Town Hall Meeting Held on COVID

By Mary O’KEEFE State Senator Anthony Portantino and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger sponsored a COVID-19 town hall meeting last week that covered specific pandemic topics including vaccines, pediatric health and tenant/landlord relief. Portantino and Barger focused the first part of the meeting on the medical side of COVID-19, which included speakers Pia S. […]

GPD Reports

Two Males Arrested, Handgun Located On March 29 just after 3 a.m., patrol officers were driving on Colorado Street near the 5 Freeway entrance when they conducted a records check of a vehicle turning onto the on-ramp and discovered that there was an arrest warrant attached to the plate for an Antonio Pineda-Sanchez. The officers […]

Crime blotter

March 27 600 block of Foxwood Road in La Cañada Flintridge, deputies responded to a burglary alarm at a home. They found a window had been broken and several rooms ransacked. Nothing was reported stolen. The burglary occurred at 10:25 p.m.  March 26 Angeles Crest Highway in the Angeles National Forest, a hiker left her […]

Touring the New Normal of In-Person Learning

Touring the New Normal of In-Person Learning

By Mary O’KEEFE Congressman Adam Schiff toured Balboa Elementary School in Glendale a few days prior to students returning to class on March 29 to see the preparations made by school staff to make certain the school was ready for in-person learning. Principal Sona Arakelyan was joined on the tour by several members of the […]

In Brief

CV Weekly Offices Closed Half Day The offices of the CV Weekly will close at 1 p.m. today, Thursday, April 1 (no fooling). LA County to Move into Orange Tier The state determined this week that LA County has moved from the red, or substantial, tier into the orange, or moderate, tier. Some indoor business […]

A Busy Sunday for MSR

By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue (MSR) team had a busy Sunday. The day started out as a training day in the Angeles National Forest but soon the team was responding to distress calls. “We had received a call [Sunday] morning regarding someone having [a medical issue] at the Mt. Lukens, Haines Canyon area,” […]

State of the City Address Falls Short

State of the City Address Falls Short

By Justin HAGER More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, local governments, small businesses, community organizations, and individuals alike continue to struggle to adjust to the new normal of virtual meetings and online socializing. Nowhere was the struggle to adjust more evident than the Glendale State of the City address hosted on Wednesday, […]

Glendale Water & Power Earns Recognition

Glendale Water & Power (GWP) has again earned a Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3)® designation from the American Public Power Association (APPA) for providing reliable and safe electric service. This is GWP’s fourth time earning this designation. The Diamond RP3 designation, which lasts for three years, recognizes public power utilities that demonstrate proficiency in four […]

Correction

In the March 25 issue of the CV Weekly, the correct spelling of the name of the director of the City of Hope’s Center for Gene Therapy is Dr. John Zaia.

UCLA Bruins Make History

By Justin HAGER The UCLA Bruins made history Tuesday night, defeating the heavily favored No. 1 seed Michigan Wolverines, 51-49 to advance to the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Final Four. Being one of the top-four teams in the country is a noteworthy accomplishment, though it is a position UCLA is accustomed to being in […]