This year’s Arbor Day celebration, sponsored by Supervisor Michael Antonovich and the Crescenta Valley Town Council, honored the veterans from the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. The two local veterans groups are spearheading the Two Strike Park Memorial Wall project at Two Strike Park where the Arbor Day festivities took place on Saturday […]
By Sammi SLAYBACK In celebrating the Foothills Relay For Life’s 12th consecutive year and to raise awareness of the two day event coming up May 12-May 13, community liaison and event organizer Regan Boone held a luminaria ceremony following a Relay event on Saturday evening. The ceremony was held at the corner of Ocean View […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Former Glendale Councilmember John Drayman has passed all but one area of repairs done in accordance to permits at his local condominium. Drayman’s condo was damaged after a water main broke within the walls of the building. Since repairs had to be done due to the water damage, Drayman said he decided […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Community members have noticed fewer trees at two local schools. Clark Magnet High School and Rosemont Middle School have had some trees cut down on their campuses to accommodate the new solar panels that will be installed this summer, and some trees were taken out due to disease and wind damage. Concerned […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District Board of Education continued its series of updates at regular meetings on projects funded by Measure S, the bond measure passed last April for facility and technological upgrades at GUSD campuses. GUSD Financial Officer Eva Lueck provided updates on the funding side of Measure S. The Citizens’ […]
By Jason KUROSU Saturday marked the fourth nationwide Drug Take Back Day, an event which prompts regular citizens to bring in their unused and/or expired medications to certain drop off sites. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., members of the DEA, as well as various law enforcement agencies and the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS In 2010, California Senate Bill 1381 was signed into law, changing the age requirement for students entering kindergarten. The bill also created a new grade called Transitional Kindergarten that would act as the first year of a two year kindergarten program with emphasis on developmental skills. On Wednesday, April 25, representatives from […]
By Timithie NORMAN On Saturday, May 5, the We Can Pediatric Brain Tumor Network will host its second annual “Walk for We Can,” a fundraising run/walk at Crescenta Valley Park. All proceeds from the day will go directly to support the efforts of We Can, an organization dedicated to provide peer-to-peer support, expert information, and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE California Highway Patrol is asking for the public’s help concerning two fatal accidents that occurred on Sunday. Both involved motorcycles; one was on the Ventura (134) Freeway, and the other on Angeles Crest Highway. At 8:55 a.m., a 32-year-old man from Baldwin Park was driving westbound on the Ventura freeway near where […]
May 2 4700 block of Daleridge Road in La Cañada, the rear passenger window was smashed and construction tools were stolen overnight. May 1 4900 block of Gould Avenue in La Cañada, mail was stolen from a mailbox on April 21, reported on May 1. April 30 Foothill Boulevard and Ramsdell Avenue in La Crescenta, […]