By Isiah REYES On the same day as the Great California ShakeOut – Thursday, Oct. 16 – seniors were invited to attend an earthquake preparedness workshop presented by State Senator Carol Liu at Healy Hall at Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose. Co-hosting the event was ASTER (Assisting Seniors Through Enhanced Resources), CV Ready and Glendale […]
By Jason KUROSU Five of the six candidates vying for seats on next year’s Crescenta Valley Town Council were provided an opportunity to campaign for the upcoming election during Thursday night’s town council meeting. The mid-meeting candidates’ forum allowed them to elaborate on their motivations for running and what they hope to accomplish when they […]
“Listen! The wind is rising and the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!” ~ Humbert Wolfe, Italian-born English poet (1885-1940) Despite warm days, there is no doubting it is October. The evenings come early, quickly cooling into the 50s overnight. The skies are a blue like […]
Halloween – Then and Now When I was a kid all the way into my adult years, I loved Halloween. For years, my dad’s secretary would come to our house in Sun Valley and transform my sister and me into princesses before we went trick-or-treating (back then we called it Halloweening). A highlight of the […]
By Jason KUROSU Proposition 47 seeks to reduce prison sentences for numerous inmates across the state by reclassifying as misdemeanors certain drug possession offenses and other crimes considered felonies. Among these are a series of crimes when the total amount involved is less than $950, including petty theft, receiving stolen property, forging or writing bad […]
CVCA Meets Tonight The Crescenta Valley Community Association meets tonight, Thursday, Oct. 23 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the La Crescenta Library community room, 2809 Foothill Blvd., at La Crescenta Avenue. Meet CVTC candidates and learn about a potential new business on Foothill Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue. Free and open to the public. […]
By Jason KUROSU The Glendale Unified School District board of education presented its updated proposal for the Sagebrush area at its Oct. 21 meeting, which established a tentative plan for managing the territory transfer with the La Cañada Unified School District. The proposal included how GUSD and LCUSD would share costs, a decision for GUSD […]
By Samantha SLAYBACK Trick-or-treating is a Halloween tradition for kids across America. The prospect of dressing up and going door-to- door for candy is what excites children about the holiday. Unfortunately, that candy is causing problems for children across the nation and around the world. Globally, children’s sugar consumption increases annually by approximately 2%; currently […]
By Michael J. ARVIZU Revised plans for building a 221-unit development on land that is currently occupied by the Verdugo Hills Golf Course were introduced to residents of the communities of Sunland and Tujunga on Monday evening. The reduced-size proposal was introduced during the second monthly meeting of the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council Land Use Committee. […]
By Jason KUROSU As school districts collect more data on the social media activities of middle and high school students, a new bill signed by Governor Brown and authored by Assemblyman Mike Gatto will ensure that parents and students are informed of what districts are reviewing and that any information collected will be destroyed after […]