Taking A Look Outside Our Window By Mary O’KEEFE August 26 is National Dog Day. It was started by author Colleen Paige in 2004 and Aug. 26 was chosen because that is the day she and her family adopted their first dog. In my family every single day is a dog day. I did not […]
Wishing I Was All Thumbs When I was a kid, we didn’t have cellphones; heck, we didn’t have backpacks – well, there were backpacks but we didn’t use them for books. They were mainly used for camping (as I remember). We carried our books in the crook of our arm. I often marvel at the […]
By Eliza PARTIKA For the second consecutive year, on Saturday, Aug. 16 the Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) held its Back to School Community Resource Fair at its offices at 223 N. Jackson St. in Glendale. The event provided hundreds of families from Cerritos, Columbus, Jefferson, Horace Mann and Marshall elementary schools with free backpacks, […]
CVTC Meets Tonight The next general meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council (CVTC) is tonight, Thursday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m. in the La Crescenta Library community room, 2809 Foothill Blvd. On the agenda is the proposed deviation on parking for the Planet Fitness located at the former Rite Aid site on Foothill Boulevard […]
During the construction period, detours, intermittent lane closures and traffic delays are expected on the following streets: Location and Dates • La Crescenta Avenue at Piedmont Avenue and Shirlyjean Street: Travel lanes may be closed intermittently between Aug. 25 and Sept. 5 (excludes weekends) • La Crescenta Avenue at various locations between Glenwood Avenue and […]
The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District (GLACVCD/District) has confirmed the first mosquito samples to test positive this year for West Nile virus (WNV) in Los Angeles County. The positive samples were collected from mosquito traps in Arleta, South El Monte and Valley Glen, confirming the presence of the virus in mosquito populations within […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Since the publication of the CVW articles last week concerning the City of Glendale’s General Plan update, there has been a lot of talk, confusion and accusations concerning accuracy regarding the update process. CVW spoke with Bradley Calvert, director of Community Development with the City of Glendale, to attempt to get a […]
On Saturday, Aug. 16 at approximately 7:55 p.m., California Highway Patrol officers responded to a vehicle vs. pedestrian crash with ambulance responding, which occurred near the intersection of Ocean View Boulevard and Mira Vista Avenue. Upon arriving at the scene, deputies with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. and personnel with Los Angeles County Fire located […]
Aug. 16 100 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, deputies responded to the service station regarding a possible assault with a deadly weapon. The victim reported that as he was exiting the store he witnessed a suspect exiting a black Mercedes SUV that was parked in the No. 2 gas pump. As the […]
From the LASD: On Aug. 12, [Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept.]-Lancaster Station took a missing person report on Sheylla Cabrera, a 33-year-old female. During Lancaster Station’s follow-up investigation on Aug. 13, it discovered additional video surveillance of the missing person’s husband dragging a large object in a large piece of material from the apartment complex in […]