By Brian CHERNICK Residents flooded city hall on Monday night during a special meeting of the GWP commission to express their concerns with the city’s proposed project to upgrade Glendale’s aging natural-gas power plant. Stantec consultants presented the report to Glendale Water & Power, which discussed the expected impact of noise, greenhouse gases and other […]
By Mary O’KEEFE With the recent hurricanes, fires, earthquakes and tragic shooting in Las Vegas, the thought of emergency preparedness has been brought to the forefront of many. This is especially pertinent to those who have children in college, close by and out-of-state. As Hurricane Irma’s path seemed certain it would land on Florida, La […]
By Brian CHERNICK The Glendale Police Museum project hit two roadblocks when it failed to receive bids satisfactory to Glendale City Council’s budget of $125,000 and when City Council rejected staff’s request to appropriate additional funds for the project. The staff requested that the budget for the Museum be more than doubled to a total […]
Oct. 14 4200 block of Pennsylvania Avenue in La Crescenta, a 47-year-old Palmdale man was cited for driving without a valid California driver’s license and having registration tags on his vehicle that were dated 2018 but records indicated his registration was expired and he did not have proof of insurance. The traffic stop was made […]
CVWD Meeting Cancelled The meeting scheduled for tonight, Oct. 19 by the Crescenta Valley Water District has been cancelled. This meeting was in regard to construction of an eight-inch water main on the 2700 block of Brookhill Avenue and on the 5000 block of La Crescenta Avenue. Questions can be directed to the CVWD at […]
By Charly SHELTON It’s the season of ghosts and spooks and, while most Halloween events go the creepy, scary route, one group in Tujunga chose a more dignified way to bring long-dead residents back to the land of the living. On Saturday, the Little Landers Historical Society of Sunland-Tujunga hosted the Verdugo Hills Cemetery Tour, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Spend any time in Crescenta Valley and it is obvious residents here are an animal-loving group. From bears enjoying backyard swimming pools and chowing down on avocados from local trees to the nightly parade of dogs walked up and down neighborhood hills and, yes, the occasional tortoise and bull on Rosemont Avenue […]
The annual Relay for Life of the Foothills takes place in May and already organizers are planning a dynamic event. By Mary O’KEEFE Organizers of the 2018 Relay for Life of the Foothills are kicking off the season by inviting everyone to Relay. Relay for Life is an American Cancer Society event. Across the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. responded to a report of human remains found in Angeles National Forest on Wednesday. According to Ed Winter of the LA County Coroner’s Office, the bones have yet to be identified and were badly burned. No other information is available at this time pending family notification.
By Brian CHERNICK After months of organizing and collecting over 11,000 signatures, Glendale residents seeking rent stabilization hit their first roadblock after the city clerk found the submitted paperwork to have a number of technical issues and deemed it deficient. The City Clerk’s Office found sections lacked required titles, summaries and declarations on over 700 […]