Applications Now Being Taken for CVWD Board Seat

Director Kathleen M. Ross will resign from the Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) board of directors effective Dec. 5. . Ross ran and was unopposed for the Division 5 Foothill Municipal Water District board of directors seat in the general election scheduled for Nov. 4,. As a result, Ross must resign her position on the […]

CVTC Looking for Applicants

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Town Council is accepting applications for the six seats up for election on Nov. 8. Three, three-year term seats and three, one-year term alternate seats are open this year. The seats of councilmembers Frank Beyt, Dannette Erickson, Charles Beatty, all serving three year terms, and alternates Mariam Barnes, Krista Smiley […]

Five Vie for GUSD Board Seat

By Mary O’KEEFE Five applicants from a total of 16 have been chosen to possibly fill the Glendale Unified School Board seat vacated by Mary Boger after her retirement. The five chosen are Todd Hunt, Sandy Russell, Elizabeth Manasserian, Kevin Cordova Brookey and Jason Nyhan. The five were chosen by a GUSD board committee consisting […]

Green Light for Pennsylvania Rehab

By Ted AYALA The Glendale City Council gave the green light on Tuesday night to appropriate the funds necessary to overhaul a key thoroughfare of the Crescenta Valley. A total of $332,600 is to be appropriated for the Pennsylvania Avenue Rehabilitation Project, which is part of a series of projects by Glendale Public Works to […]

Helicopters Light Up Hillsides in Search of Stranded Hikers

By Mary O’KEEFE A hike for two teens ended with three helicopters and a call out for the Montrose Search and Rescue team. On Monday, Jake Miller and his friend Ian McBride, both 18, had planned on hiking up a short way on a trail in Deukmejian Wilderness Park then get back before sunset. Their […]

Oktoberfest is Coming to Montrose

Hosted by the Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce, the annual German festival is one of the largest in the southland. By Lisa PAREDES ontrose welcomes its 37th annual Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday with traditional German music, beer, food and fun for the whole family. One of the largest Oktoberfest celebrations in Southern California and the […]

Fall at School Results in Airlift

By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Fire Dept. received a report of a major fall by a student at Valley View Elementary School at 10:47 a.m. Engine 28 firefigher paramedics assessed the patient and determined the victim should be airlifted to the hospital. The airship landed on school property and transported the patient. No other information is […]

Sheriff’s Rolling to Car Over Side

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s units are responding to call at Little Tujunga Canyon concerning a vehicle over the side. At this point it appears the vehicle is not occupied, according to a LASD spokesman. No other information is available at this time.