By Charly SHELTON Earth Day was yesterday and, for the first time in the 50-year history of Earth Day, the skies look cleaner than the year before. While the COVID-19 shutdown has negatively impacted lives around the planet, it is also impacting the planet itself, in a positive way. “Right now we’re seeing reduced levels […]
By Julie BUTCHER At its most recent board meeting on April 14, the Crescenta Valley Water District voted to hold off on the distribution of a Prop 218 notice, which is required in advance of any discussion of a rate increase, effectively delaying any increase for now. The item appeared on the agenda as part […]
On April 13 at approximately 4 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Pioneer Drive responding to a male who was attempting to break into an occupied condo. It was reported that the suspect, later identified as 52-year-old Kevin Sweet of Glendale, had gotten onto a balcony and was pounding on a sliding […]
April 19 4800 block of Fairview Drive in La Cañada, a woman reported receiving several threatening phone calls on her cellphone for about six days. She did not recognize the voice. She reported the most recent phone calls between 3:20 p.m. and 5 p.m. April 18 17800 block of Little Tujunga Road in Angeles National […]
By Charly SHELTON
By Mary O’KEEFE The Small Business Administration disaster loan and Paycheck Protection Program [PPP] through the CARES Act voted in by the Senate and House, and signed by President Donald Trump, was at first welcome news to small businesses but as it rolled out, for many mom and pop businesses the prospects did not look […]
This week we at CVW heard of the closure of the Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader and La Cañada Valley Sun newspapers. From reports it appeared the announcement was made quickly without warning. This is something that a few of us at CVW can relate to – the gut punch that the paper you had dedicated […]
The CARES Act, Congress, Testing and the Future The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted our lives in ways we never anticipated. Millions of Angelenos are making sacrifices and doing what we can, but there’s no question that this is more than a health crisis – it’s an economic crisis, too. These closures have hit hard small […]
Recently I was contacted by Scott Perry of Decatur, Illinois. He described a recurring dream that apparently has to do with our 1934 Flood. Here’s what Scott told me: “My recurring dream always starts this way and has never deviated. It’s haunted me all my life. “My perspective is first-person, through someone else’s eyes. I’m […]
By Violet FREDERICKS Search the internet for “at home” performances, and thousands of results will be provided. There are late night hosts performing their shows from home, families and children putting on mini plays and musical acts, even Saturday Night Live aired its historic “from home” broadcast a few weeks back. For children sheltering in […]