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Some employees at Descanso Gardens are taking on production roles, producing virtual tours of some of the garden’s popular spots for visitors who must stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.
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After a long vacancy created by the closure of three businesses in 2017, a stretch of storefront in the Plaza de La Cañada shopping center is slowly coming back to life as permits are filed with the city’s planning department.
A breath of fresh air during the flu season was just what the teacher ordered. And he loved her for it.
Two women were airlifted to Pasadena’s Huntington Hospital Wednesday night after the vehicle they were driving lost control on Angeles Crest Highway and careened some 80 feet down an embankment, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station detectives are looking for information regarding a suspect thought to be linked to two incidents of indecent exposure on Foothill Boulevard Dec. 13 and March 18.
July 2 Burglary, residence: 300 block of St. Katherine Drive, La Cañada.
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Girls’ Basketball: Senior named league most valuable player, finishing her career ninth in all-time scoring after averaging 14.7 points, 5.6 rebounds to help lead Spartans to fifth consecutive Rio Hondo League title.
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Residents yearning not to feel fenced in during the cornoavirus isolation period are finding their outdoor options dwindling as local, county and state officials announce new closures of parks, trails and other recreational areas.
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A woman driving her car in La Cañada on March 17 with her son in the passenger’s seat reported a white man in his 60s behind of the wheel of a gray Toyota Prius drove erratically, pulled in front of her, stopped his car and aimed a gun at her.
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Boys’ Soccer: Spartans senior led team in scoring to win Rio Hondo League Most Valuable Player, while teammate J.P. Crispi named league’s most valuable offensive player.
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If you’re running low on milk or eggs but don’t know which local grocery store to go to, or you need help making face masks for quarantined seniors, there’s a Facebook page for that.
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Significantly fewer Californians driving could result in 15,000 fewer collisions per month and 6,000 fewer injury accidents per month, researchers said.
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She found out she had COVID-19. Her roommate was 71 — and her mother.
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As Californians are ordered to stay at home to decrease coronavirus spread, some are making pacts with small groups of friends.
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California’s 420,000 farmworkers are working through the crisis. But language barriers and a lack of communication on the coronavirus put many at risk.
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Coronavirus outbreaks are occurring in nursing homes at terrifying speed. The elderly are among the most vulnerable to the deadly new pathogen.
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The deadly outbreak among members of a choir has stunned health officials, who have concluded that the virus was almost certainly transmitted through the air from one or more people without symptoms.
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In his new book, Colton Underwood — who was recently diagnosed with coronavirus — talks about being manipulated by producers on “The Bachelor.”
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The Trump administration released weaker fuel economy standards for new cars and trucks, pitting the federal government against California.
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Because of the coronavirus outbreak, state public schools are unlikely to reopen, state schools Supt. Tony Thurmond said Tuesday.
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As coronavirus spreads, California prisons plan to release 3,500 inmates early.
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The closure of some 23 miles of in-town trails followed an announcement Monday by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger after increased use of regional trails and parks was observed this weekend.
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An individual testing positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has been reported in La Cañada Flintridge, despite an earlier message from the county that cases occurring in cities with fewer than 25,000 residents would be reported collectively and not by city.
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Detective Rodger Burt said Bnii Semaj Wiserachal, 22, was booked for residential burglary and receiving stolen property after a search warrant was executed Thursday at the home of a family member.
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Board members decided to coincide campus closures with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “Safer at Home” mandate issued the day before, assuring they had no plans yet to cancel senior activities at La Cañada High School.
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A defunct fountain at Mayors’ Discovery Park was granted a reprieve after Parks and Rec commissioners, entranced by the story of the park’s genesis, agreed to restore the structure and grounds.
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Boys’ Basketball: Senior was team’s leading scorer, as Spartans captured a seventh straight league championship.
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Boys’ Soccer: Junior midfielder collected 19 goals, 12 assists for 50 points to help Rebels earn trip to CIF playoffs.
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After emergency meetings, LCUSD makes decision to suspend all athletic practices, contests in effort to slow COVID-19 spread.
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New Spartans girls’ coach Mark Jewell will turn to core of reliable players to keep team moving in right direction; St. Francis also has new coach this season.
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St. Francis looks to get back to CIF competition, while Flintridge Prep also has first-year coach.
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“Even when time and resources are available, and even with the now widespread availability of videoconferencing services, transposing in-person teaching to online is a challenge,” Frank writes.
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“We will survive this virus,” Puglia writes. “Yet our behaviors and ‘fight for yourself above all else’ attitude could prove disastrous.
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“Living in Manchester, England, there was one of two ways to live your life,” writes Reg Green, “Manchester City or Manchester United.” He followed in the footsteps of his father and became a City fan.
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The gully is choked with plastic bags, planks, bottles, forlorn chunks of concrete that no longer have a purpose, two toilets (!), bits of paper that blow away in the wind and miscellaneous rubbish.
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I was happy to receive an email from Ugulay Sloan, the chair of La Cañada Elementary School Read-In, asking me to read out loud to a classroom of students to mark the annual Read Across America Day program.
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50 years ago this week the Valley Sun featured on its cover the photo of a cougar named “Susie” playing with an 8-year-old Oak Grove Elementary School student.
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One of Gracie Dundee’s first initiatives in elementary school involved getting permission from a teacher to work on a charity project with interested friends during 10 minutes of recess time.
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Rising to the challenge from a TV show, the Community Center of La Cañada Flintridge in March 2010 created the monstrous sweet and held a carnival for its unveiling. The center netted $5,000 for its efforts.
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On March 6 the Juniors gathered at La Cañada Flintridge Country Club for a party in support of Mending Kids; just days later panic over the cornovirus outbreak led to shoppers hoarding goods and the cancellation of gatherings.
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The presentation of a musical about Mother Nature that was to be performed in the Worship Arts Center at La Cañada Presbyterian Church this weekend has been postponed due to the novel coronavirus.
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