Marylou Escobar, a kindergarten Spanish dual language immersion teacher at John Muir Elementary School, has been selected as Glendale Unified School District’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. Escobar will represent the District at this year’s Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year competition. Escobar has been an educator for nearly 40 years. In addition to […]
Steve Sarkissian, sixth grade student at Verdugo Woodlands Elementary, led the pledge of allegiance at the Tuesday night, April 9 Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) board of education meeting. He also spoke about the academic opportunities offered to him as a student at Verdugo Woodlands. Verdugo Woodlands Elementary won the California Dept. of Education’s California […]
April 13 900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge, a employee reported that she observed a male Hispanic, Suspect No. 1 wearing a white shirt and black shorts, and a second male Hispanic, Suspect No. 2 wearing a gray shirt, enter the store. The two suspects walked to the liquor aisle and stopped […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept./Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station Captain Robert Hahnlein has a new title: commander. It was a bit of surprise for Hahnlein as he was responding a couple of weeks ago to head down to headquarters. “They brought me down to headquarters to discuss something about the Eaton Fire. When I […]
At approximately 10:08 a.m. today, Monday, an earthquake was detected four kilometers south of Julian, California in San Diego County. Alerts were sent to cellphones in the Southern California area as part of the earthquake early warning system. Initial reports were that the earthquake was a magnitude of 6.7; however, that has been downgraded to […]
Every year, libraries are celebrated as the core of American communities. By Mikaela STONE The second week of April each year is declared National Library Week. National Library Week celebrates libraries for their place at the core of American communities. Echoing this sentiment, acting California governor Eleni Kounalakis also proclaimed the week California Library […]
Property owners have just a few days left to submit a Right of Entry (ROE) form to LA County. In order to have debris removed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), property owners affected by the Los Angeles Wildfires must submit a ROE form by April 15. Federally funded debris removal is available […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Readers have been contacting CVW about the trucks that have been traveling up to Dunsmuir Sediment Placement Site near Deukmejian Wilderness Park in La Crescenta/Glendale. Trucks carrying debris have been traced from the Altadena burn area to Dunsmuir and the Zachau Sediment Placement Site in Sevenhills in Tujunga. The question that many […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The total generation of municipal solid waste – garbage – generated by Americans in 2018 was 292.4 million tons or 4.9 pounds per person per day. Note that Americans throw out more than 12 million tons of furniture per year and that amount has grown 450% since the 1960s, according to the […]
Having Fun at Non-Profit Events On Sunday I had the pleasure of attending the annual Craft Beer Fest in Montrose hosted by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce (see Charly Shelton’s story on page 3). As you may remember, I typically gravitate toward wine but every now and then I’ll have a cold beer. I […]