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Teacher will study climate change and caterpillars in Ecuador
A Crestview Preparatory School teacher is headed to Ecuador this summer to study climate change and caterpillars. Ryan J. Bache, who teaches 6th grade at the La Caņada private school, won an Earthwatch Institute fellowship to conduct his research. He is...
Tags: Weather, Ecuador, Global Change, Ecosystems, Google+
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Review finds mud-blocking K-rails no longer needed in La Caņada
Three years after the Station fire denuded the hills above La Caņada Flintridge, a federal agency has determined that important earth-holding vegetation has recovered to the point that bulky concrete barriers put in place to protect homes from mudflows...
Tags: Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Natural Resource Industry
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La Caņada growing weary of K-rails
Residents from a hillside neighborhood in La Caņada Flintridge believe it’s time to remove concrete K-rail barriers designed to protect their homes from debris flows. The K-rails were installed in early 2010 after mudslides struck several areas...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Agriculture, Politics, Public Officials, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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La Caņada residents are banned from using outdoor irrigation during pipeline repair
La Caņada Flintridge residents and businesses, along with their counterparts in neighboring communities, are banned from using outdoor irrigation Thursday through Feb. 28, as the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California upgrades a pipeline that'...Tags: Google Inc., Energy Saving, Natural Resource Industry
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Residents asked to conserve water use during pipeline upgrade
Officials are asking residents and businesses in La Caņada Flintridge, La Crescenta and Pasadena to conserve water during an upcoming eight-day pipeline shutdown, Feb. 21 through Feb. 28. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is...Tags: Water, Google Inc., Natural Resource Industry, Business
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JPL's Robert Haw speaks on climate change at Kiwanis Club meeting
Robert Haw, a JPL systems engineer who has worked on exploration missions spanning the solar system from Mercury to Pluto, was the featured speaker at the Feb. 6 meeting of Kiwanis Club of La Caņada. Using slides to illustrate his talk, Haw, the...
Tags: Weather, UNICEF, Global Change, Ecosystems, Conservation
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Rim of the Valley gets wide support to become part of the national park system
Nearly all of the more than 5,000 respondents to a proposed plan to add a huge swath of wilderness to the national parks system are in favor the idea, federal officials said. About 100 of the responses were against putting the so-called Rim of the Valley...
Tags: Gardens and Parks, Natural Resources, Google Inc., National Parks, Wildlife
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Year in Review: JPL reaches Mars, Leko let go, a new market sprouts up
“We're safe on Mars.” La Caņada Flintridge's connection to the heavens made for a sensational story in 2012, as Jet Propulsion Laboratory safely landed the NASA rover Curiosity on the Red Planet. JPL engineer Al Chen made the announcement...
Tags: Anthony J. Portantino, NASA, Finance, Endangered Species, Carol Liu
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Pasadena takes note of Eagle Scouts' Hahamongna upgrades
A recent Eagle Scout project in Hahamongna Watershed Park improved a stretch of local trail, but it also gave rise to a border dispute between Los Angeles County and the city of Pasadena. On Dec. 8 members of La Caņada Flintridge Troop 507, their friends...
Tags: Google Inc., Conservation
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Take steps to prepare for the next emergency
We in La Caņada Flintridge are all too aware of the need to be prepared for many kinds of emergencies. Earthquakes, wildfires and electrical outages have all been a part of the La Caņada Flintridge experience since my family moved here 29 years ago. There...Tags: Politics, Safety of Citizens, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Government, Conservation
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Fill-in-the-bubble tests could begin disappearing in La Caņada schools
La Caņada Unified School District's highly successful paper-and-pencil test-takers will soon have a new way to prove their scholastic knowledge when California schools start computer-based assessments. The transition could begin as early as next year,...Tags: Princeton University, Students, Teaching and Learning, Jerry Brown, Julia Brownley
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In 1972, Foothill Freeway bridge collapses while under construction
Ten Years Ago Three young women attending high schools in La Caņada were named to the 2003 Tournament of Roses Royal Court. Two of them, Glynn-Helene Joseph and Katherine Berber, were students at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, while the third, Danielle...
Tags: Highway Transportation, Fashion Shows, Entertainment, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Entertainment Events
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