By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley recognized Patriot Day on Monday, Sept. 11 in two separate ceremonies. The first was a motorcade that wound its way through the La Crescenta and La Cañada areas, ending up at Camp 6 near Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The motorcade focused on the recognition of community and emergency responders. The classic […]
“Once upon a time, people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes … The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.” ~ Space Chronicles by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D, Astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural […]
By Charly SHELTON Nature is unpredictable – that’s what everyone says. That’s the stock answer for what happened in Texas and Florida with Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The flooding, the food shortages, the power outages and more. But in a way, thanks to modern science, nature can be predictable. Both hurricanes were seen coming a […]
By Julie BUTCHER After many months of study, dialog, debate and an extensive community survey, on Sept. 7 the Crescenta Valley Town Council’s Land Use Committee voted unanimously to recommend a change to the process of petitioning for a street-lighting district that would keep residential street lighting in La Crescenta-Montrose pretty much as it is. […]
By Nicole MOORE On Sept. 7, the Montrose Shopping Park Assn. held its monthly meeting. The president of the MSPA, Andre Ordubegian, began the meeting by honoring former board members of the Montrose Shopping Park Myrna Grijalva and Vito Cannella with a moment of silence. Grijalva died on Aug. 7 and Cannella on Sept. 1. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Cassini is beginning its final hours exploring Saturn before its final plunge into the planet it has called home for about 13 years. On Friday, Cassini is expected to end its mission at 4:55 a.m. (PDT). Cassini has completed 293 obits of Saturn, 162 moon flybys, 127 Titan [moon] flybys and 23 […]
Clean Up the World Event The City Of Glendale Community Services & Parks Dept. is taking part in the Clean Up the World Weekend that encourages participants to organize an activity and to celebrate their environmental successes achieved throughout the year. The campaign theme – Our Place … Our Planet … Our Responsibility – highlights […]
The slow lane on the Glendale (2) freeway southbound at Mountain Avenue is blocked due to a three vehicle accident. No other information is available from CHP. Emergency units are responding.
Today at about 7:05 a.m., Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 3000 Block of Alabama Street, La Crescenta, regarding an emergency call for a person not breathing. When deputies arrived at the location, they found a male white adult, 35 years-old, who appeared to be suffering from an apparent overdose of an illicit narcotic […]
LA Fire Dept. reports that the La Tuna Fire remains an active incident. At approximately 9 p.m. Wednesday night there was a one-eighth acre spot fire in the 9800 block of Sunland Boulevard, in the Shadow Hills area, in remote terrain. With flame lengths reaching up to two feet, firefighters extinguished the flare-up utilizing ground […]