Merger Announced

By Jason KUROSU After a year of anticipation, USC’s Keck Medical Center and Verdugo Hills Hospital have officially announced an agreement for an affiliation between the two hospitals. USC and Verdugo Hills publicly announced the merger Tuesday. “The partnership positions Keck Medical Center of USC and Verdugo Hills Hospital to better meet the challenges and […]

Skate Park Community Meeting

By Jason KUROSU Local skateboarders and Los Angeles County Parks and Recreation officials have been working together for the better part of two years to bring a skate park to La Crescenta. With the two nearest such parks in La Cañada and Verdugo Park, teens from the local Fire House formed the CV Skate Park […]

Blood Drive Planned for Injured Employees

By Mary O’KEEFE A blood drive is being held on Tuesday, March 26 for two Sport Chalet employees burned in a recent explosion at the La Cañada store. The blood drive is being held at the company’s corporate offices located at One Sport Chalet Drive in La Cañada, which is located behind the store. Los […]

The Loss of a Volunteer Felt, A Run to Raise Hope

By Mary O’KEEFE On the morning of March 7, Amir Teymouri lost his life in a car accident on La Tuna Canyon. Teymouri was a family man and a member of Montrose Church where both he and his wife were volunteers. “I went to school with him at [Crescenta Valley High School],” said John Harvey, […]

Candidate Stirs Up Controversy

By Jason KUROSU Glendale City Commissioner Zareh Sinanyan’s campaign for a Glendale City Council seat has encountered an unwelcome obstacle in the form of accusations that have resulted in politicians withdrawing their support for him and questions regarding the upcoming April 2 election. Anonymous emails associated Sinanyan with numerous postings on YouTube, most of which […]

A Home Town Sheriff Moves On

By Mary O’KEEFE After five years as the captain of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station, Dave Silversparre will be taking on a new challenge at the Communications and Fleet Management Bureau at Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. “I have been honored to serve the community which I love and grew up in,” Silversparre said. Silversparre’s […]

IN Brief

LWV and CVCA Hosting Forums The League of Women Voters of Glendale/Burbank is holding a candidates’ forum tonight, Thursday, March 14 in the Glendale City Council chambers beginning at 6 p.m. The address is 613 E. Broadway, Glendale. The forum will include the candidates for the city council and city clerk. Questions from the public […]

Junella Rosine

Feb. 28, 1925 – March 1, 2013 Junella was born in Illinois, the third of seven brothers and sisters. She moved to La Crescenta in 1955. Junella was preceded in death by her husband Orville Rosine and daughter Linda Justice. She is survived by her brother Jake, sister Mina, daughter Judy Jamison, son-in-law Bob Jamison, […]

James Brooks Harrod

Dec. 19, 1929 – March 1, 2013 James was born in Ingells, Ark. to Elsie Mae and Howard Harrod. He was the seventh of eight children: Mildred, Willa Mae, Otto, Marie, Doris, Jesse, James and Murel. His early years were spent working on the family farm with his siblings. In 1947, he joined the Navy […]

Becky Fogarty

Sept. 21, 1947 – Feb. 24, 2013 Becky was born Rebecca Emily Bialik on Sept. 21, 1947 in Lynwood, Calif. to her parents William and Veda Bialik. She and her older brother, Bob, and two younger sisters, Bonnie and Susan, were mainly raised in La Cañada and she attended St. Bede’s School, St. Andrew’s High […]