Bingo Night Benefits Fireworks Association The CV Fireworks Association is holding a bingo night on Saturday, June 8 at Verdugo Hills Memorial Hall, 4011 La Crescenta Ave. Tickets are $20 per person and include six cards for 10 games. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the first game begins at 6 p.m. For advance tickets, […]
Special Olympics athletes and law enforcement supporters carried a torch of hope across the Crescenta Valley. By Charly SHELTON Just like the Summer Olympics that will be held in Tokyo in 2020, the Special Olympics have a torch that is carried through the streets and into the Games to start the Games. To get the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Water District will hold a public hearing on June 11 at 6 p.m. in the Crescenta Valley Water District boardroom, 2700 Foothill Blvd., concerning a proposed increase to water and wastewater rates and charges. Written protests by property owners must be submitted by the close of the hearing. There will […]
By Julie BUTCHER The plan for repowering Glendale’s Grayson power plant to be presented by Glendale Water & Power (GWP) to the utility’s citizen commission and the City Council this summer will look considerably different than the plan GWP staff envisioned when first planning for the repowering of the local energy site. In spring 2017, […]
California is home to many beautiful things: miles of spectacular coastline, amazing weather and a culturally rich environment. Danger also lurks within the beauty. From wildfires and floods to mudslides and earthquakes, California is home to a darker side that its residents need to be mindful of. Many feel it is just a matter of […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern When thinking of a tailgate party, what comes to the minds of many people are food and fun in the parking lot before a sporting event. But on Saturday, Glendale Water and Power (GWP) hosted a tailgate event at the Perkins & Parcher Plazas in Glendale that was much more than […]
A Note of Thanks Today, June 6, 2019, is the 75th anniversary of D-Day when Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, turning the tide of World War II. I did a little research and discovered that the actual name of the exercise was Operation Overlord, code name D-Day. Tens of thousands of soldiers from […]
“And since all this loveliness can not be Heaven, I know in my heart it is June.” – Abba Goold Woolson, 19th-century American writer and lecturer This is it! Things are heating up and I think we are now in for the long haul. There’s no turning back now. The first day of June was […]
By Julian MITCHELL The Los Angeles City Planning Commission met Thursday morning and voted to approve the housing project on the property that was the former site of the Verdugo Hills Golf Course, located at the intersection of La Tuna Canyon and Tujunga Canyon/Honolulu Avenue. The Commission was met with nearly 80 opponents to the […]
Two men dubbed the “Cowboy Gun Bandits” by the FBI for using a large-caliber revolver during a series of robberies that targeted gas station convenience stores and a bank have been to serve federal prison sentences of at least 35 years. Dominic Dorsey, 51, of Hollywood was sentenced late Friday by United States District Judge […]