Nominations Sought The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the annual recognition banquet dinner to be held on Thursday, Oct. 25. The Chamber will once again honor individuals, businesses, organizations and professional groups whose service to the community has improved the quality of life in the Crescenta Valley. Nominations will be taken […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael Antonovich’s proposal to extend term limits for the board of supervisors will not be on the ballot this November. Antonovich’s proposed amendment would change the term limits from supervisors serving up to three four-year terms to five terms. Ten years ago, L.A. County voters imposed the three-year […]
By Mary O’KEEFE John Drayman and National Fire Systems and Services have come to an agreement on the mechanic’s lien on Drayman’s condominium. The agreement, which has Drayman paying $15,000 over a 15-year period, was arrived via arbitration on Tuesday according to Drayman. This amount is considerably less than that of the original $98,000 figure […]
By Jason KUROSU Glendale Community College will experience a change in its registration policies, no longer giving preference for class registration to returning students. The policy change emerged from recommendations made by California’s Student Success Task Force, a 20-member committee established by Senator Carol Liu through Senate Bill 1143, tasked with identifying what factors contribute […]
By Misty DUPLESSIS On Aug. 20, GUSD students are expected to return to school where many students will find district-wide changes in effect. During the July 17 school board meeting, position appointments were approved for the 2012 school year. While some staff members have transitioned out of the district, other dedicated professionals will find themselves […]
Ceremony pays tribute to the late Irene Esparza Portillo who headed Project Amiga for the past 20 years. Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) was honored on Sunday by the San Gabriel Valley vocational education and training organization, Project Amiga. At the ceremony, Portantino’s longstanding commitment to Project Amiga’s mission of helping young men and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Water & Power will be switching from chlorine to chloramines to disinfect the water in the area of Northern Glendale above Oakmont Golf Course in the Verdugo Canyon, including Montrose and La Crescenta, starting Aug. 8. This conversion will be done to comply with new federal drinking water regulations and will […]
By Maddy PUMILIA SoCal Recycling held an e-waste collection drive at the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA on Sunday with 35% of the proceeds benefiting the facility. A variety of electronics were brought in to be recycled including CPUs, monitors, laptops, cables, wires, printers, faxes, scanners, routers, computer motherboards, cellphones, regular photos, television screens and answering machines. The […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Unified School District continued its community outreach meetings concerning solar construction at local Crescenta Valley campuses. On Tuesday two meetings were held, the first at Rosemont Middle School and the second an hour later at Clark Magnet High School. Deputy Superintendent John Garcia, Chief Business/Financial Officer Eva Lueck, Public Information […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At about 4 p.m. on Sunday two vehicles collided in front of Fayes at Honolulu Avenue and Ocean View Boulevard. Witnesses reported to police that a Mazda traveling southbound on Ocean View Boulevard had turned left in front of a BMW traveling northbound on Ocean View. The vehicles did not hit the […]