By Mary O’KEEFE Depending on what voters determine in November, Los Angeles County may be facing some major changes. LA County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Janice Hahn proposed a measure that would increase the current five member board to nine members and create a countywide elected executive position … a county mayor. At present, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At the July 9 Glendale Unified School District’s school board meeting it was announced that the board had decided to call an impasse with the Glendale Teacher’s Association (GTA) regarding contract negotiations. “I was shocked that the district called an impasse,” said Taline Arsenian, GTA president. GUSD had a bargaining date set […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Substance Misuse Prevention Coalition/CV Cares is continuing with its Summer Speaker Series. The first part of the series began in June with a presentation by Carmela Tunzi, founder Sherman Oaks Hypnosis. Tunzi gave a demonstration of how hypnosis is used in everyday life and pointed out that many […]
By Hayden FRANKLIN The Crescenta Valley Fireworks Association once again brought to the Crescenta Valley an exciting and fun Independence Day celebration. This Fourth of July celebration included the Condor Squadron, which consists of four WWII North American AT-6 airplanes, flying in formation over La Crescenta Elementary School at the beginning of the Crescenta Valley […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “The FBI continues to investigate the shooting incident at the July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and potential domestic terrorism,” according to an updated release by the FBI on July 15. For a brief moment, both sides of the aisle put down […]
Dec. 24, 1951 – June 18, 2024 Gregory Paul Sheehy, 72, died peacefully at home in La Crescenta a few months after a diagnosis of liver cancer. Greg was the beloved husband to Alice (Lissy) Ziesing, loving father to Edward and Kathleen Sheehy, favorite youngest brother to Maureen Sheehy and John Sheehy. He was one […]
Feb. 2, 1930 – May 21, 2024 Ruby Ann Derksen was a beloved great grandmother, grandmother, mother and wife during her incredible 94 years of life. She went home to be with her Lord and savior on May 21. Ruby was born on Feb. 2, 1930 to Frank and Marian Janzen in Hillsboro, Kansas. She […]
By Ruth SOWBY The world’s largest touring public elephant art exposition is a first for Los Angeles. It includes 25 elephant statues at high traffic Burbank landmarks. The “herd” is led by Mahua, designed by Los Angeles artist Chariya Bissonnette. Mahue can be found near Ben & Jerry’s on the AMC Walkway in Downtown Burbank. […]
The Sunland-Tujunga Youth Camp fundraiser was a sellout at the first event since COVID. Held in the cultural hall of the Sunland-Tujunga ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sunland, close to 200 church-goers and friends enjoyed breakfast. On an early June morning, chocolate pancakes and sausages fit the bill for […]
Village Poets presents Kathleen Travers and rg cantalupo on Sunday, July 28 at 4:30 p.m. at Bolton Hall Museum. In addition to the featured poets, two segments of open mic will be available and refreshments will be served. The Bolton Hall Museum is at 10110 Commerce Ave. in Tujunga. Kathleen Travers was crowned the first […]