By Mary O’KEEFE Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments owner Elias Shokrian and Montrose LP pled not guilty on July 1 to a criminal misdemeanor charge of inadequate maintenance. The charges stem from a complaint by residents of the apartment complex after both of the complex’s elevators stopped working in May. One elevator broke down in October […]
By Charly SHELTON Governor Gavin Newsom signed the newest California state budget last Thursday, taking effect on July 1 for the 2019-20 fiscal year. It was a budget full of firsts, not only in that it was Newsom’s first budget since being elected but also in the spending level. With a price tag of $214.8 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Thomas Sands, the attorney for Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments owner Elias Shokrian and Montrose LP, entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of his clients to criminal charges stemming from non-working elevators in the senior apartment complex on Honolulu Avenue. The next court date was set for Aug. 21.
Preliminary reports are coming in that missing hiker Eugene Jo has been located in the Angeles national Forest. CV Weekly will provide updates as more information becomes available.
By Mary O’KEEFE The saga of the non-working elevator, at times elevators, continues for the residents of Honolulu Manor Senior Apartments in the 2500 block of Honolulu Avenue. Some background: In October 2018 one of the two elevators at the senior apartment complex stopped working. Residents were worried about having only one working elevator and […]
By Jake BOWMAN For the past 17 years, downtown Montrose has been a place to show off hundreds of classic cars, motorcycles and hot rods. On Sunday, July 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the 2200, 2300 & 2400 blocks of Honolulu Avenue, the Montrose Shopping Park will be home to the 18th […]
By Julie BUTCHER The board of directors of the Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) began its meeting on Tuesday at it normally does: a member of the board of the Foothill Municipal Water District explained its 7% overall budget increase this year; board members scrutinized expenditures and revenue estimates in detail and heard that the […]
By Julie BUTCHER At a special meeting on Friday morning, June 21, the Glendale City Council voted unanimously to appoint former city councilmember Frank Quintero to fill the vacancy on the council caused by the June 7 resignation of Zareh Sinanyan. Sinanyan resigned mid-term to become Armenia’s High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs. More than 47 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last month a new captain was assigned to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept.-Crescenta Valley Station after former captain Christopher Blasnek was promoted to commander. Blasnek had been at the station about two years before being promoted. Captain Todd Deeds was promoted to the CV Station in May. Readers have contacted CVW […]
The clock is ticking: A technology demonstration that could transform the way humans explore space launched on June 24. Developed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the Deep Space Atomic Clock is a serious upgrade to the satellite-based atomic clocks that, for example, enable the GPS on phones. Ultimately, this new technology could make spacecraft […]