Glendale City Councilmember/MTA boardmember Ara Najarian, Crescenta Valley Town Council President Robbyn Battles and South Pasadena City Manager Sergio Gonzalez tackled the issues of the 710 tunnel and transportation on a recent episode of “The Question is With Anthony Portantino,” a public policy talk show. “It is important to educate the public on the enormous […]
By Jason KUROSU Glendale Water and Power will begin employing a new pilot program that will send customers tips on saving energy via email or phone. On the day prior to a peak energy event, GWP will send notifications to customers with suggestions for energy saving, as well as feedback on their overall energy usage […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Los Angeles Police Dept. arrest led to a man suspected of two robberies in Montrose. As reported in last week’s CVW, two elderly women were victims of daylight robberies. The first was on July 25 when a woman was approached outside her home in the 3600 block of Malafia Drive. She […]
The California Dept. of Transportation (Caltrans) will hold a public hearing to take comments on the proposed regulations governing the State Route 710 property sales today, Thursday, Aug. 21 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Los Angeles Christian Presbyterian Church, 2241 N. Eastern Avenue in Los Angeles. The proposed regulations will outline how […]
A Glendale police sergeant was arrested and charged with soliciting prostitution in Las Vegas. On Aug. 8, Vahak Mardikian allegedly approached an undercover officer in the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas. According to the criminal complaint filed by the district attorney’s office in Clark County, Nevada, Mardikian approached the undercover officer, engaged her in conversation […]
Emergency responders are on site of a fatal vehicle over the side accident on Earlmont Drive and Alta Canyada. There is no information as to the identity of the victim, only that it is a woman. Los Angeles County sheriff and fire are on scene.
Take a look back at a career blazing in glory. In Memory of Joe Viskocil, 1952-2014 Mostly Practical Effects Painting with Fire
Landmark $400 Million Film and Television Job Creation Act Passes Final Committee, Headed to Senate Floor Bill by Assemblymen Gatto and Bocanegra Takes Aim at the Flight of Film The long saga of AB 1839, the California Film and Television Job Retention and Promotion Act of 2014, continued but passed its final committee barrier today, […]
GUSD schools welcomed students back with smiles, fist bumps … and Common Core. By Jason KUROSU Public schools are back in session and kids seem to be everywhere. About 8,795 kids from kindergarten to 12th grade attend the seven local elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools in the Crescenta Valley area. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It is time once again for the annual Montrose Film Festival, sponsored by the Montrose Shopping Park Assn., and this year it will celebrate an extraterrestrial and an adventurer archeologist. It was five years ago that community leaders Steve Pierce and Tony Smith were sitting at Black Cow Café on Honolulu Avenue, […]