Every New Beginning Last night were the graduation ceremonies at Clark and Crescenta Valley high schools and the promotion of eighth grade students at Rosemont Middle School. Our youngest son graduated from CVHS in 2011, but I still remember the melancholy I felt as I watched him cross the stage to accept his diploma. […]
By Charly SHELTON Handmade lawn signs. Artisanal pickles. Electric skull lamps. All this and more were found at the 35th Annual Montrose Arts and Crafts Festival, held last weekend in the Montrose Shopping Park. “We were very, very busy. I’ve never seen so many people in town both days for at least the last four […]
Donations Sought On Saturday, Mike Leum, a member of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Montrose Search and Rescue team, and his son Hunter will swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz then will head to Oregon to climb Mt. Hood in the name of cancer survivors and victims. Once they summit the mountain they will fly […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The Glendale community came out in force to support Carl Povilaitis on his swearing in as the new police chief of Glendale. Povilaitis succeeds Robert Castro who retired in late December. Yasmin Beers, who also took on a new city position as manager, oversaw the swearing in. Dignitaries in attendance included Glendale […]
By Charly SHELTON Last Thursday, a quiet street in La Cañada saw a new resident move in. An adult female cinnamon bear took up residence in a tree on Burgoyne Lane just north of Foothill Boulevard. The current occupant of the home, not ready to move out yet, called the authorities to come and remove […]
On Tuesday at 5:23 a.m., Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station received notification of an alarm activation at Taco Deli in the 400 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge. Deputies arrived within seven minutes of receiving the call and found the window of the front door of the business smashed with an unknown object. They […]
NASA’s Curiosity rover is analyzing drilled samples on Mars in one of its onboard labs for the first time in more than a year. “This was no small feat. It represents months and months of work by our team to pull this off,” said Jim Erickson, project manager of the Mars Science Laboratory mission, which […]
By Mary O’Keefe The driver of a Kia, a 65-year-old male, apparently lost control of the vehicle while traveling northbound on Briggs Avenue at about 2:45 p.m. on Wednesday. The vehicle drifted to the east and collided with a utility pole near the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. The vehicle then overturned on its side and […]
On Wednesday, Assemblymember Laura Friedman honored Ascencia of Glendale as the 43rd Assembly District’s 2018 Nonprofit of the Year. “Ascencia has been providing critical services to Californians experiencing homelessness in the 43rd Assembly District and across our region,” said Assemblymember Friedman. “Their steadfast dedication to community service has been an inspiration to all and I […]
By Mary O’KEEFE There will be a Republican and Democrat on the ticket for governor of California this November. The field of 27 vying for the office included 12 whose party preference was Democrat, five Republican, two whose preference was the Green Party, one Libertarian Party, one Peace and Freedom and five who had no […]