By Charly SHELTON This week marks the second of two holidays on the Muslim calendar. Eid Al-Fitr, celebrating the end of the month of Ramadan, was held on June 14 this year. And yesterday, Aug. 22, marked the beginning of the second holiday, Eid Al-Adha – the Feast of Sacrifice. With so few holidays compared […]
“The summer night was settling upon the neighborhood like a dark lace veil, casting dappled shadows on the roofs and sidewalks and lawns.” ~ Victoria Kahler, Luisa Across the Bay Weather related stories, primarily coming from California, continue to make both local and international headlines this summer. Record-breaking heat waves, wildfires of historical proportion and […]
This Week at LCIF All are invited to Lutheran Church in the Foothills on Sunday, Aug. 26 for education and worship. Education hour for all ages begins at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., all will worship as a family. Pastor Scott Peterson will continue the new summer sermon series on Ephesian Fields with a sermon […]
Never Again Mary O’Keefe and her family boarded a plane last week bound for Iowa – Mary’s “home.” It wasn’t long after that the phone calls started. From “Can you find out why there are helicopters circling overhead?” at 11:30 one night to the shoplifting suspect that rammed his car into officers and then […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The venue may not have been as exotic, but the result was the same as last year’s opening game for the Crescenta Valley varsity football team, as the Falcons won comfortably 28-7 against Redondo Union Aug. 17 at Glendale High’s Moyse Field. Moyse Field is the home of the Falcons and, while […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The line of students and their parents was relatively quiet as it approached the entrance to the Salvation Army facility in Glendale on Monday afternoon. Of course there was an excitement, too, as to what these back-to-school shoppers would find waiting for them behind the doors of the Salvation Army. They were […]
Caltrans to Close Eastbound I-210 The California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to fully close a segment of the eastbound I-210 (Foothill) Freeway on Monday, Aug. 27 at 11:55 p.m. until 5 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 28 for an overhead sign installation near Ocean View Boulevard. Motorists traveling on eastbound I-210 will be diverted to the […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The Foothill (210) Freeway rehabilitation project will be finished by the end of the calendar year, said Caltrans project manager Reza Fateh during the Aug. 17 Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting. Fateh was present with several other members of Caltrans, though he did most of the talking. The project, which cost upwards […]
RF Emissions Abound Once again the complaints come out about the cell towers and their radio frequency (RF) emissions. Do these people who are complaining have a cellphone? If so, why are they concerned about a very low power transmitter on a utility pole when they plant their cellphones’ transmitter up to their head? Why […]
SB 972, the suicide prevention legislation authored by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino, passed the California State Legislature and is headed to Gov. Brown’s for his signature. SB 972 requires public, charter and private schools print the National Suicide Prevention Hotline telephone number on all student identification cards for grades seven through college. “I am […]