By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley High School has been given a gold ranking from the 2014 Best High Schools US News report. The magazine teamed up with the D.C.-based organization American Institutes for Research to evaluate the schools across the nation in three phases, according to the US News report. Two steps “looked at the […]
By Ted AYALA Following a letter directed to Glendale accusing the city of gender discrimination, the council voted in favor of opening up a series of self-defense courses provided by the city to both men and women. Previously, the courses had been women-only. Council’s decision was a reluctant one, though, with Councilmember Frank Quintero calling […]
By Jason KUROSU The Angeles Crest Highway is both 66 miles of scenic road cutting through the Angeles National Forest and the training grounds for several local emergency response personnel, as illustrated by the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s “Over the Side” Rescue Drill. Over three days this past weekend, multiple agencies took part in […]
CVCA Hosting Candidates Forum The Crescenta Valley Community Assn. is holding a Glendale City Council candidates forum tonight, Thursday, May 1 starting at 7 p.m. at the La Crescenta Library. A special election to fill the last 10 months of Rafi Manoukian’s Glendale City Council term has been added to the June Primary ballot. Councilmember […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale police are investigating a report concerning a “child annoying” suspect. On Friday, April 18 at about 3:15 p.m. in the 3000 block of Montrose Avenue, a 17-year-old girl from Crescenta Valley High School was approached by a man described as white or Middle Eastern in his 30s with a buzzed-style […]
By Jason KUROSU Though petitioners sought to gain enough signatures to repeal the Glendale Utility Users Tax, the Los Angeles County Registrar/County Clerk announced Monday that no such ballot measure would appear on the April 2015 ballot. The California Tax Limitation Committee circulated a petition to vote on the potential repeal of the users’ tax […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Glendale Police Dept. is asking for the public’s help in finding suspects relating to four shoplifting cases at Vons grocery store at 2039 Verdugo Blvd. in Montrose. In the incidents occurring between March 26 and April 15 from 6:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m., suspects entered the store pretending to be grocery […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tickets are still available for the Crescenta Valley Prayer Breakfast that is being held on Tuesday morning at First Baptist Church – La Crescenta. Rodger Kamstra will be the main speaker at the breakfast. Kamstra has worked as a youth pastor as well as with numerous inner city and international outreach programs. […]
By Brandon HENSLEY Calling it a step in the right direction to protect students’ rights, state assemblyman Mike Gatto spoke at the YWCA of Glendale last week in support of a bill that would require college campus law enforcement to report specific crimes, including sexual assault, to the appropriate police and sheriff’s department. Gatto’s speech […]
Windy Days Have Made Me … Hungry The gusts of the last few days have put me on edge. I’m always listening for a tree to topple over or some other outdoor item to crash. Driving down the street presents its own hazards as I try and dodge fallen branches and disrupted trash cans. Added […]