CVWD Rate Hike Protest Letters Accepted Now

By Mary O’KEEFE In compliance with Proposition 218, Crescenta Valley Water District is asking for letters/protests regarding a possible rate increase. If this sounds familiar, that’s because the District had asked for comments a few months ago. If the rate increase is approved, a water bill for a typical resident with a 3/4-inch meter using […]

JPL’s Apollo Connection

That “giant leap” from 50 years ago when Neil Armstrong became the first human to step onto the surface of the Moon is imprinted on several generations. Some savor that day as a treasured memory, while for others it’s an inspirational chapter in history books. While NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena has long been […]

Addressing SB 946

By Jake BOWMAN At Thursday’s Montrose Shopping Park Association meeting, business owners voiced their concerns about street vendors and SB 946. On Sept. 17, former Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 946, known as the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act. The new law focused on sidewalk vendors and provided guidelines and restrictions on how cities and […]

Silent Movie Night at Two Strike Park

Silent Movie Night at Two Strike Park

By Charly SHELTON The Lumière Brothers debuted a collection of 10 short films on Dec. 28, 1895 in Paris. This is widely regarded as the birth of cinema in its truest form. Despite the invention of the medium years prior, it was never put to use in such a way as did the Lumière Brothers. […]

In Brief

CVTC Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Town Council meets tonight, Thursday, July 18, at 7 p.m. at the La Crescenta Library, 2809 Foothill Blvd. Access through upstairs rear entrance on La Crescenta Avenue. No agenda information was available as of press time.   Rosemont Preserve Open Gate Morning An “open gate” event is taking place […]

New Idea on Local Fire Evacuations

By Charly SHELTON A new study published this week in the journal Earth’s Future found that since 1972 there has been an average 500% increase in annual burned areas statewide, largely in part from an 800% increase in burned areas annually in California from forest fires. Human-caused climate change has heated the earth 1.4°C, the […]

CRIME BLOTTER

July 5 300 block of Baptiste Way in La Cañada, a power sprayer was stolen from a driveway between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.   July 4 3000 Hopeton Road, a valuable coin collection was stolen from a home between May 4 and July 4.   July 3 3900 block of Alta Vista Drive in […]

Council Welcomes Back Quintero

By Julie BUTCHER With the noise from the anti-Grayson demonstration outside echoing into the chambers, the Glendale City Council met on Tuesday night, welcoming back former mayor and councilmember Frank Quintero. Quintero was appointed by the rest of the council to fill the seat of Councilmember Zareh Sinanyan who resigned to serve as the High […]

A Story of Identity Theft

By Mary O’KEEFE CVW was recently contacted by a reader who was a victim of identity theft. The reader wanted to share her story as a cautionary tale of the impact identity theft can have on everyday life. It should be noted that because this ID theft was so extreme the victims do not want […]