Crescenta Valley Water District received a Standard & Poor’s (S&P) rating of “AA-”, CVWD’s highest S&P rating to date. According to Standard & Poor, “Credit ratings are forward-looking opinions about the ability and willingness of debt issuers, like corporations or governments, to meet their financial obligations on time and in full.” The credit rating process […]
On Wednesday, Los Angeles County Public Health announced 50 new deaths in LA County, excluding Long Beach and Pasadena, due to COVID-19. There were 1,457 new cases of COVID-19 reported. The total number of positive cases of COVID-19 in LA County including Long Beach and Pasadena is 243,935. As of Aug. 31, Glendale reported 3,131 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The SuperScoopers are officially on the job in Los Angeles County as of Tuesday. For 27 years SuperScoopers have arrived from Quebec to help LA County firefighters during the state’s busy wildfire season. Los Angeles County Supervisor – Fifth District Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County Fire Dept. Chief Daryl Osby and Anne-Catherine […]
Aug. 28 3000 block of Highridge Road in La Crescenta, a man parked his Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] patrol vehicle on the street at the location. He locked the vehicle and, when he returned, he found his vehicle was unlocked and a handheld radio and binoculars had been stolen between Aug. 28-31. […]
By Julie BUTCHER The Glendale City Council started its Tuesday meeting with a commendation for Steven Small and the Glendale Association of Realtors for their generosity in helping solve a problem that was raised at last week’s meeting. The last caller of that evening, Teresa Romo, told the Council that she was a retired teacher […]
While optimistic about the current community transmission data it is seeing, the Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health (Public Health) is preparing for a holiday weekend and warning the public to heed the lessons learned from the spike in cases, hospitalizations and deaths that occurred after the previous holidays. Increases in cases and hospitalizations […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A protest led by family and friends of Colin Jacobs has been planned for Monday in front of the Crescenta-Cañada YMCA. On July 1, Colin, who was only a few days from his 21st birthday, drowned at the YMCA pool at the La Crescenta YMCA. Colin had a long history with the […]
Keeping Meatball the bear safe in his Alpine home. By Mary O’KEEFE It’s hard to believe that it has been eight years since the Crescenta Valley/Glendale black bear, known affectionately as Meatball, has been in his new home at Lions, Tigers & Bears big cat and exotic animal rescue in Alpine, California. Though Meatball has […]
By Brandon HENSLEY During the Aug. 20 Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting, which was held online via Zoom, ongoing concerns over the property at Foothill Boulevard and Briggs Avenue were addressed by Land Use Committee co-chair Ines Chessum. Both Town Council and Land Use members have said that they would like more time and research […]
By Julie BUTCHER At a short business-like meeting on Tuesday night, the Glendale City Council accepted $33,000 in Measure H funds from the County of Los Angeles to help provide workforce services to unhoused residents; approved an extension to an agreement to secure additional electrical transmission capacity from the City of Los Angeles; approved routine […]