Parks Commission Saves Verdugo Skate Park, Imposes Fee Hikes

By Ted AYALA The Glendale Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department took measures Monday to save the Verdugo Skate Park by implementing fee increases on the park’s patrons. Park fees, which had previously only been imposed on non-residents, will now be forced upon residents as well. It was a move that reflected pressure on the […]

GUSD Rejects Ferraro’s Multi-Million Dollar Claim

By Timithie NORMAN A $2 million claim filed by the parents of Drew Ferraro against the Glendale Unified School District on July 23 was rejected at a Board of Education meeting on Aug. 14. The claim had asked for $1 million for Ferraro’s wrongful death and $1 million for emotional distress. John and Deana Ferraro’s […]

More Trophies for CV Sheriff Explorers

Perps with guns, domestic disputes and robberies are just part of the games for Sheriff’s Explorers. By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Explorers have added to their ever-growing collection of trophies with strong placement at the Pasadena X Games Explorer Competition. The competition was held last weekend at Hahamongna Watershed Park on the nearby […]

City Clerk Kassakhian Selected to Serve as Delegate to Sub-Saharan Africa

The American Council of Young Political Leaders (ACYPL) has invited City Clerk Ardashes “Ardy” Kassakhian to participate in an international exchange program to South Africa and Namibia this September. He will be part of a seven-member, bipartisan delegation to South Africa and Namibia, serving as a young political leader representing the United States. Participants in the program must be nominated by a member […]

Portantino Demands that State Transportation Officials Stop 710 Extension State Audit Proves Mismanagement and Provides Final Straw

In a strongly worded letter to the California Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission, Assembly Member Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) demanded that transportation leaders “put the brakes” on the 710 freeway extension: “I strongly urge you to cease all activity relating to the advancement of the SR 710 extension.  The SR 710 […]

Red Flag Warning in the Area

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag warning for dry lightening and gusty winds from midnight to 5 p.m. today. “Dry lightening may be from thunderstorms that is so high base that there is no rain,” said Curt Caplan, meteorologist from the National Weather Service. Early this morning there was not much thunderstorm […]

NEW NASA MISSION TO TAKE FIRST LOOK DEEP INSIDE MARS

NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our solar system’s rocky planets. The new mission, named InSight, will place instruments on the Martian surface to investigate whether the […]

Rep. Schiff Hails Announcement of New Mission to Mars

Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) hailed the announcement of a new mission to Mars that will be launched in 2016 to build on the work of several generations of rovers, landers, and orbiters that have been exploring the Red Planet since the 1960s. The new mission, named InSight, will place a lander on the Martian surface […]

U.S. FOREST SERVICE TO ALLOW NIGHTTIME AERIAL ATTACKS

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich released the following statement today:  “On the eve of the third anniversary of the Station Fire, which killed two Los Angeles County firefighters and burned 160,000 acres, the U.S. Forest Service has finally allowed nighttime aerial attacks.  We are pleased that the Forest Service has responded favorably to our continuous appeals […]