By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Fifth District covers 2,800 square miles and is larger than the other four districts combined. It comprises 22 cities and 87 unincorporated communities including Crescenta Valley. Kathryn Barger is the fifth district’s supervisor. It is next to impossible for individual supervisors to cover their entire area without the support […]
By Mary O’KEEFE In recognition of Women’s Equality Day [Aug. 26] CVW is recognizing a local woman who created a historical safe place for women who were dealing with mental illness. Just three years after women were officially given the right to vote, Agnes Richards opened Rockhaven Sanitarium with six women residents. By all accounts […]
As of Aug. 18 over 20 fires were burning across the state. The heat, along with the dry vegetation, creates a perfect wildfire recipe. By Mary O’KEEFE People in the areas of the Crescenta Valley and Glendale will not be surprised to learn that fires are affecting air quality. Since the wildfires started, the South […]
Whether in pods or at home, local students returned to school one way or another. By Mary O’KEEFE Students in Glendale Unified School District headed back to school on Wednesday and, like everything during this pandemic, it was not a traditional first day of school. For GUSD, remote learning is how the majority of students […]
By Mary O’KEEFE As a man in his 80s slept in his parked vehicle on Foothill Boulevard near Pinewood Avenue in Tujunga a black BMW driving traveling on Foothill Boulevard at a reported high rate of speed struck his vehicle killing him. The fatal accident occurred about 1:30 a.m. on Monday. The driver of the […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Election Day draws near and questions continue about how in-person voting and mail-in-ballots will be handled during this time of pandemic. There have been calls nationally for voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot as soon as possible. Voters in Los Angeles County will automatically be mailed a vote-by-mail ballot, regardless whether or […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two juveniles were arrested on Sunday after leading law enforcement on a car pursuit along the Foothill (210) Freeway ending on Foothill Boulevard in La Cañada Flintridge. At about 2:38 p.m. on Sunday, California Highway Patrol – Altadena Office was notified of a pursuit of a gray Nissan Altima reported as stolen. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was back-to-school book pickup this week for Crescenta Valley High School students who observed COVID-19 requirements of social distancing and the wearing of face coverings. “It’s going to be really weird,” said Christian Ovilla, an incoming sophomore, of how it will be to return to in-person class. Ovilla and fellow sophomore […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At the end of the commutation of sentence release of Thomas Waterbury from Gov. Gavin Newsom it states, “The act of clemency for Mr. Waterbury does not minimize or forgive his conduct or the harm it caused. It does recognize the work he has done since to transform himself.” “The harm it […]
Though it may be more difficult to do, social clubs at the local high school are finding ways of lending a hand. By Mary O’KEEFE Students in Glendale Unified School District have been dealing with remote learning and staying away from friends, then practicing social distancing and wearing face coverings when they do go out. […]