Spirit of the games stretches across the globe. By Mary O’KEEFE You know that feeling when everything just seems to work? When all the gears are in sync and everything you planned and strategized actually comes to fruition? Well, that is the feeling Clark Magnet High School’s robotics team 696 is feeling right now as […]
By Charly SHELTON On Friday, Gov. Jerry Brown issued Executive Order B-40-17, ending the drought state of emergency. After this year’s unprecedented rainfall and snowpack, things are looking good. For now. “This drought emergency is over, but the next drought could be around the corner,” Gov. Brown said in a statement released Friday. “Conservation must […]
By Charly SHELTON and Mary O’KEEFE The first annual Prom Plus bingo game will be held on April 22 at the American Legion Hall Post 288. Proceeds from the game will benefit the after-prom event for CVHS seniors and their guests. There will be 10 bingo games plus three “big chip” games, each paying out […]
One of the best attended and enthusiastic sporting events comes to CV on Saturday By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, athletes, coaches, volunteers and fans-in-the-stands will be at the Crescenta Valley High School track for the Tri-Valley Special Olympics. It continues a long tradition of athletic excellence and volunteer spirit. It was in the spring of […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE The polls closed Tuesday night and the preliminary results for Glendale’s 2017 municipal election are in. With 100% of precincts reporting and with the first batch of absentee votes counted, Glendale City Council incumbents Ara J. Najarian and Zareh Sinanyan held onto their seats. Coming in third was talk show host Vrej […]
Congratulations and Condolences Well, the hard-fought battles are over for local elections that included seats on the Glendale City Council, Glendale Unified School District board of education and Glendale Community College board of trustees. The City Council will see one new face –Vrej Agajanian – grace the dais; incumbents Ara Najarian and Zareh Sinanyan will […]
March 25 700 block of Craig Avenue in La Cañada, a laptop was stolen from the back seat of a locked vehicle between 2:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. 700 block of Craig Avenue in La Cañada, a laptop computer, cellphone and purse were stolen from a locked vehicle between 2:30 a.m. and 6 a.m. March […]
By Brian CHERNICK Tuesday night the Glendale City Council voted to increase the contract amount with the legal firm of Gibbs Giden Locher Tuner Senet & Wittbrodt LLP (Gibbs Giden) to $160,000, an increase of $35,000. Gibbs Giden’s legal services for the city date back to 2004 and the current Professional Services Agreement between the […]
“Sweet April showers, Do spring May flowers.” ~ 1557 Thomas Tusser, “A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry, April Husbandry.” Most of us have heard this familiar rhyme, commonly learned at an early age from parents and teachers. According to philologists, or literary linguists, the saying most likely dates back to the mid 1500s. I think […]
By Pat KRAMER Mission College President Monte Perez, Ph.D., welcomed city officials, community leaders and members of the public to the college’s new Sunland-Tujunga campus at a ribbon-cutting event held March 28. The campus is located at the Commerce Center, 7200 Foothill Blvd. in Tujunga. Classes for the first eight-week semester officially open on April […]