By Charly SHELTON After an extensive search process, it was announced last month that the Glendale Unified School District had found its new superintendent in Winfred Roberson Jr. out of Davis Joint Unified School District in Davis, California. It was a position tentatively held until Tuesday night when the monthly board of education meeting saw […]
By Charly SHELTON The 10th annual Battle of the Badges blood drive held Feb. 11 at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station has ended. Benefiting the American Red Cross, this annual drive contributes to blood banks in the area to provide blood for transfusions as a result of blood loss in accidents, surgeries, trauma and any […]
Donations On Hold at Central Library The Friends of the Glendale Public Library is putting book donations “on hold” temporarily at the Central Library due to renovation work that has greatly reduced storage space for used books. Donations can still be made to other library, arts and culture locations during open hours. Used book sales […]
The Crescenta Valley Town Council is hosting the top five candidates for the upcoming election for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors 5th District seat that will be vacated by Supervisor Michael Antonovich this year. One candidate will attend each of the four CV Town Council meetings that will be held before the Primary […]
By Jason KUROSU The National Park Service has recommended adding 170,000 acres to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation area in their full study of the Rim of the Valley corridor released Tuesday. The updated study concludes that the new boundary adjustment represents “the most effective and efficient alternative,” which includes portions of the Los […]
“The vast space above us – so near, and yet in many respects so far beyond our reach, so familiar, and yet so strange … the moving shapes and shifting hues of that vault which is like the floor of heaven trodden by angels … which, in indifference to its glory and beauty, we so […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday, Feb. 12 the Burger King at 3517 Foothill Blvd. closed its doors. As reported in October 2015 in the CV Weekly there had been rumors a Starbucks was planning to move into the location in February 2016. This seems to follow a trend with Starbucks and established drive-through restaurants. The […]
A Gem Discovered On Friday, Steve and I made the mistake of heading out to Idyllwild. Friday was not only the beginning of a three-day weekend, it was also the Valentine’s Day weekend and traffic getting out of town was a bear to be sure. However, departing on Friday and getting tangled in traffic was […]
The Burger King at 3517 Foothill Blvd. has closed its doors, apparently the owner was not able to extend the lease. As reported in October, 2015 in the CV Weekly there had been rumors a Starbucks was planning to move into the location in February, 2016. This does seem to follow a trend with Starbucks and […]
On Wednesday, February 3 at about 11:19 a.m., a Fed Ex package was delivered to a residence in the 5100 block of New York Avenue in La Crescenta. A vehicle described as a 2003 to 2005 metallic blue, four-door BMW Series 3 with no front license plate drove past the residence while the Fed Ex driver […]