By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District board of education voted Tuesday night to approve a proposal for a territory transfer for students living in the Sagebrush area, which, if agreed upon by the La Cañada Unified School District governing board, would begin a six-year transition period of a number of GUSD students into […]
By Jason KUROSU The La Cañada Flintridge Orthopaedic Guild held its annual authors’ luncheon on Tuesday morning, Oct. 28, the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year benefitting the Orthopaedic Institute for Children (OIC), which is dedicated to the care and treatment of children with musculoskeletal disorders. Three authors spoke at the luncheon, along with OIC […]
By Isiah REYES The Crescenta Valley’s Sheriff Station was transformed into a haunted jail for Halloween offering scares for the local community in a safe environment and reviving a tradition last observed in 2005. “It surpassed my expectations,” Sgt. Cynthia Gonzalez said. “I wasn’t sure what was going to happen because it was the first […]
By Ted AYALA The trailing off of one’s final years, the realization that one is indeed mortal and that one is closer to the end than they are to the beginning – the acknowledgement of those facts, or better still the resignation to them, has perhaps more than anything else been one of the key […]
Why Do We Do It? I have shared with you that sometimes it’s tough owning your own business. There’s always something to be worried about – money, staffing, bettering my business. This led me to ponder why it is that I do what I do. After all, I could be working for someone else, collecting […]
“The rain began again. It fell heavily, easily, with no meaning or intention but the fulfillment of its own nature, which was to fall and fall.” ~ Helen Garner, Australian novelist Crescenta Valley’s Halloween 2014 could be labeled “The Year of the Zombies” – girl ones, boy ones, from baby to teenager roamed our street. […]
By Ted AYALA In a surprising move, Glendale City Council voted 3-2 on Tuesday to prevent city staff from advocating against the construction of the controversial 710 tunnel before the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) submits its environmental impact report (EIR) in February 2015. The advocacy would have used monies totaling $50,000 that was appropriated expressly […]
By Ted AYALA The first steps were taken on Tuesday night towards building a facility that Glendale City Councilmember Dave Weaver referred to as a “Museum of Tolerance for Glendale.” City council voted unanimously to move forward with an exclusive negotiating agreement with the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee (AGCC) to lease a property that sits […]
Nov. 3 2400 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, a window at Serge’s Automotive was smashed. The owner reported that over a week ago someone had smashed a wine bottle on the ground on the other side of the building where the window was smashed. When he discovered the window smashed on Monday, a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Although the statewide general election is over, there is still an important local election that residents who live in the unincorporated portion of Los Angeles County need to step into the voting booth for – the Crescenta Valley Town Council. There are six open seats for the CVTC and six candidates. Even […]