By Mary O’KEEFE Families of first responders are proud of their loved ones every time they respond to a call for help; however, most families take a short breath and say a short prayer as the responder heads out, hoping for his or her safe return. When Charles Rea joined his Montrose Search and Rescue […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Last week hundreds of volunteers drove, and walked, across Los Angeles County to count the homeless population. Each year Los Angeles volunteers, law enforcement and homeless services administrators participate in the Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. The purpose is to gather data that will be used to better serve the homeless population. […]
The U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development has awarded nearly $2,378,978 million for 2018 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for FY 2019-2020 renewal projects to the Glendale Continuum of Care (CoC). These funds continue the support for ongoing permanent supportive housing, rental assistance, rapid re-housing program, and coordinated entry program (CES) and HMIS programs. […]
At the Jan. 29 Special Board Meeting, the Glendale Unified School District board of education took action by a vote of 3-2 to release Superintendent Dr. Winfred B. Roberson Jr. from his existing contract without cause, effective immediately, pursuant to contract paragraph 11(c). Dr. Kelly King will act as interim superintendent while the board of […]
By Julian MITCHELL Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger of the LA County board of supervisors was on hand on Thursday night to swear in the Crescenta Valley Town Council members and its slate of officers – a slate that showed no changes. Continuing in their roles are Harry Leon as the council president, vice president […]
By Julian MITCHELL The CV Town Council held an open forum on Wednesday, Jan. 16 regarding the possible installation of a new 5G AT&T “small cell” antenna. The council has been collecting opinions from citizens to be included in its recommendation of the proposal to the Los Angeles County Dept. of Regional Planning Commission. Most […]
Jan. 21 400 block of Encinas Drive in La Cañada, while inside her home a woman received a text alert from Amazon that a package containing clothing had been left at her front porch. As she opened the front door to retrieve the package she saw the suspect, described as a male Hispanic wearing a […]
As her disease progresses, a local mom is dedicated to finding a new kidney to halt her PKD. By Mary O’KEEFE Kari Carson doesn’t look sick. She is a busy Realtor and mother, and even ran the Thanksgiving Day Run & Food Drive in La Cañada. But looks can be deceiving. Carson is suffering from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The issue of the territory transfer between Glendale Unified School and the La Cañada Unified School districts will “sometime this year” be once again in front of the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE), Los Angeles County Committee on School District Organization (LACCSDO), according to a spokeswoman for LACCSDO. The petition […]
By Charly SHELTON California needs rain but for the areas recently burned by wildfires rain can mean mudslides. And mudslides mean evacuations. The Crescenta Valley is no stranger to mudslides and various other debris flows, as was seen in the aftermath of the 2009 Station Fire and, of course, the New Year’s Flood of 1934, […]