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Burroughs High girls’ golfer Emily Tubert has gotten the lion’s share of publicity pertaining to the Indians’ team the last two seasons.
And rightly so. The senior is the reigning Pacific League champion, was a Junior All-American and All-Area Player of the Year in 2008 and has qualified for the CIF Southern Section postseason her last three seasons.
But quietly over two seasons, sophomore Ravipa Losakul has become a successful golfer in her own right.
Tubert and Losakul finished 1-2, respectively, Wednesday in the Pacific League preliminaries at Hansen Dam Golf Course.
The two will join 17 other athletes — four from Burroughs and three from Burbank — in the league finals Tuesday at Harding Golf Course.
In the team standings, Arcadia won the league championship. The Indians placed second and the Bulldogs were third. The three teams qualified to play Nov. 5 in the Central Team Divisionals at the Jurupa Hills Country Club in Riverside County.
The scores from the prelims will be added to Tuesday’s final round.
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An application for federal funding for the so-called “subway to the sea” stirred up a storm of controversy this week after area members of Congress embarked on a campaign to change the course of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
MTA Chairman Ara Najarian, who also sits on the Glendale City Council, fired back Thursday at lawmakers who had questioned whether seeking funding for the proposed Westside extension of the Purple Line subway to Santa Monica was the best decision for Los Angeles County given the economic climate.
The MTA is also seeking funding for a light rail project in downtown L.A. that would connect a series of current and future lines that cut through the area.
“I’m very frustrated,” Najarian said of the public protests from legislators, who have made radio appearances and submitted letters to area newspapers urging the MTA to change its stance.
He made his comments before a meeting of the MTA Board of Directors today.
He said he felt the lawmakers were trying to influence an ill-advised change in direction after the MTA voted unanimously to pursue funding for the two projects, he said.
“I think the MTA is definitely taking the right approach,” Najarian said. “Unfortunately, some of our members of Congress have received bad information.”
Fourteen members of Congress, in a letter to Najarian, urged the MTA to add three projects to its application for competitive grants from the Federal Transit Administration.
The coalition, which included Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and David Dreier (R-San Dimas), argued the MTA should also seek funding for an extension of the Gold Line from Pasadena to Montclair, as well as another extension of that line from East L.A. toward El Monte.
They also pressed the body to include in its application the proposed Crenshaw/South Bay Transit Corridor, a rail line that would connect Los Angeles International Airport with the Green Line and the Expo Line, which is currently under construction in Culver City.
“The potential is very great for this and this is not a zero-sum game,” Dreier said of expanding the application. “We can focus on priorities throughout Southern California, but this is one that we just can’t let drop by the wayside because by doing it, we jeopardize our chance at funding.”
But adding more projects to the MTA’s application could cause problems, Najarian said.
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It isn't Love Ride lite, organizers said. The event is expected to draw lots of people, and they won't go hungry.
Organizers said people have come forward in recent weeks to supply the event. One cook will bring 330 lbs. of tri-tip to BBQ and another man said he'd supply roasted corn.
A cigar shop said they'd donate 2,500 cigars.
"It's pretty amazing, we're getting phone calls like crazy, people saying they are coming out Saturday and Sunday and asking, 'Do you have any room for us?'" Steve Fisher, a spokesman for the Love Ride Foundation said.
The Love Ride Foundation, which supports about a dozen charities, accepts donations year-round. More information is available at: http://www.loveride.org/lr26/category/news/
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John and Karen Roberson were on their way to Pismo Beach for a jazz festival Thursday when, as they were about to get on to the 210 Foothill Freeway, a motorist motioned to the couple that fire was coming out the engine compartment of their $200,000 RV.
The couple pulled to the side of the road at the La Tuna Canyon trail head and safely exited the RV. Within moments, fire engulfed the entire engine compartment, and in the process, engulfed the front portion of the 1996 Jeep the couple was towing.
Firefighters arrived within a few minutes of the call that was placed at 9:55 a.m., according to Los Angeles City Fire Capt. Steve Ruda. The biggest concern, he said, was the dry brush, which grows several feet from where the RV was burning. Initially, Ruda said, firefighters believed they were responding to a brush fire call.
The RV the Robersons were riding in was part of a three-car caravan. John Roberson, a retired Los Angeles County Fire Dept. engineer, said he did not know what may have caused the fire.
"It's anyone's story," he said, as he watched firefighters mop up. The Robersons were not far from their home on La Tuna Canyon Road.
"What makes this fire worse than a house fire is that you have all of these plastics and acrylines burning," said Ruda.
As if to prove his point, thick, black smoke billowed in a tornado-like fashion from the RV as firefighters opened the vehicle’s door go get inside.
U.S. Forest Service firefighters also responded to the vehicle fire. The fire was put out in about 10 minutes.
From the Glendale News-Press Motorists in Glendale were ranked for the third year in row as having some of the worst driving skills in the nation, according to independent insurance report. Glendale ranked 191 out of 193 cities for having the worst drivers in the latest “Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report,” coming in below that [...]
A live grenade was found at GCC Garfield campus on Thursday. Click on photo for a gallery. [caption id="attachment_20908" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Crowds were evacuated after a live granade was found by construction workers at the Glendale Community College Garfield Campus construction site on Thursday, September 2, 2010. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption]
Menagerie: The Art of Animals exhibit at Forest Lawn Glendale [caption id="attachment_20898" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Andreas Deja's wire sculpture of a frog is part of the Glendale Forest Lawn Museum exhibit "Menagerie: The Art of Animals," in Glendale on Thursday, September 2, 2010. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption]
[caption id="attachment_20904" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="A member of the L.A. County Bomb Squad prepares to detonate a live grenade that was found by construction workers at the Glendale Community College Garfield Campus construction site. (Raul Roa/News-Press)"][/caption] [Updated 2:54 p.m. Bomb squad officers have detonated the grenade device in a pit covered with sandbags. No injuries were [...]
From the Glendale News-Press Rachel Keown has gone from rookie to record-holder. The newly-minted motorcycle racer, who works at Harley-Davidson of Glendale, broke the speed record for a 1,000 cc motorcycle this week at the BUB Racing Inc. Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville Salt Flats outside Salt Lake City. The final results won’t become official [...]
From the Glendale News-Press Smokers in Glendale, which has one of the highest smoking rates in Los Angeles County, could gain free access to tools to help them quit smoking under a bill passed by state legislators Tuesday. County officials and health care representatives gathered on the steps of the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration [...]
From the Glendale News-Press LA CRESCENTA — The Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition on Tuesday was awarded a major federal grant that will total $625,000 over the next five years as they work to thwart substance abuse among local teens. The Office of National Drug Control Policy selected the coalition and 168 other [...]
From the Glendale News-Press SOUTH GLENDALE — Two women kidnapped another woman Wednesday afternoon, forced her to withdraw her bank savings and then burglarized her Pacific Avenue home, police said. The Glendale woman, who was unharmed in the incident, was walking home about noon at Pacific Avenue and Oak Street when she was approached by [...]
A state bill that increases the minimum age to start kindergarten passed the state Legislature Tuesday. To begin kindergarten, students must turn 5 years old by Sept. 1 of the school year. Previous law set the minimum at 5 years by Dec. 2 of the school year. If signed into law by the governor, it [...]
From the Glendale News-Press GLENDALE — A Glendale man who was stabbed last week after a road-rage incident was recovering from his injuries at home Tuesday, police said. The man was released Saturday from a local hospital after having sustained a stab wound that sliced his liver, Glendale Police Det. Keith Soboleski said. “He is [...]
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