By Jason KUROSU In April, Crescenta Valley High school junior Rachel Harvey joined 15 other high school students on a two week trip to Korea, an endeavor intended to immerse the students in another culture and to emphasize the importance of “bridging the gap” between countries. Harvey and the other students traveled as part of […]
Turning to the ‘Park’ Side Trails and Open Space will be working on the Riverwalk and the Experimental Forest on upcoming workdays. On Saturday, May 9 the Glendale Narrows Riverwalk is the focus of the monthly workday along the Los Angeles River. Volunteers will be working from 8 a.m. until noon for weeding and maintenance […]
By Jason KUROSU Multiple stadium proposals have rekindled talk of NFL football returning to Los Angeles, 20 years after both the Rams and Raiders departed. Among local football fans, the chance for NFL football to return to Los Angeles is a prospect both welcoming and peculiar, with so many years since a team has played […]
May 4 2700 block of Pinelawn Drive in La Crescenta, a resident reported that as she was walking across her living room she saw a man she did not recognize walk up to the glass door in the rear of her home and peer into the residence. The suspect made eye contact with the resident […]
By Mary O’KEEFE If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. ~ John F. Kennedy The vision of five artists can now be seen along Foothill Boulevard from Pennsylvania to Lowell avenues after a weekend of painting. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Jan. 11, 2015 a Democratic caucus was held at Glendale Community College. As voters walked from the parking garage to the polling/voting room, several people were handing out flyers with names of delegates for the Democratic convention. Registered Democrat voters were to vote on individuals or they could follow a slate […]
By Isiah REYES The 2nd Annual California Independent Bookstore Day was celebrated by Once Upon a Time and Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse on May 2, reminding everyone that indie bookstores are community centers run by passionate readers. Last year’s first statewide celebration of independent bookstores was such a success that the event has expanded nationwide, […]
1934 New Year’s Flood and the Years After After the disaster of the big flood there was much work to do. The Red Cross provided the bulk of the relief efforts for survivors, bringing in food, medical supplies and temporary shelter. Service groups from the valley were extremely active, although their numbers were small – […]
V E Day, 70 years later Tomorrow, May 8, will be the 70th anniversary of V E Day, marking the end of the Second World War in Europe. Adolph Hitler had committed suicide on April 30, as Allied Forces were entering Berlin. Officials of Nazi Germany’s Third Reich signed a military surrender […]
Hi, CV! Bloomington, Ind. (AP) – Authorities have filed preliminary murder charges against a man in the death of an Indiana University student whose body was found in a rural area not long after she was reported missing. State Police Sgt. Curt Durnil says 49-year-old Daniel E. Messel of Bloomington was arrested Friday in the […]