By Julie BUTCHER At a special meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Glendale City Council overviewed preliminary plans and concepts envisioning the future of the Verdugo Wash, currently a nine-mile concrete flood water channel as potentially a green swath of natural habitat and walking and bike paths running from the north side of the Verdugo Mountains […]
“Even with all our technology and the inventions that make modern life so much easier than it once was, it takes just one big natural disaster to wipe all that away and remind us that, here on Earth, we’re still at the mercy of nature.” ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist Late Friday, Dec. 10, […]
Keeping Safe During the Holidays Earlier this week, the Glendale Police Dept. issued a press release stating that since January 2021, there have been a total of nine follow-home robberies in the City of Glendale that have been reported to the Glendale Police Dept. Through investigative work by the department’s Robbery/Homicide Unit, in partnership with […]
CV Town Council General Meeting This month’s general meeting of the Crescenta Valley Town Council, scheduled for tonight, Thursday, Dec. 16, is canceled. Winter Toy Giveaway in Need of Donated Toys The Los Angeles County Dept. of Parks and Recreation is hosting its annual winter toy giveaway on Saturday, Dec. 18 at the Crescenta Valley […]
By Bethany BROWN Glendale Parks and Open Space Foundation hosted a special viewing on Saturday, Dec. 11 of a new art installation at Deukmejian Wilderness Park. The 26-foot mosaic mural, titled “The Breath of a Deukmejian Day,” depicts and celebrates natural elements of the region, including plants and animals found in the local area. The […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Just when it was thought a light could be seen at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, the tunnel seemed to expand. On Nov. 26 the World Health Organization classified the omicron variant as a “variant of concern.” On Dec. 1 California became the first state in the nation to confirm a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The area welcomed a recent storm and a little more may be in the future. The official rain gauge at Rosemont Middle School is not in working order; the closest official rain totals from Tuesday’s rainstorm, according to the National Weather Service, are as follows: East Pasadena received 3.06 inches of rain, […]
Dec. 11 1300 block of Salisbury Road in La Cañada Flintridge, a catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle overnight. Dec. 10 2000 block of Hilldale Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, several items were stolen from an unlocked vehicle between 2:07 a.m. and 2:19 a.m. 1900 block of Waltonia Drive in Montrose, a car owner […]
On Sunday at around 9:40 a.m., CV Station Deputy Gonzalez observed a suspicious vehicle parked near the 2300 block of Mira Vista Avenue in La Crescenta. When he approached the vehicle, he discovered it had Texas license plates that returned to a different car. When he ran the VIN, he learned the vehicle was stolen […]
Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest of Male in Possession of Three Firearms On Dec. 3 just before 3:30 p.m., an officer assigned to Glendale PD’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED) was traveling near the intersection of Hawthorne Street and San Fernando Road when they noticed a vehicle traveling with expired registration. The officer conducted a traffic […]