By Robin GOLDSWORTHY Civic leaders gathered in the Rosemont Middle School cafeteria on Saturday to discuss the heat – specifically a fictional heat wave that reached 110 degrees for multiple days. The scenario was one presented by the Rand Corporation as part of a tabletop exercise to explore how prepared the foothills community is if […]
Glendale City Councilmember/MTA boardmember Ara Najarian, Crescenta Valley Town Council President Robbyn Battles and South Pasadena City Manager Sergio Gonzalez tackled the issues of the 710 tunnel and transportation on a recent episode of “The Question is With Anthony Portantino,” a public policy talk show. “It is important to educate the public on the enormous […]
By Jason KUROSU Glendale Water and Power will begin employing a new pilot program that will send customers tips on saving energy via email or phone. On the day prior to a peak energy event, GWP will send notifications to customers with suggestions for energy saving, as well as feedback on their overall energy usage […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Los Angeles Police Dept. arrest led to a man suspected of two robberies in Montrose. As reported in last week’s CVW, two elderly women were victims of daylight robberies. The first was on July 25 when a woman was approached outside her home in the 3600 block of Malafia Drive. She […]
The California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) will hold a public hearing to take comments on the proposed regulations governing the State Route 710 property sales today, Thursday, Aug. 21 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Los Angeles Christian Presbyterian Church, 2241 N. Eastern Avenue in Los Angeles. The proposed regulations will outline how […]
A Glendale police sergeant was arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution in Las Vegas. On Aug. 8, Vahak Mardikian allegedly approached an undercover officer in the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas. According to the criminal complaint filed by the district attorney’s office in Clark County, Nevada, Mardikian approached the undercover officer, engaged her in conversation […]
4th FRIDAY AT McGROARTY Start your weekend off right at McGroarty Arts Center. On Aug. 22 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., you can get your kicks with the “clever rock” sounds of “The Enzymes and the Active Ingredients” – a six-piece band whose members have played with the likes of the Rolling Stones, Kelly […]
Ask Phyllis! How to Avoid the Tax Man Dear Phyllis, I enjoy your weekly real estate advice. My wife and I have owned our La Crescenta home for more than 25 years and our mortgage is nearly paid off. We are quite proud of our nest egg and hope to retire in the next couple […]
By Ted AYALA Last weekend’s California Philharmonic concerts contained the usual frothy mix of film scores, musicals, and classical warhorses. But the inclusion of John Corigliano’s 1997 “Chaconne for Violin and Orchestra” proved to be a surprising deviation from the orchestra’s well-trodden path of accessible music and into the realm of musical idioms that […]
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