Lawsuit Examines Legality of Quintero’s Reappointment to Council

By Ted AYALA Anger by some residents over the Glendale City Council’s decision earlier this year to terminate the city’s contract with the long running Glendale Gun Show has yet to abate. Supporters of the gun show are hoping to use the city charter to remove one of the strongest opponents of the show. The […]

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LCUSD Examines Funding Changes   By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN The 2013-14 California state budget, which was recently passed by the legislature and currently awaits Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature, is set to take the state’s K-12 school districts in a new financial direction. La Cañada Unified School District is one of many community districts heavily impacted by […]

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Watching The Sky Come Alive Growing up in Sun Valley (just over La Tuna Canyon), I remember how excited my sister and I would be as Independence Day approached and my dad would take us to the local stand to buy fireworks. “Safe and Sane” and “Red Devil” are two descriptions that come to my […]

Weather in the Foothills

Weather in the Foothills

“The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to purchase these with money.”                                                     ~ Plautus    Last Sunday evening, we were making our way down the coast. The traffic reflected the “full swing” of the summer season: bumper-to- bumper  vehicles from Pismo Beach all the way home to La Crescenta. The […]

Annual Fireworks Show Promises Family Fun

By Jason KUROSU La Crescenta will continue its Independence Day tradition of fireworks and festivities with the seventh annual 4th of July celebration, held at the La Crescenta Elementary playground at 4343 La Crescenta Ave. in La Crescenta. Tickets for the event are available at participating locations for $7. On July 4th, tickets can be […]

Council Unanimously Approves $170.7 Million General Fund Budget

By Ted AYALA On Tuesday, the Glendale City Council approved a $170.7 million general fund budget after two months spent inspecting the city’s finances. The budget will be effective beginning July 1. The passage of the budget represented a step forward for the city. Beleaguered since 2008 by a listless economy that required the city […]

Doors Open for Rose Bowl Guests

By Michael J. ARVIZU For the first time since its dedication in 1923, the Rose Bowl in Pasadena is offering guided tours to the general public. The first set of tours was offered to about 200 guests on Saturday morning after a ribbon cutting ceremony inaugurating the tours took place outside of Stadium A gate. […]

Recycle Changes

By Mary O’KEEFE The ewaste collection that has been advertised via banners around town (above) has been canceled due to filing issues with the state of California. The green banners seen around Crescenta Valley, including La Cañada Flintridge, invited the community to bring any electronic waste like computers, televisions or anything with a circuit board […]

Introducing the New CVHS Principal

Introducing the New CVHS Principal

Crescenta Valley High School will welcome its new principal on July 1. By Mary O’KEEFE Linda Gubler Junge is ready to take the helm as the new principal at Crescenta Valley High School. Junge has had an impressive career in the field of education for 16 years. She has been a teacher, a school administrator […]

CALENDAR This

GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER TO HOST DINNER AND SEMINAR Glendale Adventist Medical Center invites the public to learn about the latest surgical and non-surgical treatment options for joint pain as well as minimally invasive options such as MAKOplasty for partial knee resurfacing at a dinner and seminar tonight, Thursday, June 20 from 6 p.m. to […]