DUI Enforcement Operations Planned on Friday, February 20, 2015

Officers from the Glendale Police Department’s DUI Enforcement Team will be deploying tonight to stop and arrest alcohol and drug-impaired drivers in the Department’s ongoing traffic safety campaign. DUI Saturation Patrols will deploy on Friday, February 20, 2015 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. in areas with high frequencies of DUI collisions […]

Say ‘Hello, Dolly!’ at CV High School

Say ‘Hello, Dolly!’ at CV High School

By McKenna MIDDLETON This weekend, community members are invited to say “hello” to the Crescenta Valley High School Theater Arts Dept. as they present this year’s spring musical. “Hello, Dolly!” which will open at the McDonald Auditorium at CVHS on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. The show is directed and choreographed by Broadway actress […]

Fire at CV Tow is Suspected Arson

By Mary O’KEEFE The clean up continues after an early morning fire took place on Monday at Crescenta Valley Tow in the 4400 block of Cloud Avenue. At about 1:40 a.m., a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Dept. sergeant who was patrolling the area noticed smoke coming from behind a gate at the CV Tow lot. […]

City Reaches Settlement in Discrimination Lawsuit

By Ted AYALA The City of Glendale has finally reached a settlement with the last plaintiff in a federal lawsuit that had been pending against the Glendale Police Dept. (GPD). The lawsuit alleged mistreatment and retaliation against officers from ethnic minority backgrounds. The settlement with plaintiff John Balian, a former member of the GPD, was […]

From the desk of the publisher

Revisiting and Recommitting New Year’s Resolutions Well, we’re about 45 days into the New Year – how are you doing on your resolutions? Losing weight is the No. 1 New Year’s resolution according to staticbrain.com and, if you’re anything like me, making the resolution is a mere memory at this point. After all, it’s hard […]

Weather in the Foothills

Weather in the Foothills

“Oh, give me a home… Where the skies are not cloudy all day… How often at night, the heavens are bright. With the lights from the glittering stars…” “My Western Home,” excerpts of poem by Brewster Higley, 1870s   Later became “Home On The Range”   While Boston lies buried beneath 65 inches of snow – […]

Eat Right, Exercise and Be Healthy

Eat Right, Exercise and Be Healthy

By Isiah REYES People who exercise without watching what they eat, and vice versa, will not see any substantial results. That’s what Linda Taix, owner and founder of Extreme Boot Camp and Taix Workout Studio in La Cañada, believes. She added that being more fit helps stimulate the endorphins, resulting in a more relaxed state […]

IN Brief

CVTC Meets Tonight Attendees to the CV Town Council meeting tonight, Thursday, Feb 19 will be greeted with a full agenda. Among the items that will be discussed is the California High Speed Rail Authority http://www.hsr.ca.gov/ and tentative plans to build a high-speed rail in nearby areas. Also on the agenda is S.A.F.E (Save the […]

Goodbye to Fred Nelson

Goodbye to Fred Nelson

  By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley has been compared, several times, to Mayberry, that iconic little town where everyone knows everyone and help is never further than a neighbor away. The reason CV is raised to this level of the classic depiction of American life is because of the people who not just live here, […]

Big CVTC Meeting to Discuss HSR and Street lighting

  By Mary O’KEEFE Tonight, Thursday, Feb. 19 the Crescenta Valley Town Council will be hosting a discussion concerning the California High Speed Rail Authority. The council will host a representative from the Authority as well as a representative from S.A.V.E. (Save Angeles Forest for Everyone), a group of residents from the area that is […]