray — [...]

Creative bras raise funds for breast cancer services

Written by Joyce Rudolph on Mar 8th, 2010 at 8:59 am

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Soroptimist International of Glendale is welcoming colorful and innovative creations for its seventh annual Bras for a Cause fundraiser on April 10 at the Embassy Suites Hotel.
Participants can decorate a bra with this year’s theme in mind “Bras for a Cause Salutes Television, ” or create their own theme. The entry fee is $100 and [...]

A Noise Within surpasses groundbreaking goal for new theater

Written by Joyce Rudolph on Mar 8th, 2010 at 8:52 am

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A Noise Within surpassed the $10 million mark Sunday night in its capital campaign to raise $13.3 million for its new Pasadena theater, it was announced in a press release tonight by company Co-Founders/Co-Artistic Directors Geoff Elliott and Julia Rodriguez-Elliott.  The goal was reached weeks before the groundbreaking, the duo added.
A board challenge, which matched [...]

Rainy day in La Crescenta

Written by Raul Roa on Mar 6th, 2010 at 2:58 pm

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Clouds opened up from time to time Saturday in La Crescenta.  In La Cañada Flintridge, residents inspected the Mullally Debris Basin on Manistee Drive in the Paradise Valley neighborhood after a short but strong downpour with lightning and small hail.

Flintridge Prep baseball vs. Santa Paula High

Written by Raul Roa on Mar 5th, 2010 at 5:01 pm

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Flitridge Prep High School played at home vs. Santa Paula High School at home Friday.
 

Burbank High’s Kauppila gets attention from MLB teams

Written by Jeff Tully on Mar 5th, 2010 at 2:06 pm

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Lonnie Kauppila will likely generate a great deal of attention during his senior season with the Burbank High baseball team.
Having already signed with Stanford, college coaches are no longer hounding the senior shortstop. Instead, it’s the professional scouts who have been coming out of the woodwork to take a look at Kauppila.
“We have a lot [...]