Sheriffs Warn of Increased Phone Scams The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Dept. is warning that Crescenta Valley is experiencing an increased number of telephone scams involving pre-paid “Green Dot” and other various pre-paid debit and credit cards. The suspects are mostly targeting elderly residents by calling them and posing as the IRS, lottery officials and/or law […]
New Traffic Patterns at Honolulu and Verdugo
By Isiah REYES The City of Glendale Public Works Dept. has completed a project at the intersection of Verdugo Road and Honolulu Avenue to make the intersection safer and more functional. The scope of the work included traffic signal upgrades and modifications, installation of new striping and pavement markings, realignment of roadway and travel lanes, […]
Fleetfeet Comes to Burbank
Burbank-Bob Hope Airport unveiled two new additions to their terminals Tuesday morning, with two “Flightfeet” vending machines just before Terminal A and B’s TSA security checkpoints. For $3, passengers may purchase a pair of “Flightfeet,” lightweight booties which can be worn during the checkpoint, rather than having to go in socks or barefoot. Flightfeet were […]
Valley View Student Airlifted to Hospital
By Mary O’KEEFE A student was transported via Los Angeles County airship from Valley View Elementary to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Hospital on Wednesday morning after a fall at the school. The child, a girl, was in line when she fell. It was not during recess, according to Glendale Unified School District Superintendent Richard Sheehan. […]
Legislative Year in Review at Crescenta Cañada YMCA
The public is invited to attend a “Legislative Year in Review” Town Hall meeting with Assemblymember Mike Gatto on Thursday, Oct. 9 from 7 .m. to 8 p.m. at the Crescenta Cañada YMCA/YMCA of the Foothills. Gatto will provide information about the recently concluded 2014 legislation session, answer questions from the public and ask for […]
Vets Recognized by Historical Association
By Isiah REYES Three local Pasadena veterans were honored at Brookside Golf Course on Sept. 27 by the Pasadena Mexican American History Assn. The three veterans were Art Del Rey, Ezekiel “Kelly” Lopez and Robert Gutierrez. They all received recognitions and their children, now adults, gave speeches on their behalf. Sandi Mejia, chairman of the […]
Applications Now Being Taken for CVWD Board Seat
Director Kathleen M. Ross will resign from the Crescenta Valley Water District (CVWD) board of directors effective Dec. 5. . Ross ran and was unopposed for the Division 5 Foothill Municipal Water District board of directors seat in the general election scheduled for Nov. 4,. As a result, Ross must resign her position on the […]
CVTC Looking for Applicants
By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Town Council is accepting applications for the six seats up for election on Nov. 8. Three, three-year term seats and three, one-year term alternate seats are open this year. The seats of councilmembers Frank Beyt, Dannette Erickson, Charles Beatty, all serving three year terms, and alternates Mariam Barnes, Krista Smiley […]
Five Vie for GUSD Board Seat
By Mary O’KEEFE Five applicants from a total of 16 have been chosen to possibly fill the Glendale Unified School Board seat vacated by Mary Boger after her retirement. The five chosen are Todd Hunt, Sandy Russell, Elizabeth Manasserian, Kevin Cordova Brookey and Jason Nyhan. The five were chosen by a GUSD board committee consisting […]
Green Light for Pennsylvania Rehab
By Ted AYALA The Glendale City Council gave the green light on Tuesday night to appropriate the funds necessary to overhaul a key thoroughfare of the Crescenta Valley. A total of $332,600 is to be appropriated for the Pennsylvania Avenue Rehabilitation Project, which is part of a series of projects by Glendale Public Works to […]