By Charly SHELTON For anyone who has or knows a high school child, complaining goes with the territory. Complaining about friends, work, school, being awake, fashion, backpacks and anything else. The unceasing grumbling eventually is dismissed as the languishing of a teenager. But some of these teenagers are ready to elaborate. There are issues with […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Anyone who has tried to find parking or traveled near La Crescenta and Honolulu avenues lately knows that Crescenta Valley Water District has been busy with construction in the area. Streets and lanes have been closed, parking was been disrupted and workers were seemingly everywhere as work was done on the former […]
“It’s large, it’s warm and, at this point, the drama is will the trade winds relax enough in the next two to three months to make this the El Niño of our generation?” ~ Bill Patzert, JPL climatologist Our once lush backyard lawn disappeared last weekend. Now a dry streambed, banked with California native […]
Ride of Reflection, Commemoration Fourteen years ago on Sept. 11, 2001, Steve and I were awakened by the TV going on (that was our alarm). It was a morning news show out of New York and as I slowly came awake I remember asking myself why they were showing pictures of the World Trade Center […]
By Jason KUROSU Students at Glendale, La Crescenta and La Cañada schools scored above state and county averages on California’s initial round of Common Core aligned testing, according to recently released data from the California Dept. of Education. Scores for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, or CAASPP, were released last week, charting […]
By Charly SHELTON The Doomsday Clock is at three minutes to midnight. The Atomic Scientists keep what is called the Doomsday Clock, which has a hand moving closer to or further from midnight depending on the threats the world faces. “And why has it gotten so close?” asked Gov. Jerry Brown. “First of all there […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK In May 1970, 65 women decided to combine their talents and efforts to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) by opening The Green House. Since its opening, the little shop has changed locations twice, closed and reopened, and is now looking to the community for help when facing […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District will continue operating at a deficit, according to a recent budget report from the district. At the Sept. 15 board of education meeting, GUSD Chief Business & Financial Officer Robert McEntire presented the district’s numbers for the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years, showing that state-mandated costs have […]
CVTC MEETING The Crescenta Valley Town Council is having its general meeting tonight, Thursday, at 7 p.m. at the La Crescenta Library community room. Among the items on the agenda is information on the first annual La Crescenta Christmas tree lighting ceremony and the possibility of medians coming to Foothill Boulevard. For details regarding the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was not a morning of politics. It was not about religious beliefs or of cultural differences. It was about remembering lives lost, a nation coming together and showing gratitude for those who will show up no matter the danger to help others. The 9/11 Crescenta Valley Remembrance Motorcade included about 55 […]