Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, April 1, 2023

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Mountain View News Saturday, April 1, 2023 

Pasadena 
Orders 
COVID-19 
Boosters for 
Healthcare 
Workers


City Names Lola Osborne 
Acting Director Of Parks

 Pasadena City Manager Miguel 
Márquez Monday named Lola 
Osborne (pictured) Acting 
Director of Parks, Recreation 
& Community Services as 
the result of Brenda Harvey-
Williams being promoted to 
Assistant City Manager.

 Lola Osborne began her career 
with the City of Pasadena in 
1986 in the Planning, Building 
and Neighborhood Services 
Department. During her 36-year 
career with the City of Pasadena, 
Lola has held the positions of 
City Inspector, Senior Planner, 
Senior Project Manager, 
Northwest Programs Manager 
and Deputy Director. In these 
various positions, Lola Osborne 
has acted as the city liaison with 
a variety of community groups, 
developers, youth programs 
and local businesses. In her 
current position in the Parks, 
Recreation and Community 
Services Department, she 
oversees the Community 
Services, Facilities, Northwest 
Programs and Special Events 
divisions. An added benefit to 
her current position is the Youth 
Ambassador Program for local 
high school students where 
she found her passion working 
with 34 high school students 
providing them with basic, 
work readiness employment 
training and college preparation 
through participation at City 
and local non-profit events and 
mentoring through its alumnae 
program. 

 Her past community affiliations 
and board memberships include 
Mentoring Partnership for 
Youth Development (MPYD) 
and Community Health 
Alliance of Pasadena (CHAP), 
Neighbors Acting Together 
Helping All (NATHA) and is 
currently a board member of 
the Pasadena Boys and Girls 
Club.

 Lola will lead a team of 155 
employees and the department 
providing recreational programs 
and community services, 
park maintenance, facility 
reservations, teen programs and 
special and cultural events

 Lola lives in Los Angeles and 
is the proud mom to two adult 
children. In her, seldom, free 
time she enjoys volunteering 
with various non-profit 
organizations.

 
Masking is also 
required for all 
healthcare workers

 Interim Health Officer 
Dr. Eric Handler issued 
updated health officer 
orders related to COVID-19 
vaccination requirements 
for healthcare workers and 
masking requirements in 
healthcare facilities. The 
updated orders take effect 
on Monday, April 3 at 12:01 
a.m.

 Vaccination: All 
healthcare workers must be 
up to date with COVID-19 
vaccinations by completing 
a COVID-19 primary 
series and receiving the 
most recent booster dose 
within 15 days of becoming 
eligible as recommended 
by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention 
(CDC).

 Masking: Health care 
facility personnel are 
required to wear a well-
fitted mask when providing 
patient care or working in 
patient care areas within all 
indoor healthcare settings 
such as hospitals, skilled 
nursing facilities, clinics, 
and hospice facilities. The 
Pasadena Public Health 
Department (PPHD) 
strongly recommends 
patients, clients and visitors 
to health care settings wear 
a mask. Patients, clients and 
visitors are required to wear 
a mask when the health 
care facility is in outbreak 
status or there is evidence 
of high community 
transmission levels, as 
defined by the CDC, 
within Los Angeles County. 
The PPHD recommends 
wearing a well-fitting, non-
vented N95, KN95 or KF94 
respirator.

 PPHD is requiring more 
protective measures in 
healthcare settings. While 
the SARS-CoV-2 virus 
remains a concern for all 
Pasadena residents, the 
virus poses a particular 
risk to the health of 
medically vulnerable 
residents and people 
who might be exposed 
through necessity based 
on their circumstances. 
Pasadena has a higher 
per capita population 
residing in long-term 
care facilities compared 
to the rest of Los Angeles 
County. Vaccination and 
masking requirements 
are protective measures 
which have effectively 
reduced infection 
rates and protected 
vulnerable populations 
from COVID-19 related 
complications.

 PPHD encourages all 
Pasadena residents to stay 
up to date on vaccines 
and boosters, test before 
gatherings, seek available 
COVID-19 treatments, and 
stay home when sick. 

 Find a walk-in clinic or 
make an appointment at 
MyTurn.CA.gov.

City Settles with Sheraton Hotel Operator 

 City officials announced 
Thursday that Pasadena has 
agreed to another $370,000 in 
settlement with former Sheraton 
Pasadena Hotel operator for 
unpaid hotel tax, bringing total 
recovery to $867,000.

 This week’s settlement is in 
addition to $497,000 recovered 
in August from Urban Commons 
Cordova A, LLC, one of the hotel 
operators. 

 The city’s $867,000 total 
recovery includes payment for 
unpaid principal, interest and 
penalties. “I am pleased that 
we stood up against the hotel 
operators who wrongfully 
withheld taxpayers’ money,” said 
Mayor Victor Gordo.

 According to officials, Urban 
Commons took hundreds of 
thousands of dollars in transient 
occupancy tax and tourism 
business improvement district 
assessment monies without 
turning the monies over to the 
City on a monthly basis, as 
required by law.

 In proceedings unrelated 
to Pasadena earlier in Urban 
Commons’ bankruptcy case, 
the bankruptcy judge found two 
of Urban Commons’ former 
principals to be “fraudsters.” 

 According to previous reports, 
the city originally sued Urban 
Commons for over $850,000. 
Urban Commons filed for 
Chapter 11 bankruptcy in early 
2021 that also included dozens 
of hotels across the country 
owning more than $500 million 
in total debt.

Armory to 
host ‘Off 
the Wall’ 
Fundraiser


Tim Albert 
to Discuss 
‘Mostly We 
Had it Good: 
a Baby 
Boomer’s 
Journey’

 Pasadena’s visual art 
nonprofit organization 
will host “Off the Wall,” 
its renowned biennial 
contemporary art auction 
and gala, at their Old 
Pasadena campus on 
Saturday, April 8, at 6 
p.m. The gala will feature 
open bars with fine wines, 
cocktails, and gourmet 
street food courtesy of some 
of the region’s most popular 
food trucks. All-inclusive 
tickets are $200 per person 
and can be purchased by 
visiting armoryarts.org.

 The gala’s centerpiece is 
an online silent auction 
of over 60 contemporary 
artworks from well-known 
Southern California artists, 
including several works 
from the organization’s 
beloved faculty of Teaching 
Artists. The works will be 
installed in the Armory’s 
Mezzanine Gallery for 
guests to experience in 
person, displayed alongside 
QR codes for easy bidding 
on Artsy.net, the event’s 
official auction partner. 
Online bidding will open 
at noon on Friday, March 
31, and close at noon on 
Tuesday, April 11. 

 The explosive musical 
storytelling of San Cha, 
plus sets from KCRW DJ 
and Armory Alumni Ro 
“Wyldeflower” Contreras 
will complement the 
evening’s festivities.

 Founded in 1989, Armory 
Center for the Arts is a 
nonprofit community-
based arts center whose 
mission is to nurture 
its community and its 
young people by creating, 
learning, and presenting 
art to advance equity and 
social justice. All ticket 
and auction proceeds will 
support the Armory’s art 
education and exhibitions 
programs. Visit armoryarts.
org for more information.

 Please RSVP to Andrew 
Gould, at (626) 792-5101 
x112

Live at the Arboretum with 
Grammy-nominated The Fray

 


 When he retired after a 40-year 
career as a British journalist, 
Tim Albert set out to discover 
the answer to one question: Did 
we baby boomers really have it 
so good? This led him to write 
a memoir titled “Mostly We 
Had It Good: A Baby Boomer’s 
Journey” that charts his progress 
through the second half of the 
20th century. 

 Albert will discuss his book 
Monday, April 17, at 10:30 a.m. 
via Zoom, presented by the 
Pasadena Senior Center. He 
will highlight his journey from 
his childhood in Wimbledon, a 
town in southwest London, in 
the 1950s through his career that 
began at a small-town newspaper 
in the English countryside, 
then at national newspapers in 
London and, beginning in the 
1980s, as a medical journalist. 
Now he is a retiree who lives 
with his wife near London. 

 The event will be free to 
members of the Pasadena 
Senior Center and only $5 for 
nonmembers. 

 Albert’s other books include 
“Two Summers: Nixon and 
Trump by Greyhound,” 
published in 2020, that details 
his bus trip across America over 
the course of three months in 
1969 when he was 22 years old 
and again as an aging boomer 
50 years later, armed with his 
40,000-word journal from 1969. 
He gave a Zoom presentation on 
this book in 2020 for Pasadena 
Senior Center members and 
nonmembers. 

 To register for the April 
17 Zoom presentation or 
for more information, visit: 
pasadenaseniorcenter.org and 
click on Activities & Events, then 
Special Events or call 626-795-
4331. Everyone who registers 
will receive an email link to join 
the presentation. 

 Los Angeles County 
Supervisor Kathryn Barger 
presents the fifth annual 
summer concert festival “Live at 
the Arboretum” with Grammy-
nominated, double-platinum 
artists The Fray on Saturday, 
June 17 at 7:00pm at the Los 
Angeles County Arboretum and 
Botanical Gardens.

 This summer’s Live at the 
Arboretum concert continues 
the success of previous acts 
Sara Evans, Dwight Yoakam, 
Trace Adkins and the inaugural 
debut of the festival in 2017 
with LeAnn Rimes. The concert 
is presented by Supervisor 
Kathryn Barger, in partnership 
with the Los Angeles County 
Department of Parks and 
Recreation, the Los Angeles 
Arboretum Foundation and the 
Pasadena POPS.

 Grammy nominees and 
double-platinum chart toppers, 
The Fray gained national 
success with their self-titled 
debut, continuing their success 
with their fourth album Helios 
with critical acclaim from 
Billboard. Audiences will be 
singing along to the hits that 
defined them including “How 
to Save a Life,” “Over My Head 
(Cable Car),” You Found Me,” 
and so many more, live for one 
night only under the stars at the 
lush grounds of the Los Angeles 
County Arboretum.

 Gates open at 5:30pm for 
picnicking. Spacious circular 
table seating with linens and 
general admission lawn seating 
are both available for al fresco 
dining with family and friends 
under the stars. Guests are 
welcome to bring their own 
food and drinks, and the venue 
also features a variety of food 
trucks and two beverage centers 
serving a full bar with fine wines, 
beer, coffee and soft drinks.

 Tickets are available by calling 
(626) 793-7172, online at 
PasadenaSymphony-Pops.org, 
or at the Arboretum on the day 
of the concert.

PWP Scholarship Program

and “Water is Life” Art Contest

 Pasadena Water and Power 
(PWP) is accepting submissions 
for the 2023 Academic 
Scholarship and the annual 
“Water is Life” Student Art 
Contest. As a community-
owned utility, PWP takes pride 
in empowering local youth 
through educational programs 
and activities.

2023 Academic Scholarship 
Program

 PWP is currently accepting 
essays and applications for the 
2023 Academic Scholarship. 
Each year, PWP honors two 
outstanding high school seniors 
in Pasadena with a scholarship 
to a two- or four-year accredited, 
post-secondary institution for 
the upcoming academic year. 
The first-place scholarship is 
$5,000, and second place is 
$2,500. To apply, students must 
write a minimum 500-word 
essay about a topic related to 
the utility industry. This year’s 
essay prompt focuses on the 
severe drought conditions, and 
how to address the drought and 
protect long-term water supply. 
Submissions must be received 
by April 3. Learn more about the 
scholarship program.

“Water is Life” Art Contest

 All K-12 students who live 
within PWP service territory are 
encouraged to submit artwork. 
Download the contest guidelines 
and required poster information 
card. All entries must be 
submitted by June 2.

 Learn more about this program 
and other PWP educational 
offerings at PWPweb.com/
Education.


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