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NASA's JPL to 'lasso' an asteroid

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:34:00 PDT

Project would bring body close enough for astronauts to study, NASA administrator Charles Bolden says.

A proposed mission to capture an asteroid and bring it into orbit in the Earth-moon system is a stepping stone to sending humans to Mars, NASA administrator Charles Bolden said Thursday at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

La Cañada Fiesta Days schedule

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:20:00 PDT

Hosts La Cañada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce and Community Assn. stick with tradition for Fiesta Days' main lineup each year.

It's time for fiesta days in La Cañada Flintridge

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:00 PDT

Annual event is seen as a celebration of life in La Cañada Flintridge

Residents will celebrate the community's heritage and local businesses this weekend in the 40th annual Fiesta Days.

La Cañada may limit alcohol sales

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:33:00 PDT

Proposal calls for stopping liquor purchases from stores at midnight.

In the interest of protecting surrounding neighborhoods from noise and possible drunk drivers, La Cañada Flintridge City Council members want to limit the hours that customers can buy alcohol from stores.

'Real life Indiana Jones,' adventurer John Goddard dies at 88

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:14:00 PDT

John Goddard, the La Cañada Flintridge adventure-seeker who earned the nickname “the real life Indiana Jones,” died. He was 88.

LCF parents question Child Educational Center decision

By Sara Cardine — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:59:00 PDT

They worry that the board's decision was made without parent input.

Although the La Cañada school board this month approved a contract extension for childcare services with the Child Educational Center, some community members question whether enough parent input was sought before the decision was made.

JPL begins work on two new missions to Mars

By Tiffany Kelly, tiffany.kelly@latimes.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:01:00 PDT

The NASA facility is leading two upcoming missions: A lander that will explore Mars' core in 2016 and a rover, modeled after Curiosity, that will launch in 2020.

The InSight mission will launch a lander in 2016 that will explore the planet's core, while a new rover, modeled after Curiosity, is set to launch in 2020.

La Cañada Crime: Jewelry and revolver stolen from home

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:34:00 PDT

Residential burglary: 300 block of Starlane Drive, between noon and 1 p.m. Jewelry worth $10,000, $6,000 in silver dollar coins and a .38 caliber revolver were stolen.

La Cañada baseball continues turnaround season with playoff win

By Andrew Shortall, andrew.shortall@latimes.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 21:27:00 PDT

Spartans hold back California, 4-2, for CIF first-round baseball victory.

LA CAÑADA — Daniel del Valle and Clayton Herrmann haven't feared the big moment all season long and that continued, thankfully for the La Cañada High baseball team, in the team's CIF Southern Section Division IV opener.

La Cañada Crime: Mirrors stolen off vehicle

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:26:00 PDT

Burglary/vandalism: 1919 Verdugo Road, before 12:15 a.m. on May 13. Sunglasses, iPod dock and driver- and passenger-side mirrors stolen from car. The lock on the driver's-side door was damaged.