By Robin GOLDSWORTHY The meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council, held on Thursday at the La Crescenta Library, was one of reflection and preparation. This was the last meeting overseen by CVTC president Robbyn Battles. Battles opted not to run for re-election in November and the Dec. 17 meeting was her last as a […]
By Jason KUROSU Robbyn Battles passed the torch ending her two-year stint as Crescenta Valley Town Council president and, looking back on the council’s accomplishments, said there’s much to be proud of. The past two years have seen $1 million in county funds secured for medians on Foothill Boulevard, the completion of the Crescenta Commons […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Recently the concerns of pedestrian safety vs. skateboarders were brought to the attention of the Montrose Shopping Park Association. A close encounter between local resident Kim Mattersteig and a skater highlighted several issues the shopping park has had with those skateboarding down the sidewalks along Honolulu Avenue. Mattersteig wrote a letter, which […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police met with residents from the Crescenta Valley, including Sparr Heights and far north Glendale, on Monday night at the First Baptist Church of La Crescenta. Officers explained crime trends in the area, shared how law enforcement responds to certain situations, presented information about Proposition 47, and told residents what they […]
Glendale Unified School District has developed and implemented action plans to properly protect the district’s students, staff and facilities in anticipation of the upcoming El Niño. Plans include immediate response with trained personnel to secure school facilities that may be impacted by heavy rain, wind, flooding and mudslides. Kent Smith, the district’s director of Facilities […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles Unified School District’s closure on Dec. 14 due to an email received by the school board that threatened the safety of students and staff of several schools may have turned out to be a hoax, but the fear and concern of possible harm to children was very real to the […]
By Charly SHELTON For almost two months, a group of parents and community members has been working together to try and get a new foreign language immersion charter school off the ground. An application was submitted to the Glendale Unified School District for the International Studies Language Academy (ISLA) charter school on Oct. 20 backed […]
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in partnership with the Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office, Office of Emergency Management (OEM), and Cities of Palmdale and Lancaster closed the Los Angeles County SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. The Los Angeles County SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center is located […]
By Jason KUROSU Glendale crime has risen this year and police say it is at least partially the result of recent state legislation that reduced prison penalties for non-violent offenders. Glendale Police Chief Robert Castro provided a report at Tuesday night’s Glendale City Council meeting illustrating what he called “a trend that we’re going to […]
On Tuesday at 9:18 p.m. Glendale police officers responded to a robbery at the Unocal 76 gas station located in the 400 block of Colorado Boulevard. An investigation revealed the suspect entered the store and asked for cigarettes. As the employee retrieved the cigarettes and turned back around, the suspect was allegedly holding a knife […]