By Charly SHELTON A lot has happened in the last few years. Gay marriage has been legalized in all 50 states, new stances have been taken on key issues of health care, racism and law enforcement, and the world is about to change even more with the upcoming elections and an uncertain future. The history […]
The Heat is On It was reminiscent of the Station Fire this past weekend. On Friday afternoon, the skies began to darken and ash started to fall from the newly ignited Sand Fire. By Saturday the Crescenta Valley was blanketed in smoke that turned the sun into an angry ball of orange. More than once […]
Some think if they don’t show up for a court hearing, the police won’t have the manpower to come find them. But according to the Glendale Police Dept., if the violation is a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) don’t count on it. GPD officers with dozens of outstanding arrest warrants will be fanning out into […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The RFPs (Request for Proposal) have been collected for Rockhaven and are now with the City of Glendale; however, on Wednesday the deadline for RFP submittal was pushed again to Aug. 11 at 5 p.m. This gives developers two more weeks to perfect their proposals. The original deadline was June 20; it […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, the Crescenta-Cañada Lions Club held its annual backpack/suitcase collection drive, Kases for Kids, at the Ralphs Marketplace parking lot in La Crescenta. Backpacks may be something taken for granted by some kids; it is just something that every kid seems to have on their back, full of books on their […]
By Brandon HENSLEY The proposed installation of 14 streetlights on La Crescenta Avenue dominated the most recent Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting on July 21. Though attendance was sparse, there were several people on council and in the audience who took sides on the matter. A meeting on Aug. 23 at the L.A. County Planning […]
A home invasion robbery occurred on Wednesday at about 3 a.m. in the 500 block of E. Windsor Road in Glendale. Victims at home were two females, one in her 50s and one in her 70s. They were both sleeping at the time. The 70-year-old woman did not wake during the incident; however, the 50-year-old […]
UniteLCF! announced this week that its petition for a territory transfer has been certified by the Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office as having sufficient signatures to move forward. This marks the beginning of the formal process that will place the petition on the agenda of the Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization (County […]
“Now and then we hear the wilder voices of the wilderness, from animals that in the hours of darkness do not fear the neighborhood of man: the coyotes wail like dismal ventriloquists, or the silence may be broken by the snorting and stamping of a deer.” ~ President Theodore Roosevelt. By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In 1998 Ken Sobel had his second heart operation and his doctors told him he would not have that long to live. Looking at his mortality, he decided to pursue his bucket list and on that list was a very special car. “My wife and I would watch these old movies and […]