By Mary O’KEEFE At Tuesday’s Glendale Unified School District board meeting, two parents asked the board to take another look at the permits that had been rejected from Franklin Elementary School, a magnet school. They spoke of when they first arrived at Franklin and had signed an agreement to stay through sixth grade, something both […]
July 15 500 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, a safe and cash were stolen from a business. A door appeared to be pried open with a blunt object. The theft occurred overnight. July 14 500 block of Freeman Avenue in La Crescenta, a wallet with personal information, keys, radar detector, dashboard camera, […]
“If you should rear a duck in the heart of the Sahara, no doubt it would swim if you brought it to the Nile.” ~ Mark Twain As August approaches, it’s clear that this summer is a hot one. Last week I began writing about summer weather and swimming pools. The allotted column space was […]
Mind Over Matter – It Matters The church that I attend is rather large. It has four services every Sunday, plus it oversees a satellite campus in Pasadena. Consequently, it’s hard for attendees to know each other – there are just too many people. There have been various attempts at creating more familiarity within […]
By Charly SHELTON n the heat of summer 1915, the citizens of the newly-formed town of Montrose came together to honor the man who put their town on the map. Robert Walton was a real estate agent who, along with his partner J. Frank Walters, co-founded Montrose and the nearby town of Oakdale, which sat […]
CV Town Council Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Town Council meets tonight, Thursday, at the La Crescenta Library community room. The general meeting begins at 7 p.m. Karina Vargas, Public Affairs representative for Dept. of Transportation (Cal-Trans), will be at the meeting to give an update on current 210 Freeway closures. Southern California Gas Company […]
A Safe Place The Crescenta Valley Chamber of Commerce is proud to be a designated Safe Place. We were asked by the YMCA of the Foothills, a longtime member of the Chamber, to offer our office as a place for youth to come if ever they are in trouble and need assistance. Our job is […]
In an ongoing effort to prevent wildfires, all burn permits in Los Angeles County remain suspended. As of July 1, the Los Angeles County Fire Dept. (Fire Department) ceased issuing burn permits and allowing open fires due to increased fire activity throughout southern California. This burn suspension will remain in effect until further notice. During […]
Michael Peters from La Cañada participated in Gonzaga University graduation exercises during the commencement ceremony held on Sunday, May 7 in Spokane’s Veterans’ Memorial Arena. Peters either completed his undergraduate degree or is expected to complete his degree requirements this year. Liam Cascelli earned placement on the Gonzaga University Dean’s List for spring semester 2017. […]
Did You Know? It always amazes me when we’re asked about something that went on around town but no one told us about it. Case in point: Apparently Rosemont Middle School hosted a meeting regarding what parents wanted in a new principal since Cynthia Livingston announced her retirement at the end of the school year. […]