By Mary O’KEEFE California residents are beginning to get notices from their waste management companies of how to comply with the state’s mandatory organic waste collection SB 1383. This law went into effect this year and requires every jurisdiction in California to provide organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses. Though each waste […]
Cleanup Canceled The monthly off-ramp cleanup of the 210 Freeway at La Crescenta Avenue scheduled for Aug. 13 has been canceled. The construction is still going on and the slope areas are dug up and uneven creating a hazard for volunteers. Rosemont Preserve Open Gate Morning An “open gate” event is taking place at […]
Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies from the Crescenta Valley Station responded to a burglary call at 6:42 p.m. on July 24 in the 4600 block of El Camino Corto. A resident had returned home and saw the suspect inside the residence. She contacted the CV Sheriff’s Station and deputies responded. “The rear door [to the […]
July 30 2800 block of Paraiso Way in La Crescenta, the rear driver’s side window of a vehicle was shattered. Nothing appeared to be missing. The vehicle burglary occurred at 1:30 p.m. July 28 800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, on July 27 a business owner received a notification from his […]
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call on July 24 at 5:17 p.m. for service concerning an apparently deceased person in the United Artists parking lot in the 1900 block of Verdugo Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge. Deputies found a male adult unresponsive in a vehicle. Los Angeles County Fire responded and the […]
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger issued a statement following the Board of Supervisors’ final approval of a November ballot measure giving the Board authority to remove a publicly elected sheriff from office for cause. “I want to be clear about my position,” Barger stated. “Giving the Board of Supervisors authority to remove […]
Lately it has felt more like a mid-western summer than a Southern California one. Humidity has been high though, to be honest, levels that are high in California are not at all high in the mid-west. Humidity levels in Pasadena, which are similar all the way through to the Crescenta Valley, Glendale and Burbank areas, […]
Left? Right? Or Straight? You might be thinking I’m talking politics but au contraire! It’s drivers that have got me on a rant. How many times have you been behind a vehicle that very unexpectedly makes a turn? Or slows down like it’s about to make a turn only to creep forward giving the […]
By Bethany BROWN Rachel Lee, a senior at Village Christian School, and Chloe Chong, a junior at Flintridge Preparatory School, first bonded over their shared experiences of growing up with a disabled sibling. They discussed how the siblings of those with disabilities can often feel isolated, that they can’t express their own feelings outwardly, may […]
By Robin GOLDSWORTHY, Mary O’KEEFE and Ruth SOWBY National Night Out (NNO) is celebrated on the first Tuesday in August. After a two-year hiatus during the pandemic, on Aug. 2 neighbors came out in force to meet and greet each other while neighborhood councilmembers came out to grin and grip. From Little Landers Park in […]