By Charles COOPER Glendale city bargaining units will be asked for as much as $3 million in salary and benefit concessions to help balance the city budget for the coming year. Council members were told Tuesday that the city faces about an $8 million deficit for the coming year, as revenues continue to flatline. City […]
By Erna TAYLOR-STARK Early on Saturday morning at the corner of Verdugo and Honolulu, about two dozen adults, teens and a few kids, including Ryan Waldheim son of longtime Relay for Life coordinator Chris, painted graffiti on the windows of several stores…right in broad daylight. Sharon Martin, former town counsel member and cancer survivor who […]
Crescenta Valley Drug & Alcohol Coalition Community Forum A free drug and alcohol forum will be held on April 13 at Verdugo Hills Hospital 4th floor from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The topics of discussion will include Social Hosting: Drug & Alcohol Parties hosted by adults for children. A panel will discuss the laws […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Crescenta Valley seniors were invited to an afternoon tea and stroll through a lovely Californian garden at Crescenta Valley Park. The tea was a celebration of the end of a long and at times very difficult journey that Girl Scout Nancy Au began many months ago. “I wanted to have a […]
By Geghard ARAKELIAN Last Wednesday a grim scene was on display on Ramdsdell Avenue, adjacent to Crescenta Valley High School, as students came across the bodies of their classmates mangled and motionless after a gruesome car wreck; onlookers shared mixed feelings as some laughed and others looked on silently during the Every 15 Minutes program. […]
By Geghard ARAKELIAN A car heading westbound in the 1900 block of Waltonia Drive flipped over after hitting a parked car at about 4 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, March 24. The fire department, California Highway Patrol and Sheriff’s deputies responded to a 911 call when an elderly man smashed his Acura sedan into a parked […]
The Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station has received reports of more than twenty-five window smash vehicle burglaries since the beginning of 2010. Similar burglaries were also reported in the latter half of 2009. The suspects targeted locked vehicles with small valuables (purses, laptop computers, backpacks, etc.) left in plain view. Most of the burglaries occurred in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Parents of Crescenta Valley High School students will be receiving a letter from Principal Linda Evans regarding a new volunteer drug testing program for students. “We sent out a letter explaining the program along with a permission form,” Evans said. The program is in response to the increased drug use in Crescenta […]
By Mary O’KEEFE “While the spirit of neighborliness was important on the frontier because neighbors were so few, it is even more important now because our neighbors are so many.” ~Lady Bird Johnson Although the former First Lady was not speaking specifically about Neighborhood Watch Program, at the quote’s heart is neighbor helping neighbor – […]
Registration closes for Assembly race Glendale voters in the 43rd Assembly District have until the close of day Monday to register for the special election to choose a successor for Paul Krekorian. Krekorian was elected to the Los Angeles City Council. There are four candidates on the ballot to succeed him in the April 13 […]