Pantry Bare at Salvation Army Glendale

By Jason KUROSU Though the Salvation Army of Glendale continuously holds food drives and accepts donations, the amount of food received has decreased year by year. According to Kimberly Selman, Communications associate for the Salvation Army Southern California Division, there has been “a 20% decline in food donations from 2012 to 2013.” Rick White, director […]

LCUSD Parcel Tax Passed

By Mary O’KEEFE La Cañada Flintridge residents voted on Tuesday to approve the education parcel tax. Out of 13,005 eligible voters, a total of 4,993 votes were tallied resulting in 68.16% approval. Measure LC, parcel tax, will cost property owners $450 annually and will support the La Cañada Unified School District. In 2009,  75% of […]

City Advises: Speak Now or Hold Your Peace

By Ted AYALA Those not pleased with the city’s proposal to push Measure G on the June ballot have until Tuesday to make their objections known to voters. The Glendale City Clerk’s office announced Tuesday that it will be taking any and all written requests to write arguments against the measure from local residents, businesses […]

Boy Scout Troop 319 Celebrates 50 Years of Scouting

Boy Scout Troop 319 invites all Troop 319 alumni, families and Scouts to celebrate 50 years of Scouting on Sunday, March 23 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Straw Hat Pizza in La Crescenta. The evening will include dinner and a program that celebrates “50 Years on the Trail.” All Scouts, both current and […]

Daisies Earn a Petal

Monte Vista Elementary School’s Daisy Troop 6851 earned a petal for respecting authority during their field trip outing to the CV Sheriff’s Dept. on Feb. 25. The girls of Troop 6851 are shown above with Dep. Jorge Valdivia. Submitted by Leila BELL

Steven Dols

On Nov. 21, Steven Dols, 15, of La Crescenta earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. In recognition of this accomplishment, an Eagle Scout Court of Honor will be held for him at Montrose Church on March 8 at 1 p.m. A member of Troop […]

Supervisors Approve Middle School Crossing Guards

By Mary O’KEEFE The Los Angeles County board of supervisors approved the adoption of a revised warrant for assigning an adult crossing guard to include school crossings servicing middle schools in the unincorporated county jurisdiction. The decision paves the way for unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County to hire a crossing guard for middle school […]

County Building Struck by Motorist

Updated at 12:27 p.m. A County of Los Angeles Dept. of Social Services building in the 4600 block of San Fernando Road in Glendale was struck by a motorist this morning. The Sheriff’s Dept., which has an office in the building, Glendale PD and Glendale Fire are on scene. According to Glendale Police, it appears […]

Storm News from LASD

Friday February 28, 2014, 4:50 PM LASD – HQ Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff Advisory: #LArain Update: 4pm, Fri. Winter Storm LA County Emergency Operations Center The Los Angeles County Operational Area Emergency Operations Center (CEOC) was activated at 600 a.m. PST in response to a strong winter storm moving through Los Angeles County. […]

Minimal Problems – So Far – Due to Rain

By Mary O’KEEFE The rain has brought problems to the freeways and some power outages but local mountains in the Station Fire area seem to be holding as Crescenta Valley residents wait for more rain to move through. “There are a few bands [of storm] to move through. The most intense was last night; now […]