By Julie BUTCHER Election Day 2017 is on Tuesday, April 4 for all of Glendale’s neighborhoods, and the city clerk is working hard to make sure everyone knows it. Ardy Kassakhian offered an extensive review of his office’s work in educating the public about the changes in this year’s election at a forum at the […]
By Pat KRAMER Art lovers and artists came in droves to view a variety of art pieces created by students and teachers of McGroarty Art Center at a special reception held on the evening of March 11. The artworks were done in various media, including watercolor and acrylic paints, photography, beadwork, oil paint and clay […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley is set in the beautiful foothills, between Angeles National Forest and the Verdugo Mountains. The community is known for its volunteer spirit, its great schools and its fierce defense of keeping things just the way they are despite CV being a strange mixture of unincorporated county and Glendale annex areas. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. Captain Christopher Blasnek has been announced as the new captain of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. Capt. Bill Song has been promoted to commander and will be transferring to the Technology and Support Division after serving as CV Sheriff’s captain for four years. Song was raised in […]
By Brandon HENSLEY At the Crescenta Valley Town Council on March 16, Haig Kartounian from Southern California Edison said electrical infrastructure improvements would be moving to La Cañada in late March. SoCal Edison is improving circuits in the foothills, and will move work from La Crescenta Avenue east to Angeles Crest Highway. Kartounian said Edison […]
With the number of homes for sale down, prices continue to climb. By Mary O’KEEFE For decades Crescenta Valley has been one of the best-kept secrets in the Los Angeles area but that secret has appeared to have gotten out … in a big way. “There is a shortage,” said Jana Wunderlich of Podley Properties, […]
By Pat KRAMER Sunland-Tujunga has nearly always had a rough reputation and one resident has thought of a way to turn that into community pride. Painter/graphic artist Joseph Kenck of Tujunga has created a T-shirt design that immortalizes the strength and no- holds barred attitude of his hometown. “It’s quite recognizable,” said Kenck, who lettered […]
The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station prepares for a new captain. By Mary O’KEEFE After about four years of leading the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff Captain Bill Song will be moving on. There is an intention to promote [him] to commander, said Majory Jacobs, operations lieutenant at the CV Station. It has […]
By Pat KRAMER If you were a woman or child living in northern Uganda, chances are that you would be walking two miles or more to the nearest well, every day, with a five-pound jerry can on your head weighing about 40 pounds when full. Sadly, this is the life in many parts of Africa […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “I feel guilty if I smile.” That is how Susan Park has felt for 44 days. That is how long her daughter Elaine has been missing. Her normal routine has changed; now every morning she wakes up and her first thought is of Elaine and that maybe this will be the day […]