Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition takes on open campus lunch policy, and discusses possible drug testing of students. By Mary O’KEEFE Closing the Crescenta Valley High School campus for lunch was once again a topic of discussion during the Feb. 26 meeting of the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition. Parents at […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police Reserve Officer Ari Simonyan was presented with his second Medal of Valor award at a ceremony at the Glendale police station. In 2008 the Glendale Police Department honored Simonyan with the Medal of Valor, one of the highest awards that can be bestowed on a Glendale officer. On Feb. 3 […]
By Chris BLUME The Glendale Unified School District held a meeting this week at Crescenta Valley High School to discuss the budget crisis that will affect the education of children in the district. In the state of California, 40% of the state’s budget is spent on education. Due to an anemic economy the governor and […]
There was a sea of red at the Glendale Unified School District board meeting on Tuesday. In a show of solidarity, teachers attending Tuesday’s board of education meeting wore red shirts and carried signs protesting a then-proposed decision by the district to lay off teachers and eliminate class size reduction while negotiations with the teachers […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Mandatory evacuation orders are still in affect as storm systems work their way across Southern California. “We had one incident where a pick-up truck got stuck in deep mud,” said Stephanie English, spokeswoman for Los Angeles County Fire Department. “The incident was in the Vista Del Val Road area. Our L.A. County […]
Alert LA messages went out Thursday night forewarning residents in La Crescenta and La Cañada of mandatory evacuations to begin this afternoon (Friday) at 4 p.m. Residents are advised to be out by 6 p.m. “We have not gone door-to-door yet but will at 4 p.m.,” said Sgt. Mark Slater at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s […]
The Glendale Centre Theatre presents Pinocchio – A Children’s Musical based on the classic story continuing Saturday mornings through June 16. Directed by Patrick McMahon, produced by Brenda & Tim Dietlein, Pinocchio bursts onto the stage with all the fun and excitement theatre-goers have come to expect from the Children’s Theatre program. Join the lovable […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Tuesday, after a busy weekend, the Crescenta Valley High School 2010 Falkon robot was packed into a crate and shipped to the Long Beach Arena where it will stay until it faces other robots on the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competitive field on March 25. “I […]
Feb. 22 2800 block of El Caminito Street a woman reported that someone had thrown eggs at her home damaging the paint and stucco sometime between 12 a.m. and 12:30 a.m. Feb. 19 1900 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, the front passenger window was smashed and a purse was stolen from a vehicle […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police recently arrested a man in Montrose for soliciting for charity under false pretenses. On Feb. 10, Robert Atlee Barnes, 21, of Texas allegedly used a variety of approaches with different residents to obtain money. Since then more arrests of solicitors have been made in the area. Police warn that there […]