Photo by Mary O’KEEFE Hundreds Without Power, Roads Closed By Mary O’KEEFE At about 5:12 p.m. this afternoon, a driver who exited the 210 Freeway at La Crescenta Avenue was traveling northbound when a piece of equipment from a utility pole apparently fell onto the roof of her car. The driver was not injured. The […]
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By Mary O’KEEFE It has been five years since the hills above Tujunga, far north Glendale, La Crescenta and La Cañada Flintridge were ablaze. The fire that started as a small brush fire on Aug. 26, 2009 grew into the largest wildfire in California history. At containment on Oct. 16, 2009, the fire had burned […]
By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN About 110 people filled the auditorium of Mountain Avenue Elementary School on Tuesday evening to listen to a presentation by Glendale Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Richard Sheehan regarding the proposed territory transfer. In attendance were Mountain Avenue parents, who represented a majority of the crowd, Mountain Avenue Principal Rebecca Witt, PTA […]
Note: The website address was printed incorrectly in the original story. The URL has been updated. By Mary O’KEEFE The Ice Bucket Challenge is not a new phenomenon – it has been used to call attention to a number of organizations – but for some reason in July the challenge took off. The difference was […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK Daryl Brown, son of James Brown, visited La Cañada’s Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse on Monday to promote his recently published “tell all” book, “Inside the Godfather of Soul: Never Before Told Stories of James Brown by His Inner Circle.” The stop at Flintridge Bookstore and Coffeehouse was just one of a nationwide […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Imagine flying a plane over a green field and seeing the landing strip. You maneuver, adjusting the speed and keeping your eye on the instrument panel. The plane softly touches down and you breathe a sigh of relief. Now imagine this is all part of your classroom curriculum. Crescenta Valley High School […]
The Glendale Historical Society’s “Romantic Revivals” Home Tour will showcase six outstanding Period Revival homes from the 1920s to 1940 located in some of Glendale’s most charming and historic neighborhoods. This year’s tour will take place on Sunday, Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are now on sale. The six character homes […]
Assistance League of Flintridge is working with USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH) to further enhance patient care by donating new clothing and other necessities for patients through the Cañada Auxiliary of Professionals (CAP) Care Kits program. CAP is an auxiliary of Assistance League of Flintridge. For more than 10 years, CAP has provided Care Kits […]
By Brandon HENSLEY It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the Crescenta Valley High School girls’ lacrosse program, and expectations are high for the coaches as the team assembles in the fall before moving into its inaugural season in the spring. The first lacrosse team in the school’s history was put together earlier this […]