Plenty to Talk About at CVCA Meeting

By Jason KUROSU Issues of development dominated the Crescenta Valley Community Association meeting Thursday night, particularly with two major public transportation projects, the 710 Freeway extension and California’s high speed rail line, with both projects anticipated in the next few years and both drawing opposition from residents. Susan Bolan of the No 710 Action Committee […]

Weather in the Foothills

“The shed of leaves became a cascade of red and gold and after a time the trees stood skeletal against the sky of weathered tin… The nights lengthened, went darker, brightened in their clustered stars. The chilled air smelled of wood smoke, of distances and passing time.”  ~ James Carlos Blake, American writer of historical […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Jan. 22 2900 block of Community Avenue in La Crescenta, a door near the locker room in the girl’s gymnasium at the high school was vandalized with graffiti between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Jan. 21 4400 block of Rockland Place in La Cañada, a gym bag containing several items including cash was stolen from […]

Burglary on Pineridge

By Mary O’KEEFE Between 8:45 a.m. and 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday morning, a person/persons broke a small window of a home in the 5300 block of Pineridge Drive and gained entrance into the residence. No one was home at the time. When the resident returned home she found her home safe had been stolen, said […]

Sexual Assault

The office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris issued an information bulletin Tuesday morning indicating the need for collaborative efforts between law enforcement and university officials regarding campus sexual assault. The bulletin comes after the passage of two campus sexual assault bills in the last year, AB 1433 and SB 967, which dictate how campuses […]

Glendale App Receives National Award

By Jason KUROSU After working with the Downtown Glendale Association on its website, Sedna Solutions and the Downtown Glendale Association have renewed their partnership with the creation of a free, online directory app which encompasses all that Downtown Glendale has to offer. The Downtown Glendale app allows users to see what’s available amongst a variety […]

Pineridge Burglary

Between 8:45 a.m. and 9: 45 a.m. this morning a person/persons broke a small window of a home in the 5300 block of Pineridge Drive and gained entrance into the residence. No one was home at the time. When the resident returned home she found her home safe had been stolen, said Sgt. Randy Tuinstra. […]

One Dies in Collision

Earlier today, Monday, six Glendale Fire Dept. units, including one battalion command team, two engine companies, one truck company, and two basic life support ambulances, were dispatched to a traffic collision on the southbound Glendale (2) freeway just north of the Mountain Street exit. Glendale Truck 29 was first to arrive on scene and discovered […]

Law Enforcement Gets ‘Crash Course’

Law Enforcement Gets ‘Crash Course’

Mercury Insurance hosted an event to educate police and emergency medical personnel on staged “accidents.” By Jason KUROSU In order to demonstrate what goes on behind the most common attempts at auto insurance fraud, Mercury Insurance sponsored a staged car crash event in Glendale on the morning of Jan. 15 for local law enforcement and […]

Town Council Hears County General Plan Update

Town Council Hears County General Plan Update

By Brandon HENSLEY L.A. County Regional Planning is hoping to meet with the board of supervisors in March for a vote on its General Plan Update, said planner Leon Freeman at the Jan. 15 Crescenta Valley Town Council meeting. According to L.A County, the General Plan Update is a comprehensive update of the existing plan. […]