By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, Feb. 12 the Crescenta Valley High School quad was transformed into a swing dance club with beautiful lighting floating from the trees to the dance floor, a table of food elegantly displayed, a paper moon photo booth and a jazz band that would make Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey tap […]
On Wednesday, the Public Health of Los Angeles County confirmed 102 additional deaths and 3,348 new cases of COVID-19 in the County. This brought the total number of deaths in LA County due to COVID-19 to 30,081. Hospitalizations have been under 2,500 for seven consecutive days; therefore, Public Health issued a modified LA County Health […]
CVTC General Meeting The Crescenta Valley Town Council general meeting is tonight, Thursday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. It will be held via Zoom. To take part, dial (669) 900-6833; meeting ID is 283 256 4275, password is 626159. On the agenda is an audit report for 2021 and the 2022 budget; reports on bulb-outs […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Greg Krikorian announced he would not run again for the Glendale Unified School District board ending a 21-year chapter serving local students, parents, teachers and staff. Prior to being elected to the school board, Krikorian worked in government offices including as a field representative for Jim Rogan, who served in the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As the Neighborhood Watch captain for Sycamore Woods, Julia Leeper has had several people contact her about the status of the proposed biking/walking path known as the Verdugo Wash Vision. The concerns of those who contacted her involved the proposed path that is only a few feet from homeowners’ property. “What we […]
Feb. 11 300 block St. Katherine Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, the back door window was smashed; nothing was reported stolen. The home was under construction. The burglary occurred overnight. Feb. 10 2400 block of Montrose Avenue in Montrose, an unsecured bike was stolen from the location between 9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. 1500 block […]
Two Arrested for Burglary and Vehicle Theft On Feb. 15 at approximately 8:15 a.m., Glendale PD officers responded to the 1400 block of Valley View Road regarding a burglary that had just occurred. Upon arrival, officers located 34-year-old Nancy Calderon (transient) and 23-year-old Jose Gonzales of Los Angeles who were being detained by the building’s security […]
The Glendale City Council approved Phase III of Glendale Water & Power’s (GWP) Water Conservation Ordinance that began on Feb. 1. Glendale and many cities in the state that rely on water from the State Water Project are moving towards increasing their Mandatory Water Conservation phases due to a lack of expected runoff amid the […]
Coastal flooding will increase significantly over the next 30 years because of sea level rise, according to a new report by an interagency sea level rise task force that includes NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and other federal agencies. Titled Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States, the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A reader recently contacted CVW about the theft of his mail. That theft resulted in the amount of a check he had mailed being changed and cashed. The reader, who was aware of scams and thefts, knew not to leave his outgoing mail at his home for USPS pick up. He normally […]