By Julie BUTCHER At a meeting of the Glendale City Council on Tuesday morning, city staff presented detailed financial and programmatic plans for three city departments during the city’s second budget study session. The Community Services and Parks Dept. plans to replace gas-powered handheld equipment with electric equipment; complete the renovation of Fremont Park adding […]
The week of April 10 – 16 was designated as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. This is a time each year set aside to recognize the those working in the police and fire dispatch centers, answering frantic 9-1-1 calls and dispatching the right resources to address any emergency that is occurring. Dispatchers provide first responders […]
In our ongoing efforts to better acquaint our readers with the candidates they’ll be voting on in June, CV Weekly posed three questions to each of the candidates running for U.S. Representative for Districts 28 and 30. Note that we may have had to limit their responses due to space limitations. Candidates’ responses are listed […]
By Mary O’KEEFE After years of organizing Community Emergency Response Teams, being a volunteer on patrol with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. – Crescenta Valley Station and working with the American Red Cross, Paul Dutton knows something about planning for disasters. He has taken his years of experience and created The Emergency Preparedness Network that […]
April 29 300 block of Knight Way in La Cañada Flintridge, a resident received a notice from her security company of an alarm activation at her home. She went home to find a rear window had been shattered and items were stolen between 1:43 p.m. and 1:53 p.m. April 28 3100 block of Prospect […]
“Troubles never come singly.” An early 14th century saying A new NASA study shows that the old saying above is becoming increasingly true of climate troubles in a warmer world. The study shows that extreme weather events, such as floods and heat waves, will increasingly cluster closer in time and space, heightening the […]
Exhausted But Happy As expected, this past weekend was a busy one! On Saturday, there were numerous events that people in the area could attend and support: the Hometown Country Fair benefitting the CV Chamber of Commerce, Art on the Rocks supporting Friends of Rockhaven and the iconic property, and the Kiwanis Incredible Duck Splash […]
On April 23 just after 1 a.m., a Glendale PD officer assigned to patrol was near the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Encinal Avenue when s/he noticed a vehicle with the engine running and doors open parked in a curb lane facing the wrong way. There was a male, later identified as 33-year-old Cory […]
On April 25 at approximately 2 a.m., a Glendale PD patrol officer conducted a traffic stop near the intersection of Boston Avenue and Foothill Boulevard for vehicle code violations. Assisting officers arrived and the driver, later identified as 31-year-old Jhay Paras of Glendale, refused to roll his window down during the contact. Eventually, the […]
Whether in the mood for art, hometown fun or flamboyant fowl, this weekend has something for everyone. By Robin GOLDSWORTHY While most of us can quickly identify how the pandemic affected us personally – limited interaction and extensive face covering, for example – some may not realize how the pandemic affected not-for-profit organizations. Locally, organizations […]