Jumping the Gun In last week’s column I chastised our Assemblymember Laura Friedman and State Senator Anthony Portantino for their “aye” votes on SB 1, a transportation funding bill, and SB 54, which prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies, including school police and security departments, from using resources to investigate, interrogate, detain, detect or […]
Cheering Our Supervisor For the first time in my life, I contemplated – albeit remotely – the possibility of moving out of state. Though I am not a politically motivated person, it is hard to ignore that the state in which I reside does not reflect my morals and values. Case in point is […]
I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams … ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Cloud” A quiet spring rain fell in the still of night last weekend. By morning its traces had evaporated, except for […]
By Mary O’KEEFE How far would you go to help someone? How much time would you dedicate? Would you just write a check or be a boots-on-the-ground kind of philanthropist? How does climbing over 11,000 feet up a snow covered mountain in the middle of the night sound? Would you do that? Well, there is […]
Scammers Hit Area The public is cautioned about a scam that is making the rounds. Teens have been soliciting homes in the area trying to sell discount cards for $20. Typically they state they are from CVHS and are raising money for a school program, but in actuality the school doesn’t support these programs. A […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Thursday, California Highway Patrol hosted a California Teen Safe Driving event at Clark Magnet High School as part of April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month. “I want everyone to look around at the incredible turnout of resources that have been brought to address this issue that affects so many people, not only […]
By Nicole MOORE On Thursday, the Montrose Shopping Park Association held its monthly meeting. The meeting began by highlighting the success of the first annual Montrose Spring Wine Walk. The $45-per-ticket event took place on March 18 with a portion of the ticket sales donated to the La Crescenta Woman’s Club, a co-sponsor of the […]
April 1 4400 block of Commonwealth Avenue in La Cañada, a resident reported returning home to find the back gate open. He then noticed that several items in the laundry room had been moved to the floor. The resident called the CV Sheriff’s Station, and deputies responded. The deputies discovered several rooms had been ransacked. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On April 2 at about 9:30 a.m. a Glendale police officer conducted a routine vehicle traffic stop for not displaying a license plate at Foothill Boulevard and Lowell Avenue. During the stop officers reported seeing a firearm magazine on the passenger seat. The driver, Hector Sanchez, 35, from Tujunga, was detained. After […]
By Brian CHERNICK The City of Glendale has undertaken preliminary steps to increase the cost of wastewater as council voted to allow staff to begin notifying residents of the impending hearing processes to adopt new rates. The city currently has a “pay-for-what-you-use” rate structure that includes an initial flat-fee and a rate based on the […]