By Jason KUROSU Foothill Boulevard received a tidying-up on Saturday morning thanks to the Foothill Boulevard Spring Clean-Up, sponsored by the Clean and Green Committee of the CV Town Council. Volunteers from First Baptist Church-La Crescenta, CV Robotics and the Fire House turned out for Saturday’s clean-up effort and could be seen along Foothill from […]
By Ted AYALA The Glendale Fire Dept. (GFD) will soon be getting a little tech savvier in their future fire code inspections. Glendale City Council – with Councilmember Laura Friedman away – approved a plan that would allow fire code inspectors to use iPad technology to input and process the results of their inspections. According […]
Honoring and Being Honored As you know, after producing the paper I’m dog-tired. Some Wednesday nights, I am barely able to drag myself home to plop in bed, asleep it seems before my head hits the pillow. Understandably, my Thursdays are precious as I catch up on phone messages, mail and general business. Last Thursday, […]
“On thy graves the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation! Long as the sun doth shine upon it … Long as the stars do gleam on it … Shall memory come to dream upon it,” ~ Thomas William Parsons 1816-1892 It’s Memorial Day weekend and considered the “unofficial beginning of summer” […]
By Tyler BIDDLE On Saturday, the Onondarka riding club celebrated the 60th reunion of its famous original drill team and many of its students who once rode and trained there. The Onondarka trails and stables have been a part of Montrose history for about 80 years and have seen three generations of the Simington family […]
Casino Night Kicks Off Fiesta Days Kicking off La Cañada Fiesta Days, the LCF Community Center’s Casino Night will take place on Friday, May 24 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Advance tickets are available at www.cclcf.org for $25. Casino Night games will include a poker tournament, Black Jack, roulette, craps, and spin-to-win. Prizes that […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The unincorporated area of La Crescenta has $10 million to work with via L.A. County Public Works, and the Crescenta Valley Town Council was presented with several spending options during its May 16 meeting. John Walker from Public Works presented ideas the county has been working on for projects concerning the area. […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN The City of Glendale will enjoy greater budgetary flexibility after the city met state requirements regarding redevelopment dissolution legislation. A finding of completion was issued by the California Department of Finance, giving the city the authority to move forward with a number of long-awaited projects. After the dissolution of the Glendale Redevelopment […]
May 19 2600 block of Mary Street in La Crescenta, money was stolen from a locked vehicle overnight. May 16 2400 block of Shields Street in La Crescenta, someone apparently shot a resident’s vehicle with paintballs causing damage including a broken rear taillight on a vehicle overnight. 600 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada […]
By Michael YEGHIAYAN Residents of the Verdugo area bothered by helicopter noise may find a lack of plausible avenues for relief. With legislation making its way through Congress and the California Senate, lawmakers have made the issue a clear priority. However, the complex nature of air traffic make regulation a difficult prospect. The majority of […]