By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Town Council President Harry Leon has been notified he has been appointed as a commissioner on the Los Angeles County Advisory Commission for the Dept. of Consumer and Business Affairs. “I am ecstatic,” Leon said of his appointment. “This community and this country have given me so much. This is […]
Feb. 16 2400 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Crescenta, the rear driver’s side window was smashed and a computer tablet was stolen overnight. Feb. 14 2100 block of Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada, deputies responded to an alarm call at a pharmacy and found the front glass window had been shattered. There was […]
By Charly SHELTON On average, nearly 20 people a minute are victims of domestic violence, according to a U.S. Dept. of Justice special report on non-fatal domestic violence. Another report, the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, published in 2010 by the Center for Disease Control said that “more than 1 in 3 women […]
Beginning with the 2019-20 school year, Glendale Community College and Glendale Unified School District are partnering to offer Early College Academy (ECA). Students who participate in the ECA can complete up to two years of college for free before graduating from high school. College courses will be available to students in ECA beginning in 10th […]
The Glendale Police Dept. arrested three males involved in a theft of Amazon packages from a delivery truck in the City of Glendale. On Sunday, Feb. 17 at 12:33 p.m., Glendale officers were dispatched to the 200 block of West Loraine Street regarding an Amazon delivery driver that saw two males enter her van and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last week the Glendale Police Dept. held an informative meeting for Neighborhood Watch leaders and those interested in the program. Presenting the program was Officer Matt Zakarian. Zakarian is well known in the Crescenta Valley area for his work within the community, including as a founding member of the CV Drug and […]
By Lori BODNAR, intern Nearly 200 folks came out to dance, eat chocolate and enjoy live music at the Crescenta Valley High School Jazz Night in the Café on Feb. 8. The award-winning CVHS jazz band, under the direction of Mathew Schick, performed for the crowd. Schick is also the director of the music program […]
CVTC Meets Tonight The general meeting of the CV Town Council is tonight, Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at the community room of the La Crescenta Library, 2809 Foothill Blvd. At this month’s Town Council meeting will be a presentation from Clean Power Alliance, a new electricity supply provider that offers clean, renewable energy […]
“Nature … is, as it were, a continual circulation. Water is rais’d in Vapour into the Air by one Quality and precipitated down in drops by another, the Rivers run into the Sea, and the Sea again supplies them.” ~ Robert Hooke, English physicist, “Lectures and Discourses of Earthquakes” (1668) Sunday before sunset a complete […]
Where to Give When I was a kid, my mother would call the St. Vincent de Paul society to arrange for pick-up of various items she was donating – clothing mainly but I think books, toys and other household goods were also picked up. I followed suit; after Steve and I were married I […]