Honolulu Avenue Road Diet: What Are People Saying?
Are you for or against the Honolulu Avenue Road Diet in Montrose? See what others say.
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Saturday, May 19, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
May 21 Last Day to Register to Vote in June 5 Primary
May 21 is deadline in Los Angeles County for registering to vote in the upcoming election.
Los Angeles County residents ready to vote in the June 5 primary must register by May 21. If you’re not sure if you are registered then check your status online. This year’s ballot will feature open primaries, in which the top two vote-getters in state or federal races advance to the November election—no matter what party they represent. Here is a list of races on the ballot in Montrose-La Crescenta. Citizens can get a registration form online here and those who are uncertain of whether they are registered or not can check here. For more information, visit the Registrar of Voters website.
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'Prom' Graffiti is a First for Nearby Trails
A La Canada Flintridge city official said Thursday crews would remove the spray-painted invitation scrawled across a rock before the end of business Friday.
It's unclear who painted the prom proposal on a rock formation in La Canada's Cherry Canyon, but the city's crystal clear about cleaning it before it breeds additional graffiti. Arabo Parseghian, management analyst for the City of La Cañada Flintridge Public Works Department, expects crews to have the spray-painted invitation cleaned before the end of the day Friday, he said Thursday. Scrawled in black paint across two rocks in Cherry Canyon, the word "Prom,'' followed by a question mark, showed up recently on the Owl Trail. "This is the first we’ve seen of graffiti on the trail,'' he said, noting the city did not contact the sheriff's department,, as the damage was not so significant as to warrant a report. City officials were alerted to …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Locally: Most Popular Baby Names in 2011
Find out the most popular baby names in your area. A few picks may surprise you.
Legions of babies named Sophia and Jacob are populating the U.S. as the two names are the most popular on birth certificates across the nation, according to The U.S. Department of Social Security. Those names are followed by Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Ava, Emily, Abigail, Madison, Mia and Chloe for girls; for boys are Mason, William, Jayden, Noah, Michael, Ethan, Alexander, Aiden, and Daniel. But what about the top names for the Tri-City area? The Baby Namescape feature compiles the top baby names by state, city and even hospital. The following cities and hospitals near Montrose-La Crescenta were included in the database: Pasadena – Huntington Hospital Girls: Sophia, Isabella, Amelia, Emma, Emily, Abigail, Victoria, Madison, Zoe, Elizabeth …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Here Are Your Candidates for June 5 Primary
See who’s running for offices representing Montrose-La Crescenta in the June 5 primary election.
With the candidates on the June 5 primary election ballot finalized, campaigns and voter registration drives are underway. Recently drawn redistricting maps put previous representatives, Rep. Adam Schiff and Assemblyman Anthony Portantino in new districts, leaving Montrose-La Crescenta residents voting for brand new representatives in the House of Representatives and Assembly. State Sen. Carol Liu, who currently represents Montrose, is running again in the new district representing both Montrose and La Crescenta. While Portantino originally said he would be running for Congress, he retracted that statement in a press release January. Races for the new districts representing Montrose-La Crescenta include State Senator 25th District, U.S. …
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Poll: Should Your Boss Have Your Facebook Password?
The Password Protection Act of 2012 would the enhance current law to prohibit employers from compelling or coercing employees into providing access to their private accounts.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), along with eleven other co-sponsors, introduced the Password Protection Act Of 2012 last week to hopefully curb employers who require that employees provide access to password-protected accounts, like Facebook and Twitter. Individual states, including Maryland and California, have already introduced legislation to ban the increasingly popular practice. Schiff explained why he's backing the Password Protection Act Of 2012, which would protect users across the country, in a press release Thursday: This common sense legislation would prevent employers from mandating that job applicants or current employees disclose confidential passwords to their social networks, like Facebook. Someone's personal page should be just…
JPL to Host Open House June 9, 10
The public is invited to explore NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 9 and 10.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Metro Counting Traffic on 210 Freeway for 710 Tunnel Study
The La Canada Valley Sun notes that workers hired for a Metro study on the 710 tunnel extension are literally counting cars for a study on potential traffic impacts on the 210 Freeway.
Early Retirement Could Minimize Glendale City Worker Lay-offs
About 150 employees would need to retire by Sept. 1 to block a $15.4-million budget gap for the next fiscal year.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Metro Invites Public Participation in Open Houses Starting This Week
Six community forums are scheduled May 14-24, including one in nearby La Canada Flintridge and Eagle Rock.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Caltrans are scheduled to hold community forums this week through May 24 to facilitate a public discussion about various “alternative concepts” to the proposed extension of the 710 freeway into the Los Angeles area. The forums, which are part of the so-called “Alternative Analysis phase of the SR-710 Study,” according to the Metro website, are aimed at “bridging the gap” in this freeway from Long Beach. The idea is to relieve congestion and enhance traffic mobility, particularly that of cargo-laden trucks from the Long Beach port, in the study area. The alternative concepts, two of which are graphically represented in the attached images, include: • Bus Rapid Transit • Light Rail Transit • …
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Carol Fodera
10:32 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
There’s a race that was not mentioned. If you are a registered Democrat or Republican, you will be able to vote for 7 members of your County Central Committee for the County of Los Angeles. The Democratic County Central Committee’s primary function is to get Democratic candidates elected at all levels of government. Vickere Murphy and Carol Fodera are Democrats and residents of La Crescenta who … more ›