By Mary O’KEEFE Recently Crescenta Valley High School’s PTSA and administration hosted Myron Dembo, Ph.D. at the school to discuss a variety of issues facing students today. Dembo is the emeritus professor of educational psychology at the University of Southern California where he has taught for 41 years. His credentials also include being a fellow […]
Sagebrush Meeting After months of rescheduling, the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization (LACCSDO) will finally meet to deliver a decision on the proposed Sagebrush territory transfer from Glendale Unified School District to La Cañada Unified School District. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 3 at 9:30 a.m. in the boardroom […]
By Brian CHERNICK With ongoing development and rising rental costs throughout the city, affordable housing continues to be the go-to issue for Glendale City Council. According to a city staff report, last year more than 60% of local residents were renters with 57% of them being considered cost-burdened where at least a third of their […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Updates on LA County Housing Initiatives and the herbicide Roundup were made during the Crescenta Valley Town Council on April 20 at the La Crescenta Library. LA County Planning’s Ayala Scott spoke to council about two new ordinance updates in progress, the density bonus and accessory dwelling unit ordinance. These efforts will […]
Fair Fun Planned The busy-ness of April ends as it started – with an event that you won’t want to miss. In this case it’s the Hometown Country Fair over at CV Park on Saturday. I’ve been involved with this annual event since the first year when we were (almost literally) flooded out by unexpected […]
“Weather means more when you have a garden. There’s nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.” ~ Marcelene Cox, American writer If only spring’s weather would continue through the summer months. The days have been warming up to almost hot and the nights have […]
April 21 3000 block of Community Avenue in Montrose, a purse and its contents were stolen and the passenger side window was smashed overnight. April 20 800 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, an employee placed a bag of money for deposit in a drawer as she does every night. She then activated […]
The Disney Conservation Fund awarded Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, which oversees the Rosemont Preserve among other open lands, a $25,000 grant as part of the Fund’s focus on reversing the decline of threatened wildlife around the world. The conservation grant recognizes AFC efforts to protect the threatened mountain lion population in the Los Angeles area […]
The California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) will close portions of the Foothill (I-210) Freeway as part of a pavement rehabilitation project. Note that the westbound Pennsylvania Avenue on- and off-ramps are now open. Scheduled closures are subject to change and/or cancelation. Continuing through winter 2017, long-term closures include: •One eastbound lane of the Foothill Freeway […]
By Nestor CASTIGLIONE Glendale City Council last month passed resolutions reaffirming the city’s commitment to protecting demographical minorities from harassment and abuse. Immigrant and LGBT communities, in particular, have expressed concern over perceptions that the administration of President Donald Trump will weaken existing protections. Since taking office, the White House has issued travel bans extending […]