By Mary O’KEEFE On Thursday, California Highway Patrol hosted a California Teen Safe Driving event at Clark Magnet High School as part of April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month. “I want everyone to look around at the incredible turnout of resources that have been brought to address this issue that affects so many people, not only […]
By Nicole MOORE On Thursday, the Montrose Shopping Park Association held its monthly meeting. The meeting began by highlighting the success of the first annual Montrose Spring Wine Walk. The $45-per-ticket event took place on March 18 with a portion of the ticket sales donated to the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, a co-sponsor of the […]
Paul Wyman Repath Sept. 12, 1929 – March 12, 2017 Paul Wyman Repath was born on Sept. 12, 1929 in Hollywood, California to Charles Jasper Repath and Margaret Lucile Wyman. He grew up in La Cañada and graduated from Pasadena Junior College in 1947. He was promptly drafted by the Army and saw combat in […]
Sept. 12, 1967-April 6, 2017 Daniel J. Chaney, a professional tenor and French horn player who inspired many with his passionate and powerful talent, left us on April 6 after a battle with cancer. For many years he was a beloved member and regular soloist of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and concurrently the soloist […]
Sept. 5, 1915 – April 4, 2017 We regret to announce the death of longtime Crescenta Valley resident Nick Virgallito. At 101 years of age, Nick passed away peacefully from pneumonia at Verdugo Hills Hospital. He was born to Italian immigrants in Niles, Ohio in 1915. At 18 years of age he and other young […]
April 1 4400 block of Commonwealth Avenue in La Cañada, a resident reported returning home to find the back gate open. He then noticed that several items in the laundry room had been moved to the floor. The resident called the CV Sheriff’s Station, and deputies responded. The deputies discovered several rooms had been ransacked. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On April 2 at about 9:30 a.m. a Glendale police officer conducted a routine vehicle traffic stop for not displaying a license plate at Foothill Boulevard and Lowell Avenue. During the stop officers reported seeing a firearm magazine on the passenger seat. The driver, Hector Sanchez, 35, from Tujunga, was detained. After […]
By Brian CHERNICK The City of Glendale has undertaken preliminary steps to increase the cost of wastewater as council voted to allow staff to begin notifying residents of the impending hearing processes to adopt new rates. The city currently has a “pay-for-what-you-use” rate structure that includes an initial flat-fee and a rate based on the […]
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 […]