By Mary O’KEEFE The City of Glendale Clerk’s Office has found that a proposed rent stabilization measure does not have enough signatures to qualify for the Nov. 6 ballot. Although about 4,000 signatures were collected, that number fell short of the required 10,000, according to Ardashes “Ardy” Kassakhian, Glendale city clerk. The hope of those […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently several residents have become victims of having their car batteries and catalytic converters stolen from their vehicles. “You can sell the batteries at recycling [places],” said Sgt. Alan Chu, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept., Crescenta Valley Station. Batteries can be worth from $15 to $20 each when brought to a recycling […]
By Nicole MOORE On Aug. 2, the Montrose Shopping Park Association held its monthly open forum meeting. Starting the meeting off were members of the Glendale Police Dept. who reported on recent crimes within the vicinity. Sgt. Patrick Magtoto said the majority of the month’s misdemeanors consisted of trivial arrests. However, one crime of significance […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As our back-to-school issues begin this week and Crescenta Valley kids prepare to return to academic excellence, CVW will be highlighting the high schools, and middle school, that residents of CV will be attending. “Allan F. Daily High School is a dynamic and personalized educational alternative that strives to prepare students for […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A company using a crane to do some repairs on the roof of an apartment complex on Ocean View Boulevard and the Foothill (210) Freeway on Tuesday evening apparently dropped equipment on, or connected with, the Southern California Edison overhead electrical wires causing far-reaching outages for several hours. The outages began at […]
Aug. 4 2600 block of Ridgepine Drive in La Crescenta, a resident left his home unlocked. When he returned home he discovered that a family member’s vehicle was missing that had been parked in the driveway. He entered his home to discover several items stolen, including a computer and television, and the keys to the […]
Updated Aug. 10, 1:38 p.m. LA County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the man whose body was found wrapped in a blanket in a garbage can on La Tuna Canyon on Wednesday morning. Irvin Alarcon Garcia was 27 years old. Cause of death is unknown as an autopsy is pending, but the coroner […]
Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day The community is invited to the Rosemont Preserve Restoration Day on Saturday, Aug. 11 from 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. to help protect the natural habitat at Rosemont Preserve. Volunteers will be removing invasive plants and doing some watering of new trees. Note the earlier times to avoid the heat. Wear […]
By Mary O’KEEFE National Night Out events were held on Tuesday throughout the nation and within the Crescenta Valley community. NNO began in 1984 and is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch. It began as a way to get community members and emergency responders, including law enforcement and fire personnel, to meet and […]
A Chance to Say Hello One of the many things that I am grateful for resulting from starting the Crescenta Valley Weekly almost nine(!) years ago is the near-constant encouragement I receive from our readers, advertisers and those who support us in general. For example, at Tuesday night’s National Night Out event at the […]