Zipping Through Summer As I’ve grown older, I often give gifts of experience to family members and close friends. For example, after Steve and I had so much fun kayaking, we gave our son Patrick a kayak excursion for his birthday. For our son Andy’s birthday, we all went to the Magic Castle for dinner. […]
Here, the volunteers working the radio waves for the Crescenta Valley Radio Club on Field Day make contact and exchange information with a ham radio operator in Arizona.
Youngsters had a chance to learn what it felt like on the Dodger field during summer camp. By Brandon HENSLEY Joc Pederson owns centerfield most of the time at Dodger Stadium, snatching away would-be doubles and triples from opposing hitters. But this past week, the vast expanse of grass in the outfield was taken over […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This week has been eerily reminiscent of nearly seven years ago when there were big puffy clouds in the sky, bright orange sunsets and everything smelled like smoke. The fires that brought to mind the Station Fire of 2009 started along the San Gabriel area above residents in Duarte and Azusa. On […]
By Vincent PAGE On Saturday, America’s premier helicopter-only air show came to town when the American Heroes Air Show landed at Hansen Dam. The event, organized by Jim Paules, volunteer event director, with assistance by Chuck Street, volunteer media chair, took place from 9 a.m to 4 p.m and was free to the public. It […]
ALL INVITED TO COMMUNITY MEETING All are invited to the American Legion Hall on Wednesday, June 29 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and learn about the KW Military Support Foundation. This organization supplies care packages for the special operations troops who are deployed in the most austere locations around the world. The packages are […]
The Verdugo Workforce Development Board (VWDB) announced the appointment of the following individuals to its board of directors: Ara Aslanian, president, Inverselogic, Inc.; Susan Cabral-Ebert, president & assistant business representative, IATSE Local 706 Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild; Jeremy Dylan Lanni, political affairs representative for United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals […]
Overall water use in the FMWD service area decreased 29% for the month of May 2016 when compared to May 2013. The state is using calendar year 2013 as the benchmark for measuring water savings for water agencies throughout California. Compliance with the mandate is determined on a cumulative basis starting with June 1, 2015. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Residents in Crescenta Valley have battled telecommunication companies in the past when the cellphone corporations have applied to build antenna towers in local neighborhoods and parks. Most recently AT&T had applied, and had been denied, their bid to put up a tower, disguised as a palm tree, in Dunsmore Park. Arguments ranged […]
By Charly SHELTON Tuesday night, after much discussion, Glendale Unified School District Board of Education approved a motion to adopt new books. At the biweekly school board meeting, the last meeting of this school year, there was much debate and discussion over a consent calendar item proposing adoption of seven books for GUSD schools. Six […]